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Date: 2004-01-16 07:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 03:43 pm (UTC)i will keep it simple since i don't belong in here(and please...i have terrible spelling and grammar..please forgive me)
I was a lolita...then i become kogal...and then i become kawaiigo...and now back to lolita,so i discover this group.
I don't live in japan...but i am closely linked with the asian trend.
From what i see, there is a "Americanize","high-end fashion" trend now.
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Date: 2004-01-16 05:34 pm (UTC)what is Kawaiigo?
lemme know, i'm curious!
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Date: 2004-01-17 12:52 pm (UTC)A style getting popular the the past 6~12 month
Most people won't have any interest in it, because it is like a conservative style for late teens. When gals..or not gals(most of them)..enter collage/university they will change to this style.
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Date: 2004-01-17 02:40 pm (UTC)what is a magazine for Kawaiigo girls?
Like "Vivi" or "JJ"??
What clothes brand do they wear?
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Date: 2004-01-17 10:40 pm (UTC)If you are looking for a ture kawaiigo( what i call them) look for JJ bis...a magazine which features girls from 17~24. These teenagers are mostly "rich","elegant". Those girls are from wealthy families.
This kawaiigo trend is very hard to fallow, because even if you have the money to buy the clothes, the attitude of "elegant" and "grace" is important.
The clothing part ...I guess it is the easist part of all, because kawaiigo like imported brands such as juicy courture,tommy girl, armani exchange,dior,chanel...etc. Chanel or Hermes or Dior bag and accessories are must have. And also there is a clothing rule--> nothing too eye catching that ruins the elegant appearence, but it has to be young and stylish as well.
For makeup and hair do's, natural makeup always works..and hair the "authentic" kawaiigo likes curly hair. They have a special way to set up the hair style with a hot iron or hair curler. However, in the past 12 monthes...different hair styles are getting popular (tokyo likes straight, kansai likes curly..etc)
Now...kawaiigo can be classify as different style of kawaiigo too.... if you are interested, I can post those style and their related brands (this post is getting too long)
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Date: 2004-01-18 12:40 pm (UTC)But, what is the trend where kids wear Takuya Angel-style stuff? Clothing with Traditional Japanese influence, but modified?
Also, What is the trend called that is featured in magazines like CuTIE and Zipper?
thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Date: 2004-01-18 01:33 pm (UTC)I quit reading cutie/zipper 5 years ago...so i don't know much about the style features in these magazines. But still, I belive those people in cutie/zipper call themselves "oshare kids". It is a trend starting from roughly around year 99 (that's why i quit reading these magazines). From what i know, they are like a new trend of harajuku style...mix and match and dig their clothes from stylish unique boutique in daikanyama.
for the takuya angel style ...I think they are just one style spring up form those unique ,mix and match like decola does. Since japanese people are veyr proud of their culture. It is reasonable to see those people desgin and dress in that style .
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Date: 2004-01-18 07:25 pm (UTC)I used to read Cutie and Zipper too; I could tell that style was not as popular.
The brands "Milk" or "Emily Temple" or "Jane Marple" where it is a Lolita but not as gothic.
I am interested in what this is called?
What magazines besides Kera showcase different types of fashion like this?
What magazines show off the more inventive fashion?
Thank you for your opinion and information!
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Date: 2004-01-19 08:25 am (UTC)Those are sweet lolita...beleive it or not,and that is what i dress now. Those sweet lolita most people know about are just too "costume-like". These brands we are talking about are like...the ancient lolita. I tihnk they are the first brands that has lolita-related designs.
About fashion magazines... I pefer some highschool girl magazine such as "nicola", "melon"...etc .Since they are for younger girls,their clothes are more colorful and cute.
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Date: 2004-01-20 02:35 am (UTC)Milk, Emily Temple and Jane Marple make the BEST clothes!! ^_^
where can I find more information about this kind of sweet lolita?
Is there a sweet Lolita magazine?
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Date: 2004-01-20 07:49 pm (UTC)I don't think there is a magzine on sweet lolita...after mana's brand appears...people's attention aim at gothic lolitas. There are more and more brands set up for gothic/lolita. then,several types of lolita started to disappear...(kaneko,cyber...etc).As u might know now, people only know sweet, classic ,gothic lolita.What we like is not that popular nowadays.
as i mention before...it is better to look for these cute brands from teen magazines...kera is too "popular" to feature those cute brands...I think they end up feature more gothic/punk stuff now(camparing to before)...i think zipper got some milk,jane marple stuff too....
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Date: 2004-01-16 07:30 am (UTC)trends pass fast in japan i hear.
what have you experienced?
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Date: 2004-01-16 07:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 09:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 01:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 08:10 am (UTC)That seems to be permeating Japan right now-2 years ago.
I read somewhere it was in response to the boldness of Decora and EGL.
what do you think?
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Date: 2004-01-16 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 08:16 am (UTC)Because the West is usually a couple of seasons behind Japan in fashion trends, perhaps we will have either some of the Japanese designers to branch out to the states, where the want for EGL clothes may be greater. How great would it be to have a Baby, Metamorphose, or h.Naoto in a place like New York City?
Fashion changes with the times, but I have faith that a timeless style such as EGL will last a bit longer.
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Date: 2004-01-16 09:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 09:40 am (UTC)Because when I went to Tokyo, it was a few years after the Decora trend was over, and I didnt see ANYONE dressed like that.
I was hoping I would, because of how much I liked Fruits. (Who didnt? :)
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Date: 2004-01-16 09:51 am (UTC)Je ne sais pas. I've only read so much and haven't been to the country yet, but it may be a course to study in college. ::shrug::
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Date: 2004-01-18 04:10 pm (UTC)Probably not Baby or Metamorphose, but perhaps more of the Gothic brands, because there is a demand here in the States for that already.
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Date: 2004-01-16 08:18 am (UTC)I am just curious about what's next in Japan, because they are so damn creative.
: )
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Date: 2004-01-16 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 12:57 pm (UTC)right? right?
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Date: 2004-01-16 01:16 pm (UTC)I would say it's becoming like the American Rave scene.
The American Rave scene used to be a really cool comfortable place to be... then it got popular and mainstream. Everywhere you went sold UFO's, glowsticks, and neon babydoll tees. Then the people who were into it in the firstplace felt as though the whole thing was ruined by people who really didn't understand and who were just doing what was popular. I think the same thing is happening to EGL in Japan. Look at all the really popular anime shows that have come out on Japanese television in the last couple of seasons... there's frequently at least one EGL chick. Chii in Chobits is extremely EGL although it is about 2 years old now. But more recently.... Take Sister Princess RePure for example. There's a couple of Egl girls in that and that series is huge. D.C. also has a bit of that... there's a girl in Ai Yori Aoshi that's egl influenced. In Megami Magazine a couple months ago there was a feature on a voice actress and they has a picture of her and she was dresses EGL... in fact a lot of the voice actresses dress that way... not all of them, but enough. So like I said... I don't think it's dying out... it's just getting diluted by mainstream culture.
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Date: 2004-01-16 01:19 pm (UTC)"In Megami Magazine a couple months ago there was a feature on a voice actress and they had a picture of her and she was dressed EGL..."
Sorry about that.
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Date: 2004-01-16 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 04:12 pm (UTC)I used the American Rave scene because it was really recent and a prime example. However, it can definitely be said that the same thing happened to goth culture in the late 90's and the same thing is happening to punk now.
Kind of sad isn't it?
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Date: 2004-01-16 04:16 pm (UTC)seriously though, i've had many a 'scene' go popular on me, and it's pretty frustrating. i think a lot of the backlash (higher than thou attitudes, touchiness, etc) we see from scenes going popular is because the oldtimers are resentful and the new comers become so as well.
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Date: 2004-01-16 01:21 pm (UTC)heh. ^_____^
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Date: 2004-01-16 03:02 pm (UTC)About the post:
1) I don't think EGL will die out, honestly, not yet, anyway. And what goes around comes around in the fashion world. Right now, late 80s is back where I live. 0-0;
2) I tried once, but I failed miserably. I think it's all in your eye-shape. Honestly, I would give up if I didn't have almond-shaped eyes. ^^;;; Try it out, though. There was a link once to someone who had a Mana-makeup tutorial. *lost link* Maybe if someone knows it, it can help you.
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Date: 2004-01-16 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-17 06:16 am (UTC)I think the fact that they're continuing to publish the Gothic & Lolita Bible and sewing books proves that EGL is still hanging in there, but I agree that it's going a bit mainstream. Or maybe not exactly "mainstream"--it's not that everybody wears lace and crosses now, but it's that there are more EGL girls outside of Harajuku now--they're not an unusual sight in Ikebukuro anymore, and I stumbled across a shop selling some of the EGLBible brands in a really humdrum Saitama suburb, and even in the dirtbag boondock town where I lived until last year, I started seeing EGL girls just before I left.
In addition to the media sightings mentioned earlier (Chobits, etc.), I'd like to cite Kaori Yuki's "God Child" manga as a big source of mainstream influence. I want to say that her God Child fashions are more directly off-the-streets-of-Harajuku, with the platform Mary Janes and tiny hats and whatnot, whereas her earlier Earl Cain manga felt more authentically Victorian, but then again, maybe that's just because I didn't know about EGL/EGA fashion back when I read her earlier works. In fact, when I read Gokinjo Monogatari back in 1996, it never even occurred to me that there was anybody else in Japan who dressed like Pi-chan. I thought Yazawa-sensei made it up. :)
[whew--sorry for the long post.]
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Date: 2004-01-17 06:56 am (UTC)Gothic Lolita fashion is not a trend.
That is maniac fashion. Underground fashion. Indies fashion.
That's not dying out as Kogal fashion, or any other trends.
If you dress Gothic lolita as such mind, you can't be the real loilta player.
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Date: 2004-01-17 12:02 pm (UTC)(talking about Japan because that is where it originated)