japanese trends and fads

Miyu_Kaya wrote:I envy japanese girls and boys those trends. In Poland it's not that simple to wear what you want. Only some people can.... they don't be affraid to wear what they like and want. It's stupid. I know. :shakehead:

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I'm pretty sure that it's like that anywhere in the world. You just have to be brave enough to do it if you want dress however you want. :hehe:

Geezer wrote:Behind us?

Well, there was the 1981 movie "So Fine" staring Ryan O'Neal where he played a guy who accidentially created a new fashion trend by producing blue jeans with the butt cut out, replaced by see through plastic.

About blue jeans... it seems that blue jeans are not so popular in Japan....
For example in my class, 90% of students wear blue jean :sweat:
(I wear blue jeans too )

Xavio wrote:About blue jeans... it seems that blue jeans are not so popular in Japan....
For example in my class, 90% of students wear blue jean :sweat:
(I wear blue jeans too )

maybe they are from "de Nimes" (denim) Sorry, i couldn't help it. LOL!

Xavio wrote:

About blue jeans... it seems that blue jeans are not so popular in Japan....
For example in my class, 90% of students wear blue jean :sweat:
(I wear blue jeans too )

I have not seen a lot of people wearing Jeans in Japan but I have only been in the Summer and Fall. More people wear them in the Fall. It's important to keep in mind Japan is very seasonal and Japanese really eat, and dress according to the season. Blue jeans don't make as much sense whent it's hot and humid out. :sweat:

niko2x wrote:maybe they are from "de Nimes" (denim) Sorry, i couldn't help it. LOL!

I don't understand the joke -_- :sweat: :beatyou:

Doramafan113 wrote:

I have not seen a lot of people wearing Jeans in Japan but I have only been in the Summer and Fall. More people wear them in the Fall. It's important to keep in mind Japan is very seasonal and Japanese really eat, and dress according to the season. Blue jeans don't make as much sense whent it's hot and humid out. :sweat:

Some people wear it in summer too, and where I live is as hot as in Japan in Summer.
But in Summer I stop wearing blue Jeans, i wear baggies. It's pants but a little bit shorter. I think baggies is the same work in english but don't mean the same thing.

Now I understand the joke, thank Niko ! :woot:

Sorry for resurrecting this thread from the dead. Just thought I'd share some insight.

Abercrombie and Fitch seems to be very popular among the Japanese. They buy like crazy when here in the US. There is no A&F store in Japan at the moment.
Anyone also noticed that Mickey and Minnie Mouse have also become popular in Japan too? I see many Japanese wearing a Mickey or Minnie T-shirt of some sort. What's the deal?

ahochaude wrote:Abercrombie and Fitch seems to be very popular among the Japanese. They buy like crazy when here in the US. There is no A&F store in Japan at the moment.

That's surprising, 'cause there have been a couple of A&F's in the local malls and they tanked. Same for the Banana Republic...

ahochaude wrote:Sorry for resurrecting this thread from the dead. Just thought I'd share some insight.

Abercrombie and Fitch seems to be very popular among the Japanese. They buy like crazy when here in the US. There is no A&F store in Japan at the moment.
Anyone also noticed that Mickey and Minnie Mouse have also become popular in Japan too? I see many Japanese wearing a Mickey or Minnie T-shirt of some sort. What's the deal?

My take on it:
1. The people who usually buy A&F like crazy in America while on vacation also buy GAP, zucca, and other expensive Japanese or international brandnames while in Japan. I am most especially thinking of the "one-" style girls. (I am not sure how to translate it besides, "Girly older sisters." The ones who wear nothing but GAP-y brandname, dye their hair auburn brown, and also curl it at the tips and most likely do not own sneakers.)

2. Mickey and Minnie Mouse are popular for the same reason Winnie the Pooh is extremely popular in America--they're CUTE! And for the same reason that anime has had such a religious following in North America: it's different from the norm.

Japanese animation usually involves 3 stereotyped categories:
1. Perverted mecha robots or super power-enhanced young boys. (see La Blue Girl or see NARUTO, respectively)
2. Cutesy cartoons with ridiculously cute friends (see 'Sanrio') for kids.
3. Deep, thought-provoking, yet enjoyable for whole family (see most Ghibli films).

There's no real Disney equivalent, I guess. :victory:

yume wrote:My take on it:
1. The people who usually buy A&F like crazy in America while on vacation also buy GAP, zucca, and other expensive Japanese or international brandnames while in Japan. I am most especially thinking of the "one-" style girls. (I am not sure how to translate it besides, "Girly older sisters." The ones who wear nothing but GAP-y brandname, dye their hair auburn brown, and also curl it at the tips and most likely do not own sneakers.)

The thing that gets me on this is that half of all the Japanese I see in Hawaii with shopping bags on their arms have an A&F shopping bag along with the others. And not all of them are young. Omiyage perhaps, but still, you never know.
Even when my wife was in Japan (before she came to Hawaii and before we married) she was telling me that a lot of her friends and even sister in law likes A&F.
I think it's just a lack of resource. You can't get it in Japan, so you come to Hawaii and buy up. (Why Hawaii? Closer than the mainland and more of a desired place for vacation to the Japanese, supposedly) Which is cool with me. Better for Hawaii's economy. :D
Honestly, I don't see what's so good about that store and it's clothes. :sweat: :beaten:

oh gosh i used to be an A&F whore craze, but i got tired of it since hollister came out and more surfer shiz comes on.. im not against it but i dont really wanna be part of the fashion bandwagon crowd :bleh: plus theyre hella expensive..

Honestly, I don't see what's so good about that store and it's clothes

the only thing i like going in the store is their music, they play some tight mixes in there, that you cant even find anywhere :mrgreen:

A&F is too expensive. I saw a plain white shirt with a tiny logo patch selling for at least 15-20 dollars. For a t-shirt?? Come on.

But aren't the Japanese big on brand names? It's almost a status symbol to them, right? You know, "Where did you get that shirt?" "Oh this? In Hawaii on vacation."

dochira wrote:A&F is too expensive. I saw a plain white shirt with a tiny logo patch selling for at least 15-20 dollars. For a t-shirt?? Come on.

But aren't the Japanese big on brand names? It's almost a status symbol to them, right? You know, "Where did you get that shirt?" "Oh this? In Hawaii on vacation."

A&F is overpriced, but for the average Japanese person, they seem cheap compared to Japanese prices...unless they go to cheap shops at their local train station, 100 yen shops, or get clothes on clearance. They had a special on TV while I was in Japan about buying brandnames while on vacation in Hawai'i. Most people agreed that it was because it was so much cheaper for the same thing in Japan. The store clerks agreed it was a goldmine to have Japanese come to their GUCCI, COACH, whatever shops, too.

Japanese are very brandname conscious. Then again, so are most countries that can afford to be so. North Americans in particular are very brandname conscious of their sports shoes. How many adult males between the ages of 10-40 do you see wearing sneakers without a popular name of Nike, Reebok, K-Swiss, Air Force One, New Balance or Adidas, for example?????? :shamefulcry:

My own brother was very angry one day when I came back home wearing generic tennis shoes with stripes on them. "If you want to wear Adidas, just buy the REAL thing!"

Which will usually cost $50 - 120 USD. For a white sneaker to go walking in? Give me a break. :shakehead:

right on about A&F being overpriced gap store. as far as in JPN, i think uniqlo is the equivalent to the gap here in the U.S., only cheaper. i love their stuff.

niko2x wrote:right on about A&F being overpriced gap store.

Thing is, Niko, the GAP is overpriced as well. :hehe:

donno about gap and A&F with japanese .. but from the friends i got out here .. they definitely have a thing for louis vuitton and diesel jeans ???

and frankly . i never really found LV to be that attractive of a bag anyhow :shakehead:

z123_us wrote:...and frankly . i never really found LV to be that attractive of a bag anyhow :shakehead:

i guess you won't be visiting aho's store anytimes soon. (he works in a LV store in hawaii)

niko2x wrote:i guess you won't be visiting aho's store anytimes soon. (he works in a LV store in hawaii)

OH F..K

Ahem Ahem ... welllll ... speaking of which I myself did a marketing project with LV Paris .. but well thats how feel !!!

i think they r waay overpriced .. u know what .. if i continue on this .. i see another dispute resolution coming up :):):) heheh .. and i am not so much into it ..

AHO .. LV is the BEST ... donno if u been to paris ... dude out here on Champs Elysee .. u know the main road ... they had a something like 4 story high , 2 store length LV suitcase outside there store ... wow man was it HUGE .. !!

niko2x wrote:right on about A&F being overpriced gap store. as far as in JPN, i think uniqlo is the equivalent to the gap here in the U.S., only cheaper. i love their stuff.

I think Uniqlo (which is based in the U.K. too, if I am not mistaken) is more equal to the American "Old Navy" than to a cheap GAP. They make a variety of casual knits, fleeces, sweaters and khaki pants/skirts/capris for every person in the family (without separating into branches like GAP for Kids, for example).

I think if you're really interested to see some street fashion of fashionable Japanese (because the myth is that all Japanese are deadly fashionable, hahaha), a good website to get a look around major cities in Japan (where they know cameras will be waiting to snap their shots) is

www.web-across.com

I am particularly fond of fashion in Japan mainly. Though, recent American designers have finally picked up on [city] Hong Kong, Japanese and French style...10 years later. :grumble:

nice hair :rofl: