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Japanese Fashion

Okay There are many types of Japanese fashion as you can see here on this blog..I've mentioned the majority but there are still more types out there and more being created.... Japan is very diverse and creative when it comes to coming up with new styles.... I wish some more of it would rub off here...
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Cosplay/ コスプレ

Cosplay is short for costume play where basically you dress up as an anime character or manga character. It is very popular in Japan but it is also popular here in the U.S.  In comic book conventions people cosplay all the time. Or in games such as Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) cosplay is also used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay

Decora/デコラ

Decora- The name is shortened based on the word Decoration. It is worn by mostly young children and teens. It is  a  very cute/playful style involving bright colors and excessive accessories and jewelry. Common associated accessories with Decora are Hello Kitty and Pokemon

http://www.mookychick.co.uk/style/decora.php

Other types of Lolita

• • Black/Kuroくろ Lolitas- Lolitas that wear Only black Clothing
• • Casual- A very simple style of lolita consisting of mainly a knee length black skirt... "(sometimes paired with a petticoat), a T-shirt with a screenprinted image or a cutsew from any of the wellknown brands, and simple make-up and hairstlyes. In addition, one might carry a teddy bear or cute bag." Popular brands Candy Violet
• • Country Lolitas- This style of Lolita has dresses mainly created with floral prints and are associated with straw hats and or baskets. Popular brands - Victorian Maiden, Emily Temple Cute ,Mary Magdelene
• • Erotic Lolitas-  A sexy type of Lolita that mostly wear leather, vinyl , corsets, knee high boots, and transparent petticoats. Common acessories arewhips, small devil wings and sometimes  horns.
• • French Maid Lolitas-"As the name suggests, these girls look like French house girls but with a lolita twist. Their clothes include black dresses and knee high socks paired with a white apron. They sometimes also wear a white blouse and have a tray or feather-duster and a maids headband as accessories."
• • Kodona/Ōji (王子^?) - ^"meaning "prince", is a Japanese fashion that is considered the male version of Lolita fashion. This style takes its influence from the clothing boys in the Victorian era wore.^[14] Though it is considered a "boy style", it is often worn by both genders. Ōji is inspired by what was worn by Victorian boys, and includes masculine blouses and shirts, knickerbockers and other styles of short trousers, knee high socks, top hats, and newsboy caps. The colors usually used are black, white, blue and burgundy, though there are feminine versions of the fashion with a broader palette. Make-up, when worn with the fashion, is usually light and minimal.Good examples would be some of the outfits sold through Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's line Alice and the Pirates."
  
• • Nun Lolita-"I believe this is another style started by Mana. The girls dress like nuns in long black and white clothing. They expose minimal skin and sometimes wear crosses."
• • Nurse Lolita- Lolitas that have lolita style in the form of nurse uniforms
• • New/cosplaying Lolitas- Lolitas that cosplay  or dress up as anime characters
  
• • Princess /姫Lolitas- Princess themed Lolitas based on the European aristocrat style
• • Qi Loli-"Qi Lolita is a similar style but uses Chinese clothing and accessories in place of Japanese. Usually this includes qipao and cheongsam-dresses modified to accommodate a petticoat. Accessories include platform-slippers for footwear and bun-covers as hair accessories"
• • Schoolgirl Lolita- Lolitas that dress in school girl uniform style
• • Waloli-"Wa Lolita is a style that is often recognised by the Kimono-esque look of the outfits, and is for those Lolitas who may love to get in-touch with the country that brought about Lolita fashion.
  Wa Lolita involves long 'sode' or, sleeves, and 'obi' or sashes that are taken from Kimono/yukata outfits, and fused with the bell-shaped skirt of lolita. Wa Lolita fabrics are often very extravagant like most Kimono fabrics, involving detailed flower prints, and cranes. Like all Lolita outfits and Kimono, Wa Lolita should not be made out of shiny fabrics such as those that Chinese qi-pao are made of.
  Although this style is quite different from usual Lolita styles, modesty is still a large part of this style, and your skirt should be a reasonable length for lolita. Sadly a lot of Wa Lolita outfits on the market today have very short skirts, causing many people to be turned-off by Wa Lolita.
  
  Traditional Japanese Kanzashi or flower hairclips may work lovely with this style in the place of a Lolita head-dress. Make-up can range from light and natural to Japanese geisha inspired. It's best not to do makeup very similarly to that of a geisha as it will most likely end up looking costumey, and end-up ruining your beautifully put together outfit."
  
  • White/ Shiro しろ Lolitas  - Lolitas that only wear white Clothing
  
• Guro Lolita -"Also called "Grotesque Lolita" or "Injured Lolita", Guro Lolita uses items like fake blood, eyepatches, and bandages to give the appearance of injury. The concept of Guro Lolita is mainly to take on the appearance of a broken doll. Guro Lolitas often have a gun or knife in their hands in photos to represent the grotesque"
• Sailor Lolita-"Lolita fashion that incorporates the look of a Sailor Seifuku. This can include sailor collars and ties, sailor hats, and stripes. Sailor Lolita is widely popular in Japanese anime, featured in many popular shows."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Lolita#Sweet_Lolita

http://www.lolitafashion.org/wa_lolita.php

http://www.freewebs.com/brokendolly/styles.html#erotic

Punk Lolita? パンクロリ

Punk Lolita- パンクロリ  is the Lolita fashion with punk elements. Such as tattered clothing, ties, chains, plaids, shorts and safety pins. The most popular types of clothing worn are cutsews and skirts as well as jumpers and dresses. For shoes mostly boots, Mary Janes, or oxfords with platforms are worn. Popular labels are A+Lidel, Putumayo, h. NAOTO and Na+H.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Lolita#Sweet_Lolita

Classic lolita

Classic Lolita- （クラシック）Is considered to be the more mature and sophisticated of most Lolita fashions. It mainly focuses on the styles of the Baroque, Regency and Rocaille periods. Color themes are in between those of gothic and Sweet Lolita, they are not as dark as Gothic but not as light and cute as Sweet. The use of small intricate patterns, low key colors and overall design give this style a classier tone and look. A-line and Empire waist skirts/dresses add to its classy design. Accessories are more practical and jewelry is more intricate. Makeup is done low key and emphasize natural coloring. A few popular brands of Classic Lolita are Juliette et Justine, Innocent World, Victorian Maiden and Mary Magdalenehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Lolita#Sweet_Lolita

Sweet Lolita/あまﾛﾘ

Sweet Lolita-  (amaloli) あまﾛﾘ is greatly influenced by Rococo, Victorian and Edwardian styles. Its main focus is child fantasy themes such as fairies. It is one of the  childish and light hearted styles of Lolita. Color themes ranges from very light colors to pastels and bright/colorful prints. Hair is normally teased in two pigtails or bouncy curls. Accessories consist of bows, headdresses purses in the shapes of strawberries crowns hearts and stuffed animals.   Popular sweet Lolita brands are Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, Manifesteange Metamorphose temps de fille and Angelic Pretty. Emily Temple cute (sister brand of Shirley Temple, a Japanese boutique for little girls), Jane Marple, and MILK carry more casual clothing and can be found and purchased in department stores in Japan.

Kamikaze Girls a japanese movie was created based on a girl named Momoko, an ideal and prime example of sweet Lolita, she even tries to live the Rococo lifestyle.

http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/lolita.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion
http://www.lolitafashion.org/sweet_lolita.php

Video/ Progression

So far my Video Compilation is coming along awesomely IT IS A HUGE amount of work though :( and with the gayest ever Windows movie maker which decides to freeze on a constant is making it worse. Progression is going well I will finish up blogging the most popular subculture styles of Japan and write a little bit on some of the other spin off versions in the rest of this week. Hopefully i can finish most of my video on the weekend... Everything will be posted as soon as it's finished.. WISH ME LUCK!!

Gothic Lolita/ゴスロリ

                                   

Gothic Lolita - Also known as gosurori, ゴスロリ(Gothi-loli) which it a combination of Gothic and Lolita fashion. The New Wave Movement of the 1980’s by the English created The Japanese Gothic style, but Japanese Gothic and Western Gothic although maybe be somewhat similar greatly differ. Gothic Lolita has a lot more darker clothing style and make-up then other types of Lolita. Unlike western Goth, Gothic Lolita make-up is not as heavy or dramatic more recent make-up styles emphasize light colors but still have heavy eye make-up. Clothing theme color ares mainly Black, Dark Blues and Purples often enough with white accents. Cross jewelry or other religious symbols are used as well like in Western Goth. Bags/ Purses in unusual shapes like bats, coffins, or crucifixes are also commonly used. Visual Kei helped introduce and greatly popularize the Style of Gothic Lolita. Japanese musician and Fashion designer Mana also had a powerful hand in premoting and popularizing the style. His brand Moi-meme-Moitie has become a very well known name and successful business in Gothic Lolita Fashion.

There a couple different types of Gothic Lolita mainly Elegant Gothic Lolita and Elegant Gothic Aristocrat.

                                           Elegant Gothic Lolita (EGL)

Elegant Gothic Aristocrat (EGA)

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http://ranshinkawaii.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gothic-lolita.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion
http://www.lolitafashion.org/lolita_culture.php

Lolita Fashion ロリータ・ファッション History

     Lolitia Fashion / ロリータ・ファッション began in the 1980’s in Haraujuku Tokyo. When the Harajuku streets Omotesandoおもてさんど and Takashita-dori 　たけしたどりwere closed on Sundays youths would gather in Yoyogi　よーがい Park and listen to rock performances. Suddenly performers and the audience would dress in unusual and wild clothing which eventually became recognizable sub-cultures we now see in Japan today. The style it self is extremely influenced by Victorian clothing as well as those from Rococo. Lolita consists of mainly petticoats, headdresses, knee length skirts, Knee high socks, Mary Janes/high heel/platform shoes. Lolita clothing involves many different piece designs and good quality material thus making it cost a lot but many Lolita followers take it upon themselves to make their own clothes. Lolita’s are stereotyped to be perfect and  bake or knit but that isn’t always the case. Many just like to dress up and be fancy in Lolita attire.