Types of Japanese Fashion
“Fashion is styles of dress that are popular in a culture at any given time.” said Wikipedia. A number of cities are recognized as global fashion centers and are known for their fashion weeks, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. Paris, Milan, New York, London, and Tokyo represent these cities. Nowadays, people often hear the words Cool Japan. This is a phenomenon of which Japanese animation, comics and fashion are evaluated high in foreign countries. Therefore, Japanese fashion has been receiving worldwide attention recently. Broadly speaking, Japanese fashion can be classified on the basis of the style.
The first type is called Onei-kei which is an elegant style. This type is often seen in Japanese college students and young office workers. Wikipedia said the word Onei-kei was widely accepted in about 2000, when one of the Japanese famous fashion magazines suggested coquettish and elegant style. After that Onei-kei got a high popularity in Kobe and Nagoya and soon in Tokyo. People in this style often have curly hair and wear long boots or mules and miniskirts or tight skirts which are based on conservative fashion. Onei-kei has absolute popularity even now, because it makes girls look feminine and beautiful.
Another type is called Mode-kei which is individual style. The word mode originally meant the same as fashion. Mode-kei is also called High-fashion-kei, because of the magazine’s name which deals with Mode-kei fashion. This type of clothes is really simple. People often wear clothes of black, white, or monotone color. They emphasize silhouettes more than items like accessories and so on. It is said that Mode-kei became popular because of the hit with Japanese designer brands like Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo in the 1980’s.
The last type is called Street-kei which is a casual style. There have been very many Street-kei magazines lately, which mean that it has a high popularity among young people. This type pursues an easy but cool style. Street-kei is based on the American life style in 1960’s and changed a lot with the age and culture. People occasionally wear used clothes fashionably, and also like to put on more layers of clothing. For example, street-kei girls often wear skirt over jeans or wear miniskirt over long skirt sometimes. Street-kei has appeal for both girls and boys, because it is fashionable and easy to move.
Thus types of Japanese fashion are roughly classified into these three types. These are part of the Japanese fashion styles. Many other types exist. At any rate, each type has their own styles and develops gradually with time and trend. In fact, many foreign designers and photographers come to Japan and get a hint for ideas. Therefore Japanese fashion will send out their unique fashion style continuously.
Works Cited:
“Fashion” Wikipedia.org 4:14 November 2008
“お姉系” Wikipedia.org 6:50 November 2008
“Fashion is styles of dress that are popular in a culture at any given time.” said Wikipedia. A number of cities are recognized as global fashion centers and are known for their fashion weeks, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. Paris, Milan, New York, London, and Tokyo represent these cities. Nowadays, people often hear the words Cool Japan. This is a phenomenon of which Japanese animation, comics and fashion are evaluated high in foreign countries. Therefore, Japanese fashion has been receiving worldwide attention recently. Broadly speaking, Japanese fashion can be classified on the basis of the style.
The first type is called Onei-kei which is an elegant style. This type is often seen in Japanese college students and young office workers. Wikipedia said the word Onei-kei was widely accepted in about 2000, when one of the Japanese famous fashion magazines suggested coquettish and elegant style. After that Onei-kei got a high popularity in Kobe and Nagoya and soon in Tokyo. People in this style often have curly hair and wear long boots or mules and miniskirts or tight skirts which are based on conservative fashion. Onei-kei has absolute popularity even now, because it makes girls look feminine and beautiful.
Another type is called Mode-kei which is individual style. The word mode originally meant the same as fashion. Mode-kei is also called High-fashion-kei, because of the magazine’s name which deals with Mode-kei fashion. This type of clothes is really simple. People often wear clothes of black, white, or monotone color. They emphasize silhouettes more than items like accessories and so on. It is said that Mode-kei became popular because of the hit with Japanese designer brands like Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo in the 1980’s.
The last type is called Street-kei which is a casual style. There have been very many Street-kei magazines lately, which mean that it has a high popularity among young people. This type pursues an easy but cool style. Street-kei is based on the American life style in 1960’s and changed a lot with the age and culture. People occasionally wear used clothes fashionably, and also like to put on more layers of clothing. For example, street-kei girls often wear skirt over jeans or wear miniskirt over long skirt sometimes. Street-kei has appeal for both girls and boys, because it is fashionable and easy to move.
Thus types of Japanese fashion are roughly classified into these three types. These are part of the Japanese fashion styles. Many other types exist. At any rate, each type has their own styles and develops gradually with time and trend. In fact, many foreign designers and photographers come to Japan and get a hint for ideas. Therefore Japanese fashion will send out their unique fashion style continuously.
Works Cited:
“Fashion” Wikipedia.org 4:14 November 2008
“お姉系” Wikipedia.org 6:50 November 2008
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