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Style deficit disorder : Harajuku street fashion, Tokyo /

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2007.Description: 237 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780811857963
  • 0811857964
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Contents:
Introduction : Harajuku made me do it / Tiffany Godoy and Ivan Varianian -- The roots -- Harajuku's start -- Central apartments -- Bigi -- An An -- Ryuko-Tsishin -- Milk -- Cream soda & black cats -- Pedestrian paradise 1979 -- The plastics & pithecan thropus erectus -- The scene -- Comme des Garçon -- Kawaii -- Rebellion is cute -- Laforet -- Hysteric glamour -- Sonya Park -- Popeye & Olive -- Katsuya Kamo -- Super lovers -- Cyber & beyond -- Fruits & tune -- Fötus -- 20471120 -- Masakï Matsushïma -- Beauty & beast -- Christopher Nemeth -- Tokyo hair -- Goth-Loli -- Gothic, Lolita, Visual-kei -- Kera, Kera Manix, Gothic & Lolita bible -- Baby, the stars shine bright -- Me, Lolita -- h. Naoto -- Sex pot revenge -- Jingu Bridge -- Mana and visual-kei -- Ura-Hara -- Hip-hop, Punk, D.I.Y. ; Hiroshi Fujiwara -- A bathing ape -- Sk8thing -- Bounty hunter -- Smart, relax & mini -- X-girl -- Sophnet -- F.C.R.B. -- Visvim -- We love you, Vivienne -- Under cover -- Post -- The future of harajuku -- Faline, Spank, Shima, Choki Choki, Nexusvii, Nozomi Ishiguro -- Harajuku night vision.
Summary: The Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo has become an international style mecca, a street-level fashion scene prowled by major designers looking for inspiration, and whose local, cutting-edge labels enjoy global cachet. Style Deficit Disorder is the first book to explore this remixed, fast-forward fashion hotbed, profiling its most daring and influential designers, labels, stylists, and shops. Featuring nearly 200 photos, essays by key Japanese fashion editors, and commentary by many western designers, this is a must-have, insider's look at an international fashion and pop culture epicentre, past, present, and future.
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Includes index.

Introduction : Harajuku made me do it / Tiffany Godoy and Ivan Varianian -- The roots -- Harajuku's start -- Central apartments -- Bigi -- An An -- Ryuko-Tsishin -- Milk -- Cream soda & black cats -- Pedestrian paradise 1979 -- The plastics & pithecan thropus erectus -- The scene -- Comme des Garçon -- Kawaii -- Rebellion is cute -- Laforet -- Hysteric glamour -- Sonya Park -- Popeye & Olive -- Katsuya Kamo -- Super lovers -- Cyber & beyond -- Fruits & tune -- Fötus -- 20471120 -- Masakï Matsushïma -- Beauty & beast -- Christopher Nemeth -- Tokyo hair -- Goth-Loli -- Gothic, Lolita, Visual-kei -- Kera, Kera Manix, Gothic & Lolita bible -- Baby, the stars shine bright -- Me, Lolita -- h. Naoto -- Sex pot revenge -- Jingu Bridge -- Mana and visual-kei -- Ura-Hara -- Hip-hop, Punk, D.I.Y. ; Hiroshi Fujiwara -- A bathing ape -- Sk8thing -- Bounty hunter -- Smart, relax & mini -- X-girl -- Sophnet -- F.C.R.B. -- Visvim -- We love you, Vivienne -- Under cover -- Post -- The future of harajuku -- Faline, Spank, Shima, Choki Choki, Nexusvii, Nozomi Ishiguro -- Harajuku night vision.

The Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo has become an international style mecca, a street-level fashion scene prowled by major designers looking for inspiration, and whose local, cutting-edge labels enjoy global cachet. Style Deficit Disorder is the first book to explore this remixed, fast-forward fashion hotbed, profiling its most daring and influential designers, labels, stylists, and shops. Featuring nearly 200 photos, essays by key Japanese fashion editors, and commentary by many western designers, this is a must-have, insider's look at an international fashion and pop culture epicentre, past, present, and future.

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