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Today is 成人の日 or Coming of Age day in Japan. The age of adulthood in Japan is twenty, and on this day people who are twenty or will turn twenty within this year take part in local ceremonies. Girls usually wear fancy kimono with long sleeves called furisode while boys tend to wear suits (though some do wear a formal men’s kimono called hakama). I love this day because everywhere you go it seems there are stunningly dressed ladies who just with their presence beautify their surroundings.
And also make it hard to concentrate on studying at Starbucks (・ω・)
(Disclaimer: I do not own any of the photos. Copyright Office Kiko. Photography by Monika Mogi)
I love these looks from the Office Kiko x Mine Denim collaboration. I’m such a sucker for 90s fashion and anything Kiko Mizuhara touches is gold. I am totally here for her brand’s embrace of 90s and gyaru trends and can’t wait for more.
I have thought a while about why I enjoy these kinds of styles so much and I think it’s just what I grew up with as I started getting interested in Japan and has left an impression on me since. Middle school me would browse through FRUiTS magazine and avidly read the Ai Yazawa manga Nana and that was basically my basis as far as understanding of Japanese culture. By the time I had a larger internet presence and got updated on what Japan was actually like from traveling there, these trends were looooong gone and had been overrun in the natural evolution of fashion with more pastel kawaii and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu-esque styles. Not that those are bad or anything I just personally enjoy the older generation’s style and the nostalgia more.
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