What Harajuku Girls Really Look Like | Style Out There | Refinery29 | Tokyo
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Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29 From Gothic Lolitas to Yoyogi Rockabillies, the Tokyo neighborhood of Harajuku is a wellspring of some of the world's most unique and extreme fashion trends. Rife with restaurants, shops, and cafes, it's a hangout 'hood for the city's youth, whose style is confined to uniforms from elementary school through to high school graduation. And, perhaps to rebel from such strict sameness, they spend their weekends seeing how far they can push the limits. One of the oldest and most pervasive Harajuku style groups is Decora, characterized by a pursuit of kawaii, or "cuteness," which is expressed in massive piles of hair clips, face bandaids, creative layering, and a mishmash of colors and textures. Don't let "cute" confuse you: There's nothing delicate or elegant about Decora. It's bright, it's loud, and it's in your face (or rather, on your face, via a Hello Kitty bandaid). Though the style can appear as frivolous as a Halloween costume, there's a real statement behind the bevy of barrettes. In the face of pervasive group-mindedness, a rigid social order, and cultural reticence, the Decora have figured out a way to break free. In the first episode of our new documentary series, Style Out There, our host Asha Leo travels to Harajuku to meet with street fashion superstars, like 90884 designer Kurebayashi, Junnyan, and Shoichi Aoki, the founder of FRUiTS magazine, to peel back the rainbow-colored stickers and uncover the depth behind Decora. For all Style Out There episodes, go to: http://bit.ly/Style-Out-There For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com Like Refinery29 on Facebook: http://facebook.com/refinery29 Follow Refinery29 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/refinery29 Heart Refinery29 on Instagram: http://instagram.com/refinery29
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My mom said this is why I can't wear makeup.
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yas my decora family
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There so colorful and cutest love it
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Looks so fun! :D
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I wish I could afford even all those barettes that they have.
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Why do they put bandaids on their noses?💕
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I love the Harajuku kawaii style if I could I would dress like that everyday 😄😘😺💖🎀🎊🎉🤗😜
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I'm so impressed about how nobody is looking at them like they were aliens in the street, its like they were not juged or anything... not like in France...
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would..........bang. but im gonna need a broom to sweep all the beads off the floor
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not long ago i was emo... now i am here
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she kinda gives off the yolandi vibe
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kinda weird that you made the white girl the spokesperson in ways that you didn't with any of the actual japanese girls
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Asha Leo is so hot though. Can't take my eyes off her. <3
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Were they in fucking Claire's? Cause it looked liked fucking claires.
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Japanese street fashion is the best.
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No. no .NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STOPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For us, it's over-fashion and over-fashion. TOTALLY OVER
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It's cute though but definitely not my type of fashion. I'm just a Filipino and we don't like such these things :D
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wait, so Clare's is a decora store??
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fantastic