Month Archive for February 2009
FAIRY KEI TOKYO STREET FASHION: 80S PASTELS, POLKA DOTS, HOT PINK.
Fairy Kei: yea or nay? Yay, I say; it currently ranks as one of my favorite Tokyo street tribes. I’m not entirely sure why the fashion is called Fairy, but when you enter one of the clothing shops, you feel like you’ve been hit over the head by Tinkerbell’s wand…
…and transported to an 80s pop pastel pastiche. I abandoned my Barbie dolls and hot pink accessories in the early 90s, but I do like the faded pink/yellow/green hair shades.
Polka dots and ice cream cones, Nikki Corvette and Jem & the Holograms.
Style Tribe writes that Fairy-kei was pioneered by Sebastian Masudea, who opened 6% Doki Doki and Spank. (More on these stores tomorrow.) His themes are “sensational and lovely”, “not only cute but also happy” and “feeling of unreality”.
Are you a fan of Fairy-kei? For me, there’s a nostalgic factor; I used to wear hot pink slip-ons and socks with little colored balls!
Song of the Day #54: Hard and Dirty – Modulate (The video shows DJ Taiki’s Black Veil New Years countdown in Osaka.)
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GOTH PIZZA, CAT EARS, HORSE MASK: NIGHTLIFE PHOTOS FROM QHOTO.
I’m getting over a cold, hence the lack of content-rich posts. The pros of being sick: lots of time to watch movies and read. The cons: numerous! For one, I’d rather be living it up with the Goth pizza boy and the weepy ballerina in Kwaidan horse-head boogie wonderland…
I love Qhoto’s nightlife photos; I think they capture the fun and freedom of Tokyo’s Goth/Cyber nightlife. For now, I’m stuck drinking seaweed tofu soup and watching Food Network!
Song of the Day #53: LuLu – Sick
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