Category Archive for Tokyo + Japan
HALLOWEEN GOTH WEDDING! HEAVY RED ALICE IN WONDERLAND COSTUME. UNUSUAL, CREATIVE GOTHIC MARRIAGE CEREMONY: PHOTOS, INSPIRATION.
It’s a nice day for a… Goth wedding…
Our friends Elizabeth and Naomasa had their marriage ceremony on the most significant day of the year — Halloween — in Gotanda, Tokyo.
The guests were encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. For us denizens of the dead, this is what we’d wear anyway! I love the contrast between our dark fashion and the cherubic clouds background.
Corset and dress: Goth Alice costume, gifted from Heavy Red. The Goth/Victorian/Steampunk clothing label makes high-quality garments fit for a dark aristocrat. I recommend them in my LA shopping guide.
Velvet black hair bow: Spank, from Marui One Shinjuku.
Cyberlox: gifted from Vickilyn’s Closet (I wore them on my head to X Japan)
Mask: Bought this years ago in a London costume store
White rabbit watch and charm: Putumayo
White fishnet stockings: gifted from We Love Colors
Pointy witch boots: bought these years ago in Hong Kong’s The Boat
Crochet Goth purse: h.NAOTO. Can you believe I got it for 500 yen at Closet Child Harajuku?
I look stunned because we had been partying all night at Torture Garden, and only caught a few hours of sleep…
Makeup: I defined my eye shape with blue and teal Smudgeliners, gifted from Annabelle Cosmetics. I filled them in with blue sparkle eyeshadows gifted from Sugarpill Makeup by Shrinkle, and added white for definition. Stuck on three fake eyelashes for topsy-turviness, and Alice in Wonderland playing card stickers on my forehead.
Yukiro shall haunt your nightmares, pointing his finger in your face and yelling “Failure!”
Raising the devil.
The guests gave Halloween-themed wedding gifts. Our pumpkin cake was the first meal that the bride and groom shared together.
Closeup on our Halloween nail art: Yukiro, Anni, me. Coming right up: photos and videos from Harajuku, then the Candy Spooky and SaTaN concert!
Have you ever been to a Goth wedding, or seen photos? My friend Rock n Roll Bride posts about unusual, alternative gowns and marriage ceremonies.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kekkon shiki = Marriage ceremony
Song of the Day: DecoLa Hopping – Kimagure!? Fearism (Cover your ears, my friends…)
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FEATURED IN COSMOPOLITAN FRANCE MAGAZINE! TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY AIRS NOV 15. CUTE, SEXY JAPANESE GIRLS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.
Quel plaisir! I’m featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine France, in an article about my upcoming Canal Plus France documentary (Toqué de Tokyo). I co-star in the 90 minute TV special with Antoine de Caunes of Eurotrash (remember these photos of us on the Odaiba boat?) He explores Japan’s wildest subcultures with the help of his eccentric guides — which include Yukiro, Naomi, Comte de Sang and the Tokyo Decadance crew!
The Japanese documentary airs November 15th at 8:50pm (France time) on Canal Plus. French readers, I hope you’ll be able to tune in. After it airs, I’ll post insane behind-the-scenes photos and stories on this blog.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween! As soon as we landed in Tokyo (to host/arrange a Norway TV show), my First Mate Naomi and I ran to Don Quixote to gawk at costumes. (Naomi’s top is by Putumayo.)
Japanese costumes are much cuter than Western equivalents. The gyaru and Lolita influences are obvious.
I’ve never seen better packaged witch costumes; check out the trailing glittery sleeves and tiny pointed hat. (It’s similar to the one I wore in my Malice Mizer Kozi outfit.)
Yukiro’s apparently influencing the market: many of the costumes are in his trademark purple and black. I didn’t know Living Dead Dolls made creepy girl outfits.
Perhaps this is an “I’m a mouse” excuse to dress sexy on Halloween?
Halloween costumes are never of the same quality as Lolita/Goth brand items. However, the design and make are better than what I’ve seen in Western stores such as Ricky’s.
In Japan, even the evil characters look cute…
… and do Asian poses!
One of the characters in Horror High School wears this giant skull head.
Out of the costumes in this post, which one is your favorite? Do you buy costumes or make your own?
Bonus photo: we went nuts for the 252 yen sparkle nail polish in the basement of Don Quixote. Which ones do you think we bought?
PS: Absolute last chance to win Iron Fist zombie glow-in-the-dark shoes! Come comment here to enter the giveaway; it’s easy.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kinzoku = Metal
Song of the Day: God Module – False Pretense (Currently in a Cybergoth dance trance!)
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