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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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TORTURE GARDEN JAPAN: HALLOWEEN FETISH BDSM CLUB PARTY, AKASAKA EREBOS TOKYO. KIGURUMI & SEXY JAPANESE GIRLS IN LEATHER.
Twas the night before Halloween and all through the land / Spooky kids were gathering at Torture Garden Japan. Here’s what I wore for the most important occasion of the year…
Goth Nun outfit: Habitualized costume, gifted from Lip Service. Appropriately skimpy!
White fishnets: gifted from We Love Colors
Black and white shoes: John Fluevog
A dramatic night of dramatic poses. Yukiro dressed in “classic Dravarious,” while First Mate Naomi was a French maid.
In our universe, every day is Halloween. Our outfits always cause a stir when we’re riding on the subway.
Yukiro’s maniacal laughter resounded through the underground passages.
Atsushi wears “the mark of Satan” all over his face. He co-stars in our upcoming Evil Queen makeup video, which will be posted soon… (You’ll laugh so hard at our antics!)
Outside the club (Akasaka Erebos) we ran into Maria. I love the buttons down the outer sleeve of her elegant Gothic top.
Designer Kenzo also wore a dangerous spiky collar.
Kenzo is wearing his brand, Rituals. You’ll recall that I interviewed him for CNN TV.
Six of us got into Torture Garden for free — a new clubbing record.
The fashion inside was very varied. Latex, vinyl, Gothic…
Fairy kei, cyber decora, Victorian burlesque…
There were whips, masks and other instruments of pain for sale.
You’ll always run into kigurumi at fetish parties such as Department H. I find them delightful, though the half-realistic masks (left) are slightly chilling. Someone was inside this blow-up cow, shaking his plastic hooves to the music.
“There was a lot of riff-raff downstairs”. The music was pretty good upstairs (80s, neo-disco, electro).
Orange Halloween hair. The pair on the right was covered in eyeballs and had giant spiders in their hair.
A masked slave, metal chain leashed around his neck, begged for abuse from passersby. In the back, there was “libido” area where senses were aroused by volunteers in leopard suits…
Overall, a satisfactory nightcrawl! What did you do for All Hallow’s Eve? How did you dress up? More Halloween adventures coming right up…
Japanese Word of the Day: Nusumigiki = Eavesdropping
Song of the Day: Nekromantic – Honeysucker
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