Tokyo fashion subcultures

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Like always, you will feel the passion and will learn so much about current trends and important areas related to the above mentioned. Obviously, with the knowledge, style, and sophistication of La Carmina, she is naturally involved in fashion design.

Therefore, La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. Simply put, if you want to know about the buzzing underground of Tokyo alternative fashion, subculture, and so much more, then La Carmina is the lady to check out. One of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, yet a place where fax machines are still commonplace. A country where conveyor-belt sushi arrives in seconds, but it can still take days to sort out a phone contract.

Social etiquette means no one speaks on the trains in Japan, so any madness is going to have to be conducted in silence. The same could be said about fashion. The stereotypical perception of Japanese youth fashion from abroad is still firmly rooted in maid uniforms, Lolita outfits and general neon madness.

In the West this belief was heavily backed up in when Gwen Stefani released her first solo album, Love. For years and years, the bridge over the Yamanote line beside the station was packed with kids dressed up in all sorts of creations — a cross-section of more fashion subcultures than you could keep track of.

Over the years, these numbers have dwindled to the point that virtually no one hangs out there anymore, bar a lonely group of Rockabillies who dance to amuse themselves and tourists every Sunday. The various sub-groups of Lolita girls have gone, as have the cosplayers dressed in super-expensive outfits depicting characters from their favourite manga and anime.