[FASHION] Tokyo Street Style / Style-Arena Picks of the Week

August 1, 2008 by Dennis Amith

It’s our Tokyo Street Style Picks of the week from this week’s Style-Arena fashion showcase:

HARAJUKU: Summer in Harujuku and in this city, fashion is all about “Anything Goes”. For this week, our pick goes to this woman with an interesting decoir of the skulls, shoes and overall accessories. Sure, it’s not going to appeal to the Shibuya or Ginza-esque fashion viewers but remember, this is Harajuku and outlandish fashion is what it’s all about.

SHIBUYA: Summer in Shibuya and you’ll notice many women sporting the one piece dress with a white t-shirt to compliment. Personally, I would prefer to see this than tight leggings which dominated much of 2007, so for this week, I chose this woman who donned this one piece but accessorized with the hat and sandals.

OMOTESANDOU: Similar to Shibuya, a similar situation. Since Japan is hot and humid during the Summer, for me, less is more if you know how to wear it well. Similar to Shibuya, the one piece gets my pick for this week for Omotesandou offerings. As for the pattern of her dress, florals in almost a homage to the 60’s and 70’s are what’s in in Japan of late.

DAIKANYAMA: As mentioned in previous fashion style picks in Japan, floral is in and whether or not this is a bad thing depends on you. Personally when I see this, it reminds me of my mother’s fashion of the 70’s (my mother really followed those trends back then) but I know some people might think…”love it” or “can’t stand it”…but in Japan, it’s whats in. But although I’m not particularly thrilled with these patterns, she manages to accessorize with the belt, purse, sandals and necklace.

GINZA: Ginza is a place your not going to find much of the outlandish 70’s floral. You will see certain subtile florals but nothing outlandish. But seeing other cities have its floral patterns, I’m not going for it for Ginza. And for this pick, I go for the woman in white. There is something about this outfit that not only is it simply white, its simply sexy and dig her glasses.