Gwen Stefani, singer of the pop band No Doubt, Madonna was looking for an uprising like fashion in their last two LED video for her single What You Waiting and her solo album Love, Angel, Music, Baby. Their catchy 80′s inspired popish tunes, platinum blonde hair and Like A Virgin kit to strengthen on the album cover only their homage to the Material Girl, although perhaps a little wink to be.
But enforcing its references to the Japanese Harajuku Girls on the whole album one track in particular, that attract the interest of a wide range of commentators. So who are these Harajuku Girls anyway? The district of Harajuku in Tokyo and Takeshita Street in particular, a narrow street lined with shops is home to these funky fashionistas.
It’s all a kind of pop-art meets pop-culture meets Western decadence kinda street where many a T-shirt can go with a western image like Mickey Mouse for a few hundred dollars a pop. The ongoing pursuit of rock n roll pop star hipness extends to teenagers. These in turn are for the western inspired hip-hop culture of disheveled jeans hanging halfway to the knees, caps at all angles in their heads, and of course much, much decided bling.
Not about what we see in the West as a conflict of style over substance concerned, unlike the Goths, punks and bond girls, who has not done before the uprising of the Company. No, in fact, these girls, like most Japanese, are often extremely polite and happy for photographs with inquisitive tourists who gather every Sunday to take happy snaps Pose this super-model caricatures. For the girls of Harajuku, their most extreme service can be a simple cigarette.