Tuesday November 15, 2011
Ayaka Maruyama
harajuku, tokyo
AUTUMN 2011, girls
Kjeld Duits
STUDENT, 17
Cap – SBY
Sweater – MARPLEQ
Sneakers – COCOLULU

Ear Muffs – SBY – JPY 1,000

Wig – N/A – JPY 4,500 | Cap – SBY – JPY 1,500


Bag – SBY – JPY 2000

Sweater – MARPLEQ – JPY 2,000

Sneakers – COCOLULU – JPY 1,500

Ring – cross side – JPY 100
Watch (green) – N/A – JPY 200 | Watch (yellow) – N/A – JPY 500
Twitter Name: @maruyamaaan
Facebook Name: 丸山綾香
About the PhotographerInspired by the stunningly creative street fashion that exploded on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka in the late 1990’s, photo-journalist Kjeld Duits launched JAPANESE STREETS in 2002. This makes JS one of the first fashion blogs on the net, and the very first to cover Japanese street fashion.
Recent photos by Kjeld Duits:
mz ivory
Nov 15, 2011 (3930 days ago)
she reminds me of Minzy from 2ne1 I love her style, her nails are really amazing as well . Did she do them herself ?
Emma
Nov 15, 2011 (3930 days ago)
She reminds me of Minzy from 2ne1, I love the quirkiness of the outfit, her nails are really awesome too, did she do them herself ???
Emma
Nov 15, 2011 (3930 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 15, 2011 (3929 days ago)
The watches and nails are very pretty/cute! aside from that its a very generic look in Asia, especially in Japan, Korea and China, among girls. The interesting part is that the design of her sneakers somewhat match the design of the sweater-i find that to be fascinating _ and WOW she is 17?!?!? from first look, i though she would be 19 or 20.
btw is Ayaka open to add people on her fb?
p.s. keep up the good work, kjeld!!!! <3
compassafe
Nov 17, 2011 (3928 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 17, 2011 (3927 days ago)
I want to steal the whole outfit! Her nails are so cool. <3
I love the splash of colors matching each other.
She looks like a strong woman. Cool n_n
Maria
Nov 17, 2011 (3927 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 17, 2011 (3927 days ago)
@KD I guess it is a good idea to cover the fashion sense away from Harajuku so JS can provide to the world what the real fashion style is like in Japan. But, I personally feel, the Shibuya looks nowadays can be seen not just in Japan anymore but even in Shanghai, Seoul and sometime on the street of NYC. However, the Harajuku style is one looks that cannot be seen in any other cities in the world! Rarely, you can see some Harajuku looks in NYC or Shanghai-even if spotted it is nothing avant-garde compared to the streets in Harajuku.
BTW I do enjoy Ayaka’s style-it is something what I occasionally wear (not as good as Ayaka). Though I was just surprised that JS have picked on this.
Hmmm maybe I’ll try to add her on fb and see what happens _
p.s. I hope you can understand what I was trying to convey about the focus on Harajuku. But then again, it’s always good to showcase other style =p
compassafe
Nov 17, 2011 (3927 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 17, 2011 (3927 days ago)
Everything looks great but I don’t like her circle lenses, they look kinda creepy D:
shoeshine
Nov 20, 2011 (3925 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 20, 2011 (3924 days ago)
@Kjeld: Yes, I know that they are popular and I don’t mind if someone wears them but in this case I just REALLY don’t like the colour, even though it fits the whole image. Oh well, maybe it’s because I prefer Japanese ppl with their natural eye colour… : ) However, I’m not totally against using circle lenses, I guess I’ll even buy a pair for myself : ) Oh, but that’s actually a little offtopic… sorry! :D
shoeshine
Nov 20, 2011 (3924 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 20, 2011 (3924 days ago)
Ah, sincere thank you for warning me then! : ) But I guess I won’t be able to buy high quality ones here in Poland. The ones in Polish online shops are very cheap and my interpretation of that fact is that they can be of poor quality. So I have to search for foreign shop with international shipping which sells manga-like/big lenses : ) Sorry for my bad English by the way! m( ._.)m
shoeshine
Nov 20, 2011 (3924 days ago)
Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 20, 2011 (3924 days ago)