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JAPANESE STREETS POP UP STUDIO JUNE 2013

JAPANESE STREETS set up a Pop Up Studio in Harajuku at Design Festa Gallery during the last week of June.
We invited some 30 Harajuku street fashion icons to show us their 2013 summer looks.

More info at our blog.

Designer, artist and model Haruka Kurebayashi is one of Harajuku’s best know street fashion icons.
I interviewed her about her fashion influences and her favorite fashion items.

Hair – Viva Cute Candy – N/A | Ribbons – HAKO STUDIO – JPY 390

Ribbons – HAKO STUDIO – JPY 390

Hat – N/A – N/A

Hair – Viva Cute Candy – N/A | Ribbons – HAKO STUDIO – JPY 390 | Blouse – Momo (shop) – JPY 500

Happi Coat – N/A – N/A | Blouse – Momo (shop) – JPY 500 | Tank Top – (self) – N/A | Skirt – N/A – JPY 750

Happi Coat – N/A – N/A

Blouse – Momo (shop) – JPY 500 | Tank Top – (self) – N/A | Brooch – miyamo 90884 – N/A

Guitar – N/A – N/A

Cuffs – miyamo 90884 – N/A

Skirt – N/A – JPY 750

Socks – Zak Zak – JPY 100 | Sneakers – Swimmer – JPY 2,000

Facebook: Haruka Kurebayashi

Listening to CHATMONCHY (チャットモンチー): Convenience Honeymoon (コンビニエンスハネムーン)

Inspired 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.

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And Kurebayashi is definitely one of my favorite fashion icons! :) Her style is always so her!

Zjonni
Jul 6, 2013 (3798 days ago)

lol, ‘I’ll email you when I’m thirty’ – hahaha!

Kimi
Jul 6, 2013 (3798 days ago)

@Zjonni: Yes, she really has developed her own style.
@Kimi: That, and that final giggle. Made my day.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Jul 6, 2013 (3798 days ago)

Love the second shot! It’s focused on the hair accesories but her eyes look beautiful too!

María
Jul 6, 2013 (3798 days ago)

@María: Thank you, Recently I have been trying to incorporate the eyes somehow when shooting hair accessories, or the mouth when shooting necklaces and brooches.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Jul 6, 2013 (3798 days ago)

Yabai!! She’s cool popstar! So many cute details on her look <3 <3 <3

Juha
Jul 7, 2013 (3797 days ago)

Interesting. Cute outfits. Japanese girls are a little crazy, but very sweet.

Aki Akira
Jul 8, 2013 (3796 days ago)

i’ve always loved her cute and cheerful style, but her sweet personality made me like her even more!!

Kat
Jul 10, 2013 (3794 days ago)

@Kat: I’m glad I could add another dimension to your understanding of who Kurebayashi is. ^^

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Jul 10, 2013 (3794 days ago)

First time I’ve ever seen her and I have to say; CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!!!!!

Min
Jul 16, 2013 (3788 days ago)

i would say this is the japanese response on pippi longstocking (that famous crazy chick with a horse and a monkey living in her house, once created by a. lindgren in sweden)

andy
Sep 16, 2013 (3726 days ago)

@andy: I actually mentioned Pipi to Kurebayashi when I photographed her, but she was unfamiliar with Lindgren’s masterpiece.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Sep 16, 2013 (3726 days ago)