I think it’s fascinating to see how much Japanese youth spend on their favorite pieces. His backpack was 35,000 yen, but his glasses were only 1500. The complete opposite from typical American buying habits!

@kagitsune: I am often amazed by how much young people without full-time jobs spend on their clothes. Some of the people I shot wore between 100,000 and 200,000 worth of clothing. That’s between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars…

@Arc: Cheap stores like UNIQLO, 21 Forever and H&M are becoming increasingly popular here as well. Since the 1990ss the used clothing biz is huge in Japan. As witnessed by the many chain stores that sell used clothing.

Hope you manage to marshall enough chutzpah to bring harem trousers back into style!

Nice word, chutzpah, and thanks I will definitely try to muster some ^^

@kagitsune and Arc: It is very true that many Japanese people are very good at using reasonable pieces. Even my friends surprise me at their quality but reasonable clothings. For examble, it is surprising that many fashionable people tend to be Uniqulo lovers as Kjeld mentioned above.

@blotangel: Yeah! I personally want to see his pther styles:)

@ojisanbaka: Exactly! It’s very popular at my university, and people often point at someone’s sarueru pants and say, “Ah, it’s sarueru!”

@Arc: chutzpah is one of my favorite words! I love what it means, and how it sounds…

@Lactose Intoler-Art: Have you worn them in the States?

@Kjeld Duits..I haven’t worn them in the states yet, its been too cold. I’m afraid people here would think they’re weird. Good thing I can go to Tokyo to truly express my style. Just kidding. Actually, I think I might wear them until someone laughs at me. haha. I think they’re cool though!

ureshii da, i bought my sarueru today!

I love those shoes!