Jacket – Kita-kore – JPY 3,000| Sneakers – Adidas Original – JPY 10,000

T-Shirt – UNIQLO – JPY 1,000 | Jacket – Kita-kore – JPY 3,000 | Batches – Spank! – JPY 2,000

Hair – (self) – JPY 0 | Make-up – N/A – JPY N/A
JPY 500 | Bag – N/A – JPY N/A

Skirt – Spank! – JPY 4,000

Necklace – N/A – JPY N/A

Phone – AU – JPY N/A
About the PhotographerEmi Kusano spends most of her free time in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku. Both to hang out with friends and to shoot the latest trends. She also enjoys discovering small independent boutiques, vintage clothing shops and nicknack stores. Emi has just started as a photographer, but her work has already been published in Cosmopolitan.
Recent photos by Emi Kusano:
Annabelle
May 1, 2010 (4709 days ago)
@Annabelle: That skirt was bought at SPANK!, a used clothing store that often remakes its clothes and has given birth to its very own fashion genre, imaginatively called SPANK!
Kjeld Duits
May 1, 2010 (4709 days ago)
Yes! Spank is very decora meets late 80’s early 90’s American fashion. I met some of the shop staff and they told me that “Full House” was actually part of the concept! (The old TV show).
I LOVE that she’s wearing the buttons. Would LOVE for Harajuku street style kids to wear my buttons someday..Ah, that would be a dream come true. haha. Maybe someday, ne?
Lactose Intoler-Art
May 1, 2010 (4709 days ago)
@Lactose Intoler-Art: Maybe lots of them will have your work on their walls, notebooks, pencil cases, and so on as well!
Kjeld Duits
May 1, 2010 (4709 days ago)
@Annabelle: Isn’t she good at using purple?
@Lactose Intoler-Art Cool! I love spank fashion. I didn’t know Full House was part of concept!
Emi Kusano
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
love those ciggarette shaped earings
ras
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
@Emi Kusano: the purple’s great. I have a skirt the exact same colour but it doesn’t the pleats. I’m kinda in love with pleats right now. :)
Annabelle
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
@Kjeld Duits: I’d love to have a look in Spank but I’m al the way in London.
Annabelle
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
What a pretty girl!
Wears her outift very self-confident, that increases her charisma even more. :3
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I’m in love with this site XD
Berry
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
she reminds me of the actress chiaki kuriyama….
i like her hair and also her phone chain /is it what im thinking it is? haha/, she seems very interesting!
ojisanbaka
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
@ojisanbaka: She does look like Chiaki Kuriyama a bit, doesn’t she! Yes, the phone strap is what you think it is. For emergencies, I assume?
@Berry: Thanks for the kudos! Appreciate it.
@Annabelle: Time to start saving… You will love visiting Tokyo.
Kjeld Duits
May 2, 2010 (4708 days ago)
@Kjeld Duits: Ooh, I already am. I’m even learning Japanese. I’m gonna be teaching English because I don’t really have any other skills _
Annabelle
May 3, 2010 (4707 days ago)
she is cute
and she has beautifull hair
Tofu
May 3, 2010 (4707 days ago)
@ Annabelle: Wonderful to hear that; go for it! The English teaching business has collapsed though during the past few years (only a third of the lessons taught compared with just 2 years ago), so see if you can learn another marketable skill to heighten your chances for getting a good job.
Kjeld Duits
May 3, 2010 (4707 days ago)
I’m not so sure about her make-up, especially how she designed that awkward spider-web bottom lashes. It looks…strange…up close. She might want to add bolder colors to her drained pallet on her face against her outfit. Or maybe add softer natural tones of pink for her cheeks and lips, while using a light metallic silver as eyeshadow. She could probably volumize her upper eyelashes somewhat?
NucleolusEgoist
May 10, 2010 (4700 days ago)
It is NOT decora meets the 80s/90s..the concept is just 80s and 90s little girls clothing like what stephanie tanner and D.J. Tanner would wear, riot grrl concept as well. Not decora, although fairy kei has decora elements.
Gabby
May 11, 2010 (4699 days ago)
Haha.. didn’t know condoms can be used as phone straps.. Is it being sold anywhere on the web?
Daphne
May 24, 2010 (4686 days ago)
@Daphne You can buy it at the shop called Condomania that’s where she got, i am not sure if they still have them or be on the web?
Emi Kusano
Jun 1, 2010 (4678 days ago)
@Daphne: This is the straight link to the Condomania site. They have a huge selection in their online store (links to categories are on the top right), but I couldn’t find the cases with condoms that Yui wears. If you don’t read Japanese yet, I recommend using Rikaichan.
Kjeld Duits
Jun 1, 2010 (4678 days ago)