SOOOOO great! She’s the epitome of a Tokyo street fashion girl right now, I think! Would you call this style Spank? I think it is, but I feel like these girls with the light hair, lots of lace, and really modest dressing need a name of their own! You know, the girls that always shop at Cult Party and The Virgin Mary, and usually have rope/basket/antique bags? However, they’re still different than the Antique-y Grimoire girls too! And they’re not exactly mori-girl either? What should we call them?? I think the girl you guys photographed with the long blue dress and the horse bag kind of fits into this category too.

The blazer really makes it though. A hint of black gives off more personality with all that lace behind it. Plus the fact that the apron is off to the edge is pretty fun, too. Great earrings.

@Lactose Intoler-Art: I always feel uncomfortable putting people in categories. I find that when I ask people what genre clothes they think they’re wearing they prefer not to be categorized.

@Lactose Intoler-Art: On this one, leaving the categorization in was a tough call, actually. I completely agree with you on influences that come from style subcultures. That’s why on JS a look’s style is often noted.

There are lots of cases in the wider world where I think the categorization feels a bit forced, though. The ideology of Neotribalism has injected the word tribe into modern society, and it’s used a lot for so called Japanese fashion tribes. But, the idea of such tribes is in many cases misleading, I think.

If the term is defined as a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest (Merriam-Webster), there is not that big a problem. I mean, these people are all interested in fashion for example. But usually the word tribe implies far more social interaction between the members than there actually exists between most of these people.

My main reasons therefore for feeling uncomfortable putting people in categories is that an alarmingly large number of people interpret such style categories as tribes, with all the expanded cultural implications attached.

@Lactose Intoler-Art: Absolutely. I totally agree. Thankfully, in Japan fashion usually doesn’t have the social and political message it carries in most other countries, so this associating of a lifestyle with a fashion style is less of a problem here than it is elsewhere.

@Natsuko-san..Just a quick note for you if you’re going to Tokyo..You may already know this, but if you’re REALLY wanting to see interesting fashion, go to Harajuku for sure, but be sure to explore “Ura-Harajuku” which is like the back streets. Lots of really cool kids there and a LITTLE less touristy..If you walk down Omotesando street on a weekend or anyday from 2-4 PM you’ll probably see tons of street fashion photographers and tons of kids walking by hoping to get their photo taken! Its AWESOME! :)

nice work Emi!