Summer fashion in Japan has arrived, and it's simply divine! I wish I could snap pictures left and right all day every day, but I must use some discretion.
Here's just a taste of what I see every day...
The men's shoe department, complete with purple or orange plaid sneakers.
Still in the men's shoe section.
Yes, even the yellow ones with ruffles! Or the pink loafers with blue soles!! I can't poke fun too much because if I'm gonna buy shoes it's going to have to be from the men's sizes, so I should be glad for such a diverse selection!
All of the bathing suits come with ruffles and skirts!! They are actually very cute... if you're twelve!
This is the most popular outfit of 2010: straw hat + denim shirt + ruffled skirt.
See the racks full of just straw hats, denim shirts, and ruffled skirts!! Wow... it's unbelievable how many different varieties you can see of the exact same outfit. During Golden Week in Tokyo, Tarynn and I started counting one morning, but we lost track after about 20 because it wasn't even lunch time yet.
Leggings are essential, bonus if they are the stirrup kind!! And everyone wears the tiny socks sticking out of their shoes. (Even I have been known to do the leggings look and the tiny socks. Sadly, all of the pants are too short for me to pull off the stirrup style!)
If a lady is going to wear shorts this summer, they should be enormous and baggy with tights, of course!
I get comments every day since I'm not wearing stockings, but people need to back up off me!! It's June, and 82 degrees in the office. I see no reason for extra layers...
Things could be worse...
I could just wear the tights and then rip slits in them all the way down to get some air flow...
Finally, here are some of the favorite things I have seen in stores!
This shirt first got my attention because it looks like University of Michigan, but upon closer inspection it makes absolutely no sense. "He was bone under a lucky star" and what the heck does the big "M" have to do with that nonsense?!
How about "Hurry Up" and "Observe a Traffic Rule"?! Last I checked, speeding is not usually associated with following the rules...
Wow! I think I could find a job as a professional proof reader and stay here forever:
"So taht there is it heatly live a wonderful life".
Lastly "Smartly Cats" and "Woman cat know the really good-looking". Good looking what? Man? Cat with a necklace and crown on its head?
This shirt is confusingly...
You need to buy some of those "lost in translation" shirts and wear them to bask in the irony of wearing a shirt in your own language that has no meaning except for the people who don't speak English!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely should get some of those bright tennies!
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