Harajuku Poupées: Harajuku Pot-Pourri
Harajuku (原宿) is an extremely fashion-forward neighborhood in Japan known for being an urban fashion hub. In Harajuku, people of countless fashion movements come to show off their original style as well as see that of others and shop for more interesting items they might find around in shops. I decided to end Plastic Candy’s J-Urban … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Agejo
Putting the ‘poupée’ in Harajuku Poupées are the beautiful girls of the Agejo fashion movement! It’s very common to confuse the girls from the Agejo movement with Himegyaru girls because they are both known to sport a more glamorous look and the fact that they have a signature pale complexion and big hair, but they have several … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Gyaru
Gyaru (ギャル) girls are in many ways opposites of the Lolitas. Known for always being very trendy and cool, sometimes even bad girls, Gyaru are girls that follow a very glamorous lifestyle, which contrasts heavily against the modesty of Lolitas. Gyaru are also very common in popular Japanese media, having very famous followers (that I’ve also … Read more
Harajuku Poupées: Lolita
This is the first installment of Plastic Candy’s brand new fashion-dedicated segment, Harajuku Poupées! Since this week the blog is entirely dedicated to Japanese urban culture, the spotlight is turned to the beautiful boys and girls who work so hard to reach their fabulous looks and flaunt them around Japanese streets. Today the Lolita fashion movement … Read more
