Ryan and I went to Japan for 8 awesome days, hoping from Fuji Rock to Tokyo to Kyoto, and finally Osaka. Here are the best photos from Tokyo, a city where the fashion is so extreme, and so amazing, its hard to keep your eyes off people.
I love how EVERYTHING is thought out in these outfits. The tights are great. So are the black lace gloves. And the girl in blue was wearing the most startling blue contacts to match her dress. Near Harijuku station, Tokyo.
Window shopping one afternoon in Tokyo's (beautiful) ritzy shopping area. This photo epitomizes the mix of Eastern and Western styles you still see in Japan.
When we were walking home one night we saw this amazing shinto fair happening at a small shrine near our hotel in Shinjuku (Tokyo). These guys were stopping by before hitting the bars and nightlife Shinjuku is famous for. I love the juxtaposition of kimono beside the animal print tee.
I loved these guys! They didn't understand me at all when I told them I liked their hair cuts. But when I pulled out my camera they blushed, and got in this pose...
Walking down a not so rainy street in Shanghai I saw these girls coming towards me and started screaming at Ryan for the camera. 5 pairs of different rainboots? What could be cooler?! They were all too shy to let me photograph them fully, you can see the girl 2nd from the right turning away. But I love their boots!
these guys were walking through the park in hongdae some saturday ago. their styles are different but somehow so complimentary. the tattoo on the right is someone's name. tattoos were illegal in korea until 5 years ago so it makes a pretty loud statement. also love the extreme laces on his shoes (which give him a couple extra cm) the teased hair, and yes, the black nails.
not sure what this guys deal was. he was sitting in the park in hongdae. surrounded by drunk's and drunks' trash chilling with his headphones on. but that outfit! its some sort of plastic jumpsuit. with these crazy space shoes i wish i had captured. needless to say he was friendly. and we both liked that his sunglasses matched my belt.
There were about 5 guys standing outside American Apparel watching the crowds go by one night in Seoul. I liked their loungey stances and the preppy cool look. which is really the only look most korean guys can pull off.
My poor students have the worst uniforms. I love the little ways they try to express themselves within the thin parameters of whats allowed. This girl was sporting a pretty awesome pair of lenless frames today. Like the haircut too.
Yes she is wearing two (different) kinds of shoes, angel wings, and hair-ties. Usually dogs in parks have colored ears or tails. Not this little princess.