What is that makes the Japanese so cool and fashionable?
For most of us who are clearly into Japan’s cool-ture, following its army of wonder boybands, idol groups and a hoard of ikemen and kawaii models – we are all attractive to their rather clean, cute, cuddly attractive qualities that is totally sending us crazy in admiring them from near and far. So what makes up most of the really cool image that the Japanese have? Guess it….
Yes, you are right or you’re maybe wrong but the answer is hair style.
The unique hair styles and designs that have evaporated and conquered the conscious minds of the fashionistas worldwide is what came to be known as the “Japanese hair cut” or “Japanese hair style”. Truly this is a very unique thing that sprouted in Japan and can be really credited for them for breaking the boring concepts about haircut and styling and for bringing these into the streets and mainstream fashion where as in the west, they were just regarded as the sort of the style of the famous actors, actresses, or models in the 80s and 90s.
The boom and viral cool-ness breakout was started during the early 90s when the roots of the Gal Fashion was taking roots as young Japanese girls were going crazy in dyeing their hair and putting on makeup that resemble the images of tropical girls in tanned bodies and blonde hair. Slowly this wave, picked up among the male as well until the development of the extreme and probably the peak of Japanese hair fashion that can be observed from the hair of the ageha gals and gyaru-oh boys who don the trendy hairstyles that most young people are going crazy of these days in Japan.
What comes is what goes. Anything goes. Even with these words to describe the sense of the Japanese hairstyles of people flocking Harajuku, one can not fail to feel that even with the seemingly taboo hairstyle, with the proper fashion dysfunction and combined with the natural childish innocence, the Japanese are just able to carry these styles on the streets as what would models would do in catwalks.
Getting to the bottomline here, if you want to know if your hairstyle is cool. It should be:
Somehow-anime-looking, spunky, spiky, bed-head or out-of-bed, wispy, anything-goes, sharp, airy, typhoon-tested (can stand harsh weather and still be cool-looking under such extreme conditions), abstract, irregular, no-frills, never-goes-out-of-style, low-maintenance, looks cool even when “disarranged”, laid-back, uneven, ala Hair Ikebana, wash-n-wear.
If this applies to your hair style then most likely you will be seen as fashionable and with the proper amount of “mubobi-ness” and childish innonence, you will be on the way of being simply cool as most Japanese are known for all-over the world. Japanese on the streets don’t try-hard to be cool but simply carry the outfit and hair style combination with an aura of natural-ness which is what is cool about them.
Are you ready for your image change?
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