I've noticed an unusual trend in fall fashion--there's a lot of Japanese influence in clothing.
I don't mean kimono are popular. It's more of a fusion. T-shirts have things written on them in Japanese and sumi-e style drawings. Parachute pants and tunic tops have patches of chirimen (a textured silk with vivid floral patterns) sewn onto them.
This is strange. Once every few years an American or European designer will use Japanese influences in his haute couture line, but I've never seen locally produced, casual clothing with such a strong and obvious Japanese twist.
I like it. But I wonder if the slogans on those Japanese t-shirts are as weird as the English ones are?
Probably. In the USA there's writings like "Baby Girl" or "Pouty" and the like. There's also been a number of "80's T-Shirts" running around which is sorta funny because most of the 80's icons people are wearing were influenced by the Japanese as well: Transformers, Pac-Man, etc. There's also steady trend (been all summer and heading into fall now) of the slogans being put across the bum of women's shorts - like us guys need a reason to lear at a bottom :D
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When I went to England 3 summers ago, Japanese and Chinese writing on t-shirts and jeans was all the rage. Megumi said the Japanese stuff was really strange. So, yes, maybe it is almost as weird as the T-shirt slogans you see here.