Feb 28, 2008 -
Para Para (Japanese: パラパラ; also "Para-Para" or "ParaPara")
- is a popular Japanese solo dance. Unlike most club dancing and rave dancing, there are specific, preset movements for each song, and everyone does the same moves at once, much like line dancing. Para Para is said to have existed since the early 80's, when Europe started selling Italo Disco, Euro Disco, and later New Wave music in Japan (New Wave came about in the mid-80's), but did not achieve much popularity outside of Japan until the late 90's, when the popularity boom of para para took place.
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Feb 25, 2008 -
Gyaru (ギャル, Gyaru) is a Japanese transliteration of the English word gal. The name originated from a 1970s brand of jeans called "gals", with the advertising slogan: "I can't live without men", and was applied to fashion- and peer-conscious girls in their teens and early twenties. Its usage peaked in the 1980s and has gradually declined.
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Feb 21, 2008 -
Lolita culture
In Japan it is mass-marketed and has wide visibility particularly in the streets of Tokyo and Osaka, on television, in manga (see Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa for an example of gothloli inspired manga) and computer games. Outside of Japan it is still a fringe fashion although it has slowly begun to spread to other countries. Gothic Lolita, along with cosplay and other Japanese cultural phenomena, can sometimes be seen at concerts and anime conventions throughout Europe and the United States.
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Feb 20, 2008 -
Lolita (ロリータ・ファッション, roriita fasshon) is a fashion subculture in Japan that is primarily influenced by Victorian children’s clothing as well as costumes from the Rococo period. Lolita has made this into a unique fashion by adding gothic and original design elements to the look. From this, Lolita fashion has evolved into several different sub styles and has created a devoted subculture in Japan.
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Feb 19, 2008 -
Gothic Lolita
Gothic Lolita (known in Japan as Gothloli) is a mixture of the Gothic and Lolita fashion.
The origins of the Japanese Gothic style can be traced back to the English New Wave
Movement during the 1980s: however, the Japanese Gothic scene is fundamentally different than
the Gothic subcultures of the west. This Gothic fashion has been adopted into the Lolita fashion
through the use of darker make up, clothing, and themes in the design.
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Feb 19, 2008 -
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