Tokyo street style. Best looks and accessories.

When I first came to Tokyo, I was stunned by its street style. It is so hard even for the most devoted fashion freak, I told myself, to stay on top of what’s going on as it changes so quickly. Each season subcultures come and go, brands are born and die, styles change. But believe me, following Tokyo street style is much more breathtaking than visiting a traditional fashion week. Check with us some of the highlights from Tokyo streets this autumn.

The term Tokyo street style refers to a variety of contemporary clothing trends popular in Japan. Japanese streetwear has its own distinct style, some of which is considered radical and avant-garde, with parallels to the high fashion designs seen on European runways. They consist of a combination of both local and foreign fashion labels. Many trends that were extremely popular in the 1990s and early 2000s began to fade in the late 2000s and beyond.

Japanese streetwear is like a cultural revolution that throws out the old norms of the past and replaces them with a variety of modern trends and styles. Japanese street fashion includes everything from the main Harajuku subcultures, such as doll-clad Lolitas, to visual cases that combine elements of goth and pop music. It is a wide range that embraces anything that is outside the norm.

In recent years, trends from the 2000s have been constantly returning. Moreover, not only bold things that were worn at the beginning of the century are becoming relevant again, but also unexpected stylizations. One of them is the combination of a skirt with jeans. Sometimes you can imitate a skirt, hanging a plaid shirt at the waist.

You can meet not only sweaters, but also jumpers, cardigans and even torn knitted tops in the autumn streets of Tokyo.

The origin of the trend was the normcore style. It originated in the West in the early 90s. You may not have heard of it, but each of us has at least one thing in this style. The normcore style is mixed here with elements of the so-called “nomadic” subculture.

Slits on trousers and other clothes are the very beginning, then – more. In addition to them, there are torn knitwear and bags made of scraps, which we seem to have sewn with our own hands. 

Add some vintage accessoires and the normcore look is ready.

Skirt-like garments have historically played a central role in men’s dressing. In the Old Kingdom of Egypt, men wore “shendyts,” or gauze-like textiles around their waists. In ancient Greece and Rome, men wrapped themselves in draped materials that resembled skirts, such as togas and chitons. Aztecs, too, were depicted wearing woven skirts in historical illustrations. In Asia, Japanese men wore kimonos, and Korean men donned the hanbok. The kilt, in Scotland, was first documented as a menswear silhouette in the 18th century. There are proven theories to support the cyclical nature of fashion trends, so it’s not ludicrous to say that skirts — and their hybrids — will reclaim their place in the modern man’s closet. 

The traditionally feminine silhouette becomes inventive when placed on the male form, and it’s evidently among the most popular methods of boundary-breaking for today’s leading designers.

It is also impossible not to notice the Japanese love for brands. The fashion for branded items and accessories does not give up its positions. Convenient credit system in boutiques and consignment shops make brands accessible to all ages.Do you know that Japan is exclusively for originals? Fakes are not worn, it is not fashionable and is considered bad manners. Can you imagine that import and sale of fakes is prosecuted by law, up to and including imprisonment?

Parachute pants have become a real summer hit and continue to conquer our hearts. Thanks to their unique design and the characteristic sound they make when moving, they resemble a real huge parachute that opens when falling.

They are light, airy and create a feeling of freshness and comfort. These pants are ideal for everyday wear and can be combined with various wardrobe items. What are parachute pants? These are loose trousers that are made of rustling, but at the same time soft and pleasant to the touch thin raincoat fabric, nylon or polyester. Such trousers are wear-resistant and provide an ideal fit and freedom of movement. If you don’t have one in your wardrobe, don’t miss the opportunity to buy yourself a pair.

The karasu-zoku (crow tribe) style, in which women dress all in black from head to toe, came into fashion in 1982. The heyday of the DC brand (DC stands for “designer” and “character”) arrives. Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto debut their Paris collections, and publications by Magazine House, such as anan and POPEYE, become very popular. Today’s Tokyo streets don’t forget about this monochrome bold style.

Gothic style can be seen only on certain groups of people on the most fashionable street of Tokyo – Harajuku. Harajuku district is famous for its original street fashion, where young people show off their outrageous outfits, there are also many shops with unusual clothes cosplay and vintage. This vintage corset is a possible reference to a traditional Japanese attire.

Chiffon skirts are certainly the most romantic skirts of modern fashion for the city. They are able to turn any woman into a beautiful lady. Fashion seems to be tired of practical “unisex” clothing.