2/26/2003: New Japanese style
 

http://cellar.org/2003/japanesestyle.jpg

A cheesecake moment on the IotD? Nope. What you're looking at there isn't what you think you're looking at. It's a new trend in Tokyo: the booty there is not actual, it's a DESIGN. Probably silkscreened.

How much of a trend isn't certain, but this page is where the pic came from, and IT says this is a trend. I read it on the Intarweb so it MUST be true!

There are four other examples on that page.

Yet another bit of Japanese culture that I don't understand. But it's interesting.

This is great. The next best thing to actually having a nice looking butt? Creating the illusion of one! Works for me (seeing as how my real butt would need major liposuction to even be halfway decent).

Do you think that this would be most appropriately accessorized with a nipple scarf?

http://www.inm.de/people/alba/couture/collection.html

Or this.

Ulp.

I wonder if the outfits come in different color variations, so the carpet can match the drapes, so to speak.

Thank goodness!!

I was checking out that couture website and encountered the following message ... "Der Shop ist zur Zeit geschlossen."

Will the fact that you can't buy this stuff increase the demand? And when will the cheap knock-offs start appearing in WalMart?

Since I'm still German n00b... that says basically "The shop is temporarily closed"... right? Or no?

All my books got burnt :\

Er... I just looked up Zeit... looks like it's probably more like "The shop is presently closed." ("The shop is closed at this time" I guess is the literal translation?) :\ oh well

I was translating it as "The shop is closed at this time"

No matter how you say it ... you can't buy any of that weirdness at the moment ...

Another popular and new trend in Japan is to color hair. Also becoming acceptable even in conservative office environments. Multicolor is also more commonly observed in Japan. The only color that is not popular .... black.

So you can buy the birthday suit suits off the rack, for all those occasions, be they protests, public art projects, or simply bar hopping. I'm envisioning an expansion into bulky knits and outerwear. Screenprinted GorTex.

LOL.. This is hilarious. Only in Japan. I can't wait to see when somebody tries to start selling these in the US... it's inevitable!

hmmm

too bad tho.

~james

It's on fark, it's fake, photoshopped.

Damn! Hoaxed agin!

Man, I <i>knew</i> they looked photoshopped, but I didn't say anything 'cause I didn't want to be wrong about it. Curses!