Oh, man! I love JFashion books and books about Japanese pop culture in general, but you've really hit the nail on the head; most of them are from outsider/western perspective, only giving minimal information and over analysing the information they do have. Im my opinion I don't think fashion, JFashion or otherwise, needs to be analyzed. We wear what we wear because its fun and makes us feel beautiful, right?
Thank you though for sharing the book, I haven't read this one yet and would really like to. :D
I enjoy talking about why people do the things they do in regards to alt fashion but idk there's only so much you can say about it? I'm personally way more interested in tangible facts (I'm totally crazy for "historical" pop culture stuff, I would be over the moon if someone dug up like mid-90's pictures of the inside of the Pretty stores or street snaps from 80's when Harajuku fashion started becoming a thing) and personal essays from the people who wear the fashion. I don't mind these books being written from a Western perspective, because otherwise they would literally never get made because I don't think any of the (equally as few!) Japanese books have never been translated, but it's the sort of half assed analytical statements that always say the same thing that really get to me
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I think I would really love that too! The JFashion in America that you were mentioning. Especially lolita! As a newcomer to the fashion (Admirer for years, just bought my first OP in January) I realized that no one around me knew what it was, and if they did recognize the term, they associated it with the book "Lolita." Which, as we all know, is not what this it XD. Maybe if we had more books/magizines/ect relating to these fashions people wouldn't find it so strange? And, come on, give yourself some credit, I bet your an amazing photographer! You and I can team up and make this happen, man XD.
I honestly bet people would always find it strange! For example, Goth has been around for decades and has just countless media about it and related to it and people still think all Goths are suicidal Satan worshippers.
Haha, I'm a very lazy photographer xD I have a relatively nice DSLR camera but I literally don't know how to use it beyond the auto setting.
The only people who would read Lolita fashion books would be Lolitas so I don't think it would help. People will always be "scared of the unknown and unusual" in some way. I agree about the goth comment below me.
I don't think that's necessarily true. There are many people who are interested in Japanese fashions who have no interest in wearin them. Even with these general Jfashion books I have zero interest in wearing pretty much all of the non-Lolita fashions featured in them but I enjoy reading about them and looking at pictures of them.
In general, people often like to read about, and look at, things they do not actively participate in. Especially things that they feel like it would be socially unacceptable but otherwise harmless for them to participate in, like strange fashion.
I disagree. I've met many people with extensive knowledge on many alternative lifestyles who educated themselves via books. Despite the fact that most people like to feel like everyone besides themselves are idiots, there's still quite a few people who like to learn for the sake of learning. Especially teenage girls, who read the most in the US, and whom these types of books are usually aiming for.
Thank you though for sharing the book, I haven't read this one yet and would really like to. :D
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Haha, I'm a very lazy photographer xD I have a relatively nice DSLR camera but I literally don't know how to use it beyond the auto setting.
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In general, people often like to read about, and look at, things they do not actively participate in. Especially things that they feel like it would be socially unacceptable but otherwise harmless for them to participate in, like strange fashion.
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