Japanese Harajuku or Gwen Stefani Harajuku?

LOLOLOL WHO TOLD YOU THAT NONSENCE?!

The Harajuku Girls were created in 2004 and a band that I know that describes themselves as harajuku was formed in 2003 (An Cafe describes their genre as harajuku/dance rock/NYAPPY! or visual kei/oshare kei). So how can a band that's been INSPIRED from a fashion be CREATED by a girl who thought of it a whole year later? Modern Japanese street fashions dates back to the 80-90's.

Also another flaw in that statement is that how could an American make a fashion that's popular in Japan while back in her own country only a fraction of the population has heard of it?

The American version of Harajuku is so differnt from the kind in Japan because in Japan their street fashion is "over the top" (Lolita and Visual Kei ect.) while in the US if someone is to imitates it, it's more toned down.

REAL harajuku- very colorful and miss matched

http://www.magmug.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/harajuku_fashion_7135.jpg

"Fake" harajuku- only has a pop of color in places and lack of patterns

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_22EXDJCJp3s/ShQ4qwlM0qI/AAAAAAAABdM/H6r2lpXBB70/s400/gwen-stefani-harajuku-girls-400a062207.jpg

I would say the only people who can pull this style off in America would be the people who have respect to the culture and are possibly outgoing.

It's true that Japan borrows ideas from European counties. It is also true that European countries borrow things from Japan. In this situation Gwen Stefani wanted to bring back some culture and change it to make it her own. No one can say that Stefani brought it to the US because I'm sure that people have already heard of it before.

If you want to get technical harajuku can be both broken down into groups (ALL fashion seen in the district) and it can be it's own style.

Oh my god, I had no idea people were saying she created it, that REALLY pisses me off!

Jesus Christ, haven't they looked at real Harajuku fashion?

It's like comparing 3-D to 2-D. Except more drastic. >.>

Harajuku is the name of a city, not a fashion. In Japan it is not called "harajuku fashion". Actually it's not called that by anyone except people who know absolutely nothing about it, or Gewn Stefani fans.

And yes, the fashions she uses and the fashions that exist in Japan are similar, but different. There are soooo many variations of fashion in Harajuku and Takeshita road that it would be impossible to say they're nothing alike or totally alike. There are girls there who dress like Gwen does, and people who dress totally differently.

It's the same as street fashion in any country, like London, Paris, wherever.

huh? Harajuku is a real place in Tokyo, Japan. It's been there way before Stefani's song. I am not why people would think she created that place.

Harajuku has been the place for "alternative" modern Japanese style for the longest time, but it was just well-known in Japan and other Asian countries. Stefani just helped expand it to the rest of the world.

You remove the Harajuku Girls, which are a topper, and the spray nozzle is underneath. You spray it like you normally would. They're so cute, aren't they? & I think G smells wonderful...I'm getting it for Christmas. However, there isn't much perfume in there...I got the .33 oz one, not the 1 oz one. What scent/size are you getting your sister?