Did it ever! I moved there when I was eleven, and just starting to get interested in clothes. It was very jarring, moving to a foreign country where all the nationals looked pretty much the same to my naive Western eyes, and the “trendy” kids also dressed very similarly. The Japanese kids as a whole looked much more “put-together” than their Western counterparts; outfits seemed to be coordinated down to their toes. The young women (even 20 to 30-year-olds) would coordinate their hair accessories and nails to match their outfits. Everyone looked so *clean* and *groomed* I pretty much felt like the sloppy, messy foreigner regardless of what I was wearing (even though I did try to emulate what the cool kids wore). It was most certainly that attention to detail and accessorizing that really influenced me, and continues to even today.
Thanks for your question!
xoxox
Carly
Thanks for your question!
xoxox
Carly
(img above from style-arena.jp, and though they’re recent, you get the idea;-)
My…I wish I lived in Japan…lucky lucky girl.
I feel the same way, I'm currently visiting Taiwan,, and it's like no matter what I coordinate the ladies here always know how to dress!!
Thanks for sharing!
<3 Kelly
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totally loving it
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-cma
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