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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “It's a book filled with photos of young Japanese dressed in an outrageous fashion. In a land based on conformity, this is one chance for young people to demonstrate, safely, their individuality. |
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“Contains many, many pictures of lots of different styles such as lolita, decora, goth, punk, and yanki! Great for finding inspiration or a new favorite brand!”
YokaiAkito wrote this review Saturday, August 6, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“amazing street photos from Japan, this was a big influence on the younger me.”
Blue Valentine wrote this review Monday, February 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Love the harajuku style.”
Clurr wrote this review Tuesday, January 18, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fun photographic look at a underground fashion statement.”
Super K wrote this review Saturday, December 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Probably the only book anyone should need”
Liam K wrote this review Saturday, August 1, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“awesome pictures!”
leonor t wrote this review Saturday, July 11, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this is what i did for halloween once.”
rebelangell wrote this review Saturday, February 6, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As an manga artist its absolutely hilarious to see the fashions I put on my characters on real people. ”
Jade wrote this review Wednesday, May 14, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"If you ever wondered where the catwalk got its claws, then the portraits gathered in photographer Shoichi Aoki's book Fruits, from the streets of Harajuku in Tokyo, point the way to an extraordinarily imaginative and invariably stunning glut of mongrel fashion heists. A best-of collection from the fanzine of the same name, and published for the first time outside Japan, Fruits keeps its style clean: front-on, razor-sharp images, ranging from the deadpan to the manic, of the sharpest collages of sartorial influence that, usually, little money can buy. From off the peg to off the wall, kitsch to bitch, each person bears a combination and philosophy as distinctive as DNA. All shades of aesthetic are raided, with exquisite, scrupulous attention to detail. Punk is a favorite, as is, appropriately, Vivienne Westwood, alongside Milk and Jean-Paul Gaultier, and the occasional Comme des Garçons. Many of the outfits, though, are second-hand or self-assembly, such as a skirt drooping petals of men's silk ties, Wa-mono, when tradition Japanese clothes are topped with, say, an authentic bowler hat, EGL (elegant gothic Lolita), and a swathe of tartans, pinks, and turquoises. The most malleable feature, unsurprisingly, is hair, with dreadlocks, mohicans, back-combing, and crops dyed an irradiated spectrum. While the eye is drawn, obediently, to the mannequins, the background is often worth a look, either for the vending machines against which a number are shot, or the ubiquitous Gap store and bags, a constant reminder of the global mass market. One enterprising man wears a genuine British paperboy's delivery bag, and, to pick but one profile, Princess, 18, is trying to be a doll and is currently preoccupied with body organs. Mmm. All the subjects are asked the source of their clothes, as well as their "point of fashion" and "current obsession." The scope for sociopsychological discussion is vast, particularly with the preponderance of infantilization, through dolls, bonnets, pop socks, and Barbie, but this is a joyous documentation of the innovative, celebrating the inspirational polytheism of street fashion, captured with provocative, political zeal. Best let the street cats prowl." David Vincent ”
Mizoleila wrote this review Saturday, March 29, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“It's a book filled with photos of young Japanese dressed in an outrageous fashion. In a land based on conformity, this is one chance for young people to demonstrate, safely, their individuality.
Ranko wrote this review Tuesday, December 18, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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