Springing Upright: Aesthetically Coping with Catastrophe in Postwar Japan
“The winds may fell the massive oak, but bamboo, bent even...
Category Archives: GNC-Art-Fashion
Cosplay Culture: A Study in Transculturation Gone Wrong?
By Victoria Mikolaski Cosplay is a word that is becoming more...
Sacai: Fighting Fashion’s Western Dominance
by: Brooke LaRue In 1999, Chitose Abe, a former design team...
Loose Socks as Molotov Cocktails: Finding the Rebellion in Japanese Teen Girl Subcultures
Within examinations of Japanese girls’ culture, there...
Ura-Hara Street Clothing: The Rise of the Japanese Fashion Otaku
Many would be surprised to hear that at one point...
Standing Out and Fitting In: Street Fashion and the Search for Identity and Power in Post Bubble Japan
by Tori Szczesniak Fashion is the means of expressing identity. Dressing...
Pop Psychosis: the Influence of the Bomb on Superflat Art
In the past several decades, Japanese popular culture has become inundated...
Takashi Murakami & Louis Vuitton: Superflat meets Superfashion
When these two giants met, things went wild. The first collection...
Japanese Subculture: Kogals and Lolitas, Rebellion or Fashion
Blog Post: Japanese subcultures: Rebellion vs. Cool; Lifestyle vs. Fashion Currently,...