Kawaii (cute) Japanese Street Fashion Part 2 of 3

[xXiTacoXx]

The Fairy Kei fashion

Fairy kei is an awesome pastel rainbow explosion full of sugary cuteness. This fashion is also a Harujuku street fashion that appeared in the late 1980's, and early 1990's that gets its inspiration from the pop culture of that time. This style consists of many pastel layers, toys, cartoon characters, adorable accessories, over the top make-up, and more. Now it may sound childish, but if you wear batman, superman, and looney toon memorabilia from t-shirts to pj's or even like any of those things, then you have no room to judge. The Fairy kei fashion like many others isn't gender specific, so guys can enjoy it too.

Don't let race, societal norms, age, or gender hinder the choice in fashion you choose to wear. Fun fashion is for everyone one.

Part 1: https://www.girlsaskguys.com/fashion-style/a23869-kawaii-cute-japanese-street-fashion-part-1-of-3-maybe-4

[vishna]

Strangely enough, I really think this is interesting. I especially like the last outfit the guy is wearing. It's harder than you would think to only buy pastel, I appreciate the dedication.

[xXiTacoXx]

I swear I can't find pastel anything anywhere where I live except for in the kids section. How come bright and awesome colours are limited to just kids? xD

[vishna]

Haha, right. This is really cool.

[xXiTacoXx]

We have to find cute brightly coloured things online and over priced. It sucks... ;A; And yeah this fashion is coo. I even made a third one about the Ouji fashion.
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a23915-kawaii-cute-japanese-street-fashion-part-3-of-3

[Rawrzz]

Born from Japan's emphasis and unhealthy infatuation with minors and children, no doubt.

[xXiTacoXx]

You couldn't be more wrong.

[Rawrzz]

Or you couldn't be more wrong. You said it yourself. The style came from cartoon characters. Do you realize how many sexualized little kids they have in mainstream anime?

[xXiTacoXx]

Do you realize that it's not about sexualizing little kids? It's a fashion that people who enjoy cute things an want to break from wear that doesn't involve sexualization of anything. There's actually more layers and modesty in Fairy Kei fashion than there is in the clothing both kids and adults wear. It's funny how you think this fashion is fetishizing and sexualizing kids (when it's not) meanwhile in the west you can find children wearing short shorts, tight jeans, crop tops, and strapless shirts. Hell, even on GaG many of the how do I look questions are asked by kids/teens posing half nude, and flaunting things they ought not be flaunting. And what's really sad it's guys your age who perv over them. THAT is sexualizing kids. This fashion is NOT doing that. Saying this fashion is sexualizing kids is like saying any man or woman wearing anything involving their favorite Marvel or DC super hero, Disney, or Tooney Toon character is sexualizing little kids. Smh.. do some research.

[xXiTacoXx]

Also I never said it came from cartoon characters. I just said that there's prints and accessories involving cartoon characters just like with some clothes you see in the west.

Is this guy sexualizing children?
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What about this guy?
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Here's some pictures of kids with those shirts.
www.myfriendsmosaic.com/i/batman-shirt-for-kid.jpg
www.dogma.is/.../superman_bolur_nyr.jpg?height=780

You wouldn't bat an eye if you saw any of those images, but since the fashion I talk about came from Japan it automatically means it's suppose to sexualize children even when it's a modest fashion that's just a way to break for norms when it comes to looks and how one expresses themselves by using fashion as art, and that doesn't involve actual children or acting like children. Racist much?

[Rawrzz]

I wouldn't know, or care, what teenagers are wearing these days. And I didn't say it was sexualizing little kids, did I? I said it was no doubt "born from Japan's emphasis and unhealthy infatuation with minors and children." Though clearly, you know nothing about Japan aside from fashion. Child porn was legal there until a *few years ago*. Child porn is still legal in animation. And they have an absolute obsession with high school girls. There have been stories of creepy guys "my age"--nice correlation there by the way, because I share something with pedos because we're the same age; I suppose I can put anything any 21 year old girls do on you, then, huh--creepy guys driving up to high schools and wanking off to the high school girls. Or grabbing 13 year olds asses on the train. Like I said. Born from an unhealthy infatuation with minors and children.

[xXiTacoXx]

And that's actually where you're wrong. It's not born from any unhealthy obsession with kids or teens. I even mentioned it being born from the pop culture at the time (Hello kitty, MLP, and other things that started popping up around the 80's and 90's). Also I do know about more than just fashion when it comes to Japan, but this myTake IS a fashion myTake so I'm trying not to bring anything irrelevant to it. Also, Japan isn't the only high school girl obsession county in the world. Do you know how many young girls all over the world get cat called and harassed? Weird things like that aren't just specific to Japan, and even then there's actually many people in Japan who find the whole high school girl obsession from some of the people there creepy too. You're generalizing an entire culture based on what you see in the media, and the handful of people who are into anime (which is actually aimed mostly towards high school kids because they're the target audience who watches it the most).

[Rawrzz]

o. o;; You're trying not to go off topic by not talking about Japanese culture, but by bringing up a bunch of other countries. o. o;;

And noooooo. Not really. Japan has a big sexual harassment issue. So much so that some areas have made "female only" trains, and some men choose to keep their hands raised the whole time on the train so they can't be accused of sexual harassment. And no. I'm not generalizing.

No, chica. Seinen. It's aimed at 17-50 year olds or something. And it is mature, quite mature, deeply philosophical/sexual/political: adult. And in those instances, you'll be hard pressed to find an adult anime that doesn't show some 8 year old girl wearing sexy outfits and prostrated in various sexualized positions. Like No Game No Life. A fucking amazing adult/AKA Seinen anime, with a humorous implication, albeit an uncomfortable one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Game_No_Life

--It exists in Japan. And your pics dressed like little kids. And it's not media propaganda that had Nipon not illegalize child porn until recent

[Rawrzz]

Seriously though. Not even set up in a humourous way in the first episode. Just a direct crotch shot on an 11 year old girl character, within the first 3 minutes. -.-;;; Look. I love Japan. But they got some issues. And one of their issues is what we've been discussing.

Dressing like a little kid is just weird--and it doesn't compare with a batman or superman t-shirt: batman and superman are popular with adults, too. The Dark Knight, an undeniably adult aspect. The shitty Superman movies. But, to each their own, of course. Like whatever you will. It's not like I can stop you.

[xXiTacoXx]

Seriously, when have you ever seen little kids dress like that? I've personally never seen it. If anything many kids dress like mini adults, and batman and superman aren't the only things that are ok for adults to like that kids also like so bat man and superman shirt are perfect comparisons. Hello kitty, Spongebob, Adventure time, etc are also liked by many adults and have merchandise for adults that no one bats an eye at. Also if people have an issue with those types of anime's, then you can avoid them. I know I do my best to try and avoid them because I feel uncomfortable with the over sexualization of anyone under 18. I know that there's a sexual harassment issue in Japan, but I'm trying to let you know that creepy shit isn't just limited to that country. And as for seinen anime even many people in Japan have issues with it and it's the manga/anime artists keeping it alive (at least this is what I've been told by an acquaintance who's from Japan and is helping me to learn Japanese)

[Rawrzz]

Anima/manga artists aren't government officials. They don't control the law.

If one was to try to avoid animes with sexualized kids, one would have to stop watching anime. Pretty much. As per my example, No Game No Life is a great anime, overall. One of the best, recently, in my opinion. The storyline is amazing, and it's uniquely done. And the animation is beautiful. And even though the little sister is shown in uncouth ways, her relationship with her brother is pretty hilarious. And it's not like they're real. I can look past it. I'm just mentioning how common it is.

And no. Creepy shit is everywhere. But especially in Japan.

And the girl's outfit, I most certainly have seen kids dressed like that. And it's all bright and fluffy and disgusting and child-like. -.-; And the top picture look like grandmother's clothing. Anyway. I don't like it. There. I take back my comment; I don't know if it was born from Japan's emphasis and unhealthy infatuation with underaged kids. But. It could be.

[xXiTacoXx]

Nothing's wrong with bright and fluffy, mate. Not everyone like's depressing looks. xD

[SilenRose]

Annnnnnd I'm done. Lol. Seriously though this is cute. I knew about Decora but wasn't aware of Fairy Kei.

[xXiTacoXx]

Fairy kei in my mind is like the awesome mesh between Decora and Sweet Lolita. I'm going to do a myTake about the Lolita fashion, but it won't be apart of my 3 part kawaii J-fashion series since it's a fashion I'm into/getting into so I'd like to go into more depth about it, and provide more information about it to get rid of all the misconceptions that come with the fashion.

[SilenRose]

Cool! Lolita is my favorite
If I had the money then i'd definitely dress up in the clothes

[xXiTacoXx]

You just have to budget for it.

[MysteriousFlower]

I think its suited for younger people but I do see the cuteness of it all :)

[xXiTacoXx]

There's actually a lot of people in their 20's, and 30's who wear it because unlike younger people they have the jobs that can afford such things. There's plenty of teens who wear it, but they usually have part time jobs. xD

[PurpleTeardrops]

Lol it's my daily wear 😍 i should be taking pictures though..

[xXiTacoXx]

O: Do ieeeeet!!!