Japanese Fashion and Fun!

Yesterday I took a trip down to Birmingham via rail, to visit an old Japanese friend from Newcastle University. We went for bento at a little Japanese restuarant, and then on to another cafe for more talk! She's my kinda girlfriend...

One of our topics of conversation was, of course, about fashion, and inparticular the differences between the youth fashion culture of Japan in comparison to the British. We were joking that as H&M is much more, shall we say, classier over in Japan, that she should wear her clothes with the labels hanging out to show off. But apparently, this is already the 'done' thing in the fashion circle of young Japan. For example, if you were to have a Burberry scarf, you must be sure to make sure that the label is very noticable, maybe even wearing the garment inside out!

Thinking about it though, this is not so different to the youth culture here, where, if you manage to get your paws on the 'It' bag, then you'd better make certain that it's a Louis Vuitton et al with branding ALL over it, so that it's clear it was veerrry expensive.

Personally, I prefer a designer bag to be understated. Those in the know can recognise it, and the rest... who cares?