Harajuku Fashion Walk is an event that brings together members of many of Tokyo’s fashion subcultures, including Lolita, Fairy-kei, Mori, Dolly, Gothic, and Decora. While the fashion on display at HFW may be diverse, everyone comes out for similar reasons – to see, to be seen.
Harajuku Fashion Walk’s manifesto states that its goals are to: create a public space for current and future generations to share “free fashion” (fashion free from set rules); encourage an environment that is supportive of people for who they are no matter what they wear; join together so that everyone can feel confident dressing up in outfits that may require a lot of courage if worn alone; and to share the power of Harajuku with others (via the internet and other methods) so that they might become involved as well.
It’s been over ten years since the famous Harajuku Hokoten (Pedestrian Paradise) was shut down by the city, tearing a huge bit of “street” out of the area’s “street fashion” scene. Harajuku Fashion Walk organizers hope that someday their event will be seen as a positive influence on the area, like the Hokoten was during its heyday. In the meantime, the event is already bringing more young people to the area to share their own versions of “free fashion”
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Harajuku (原宿) in Japan refers to an area around Harajuku train station. Harajuku style is a japanese fashion adopted by the teenagers and young adults in the area and its side streets which have many boutiques, trendy stores and used clothes shops.
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