If I were to dress harajuku...
 

People would think I'm weird and probably make fun of me. For these reasons: I'm American, and I live in America. The style here is sooo boring! I love the way harajuku looks. It's so different and cool looking! I just wish people would accept clothing/hair styles over here.

Should I take the chance and dress harajuku/japanese style?

go ahead maybe then u can make a fashion statement at the place u liv

You can't really change a person's opinion on something
there are gonna be people who don't like it and then there are also gonna
be people who like/love it
i say you just go with what you want and if people give you shit just
brush it off and don't let it phase you one bit...
EDIT: i live in the US too so i know how you feel

I think I care more about what my family would say. I think they would make fun of me for it. I only have one cousin who thinks it's cool. Me and him are gonna go to Japane one day;)

wow cool btw u spelt japan wrong-everyone has different taste
and yes family approval is important-maybe dressin up for once can change a bit^^

well like i said
people are gonna hate it and people are gonna love it...that also includes your fam...

my family members harass me all the time cuz i wear a lot of black and listen to heavy metal and what not but i still do it reguardless of what they say cuz i like it (i mean i have changed a bit but only cuz i wanted to)

Yeah, Robo-Chan is right! I'm getting together some goth loli stuff and I'm petrified about what people are going to think, but I'll do it. I think I'll wear one of my skirts with a shirt that says "Haters make me famous" It's a good motto!

hai...
and that's kinda what i was trying to say

well... I dressed yesterday harajuku style (A dress i made by myself inspired by harajuku) I got LOTS of stares and comments (because they have a bad attitude here towards everything japanese) but I think I got stares more because of my friend ^^;; She had this gothic lolita dress and looked like she was going to funeral...

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I always thought the US was more open about stuff than here in the UK, although probably depends on the state aswell.

And haha, as for thee family, they slag me off everyday for the way I dress ( I a semi-joking way...I think) although my dad completely hates it, but I don;t live with him so it's fine.

But yeh, as cliche as it sounds "be yourself" otherwise you'll ruin your life by always being paranoid/conscious about what other people are going to say. And besides, you won't know what they'll say if you don;t test it first ; )

Harajuku is an area, it's not a fashion. Although I know what you mean, you're speaking of the kind of fashion that is most often seen around Harajuku, right?

I honestly think that if you have enough confidence you can wear anything you want, and whereas the majority of people may not find it to their standards they will respect you for being yourself. I am part of a Gal-Cir in UK and the majority of these people dress old school manba/banba (lol sorry googled an image for referance) and they've never had any problems - if you show you're confident in your own skin people won't bother you.

go for it u wont be alone i do it aswell people laughed the 1st day but then they got over it and thought it was pretty cool

if you truly dig something, then other`s opinions about it shouldn`t be too important to you.

i get what you mean about the family/parental issues; i get it, too. (strict asian family, hahaha.) i usually tone my shit down around them, but only because i don`t want to get in trouble (srsbizns!!1!), not because i want to `save` their reputation or any shit like that.

let people stare, so long as you don`t care.

I dress a little like that sometimes, but there's not many shops here where I live that I can buy clothes like that^^
I sometimes find stuff though..

Thank you! It was bugging me that everything called it harajuku style. x_X
Whatever style you mean, go for it. Just make it look good and dress in whatever makes you feel comfortable :)

I completely agree with Xinyi :)

As long as you like it and know it's your style, then there's no problem wearing it out. Dare to be unique >D

I live in Singapore.
I've seen people dress as lolita and walking around before,it is rare in Singapore.I am sure they get "looks".

But don't be so negative and think that people look at you and think you are weird!

I look at people too,when they are dress up as lolita,but what is passing through my mind is,"Hey that dress is nice!" or "Wow,that person have the confidence to dress differently!"

=)

I love Harajuku :)
I would, but being.... uber-worried about what people think of me,
I tend to... How shall I say... Follow the herd?

lol, I don't dress my own way. I'm scared too. xD
But, you should wear what you feel most comfortable wearing.

Harajuku
 

YES!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dressing harajuku
 

Ok I'm a newbie..........

But yeah do it!
I went all through school getting stares and comments. Since I left I have had so many people come up to me and say 'I wish I had the guts to dress like you!' Screw other people. I live in the U.K mostly populated by chavs and people who only care what 'The Beckhams' are wearing this week. There is no need for that.

'It's better to be hated than ignored'


love love to you miss american lady :rheart: :rheart:

wear what you want and wear it with pride. don't let other people bring you down.

Wear what you want!
I wear what I find nice tbh
Once i wore my leopard print jacket, white drainpipes, white dollyshoes with a black belt with a star on it and my hair spiked out with purple contact lenses in.
I wish I got a pic :(
Go for it :)

My parents first of all wouldn't buy anything like that for me second they would burn the cloths then kill me if they saw me wearing it. Especial black stuff. They have real issues about black being "evil" it's a color for goodness sake!

If you want to dress that way than you should, regardless of what people think. Even if it's not the trend in America you can still wear it if you have enough confidence.

i dress neovisualizm style almost everyday now

Believe me, you have to learn to just not care.
Wear what you want, screw other people and what they think.
As long as you like it, then it's ok. ^_^
And think about it, even though the Harajuku style is very popular in Japan, there are those who frown upon it.
Just like with the goth style(which is world wide.) there are MANY people who dress "goth" even though people think it's "weird" or whatever.
But again, like I said...if you like it wear it, who cares what people say. ^_^

i dress harajuku everyday lol..but then i also live in nyc when high style is extremely important

I thought people in the US were more open for that, I live in the Netherlands and I also dress harajuku (I dress lolita, oshare kei, visual kei enz.) It's not always nice..when I go shopping with my friend people are staring at us, and we also were attacked by a group of girls..anyway I think you should try it ^^ there are lots of people who like to wear it but they are too afraid.. btw I'm scared now too >_< next year I'm going to a new school..but I have to be brave ^^

i say go for it! everyday to school i wear a bow in my hair, its funny cuz im in 7th grade! the first day i got a few looks but the next my friend wore a bow and shes like "omg that is so cool! im wearing one too!"

No please don't. The only people that would understand it would be the people who know Japanese culture, which isn't a lot in America.

People will just think you're weird, and it makes you look like an obsessed with Japan.

But when you go to Japan, it'll be okay.

I dress in the Harajuku fashion all the time. Of course people will think you're weird but that's the fun thing about it! If you're having a hard time finding the good clothes check thift stores and places like that. That's where I find some pretty good Harajuku clothes.

wow-ow no offense but ur
lyk da only negative comment
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well for me i dress decora-like every day and im the only person who wears skirts and bright socks , well except for this troop of girls who wear petticoats on the same day sometimes. sometimes ppl come and say 'i rly lyk ur outfit!'
and one time i wore bright NEON PINK socks and my P.E. teacher
wuz staring at them and wuz lyk 'U RLY PIMP THOSE SOCKS!' and everyone wuz staring at them. it wuz funny and dat day everyone omg i luv ur socks
but ther wuz one time this group of girls said lyk i hate the way u dress. but they looked lyk da slutty-ish group
so you dont need to afraid of horrible comments just dont start extreme the first day. un less ur skool is rly intolerable just try! well, as a start try wearing a skirt to skool with some bright socks and see the reaction and then you can try some more stuffs

Not quite. In Harajuku, maybe. But there are a lot of older conservative Japanese people who would give your unique clothes a good stare.

Just do it (I live in a conservative country and do weird stuff).

Declare war and polarize people (either they are your friends or enemies). It makes your goal much more satisfying with resistance than without resistance.

wow, i can't believe how much you butchered your own language here... I assume that you're American...

I mean i understand the need of wanting to stand out from the crowd, but "fangirling" around in something even most japanese think of as weird, doesn't it feel really akward?

I've seen some "outrageous" kind of styles of dressing. The high school I go to, when I was a freshman, there were a whole group of seniors who did the "Liberty Spikes" hair-do, pants torn to hell, and a whole bunch of hardcore death-metally kinda things. I was open-minded, but they'd torn apart everyday by my grade... But because of HOW they wore it (with confidence) most of them got respect, and no one dissed how they dressed.

What I'm basically saying is, it's not about what the style looks like. It's about HOW you wear it. If you wear what you wear confidently, then you'll be fine. If you walk around looking insecure in what you're wearing, you're going to get crap from people.

Hmm, I semi-agree. Sometimes you can't help getting abuse from ignorant people no matter how you carry yourself. To be frank, if I wore something like sweet lolita and walked around outside, I would probably get my head kicked in regardless of anything else.

Ignorant people don't really care how you carry yourself. They just look at you, think you 'look funny,' and take it as a reason to hurl abuse at you.

It's a lot easier to avoid trouble if you are with other people who dress in the same style, but when alone people think you are an easy target. It also depends on the setting, the area, the popularity of the style etc. Around here, gothic lolita maybe you could get away with if it's casual, people will just assume it's goth [though still expect problems with THAT] - but ganguro/decora/sweet lolita - good luck to you.

I can see what you mean. I went to AnimeNEXT back in June, and the place it was at was like... a big complex of hotels and such... It was packed even if the convention wasn't there, and no one knew what was up with the wacky attire flooding the area. So many questions were asked, especially to my friend who was cosplaying. I wasn't, but my fuschia kitty ears hat and semi-rainbow brite attire was still getting me stared at.

It's tough with the "crazy" styles of Japanese fashion. I've never really done it to any bit of 'extreme' but I can imagine. I was attacked for wearing skulls & camouflage on a regular basis my freshman year of high school... And looked at as a member of the Bloods for wearing a lot of red and black. I had to withstand the abuse... Then when I altered my 'style' a bit, and added more color, and laid my eyeliner on thicker and more like this:
(mind you, my hair was still its natural brown), I was getting looked at as if I were a pothead. It was just not cool at all... I still get a crap, but no one says anything to my face anymore because I'd just get downright nasty because of the things being said to me.

Some people just are all-round mean and ignorant. It's not guaranteed to work if you wear what you wear comfortably and confidently 100%... But I realized it does do something. Then again, I'll say I've never sported harajuku style, or decora... Or anything out in public. The most I've done is worn my Kanon-inspired haircut styled and spiked out to the side a bit.

Other peoples opinions dont matter especially if they shallow enough to think you are a freak because you dress a certain way. As long as you are comfortable with yourself and you like what you are wearing i say go for it. After all you are wearing the clothes for you NOT for them.