Japan and tartan

I'm obsessed by Japan. Particularly Japan's fashion. I got a lot of inspiration from japanesestreets.com and the Japanese girls (and boys) taught me a lot about originality, the importance of socks and the art of combine. Now I am going to spend a whole post to the coolness of Japanese fashion, which is also a secret homage to Japan.

You can simply seperate Japanese girls into two groups: Lolita's and Harajuku girls (and if you don't know much about Japan, I think you immediately thought of Gwen Stefani). I prefer Lolita's, because they are more nostalgic and sometimes I think Harajuku girls are taking 'extreme' for 'beautiful', which I think is wrong. Harajuku girls love details, and that's why they are so inspiring. Even if you don't like the whole outfit, there might be some parts you do like, or which brings you ideas for your own. 

It's my biggest dream to travel to Japan and see the Japanese fashion on my own. Must be live-changing. 

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These are a few of my favourites. I love the Lolita's blue fur coat, it was made by her mom (just like the dress) according to the website. I like the second girl's denim jacket and her necklace, the rest is not really my thing. The third one is just AMAZING. So dorky, but so great. I really like that (although I prefer skirts and dresses, this is one of the examples when it's better to wear jeans). The last one is just cool because of her jumper-over-dress outfit and her bag/box. These girls are a kind of mild compared to other Japanese girls, who wear a lot of neon coloured clothes and who wear more plushies than clothes. 

There is also a lot of haircut inspiration at japanesestreets.com. I saw a lot of shortcuts, which I love, and even more brightly coloured hairstyles. Some hair was longer than the concerning girl!
You know what's THE BEST THING about Japanese streetfashion? That people accept it. Nobody will judge you because of your appearance. And that's what Japan can teach the western world.

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It's not just the streetfashion that makes Japan so fashionable. The shows are also so much cooler than the western shows (which are mostly boring).
I have seen a lot of tartan, in shows and in the streets. Tartan was one of my first fashion loves ever. And I still love it. Even when everybody in fashion world was like: 'tartan is out of fashion, it's sooooo uncool, so last year' and now they are like 'tartan is cool, it's so in fashion, it's so cool, it's sooo fashionable'.

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That's why I adore the Chanel prefall 2013 collection. Chanel is one of the only western labels that can impress me.  This is so good. Number 3 (Cara, for the fans) and 4 are so seventeenth century. I love the combination of history + fashion.

So, that's what I needed to see about Japan and tartan. Now I have got some other news: I am working on a second blog, which I will run with a lot of other girls. It will be Rockslita-like, but than produced by ohers. The concept is ready, the elaboration not yet. Already curious? I'll let you know when we'll launch the site. So keep checking Rockslita.com!

-Rosalie