There is no set style for Harajuku because the outfit is up to the interpretation of the wearer. Pictured here are XG's outfits during their 'Something Ain't Right' era. Photo: Instagram/XG Ever ...

Japanese fashion has always been more than clothing—it is a form of self-expression, creativity, culture, and individuality.

Here, one weary longtime fan — and fellow lover of Japan and its pop culture — reflects on her own shifting Gwen fandom, and Stefani's continued career of cultural appropriation. The track had already ...

‘Harajuku girls’ are not a monolithic lot. There are literally dozens of different subcultures with their own unique styles. On any given weekend afternoon, visitors to Harajuku’s crowded streets and ...

Little Tokyo gets busy on Saturday afternoons. Even when the crowd was as thick as it was on this unusually warm January weekend, people couldn't help but notice the group parading along 1st Street.

Harajuku boutique Wall is bolstering Tokyo’s current wave of emerging designers. The shop is located front-and-center on the ground floor of Harajuku youth mall Laforet. Its convenient location and ...

Midori Tajiri-Byrd’s faded lilac mohawk falls across her forehead as she flips through a book of photos. Taken in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, they depict teens and twentysomethings wearing second-hand, ...

LOS ANGELES — Gwen Stefani continues her assault on consumer culture with the rollout this month of her newest fashion enterprise, Harajuku Lovers: A Fatal Attraction to Cuteness. The collection, for ...