Japanese Gothic and Lolita Styles in Harajuku, Tokyo
We ran into this group of subculture fashion fans on the street in Harajuku after they'd attended a tea party organized by popular punk lolita fashion designer Hibiki. Hibiki's lolita fashion brand Morpho has the motto:
"I am so pretty and sweet.
But that's not all.
I'm also mad and sad."
Everyone we know is tagged on Instagram.
FEATURE: DAY THREE of the Best Japanese Street Style From Tokyo Fashion Week 2024 S/S!
Photos by Guest Collaborator TokyoFashion!
Tokyo Fashion Week day three was another busy one. We shot street snaps outside of no less than five shows, two of which featured multiple designers. Today was the "Global Fashion Collective" day where designers from Mexico, Africa, and various other countries come together to present collections one after another in a single runway show. Most of the runway shows on day three were in Omotesando and Shibuya as usual, but the final show of the night was at Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium, a beautiful wooden building in Sendagaya designed by famed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
One of today's runway shows was by a popular Filipino fashion brand, bringing out Filipino influencers as well as Misuru, a popular Japanese Harajuku model who's been living in the Philippines for part of this year. We were happy for the opportunity to see her (and to photograph her colorful hair and fashion) for the first time in several months. One of the fun things about shooting Tokyo Fashion Week is that twice a year it forces IRL contact between all of the Japanese fashion industry people who might only talk to each other via social media, email, or phone otherwise.
Guests of note who we shot today include Tokyo-based Korean makeup artist Gyutae, Japanese kawaii cyber gyaru Dede, Japanese fashion photographer/writer Rei Shito, one of Japan's top male runway models, and even Drag Race Sweden contestant Endigo.
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People with low spoons, someone just recommended this cookbook to me, so I thought I'd pass it on.
I always look at cookbooks for people who have no energy/time to do elaborate meal preparations, and roll my eyes. Like, you want me to stay on my feet for long enough to prepare 15 different ingredients from scratch, and use 5 different pots and pans, when I have chronic fatigue and no dishwasher?
These people seem to get it, though. It's very simple in places. It's basically the cookbook for people who think, 'I'm really bored of those same five low-spoons meals I eat, but I can't think of anything else to cook that won't exhaust me'. And it's free!
Alright US mutuals, if you are interested in, morbidly fascinated by, or anxiously doomscrolling through AI news, including Stable Diffusion, Llama, ChatGPT or Dalle, you need to be aware of this.
The US Copyright Office has submitted a request for comment from the general public. Guidelines can be found on their site, but the gist of it is that they are taking citizen statements on what your views on AI are, and how the Copyright Office should address the admittedly thorny issues in rulings.
Be polite, be succinct, and be honest. They have a list of questions or suggestions, but in truth are looking to get as much data from the general public as possible. If you have links to papers or studies examining the economic impacts of AI, they want them. If you have anecdotal stories of losing commissions, they want them. If you have legal opinions, experience using these tools, or even a layman's perspective of how much human input is required for a piece of work to gain copyright, they want it.
The deadline is Oct 18th and can be submitted via the link in the article. While the regulatory apparatus of the US is largely under sway by corporate interests, this is still the actual, official time for you to directly tell the government what you think and what they should do. Comments can be submitted by individuals or on behalf of organizations. So if you are a small business, say a print shop, you can comment on behalf of the print shop as well.
Do a illustrator a favour and do this.