Runway Modeling at J-Fashion Fair!☆

Yup, the title tells it!

J-Fashion Fair is a brand new fair and flee-market event dedicated to all kinds of Japanese street fashion (30.8 at Gloria Helsinki) and when I found out about it, I was so excited! Before this there's only been similar Lolita events here in Finland but nothing to other fashions, and because of that Finland's J-street fashion scene is quite disjointed (apart from a few Gyaru circles). So I've really been looking forward to at least something for other fashions, and to unite other people who love other styles besides Lolita and Gyaru. Needless to say I'm super excited!

And when I saw that they were looking for representatives of different styles for the fashion show, I knew I had to take the chance! And it really was worth taking it!

So this is the outfit I submitted to the show! My style of choice is Aomoji-kei and even though I don't knowingly follow the style, I take the most inspiration from it because of how fun and free the style is! For those who don't know, the basic idea of Aomoji-kei is "dress how YOU want and only for yourself" so naturally it has no so called "rules" like most fashion styles have. But some distinctive things I have noticed in Aomoji-kei, is funky and eye catching platform shoes, mesh over knee socks or funky patterned socks, and loose shirts and jackets worn with them! I really love this style and I'm so glad I get to represent it in front of viewers!

I'm really excited about the fashion show and I can't wait what the other models are wearing and what styles they represent! J-fashion is so important to me and a big part of my life, and I just can't wait to express it! Aaaa I just wish it was the 30th already. (´∀｀)

If you're coming to the event, please come and say hi to me if you happen to pass by me! See you again soon!☆

Style Inspiration Part #2 Usuke Devil☆

U S U K E  D E V I L / Y U S U K E  H I D A

So a natural switch from my favorite street snap girl is to my favorite street snap BOY! Usuke Devil, actual name Yusuke Hida, is 20 (If I remember right) years old, and has been streetsnapped by Tokyo Fashion and other sites several times in the past few years. These snaps are from 2013, which was the time he was most seen on street snap sites, and I just adore his style! He represents the more "high fashion" side of Harajuku style, since he mostly uses high fashion brands like Hérmes, YSL and Vivienne Westwood. Especially nowadays, since in these older pictures his style was more "extravagant" and edgy. Nowadays his style is much more traditional and subtle, but still amazing! No wonder he is considered to be one of the Harajuku style icons of mens fashion!

These are some more recents pictures of him, so you can see what I mean. I personally prefer his old, edgy style but tbh I love Devil in every form! The thing that first captured my eye in him was just how damn beautiful he is (;▽; ) Do you know the feeling when a man is prettier than most girls? That's the deal with Devil. Of course his style is amazing, but his gorgeous face is just irresistable-- okay now I'm starting to sound like a crazy fan girl, but just look how pretty he is! ;; In the left picture you can also see his twin sister Asami Hida who I adore to bits too! They really are an amazing pair of siblings, because of their gorgeous styles.

Devil used to work at Faline Tokyo, but nowadays if I'm not wrong, he works as a full time model. Like I said in the Rinalee post, I can't read Japanese, and Devil very very rarely writes in english so some of this information might be wrong. I have just been following him for several years now, so I'm telling you the little things I have learned about him throughout the years with my non-existent Japanese langauage skills-- But back to him now: From what I've understood from his instagram and his style book SCREAM UsukeDevil (which I own), Devil loves Korea and it has a special place in his heart. He does trips to Korea a few times a year and presumably loves Korean pop-music, since he sometimes uploads videos of him dancing to Kpop songs in his instagram. He even has a whole chapter in the style book dedicated to his trips to Seoul! His makeup style and hair reminds the Korean men's style nowadays too, as you can see from the newest pictures on his instagram. He looks much softer and sweeter nowadays than in the 2013 pictures, and even though I preferred that style, Devil has a big place in my heart no matter what!

F I N D  D E V I L

instagram: @screamer29
twitter: @screamer29

So that's all for now! I apologize if some of the information was wrong and my writing seems really scattered-- It's very hard for me to create sentences today heh. But thanks for reading and see you again soon!☆

Style Inspiration Part #1 Rinalee☆

Hello beautiful people!

This post will be the beginning of a sort off blog post "series", where I will write about my biggest inspirations and why they inspire me. I will do these posts whenever I feel like it, but there will probably come a lot of these, since I love many many styles, and naturally many different people inspire me a lot. So let's start with my most favorite streetsnap girl EVER☆

R I N A L E E

Rinalee is kind of a mystery to me; I know literally nothing about her, since I can't read Japanese and there isn't any translated info about her online. But one thing I do know, is that her style is just so amazing! I love pastel colors, but I also love the kind of dark "rokku" style, and she is just a perfect mix of those two things. 

The thing I especially love about Rinalee's style, is the accessorizing. She always has amazing and peculiar handbags and the overall accessorizing of her coords is subtle, but striking. She has an amazing ability to coordinate somewhat hard to wear-accessories with cute, simple outfits and make them work together perfectly. I really envy that about her, because accessorizing is the thing I struggle with the most...

Her style is also wonderfully girly and sweet, without being overly cute and sugary and she manages to look sort of "tough" (in a good way), while still looking amazingly cute. Also the variety of her styles and looks is amazing! If I had the resources and money to dress how I want to dress, I would love to have a similar style to hers.. This is what a perfect style looks like to me; sweet, but tough, like marshmallows and salmiakki!☆

FIND  RINALEE:

instagram: @rinangel42

twitter: @rinangel42

picture sources: tokyofashion.com and KERA magazine