ジッパー・Zipper July 2012

It’s all about fashionable summer clothing plans~

ta ta ta~!

Street coordination snaps.

Ayumi-chan says: choose vibrant colours for short pants!

From upper left to bottom right:

1. Choose neon colour
2. Accessorise with vibrant suspenders
3. Low-tech sneakers are super sporty!
4. Wear American T-shirts mischieviously…

This looks pretty interesting. Summer clothing swap-coordination. Basically, you switch and coordinate different styles with the fifteen articles of clothing in the box inset above. The total price comes down to 9509yen which is roughly $95 – less than $100 which will last you for 30 days of smart coordination!

Well, I hope you enjoyed that!

Oh hai. I think the magazine is celebrating 8 years of this comic Buutan..perhaps. I just thought it was cute.

Word of the Day
豚・buta
pig

豚のように食べた。(buta no you ni tabeta) I ate like a pig.

Popteen・ポップティーン July 2012

Popteen is a monthly fashion magazine published by Kadokawa Haruki Corporation in Japan. It is now one of Asia’s top fashion magazines, also distributed to Taiwan, Thailand and recently, the United States as well (in English of course). It features gyaru fashion, especially trends amongst high school students.

The magazine is mainly known for its gyaru icons, such as Ayumi Hamasaki, previously Tsubasa Masuwaka (graduated 2007 after marrying model Naoki Umeda), and now Funayama Kumiko (Kumicky♪).

Other artists who have appeared on the cover include Kumi Koda, Namie Amuro, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Fergie and Gwen Stefani.

The magazine is well known for ‘doku-moderu’ (読者モデル), where readers have the opportunity to become models in the magazine through Popteen’s model search each year.

See the top right corner? That’s right, Big Bang was featured in this issue of Popteen!

Zipper・ジッパー May 2012

Zipper is a Harajuku fashion magazine that offers a wide range of styles for hitting the Japanese streets, or any other street if you would like. Their clothing includes bright retro to colourful prints to a natural look with sweeping pastel-coloured skirts. Sometimes, styles are mixed and to produce this colourful magazine with a modern edge.

Title says: Dress Well for Spring, Layer Up

Jelly・ゼリーMay 2012

The magazine ‘Jelly・ゼリー’ is a fashion magazine that describes itself targeting ‘new generation’ gyaru. Others will call this style ‘glam’- think Ayumi Hamasaki, who also appeared on the cover of this month’s magazine :O It is published by Bunkasha, which also publishes another magazine called Ranzuki.

Here’s Ayu-chan showcasing her ‘new generation’ gyaru – a combination of cute glam.