It's funny, the way fashions can seem like the coolest thing to people one year yet be embarrassingly outdated a decade and a half later. Like the pictures of my mother from the 1960s with a hilarious hairdo held in a "U" shape by liberal amounts of hair spray, or any shot of George Cloony from his "Facts of Life" days. In the 80s there was a bizarre fashion trend in Japan called "pair look" in which couples would actually wear matching outfits on dates, and it's threatening to come back in style, if the Tokyo fashion blogs can be believed. (It's very popular in Korea, too, especially with couples on their honeymoon.) Supposedly the newest fashion trend in Tokyo is...guys wearing skirts. Called sukaato danshi or "skirt boys," the trend consists of men wearing long skirts (really more like aprons) over their clothes as they go about the day. If you want to follow what's new and cool in the Japanese fashion world, keep your eyes glued to our Fashion Magazines and More page.
Japan has many strange fashions, like "pair look" that's threatening to come back.
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I once inadvertently did "pair look" with my wife. I was in the U.S. and they had these T-shirts that had Sesame Street characters on them, so I said what the hell, sure I can walk around with an Ernie shirt on while she wears Bert in Japan, how embarrassing can that be? We walked around in Kyoto like that and we got pointed at by foreigner tourists, it was terrible...
I've never understood the aversion to the "pair look". So what if you and your spouse/significant other/best friend choose to dress alike/similarly? All it shows is that you have a strong connection and love each other. It's CUTE. In a world full of wars and terrorist bombings and self-absorbed people breaking up their relationships, isn't it NICE to see people going out of the way to be identified publicly as a "couple"?
Frankly, I wish people would do it more often.
Hmm, maybe I'm overreacting due to the fact that it was big in Japan and people then decided to shun it, like hating Disco after it became un-popular. How about this pair of shirts, though?
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