Jap Fashion...

The future is, as the advert says, orange, but I'm not sure that it's that bright. The Harajuku girls, who brought the world the goth-lolita look (bondage and frills) are starting to look past their sell-by date when compared to the chic J-girls of Shibuya. The Shib girls wear coloured contact lenses and tape their eyes wide open for a stary look without resorting to gobbling ecstasy, though the two-inch multicoloured eyelashes rather obscure this. The hair is fairly obvious- backcombing and peroxide, but the skin is the main feature. They sun bed and dye themselves bright orange, which sets their white lipstick and eye make-up off a treat.