Harajuku Girl is a term to describe young womens and teenagers special wearing style. Harajuku is a trendy young area of Tokyo (Japan). Groups of young people has regular (every Sunday) meeting in Yoyogi Park for costume play. They put on different (funny, scared, bright) make up and combine traditional Japanese kimonos, brightly colored accessories, western clothing styles, hello kitties (Hello Kitty), things they bought from charity shops, very high priced designer clothes.

There are many fashion styles, and many different groups:� Gothic Lolita (Gothloli), Kogal, Decora, Second-Hand Fashion, Wamono, Cyber Fashion, Ganguro. Seems, one of the most popular styles is Gothic Lolita � mix from Lolita innocent style and gothic style. The other one is cosupure (costume+play). Girls dress as their favorite characters from manga, anime, video games, and Japanese pop music bands.

FRUiTS is a Japanese fashion magazine covering the Harajuku style. FRUiTS was established by in 1994 by photographer Shoichi Aoki. Two books were created FRUiTS (2001) and FRESH FRUiTS (2005).

Harajuku girl�s style was almost unknown outside Japan� before. Popularity grown when famous singer Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) featured them in her solo debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby and created her own fashion line L.A.M.B. Stefani also had Harajuku girls trailing after her in promotional and red carpet events. Harajuku girls style became next cultural export from Japan after Pokemon, Hello Kitty, sushi etc. There are many articles in Internet about �West taking this totally underground thing and making it commercial� and its true from one hand.

Here some Harajuku girls photo galleries:

Flickr gallery of Harajuku district and Harajuku girls
Funky kids at Yoyogi park
Japanese Costume Girls – Cosplay
Tokyo and Harajuku girls
About Fruits editions and gallery of Harajuku girls