In the ten years since the trend began it has expanded to a number of cities including Tokyo and now boasts many thousands of devotees who dedicate their lives to creating ever more flamboyant and bizarre variations on the Gothic theme. The origin of the movement was in Osaka in the mid 1990s when young teenagers adopted Gothic fashion in response to the clothes worn and promoted by Japanese Gothic rock bands. The photographer Masayuki Yoshinaga obviously sees the beauty represented by the colorful fashions of his subjects. The majority of girls in the scene are teenagers and most usually stop dressing and behaving this way by the age of eighteen. book by Masayuki Yoshinaga and Ishikawa Katsuhiko, Gothic + Lolita. The psychological characteristics of the average Japanese Goth is one of introversion and exclusivity. 42 David Graham, ' Gothic Lolitas : Goth Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, ' http. Masayuki Yoshinaga is one of the leading fashion and reportage. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent girls, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo, dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. Gothic & Lolita charts the current trend of Gothic fashion that has swept Japan. Gothic & Lolita charts the trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade.
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