TOKYO STREET STYLE

Since Tokyo is synonymous with street style, I couldn’t resist snapping portraits of some of the city’s fashion-conscious citizens when we visited last week: the Sailor Moon look-a-likes luring passersby into manga shops, the Little Bo Peep girls out for a stroll in Akihabara with their boyfriends, the teenagers in layers and lenseless glasses loitering outside Shibuya station.

Aside from all the crazy subcultures, I was surprised to see that mainstream fashion in Tokyo closely resembles the Pacific Northwest (think Pendleton flannels, Patagonia fleeces, and puffy vests). In one of Harajuku’s many “vintage” stores, I saw a tatty North Face jacket from the 1970s retailing for about $200. If only I had known—I gave one exactly like it to Goodwill a few months ago.