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Western fashion has been widely appreciated and consumed in Tokyo for decades, but since the mid-1990s Japanese youth have been playing a crucial role in forming their own unique fashion communities and producing creative styles which have had a major impact on fashion globally. Geographically and stylistically defined, subcultures such as Lolita in Harajuku, Gyaru and Gyaru-o in Shibuya, Age-jo in Shinjuku, and Mori Girl in Kouenji, reflect the affiliation and identities of their members, and have often blurred the boundary between professionals and amateurs for models, photographers, merchan

Fashion --- Style in dress --- Clothing and dress --- Fashion design --- Subculture --- Design --- Fashion. --- Textile & Costume. --- Japan --- Social life and customs. --- Clothing design --- Dress design --- Subcultures --- Culture --- Ethnopsychology --- Social groups --- Counterculture --- J4151 --- J4142 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture -- clothing, dress, costume and make-up --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural trends and movements in general