What the cool kids in Japan wear

Hikari is a fashion brand that sprung up when psy-trance started to go really big in Japan in the late nineties. There I was always showing up to parties wearing my daggy clothes and wondering where all the cool kids got their threads from. Hikari was the first and foremost brand that developed solely for the psy-trance scene. To have these clothes back then and to a certain extent even know, gave you all the cred you needed to prove you were a hipster and knew all the ins and outs of the scene. I was always jealous because I never actually owned any.

Hikari just opened a new store in Paris just this October. Check out some pictures of the exterior and interior from the Connected blog, an alternative clothing store in Ebisu, Tokyo where my wife scored her trippy pants (I'll post a pic tomorrow sometime when we have some time to dig those pants up!).

I never thought much about the men's fashions but the women's fashions were some of the most imaginative use of colours, fabrics and cuts I've ever seen. Truly beautiful clothes.

If you're interested in other Dance related fashion from Japan, check out this online shop called Xenorm. Unfortunately they only deliver within Japan and not internationally but they do use environmentally friendly packaging so a big thumbs up to them on that point.