80's Japanese fashion: The Best Styles

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Japanese fashion in the 1980s was an era of effervescent creativity and stylistic innovation. Japanese designers took the global fashion scene by storm, with brands such as Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake becoming household names. Popular culture has also greatly influenced Japanese youth in their styles, allowing them stylistic freedoms that had never been dared before. The opening up and economic boom of the 80's in Japan also played a big role in this variety of styles. The Influences of The Time Japanese fashion in the 1980s was characterized by a non-conformist attitude. Japanese youth used fashion as a way to express their individuality and their refusal to conform to social norms. The fashion styles of the 80s were influenced by subcultures such as punk, rock and hip-hop. Punk was imported to Japan from England in the