Inspiration for this post came from the emergence of an unseen picture of the Duchess meeting cast and crew of the 2011 manufacturing of the Royal Ballet’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Arriving in Tokyo when Coco was only 4 months previous, the household was warmly welcomed into the Harajuku avenue trend community. Accessible at Tower Records and different worldwide bookstores earlier than the rise of style blogs or social media, FRUiTS was a supply of inspiration to a era of influential designers and creative leaders across the globe.

These younger girls are all fans of FRUiTS Journal and — like FRUiTS — they need Fanatic to inspire and encourage creative fashion on the streets of Harajuku and throughout Japan. Trend manufacturers and Harajuku boutiques that developed round these now-fading subcultures have additionally, sadly however not surprisingly, been closing.

It is somewhat bit quiet right now, 10 …