This photograph is stunning! I love the bits of different colour in her hair. The little swirls on her shirt are pretty, they finish off the photograph perfectly.
Not sure about the no hair look but some people believe cutting your hair and let it regrow it’s like being born again. But maybe he just does it for the look.
There is nothing about this that looks nice. You have removed one of the most expressive parts of the human face. This looks more like a grooming session gone wrong.
Disgraceful, really… who wants to look like a seal?
I think the browless thing is strange to me precisely because it is making a statement about being expressionless – and that is something I just cannot get behind, as much as I respect anyone who expresses his/herself… but to express your desire to not express anything at all just goes a little over my head!
You can see the faint lines where she draws the brows in sometimes. Many Asians I know do this because they feel their brows are not even enough or long enough to shape how they want them ( fine line) In this way with her blunt fringe it makes her eyes stand out otherwise with the light hair and thick dark brows we would look more at her brows than her eyes!
Love the hair colour by the way- very cool!
Lovely! I see just as much expression if not more. Perhaps it is more self expressive than people are used to. Klaus Nomi did do it back then and I remember. Around that time I shaved mine to short little stubs. Seemed they would never grow back. Keep that in mind if you try it. Play and have fun! Maybe people trying things on purpose can teach us to be more accepting of people who just don’t have hair or brows naturally or through the effects of illness or medication. It would be sad to say that someone looked the a seal after chemotherapy.
Otherworldly! Perhaps more startling was reading that this is a man! Of course, the realist inside me is thinking “Oh,he’s going to regret this years from now when his brows never quite grow back…”
Nothing half-ass about this look, huh? He reminds me of some of my more Nordic friends who have dark hair and very pale brows. The photo also supports your earlier statement about mixing kimono and other traditional aesthetics with modern ones. Great pictures from this trip to Japan.
So wait, let me get this straight, you “don’t get” Harajuku, but this interests you?
(for the record, I don’t get either)
I would hazard a guess that 99% of the people saying how interesting this is are just kissing the ring. This is terrifying, and intensely affected to boot.
I only say this to you, Scott, because I respect you enough to be honest with you.
Like many readers, I didn’t at first realize this was a man, not a woman. Seems a little geisha like, no facial hair. And then the rainbow hair on his head. Stark, surprising, and somehow fun.
i really don’t think japanese youth are hoping that people “get” their look- and i’m pretty sure outlandishly affected is the look he was going for— i think he is beautiful (though yes, if he jumped out of a bush at night i’d scream). thanks for posting as always!!
Ok. I have seen Manic Panic hair color before. Maybe a million times. This is a nice photograph, definitely. But I am having no luck figuring why people seem to think the Japanese series of photos is so daring or different. Honestly it looks exactly like many photos of the kids in Japan with their sort of typical alternative look. They like to overdo it. As for the browless thing, first we have seen it in lots of places, on this blog in fact, and in several fashion shows, and its cool. But its not amazingly original.
What a pretty boy, cute freckles ;)
I used to hate the no brows look but i love it now its a kind of haunting beauty that only a few can pull off, myself excluded i would look like a sad potato. Japanese fashion like this is not for everyone, but then again what is?
klaudia
August 31, 2011 at 3:03 pm
amazing photo and nice blok :o))
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Holly
August 31, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Love the daring. This series of close ups is such a treat to view!
paul Gonzales
August 31, 2011 at 3:06 pm
What can I say I blown away by this photography I wish I was there shooting as well!
milly
August 31, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Looks like Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander!!!!!!!
Isa
August 31, 2011 at 3:18 pm
So different !
PvdH
August 31, 2011 at 3:20 pm
The hair is amazing. Unique to boot.
PvdH
http://www.ThePvdHJournal.com
M
August 31, 2011 at 3:22 pm
My attention draws to the rainbow hair before the lack of brows!
http://styleflourish.blogspot.com
becky jo
August 31, 2011 at 3:25 pm
interesting… very interesting.
Lauren
August 31, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Interesting and daring look. I wonder what the inspiration is?
The Styleseer
http://styleseer.blogspot.com
Broderick
August 31, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Beautiful colors, love their style
iben
August 31, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Tokyo streetstyle is so inspiring!
xoxo Despite color
Hillary
August 31, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Such a bold look!
http://www.thoreausdaughter.com/
thefashionguitare
August 31, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Kind of scary… kind of weird… but I like the way people express their selves
XO Charlotte
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maria
August 31, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I’m digging this. Maria
felix
August 31, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Looks like something out of Pan’s Labyrinth.
vasilieva
August 31, 2011 at 4:01 pm
wow, that’s one hell of a photo, phenomenal
http://elenavasilieva.blogspot.com/
x
beyourstyle.it
August 31, 2011 at 4:06 pm
incredible!!!!
joni
August 31, 2011 at 4:06 pm
interesting how the no-brow brings so much more attention to the bangs and hair.
Nemee
August 31, 2011 at 4:14 pm
This photograph is stunning! I love the bits of different colour in her hair. The little swirls on her shirt are pretty, they finish off the photograph perfectly.
http://lunaaurea.blogspot.com
The Fashington Press
August 31, 2011 at 4:21 pm
nice eye contact!! Bit scary thought!
http://thefashpress.blogspot.com/
Lylia's Diary
August 31, 2011 at 4:32 pm
So inspiring ! but kinda scary …
Thesecretcloset
August 31, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Not sure about the no hair look but some people believe cutting your hair and let it regrow it’s like being born again. But maybe he just does it for the look.
eww
August 31, 2011 at 4:51 pm
There is nothing about this that looks nice. You have removed one of the most expressive parts of the human face. This looks more like a grooming session gone wrong.
Disgraceful, really… who wants to look like a seal?
Marcel Da Chump
August 31, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Well, call me a broken record ( vinyl), but Klaus Nomi again. He was the first brow-less person I saw, 1979–for all you kids out there.
Maia
August 31, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I think the browless thing is strange to me precisely because it is making a statement about being expressionless – and that is something I just cannot get behind, as much as I respect anyone who expresses his/herself… but to express your desire to not express anything at all just goes a little over my head!
J9
August 31, 2011 at 5:21 pm
love the color. not a fan of the no brows look, always looks rather sickly to me.
jeff
August 31, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Have to say, this series from Japan… Not sure I get what sense of style prevails there… Europe I get, but here??
Melissa
August 31, 2011 at 6:33 pm
so cool, loving the Tokio photos
http://lavie-amonavis.blogspot.com
Fotautomat
August 31, 2011 at 6:35 pm
I love the colours – and the matching necklace?
http://www.foto-automat.tumblr.com
steve
August 31, 2011 at 9:20 pm
interesting look for a young man. banal? certainly not.
seemingly every turn of tokyo streets yields yet more amazing shots.
Helen Schnabel
August 31, 2011 at 10:49 pm
You can see the faint lines where she draws the brows in sometimes. Many Asians I know do this because they feel their brows are not even enough or long enough to shape how they want them ( fine line) In this way with her blunt fringe it makes her eyes stand out otherwise with the light hair and thick dark brows we would look more at her brows than her eyes!
Love the hair colour by the way- very cool!
Ceecee
August 31, 2011 at 11:45 pm
A modern take on geisha?
Piia
August 31, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Amazing pic. There´s something strangely appealing in it..
Chloe
September 1, 2011 at 1:45 am
stunning portraiture! i love it :)
Georgiana
September 1, 2011 at 3:16 am
Amazing hair!
Vani
September 1, 2011 at 4:13 am
Very inspiring!
xoxo
Thedressingbooth
momacinz
September 1, 2011 at 6:06 am
Real androgyny, something strange.
clarity enhanced diamonds
September 1, 2011 at 6:36 am
A very interesting look!
Boston Guy
September 1, 2011 at 6:47 am
Lovely! I see just as much expression if not more. Perhaps it is more self expressive than people are used to. Klaus Nomi did do it back then and I remember. Around that time I shaved mine to short little stubs. Seemed they would never grow back. Keep that in mind if you try it. Play and have fun! Maybe people trying things on purpose can teach us to be more accepting of people who just don’t have hair or brows naturally or through the effects of illness or medication. It would be sad to say that someone looked the a seal after chemotherapy.
Meredith
September 1, 2011 at 7:20 am
Very fantasy. I like the colorful things on his/her shoulders. Like a modern clown.
- Meredith
http://www.findingsoulbalance.blogspot.com
Conni, Denmark
September 1, 2011 at 7:33 am
I just never get used to the no brow-trend. I find brows to be one of the most important part of framing a face. Anywayz, I love the haircolours!
Jane with the noisy terrier
September 1, 2011 at 8:00 am
Otherworldly! Perhaps more startling was reading that this is a man! Of course, the realist inside me is thinking “Oh,he’s going to regret this years from now when his brows never quite grow back…”
F&F
September 1, 2011 at 8:03 am
I can’t decide what’s odder (then interesting): the lack of brows, the straight colourful hair or all those strings. Can’t get my eyes off of him.
Cassandra
September 1, 2011 at 9:29 am
Love the hair! I’m totally into in the no-brow-extraterrestrial look. Wonderful portrait.
http://www.cassandrahsieh.com/
minco
September 1, 2011 at 9:34 am
Fashion is boundless, sense of boldness and sometimes beyond common aesthetic appreciation. Weirdos are the pioneers!
nicky
September 1, 2011 at 10:14 am
I was thinking the same thing as Jane.
Bohemain Style
September 1, 2011 at 10:31 am
Wild! Love all that seemingly home made wire details.
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debbie
September 1, 2011 at 11:15 am
I do not care for this look.
grizzlesnort
September 1, 2011 at 11:25 am
Nothing half-ass about this look, huh? He reminds me of some of my more Nordic friends who have dark hair and very pale brows. The photo also supports your earlier statement about mixing kimono and other traditional aesthetics with modern ones. Great pictures from this trip to Japan.
Palmer McAllistor
September 1, 2011 at 11:47 am
So wait, let me get this straight, you “don’t get” Harajuku, but this interests you?
(for the record, I don’t get either)
I would hazard a guess that 99% of the people saying how interesting this is are just kissing the ring. This is terrifying, and intensely affected to boot.
I only say this to you, Scott, because I respect you enough to be honest with you.
anonymous
September 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Like many readers, I didn’t at first realize this was a man, not a woman. Seems a little geisha like, no facial hair. And then the rainbow hair on his head. Stark, surprising, and somehow fun.
Style Dilettante
September 1, 2011 at 12:50 pm
So avant guard! Reminds me of Bowie’s The Man Who Fell To Earth…
http://www.inherentstylela.com/
om
September 1, 2011 at 12:58 pm
i really don’t think japanese youth are hoping that people “get” their look- and i’m pretty sure outlandishly affected is the look he was going for— i think he is beautiful (though yes, if he jumped out of a bush at night i’d scream). thanks for posting as always!!
Emily Ulrich
September 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm
What a statement. Wow. Love this.
Look Ma, No Brows
September 2, 2011 at 2:05 am
He looks like me. Only prettier. And yes – he has the double eyelids that I do not have. Yet.
Great shot, Sart. This is groovy…..
Milena
September 2, 2011 at 10:32 am
his hair! amazing portrait
http://thethiefandthecobblers.com
noora
September 3, 2011 at 3:44 am
nice photo :)!
Martine
September 3, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Ok. I have seen Manic Panic hair color before. Maybe a million times. This is a nice photograph, definitely. But I am having no luck figuring why people seem to think the Japanese series of photos is so daring or different. Honestly it looks exactly like many photos of the kids in Japan with their sort of typical alternative look. They like to overdo it. As for the browless thing, first we have seen it in lots of places, on this blog in fact, and in several fashion shows, and its cool. But its not amazingly original.
Mia Hong
September 5, 2011 at 4:08 am
I absolutely adore this. I wish I had the guts to do something like this to my hair!
http://bambicult.blogspot.com/
The Styley
September 6, 2011 at 9:59 am
So amazing.
Andreas in sthlm
September 26, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Kawaii! :)
llsen
December 4, 2011 at 11:35 am
hi’s so cool @_@
JojoStylee
April 6, 2012 at 10:47 am
What a pretty boy, cute freckles ;)
I used to hate the no brows look but i love it now its a kind of haunting beauty that only a few can pull off, myself excluded i would look like a sad potato. Japanese fashion like this is not for everyone, but then again what is?