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nmskalmn

5th February 2009 01:19 AM

Princesses Preen in a Pauper Economy (Ayu mentioned)

Ayu was mentioned in a new Time magazine article. Sorry if this was posted already.

Excerpt:

Quote:

Hime-kei appears to have been inspired by American filmmaker Sofia Coppola's movie Marie Antoinette, with its lush rendering of the decadence of the court of Louis XVI. The rush of young Japanese women to emulate the look of 18th-century French aristocrats has grown from a fad into something of a movement, whose leader is the popular singer Ayumi Hamasaki.

I don't really think that's correct though :yconfused

Read it: Princesses Preen in a Pauper Economy

pommy48

5th February 2009 01:29 AM

lol, well ayu with her blond hair and poofy dresses~
though don't think she started the movement, she may have helped it a bit, since she's always setting trends

but hime-kei was here long before that Marie Antoinette movie?

*Petit*

5th February 2009 02:01 AM

Ayu does LOTS of hime kei relatable things, MY STORY tour, MY STORY Classical cover, tons of her dresses in lives... QUite a number of her PV costumes look right too ven if the set is not in a castle. Ayu does it naturally more than fetishy like the most extreme fans of this genre though.

ownsarai

5th February 2009 02:08 AM

So Ayu is Hime-kei, eh? Hmmm...

pommy48

5th February 2009 02:09 AM

ah! image of JEWEL PV also pop into my head~

rakeru

5th February 2009 02:10 AM

was that the American Time? that's interesting, thanks!

jbrat2219

5th February 2009 02:16 AM

Interesting except! Thanks for sharing :)

RikkuChii

5th February 2009 02:56 AM

Hmm..Hime-kei..

..oh, is this in the American Time magazine? If so, I'm gonna have to buy it.

Chibi_Venus

5th February 2009 03:05 AM

Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing!

*+Dark.Night.Angel.+*

5th February 2009 04:03 AM

Woah!
Nice!!

So Ayu is hime-kei... ♥
So bold & delicious XDDD.

*+D.N.A.+*

mcluva420

5th February 2009 05:38 AM

ooo i sure wish ayu would set something in a castle :D

noidea

5th February 2009 02:39 PM

Ayu really is wearing 18th-century-dresses a lot and she looks amazing in them(i love the AT05 Happy Ending dress for example) so it might be true^^

~Tsubasa~

5th February 2009 04:26 PM

Ayu is Hime-kei?? lol

Kazeyomi

5th February 2009 04:32 PM

Uhm, well she looks like a princess sometimes. Maybe not like this

http://www.jafca.org/TokyoNewTribe/hime/photo/00042.jpg

but in some of her cover's art, photobooks, photoshoots and lives she has pink, girly, princess dresses and things XD

AyUta

6th February 2009 06:13 AM

Interesting...thanks for sharing :D

yoshino

6th February 2009 07:23 AM

nv thought Ayu is related to Hime-kei. hahaz. but yeah, HAPPY ENDING in AT05 says it.

When has this trend started? I wonder..

asmAyumi1992

6th February 2009 09:56 AM

AYU IS HIME-KEI!!!

ayu_ready?

6th February 2009 07:39 PM

that's absolutely non-true

hime fashion started long times ago along with lolita fashion
and there's no way Ayumi or this film could influence it now
it deprieved mostly from anime & Harajuku stylo I believe
I think this fashion is more than 5 yrs

ridiculous:shakehead

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