I'm sorry, but Ayumi Hamasaki is ripping off no one. I'm a fan of Lady GaGa, but a fan of Ayu too.
The only reason the video Sexy little things looks similar to GaGa is because Ayu was using some of the same designers as GaGa in this video. The most notable, Alexander McQueen. Most of the pieces Ayumi can be seen wearing in this video were made by him.
Ayumi usually doesn't use such avant-garde designs (although she has long in the past. ie. ourselves, alterna, Ladies Night, ect...) and the reason she chose to use them this time around was because her new album, Rock'n'Roll Circus had a "British" theme. That's why she chose to use all British designers in the new videos.
GaGa did not invent this style and too many of her fans credit her for it. She simply wears the clothes. When someone else does it, they are not copying her.
In fact if you want to get technical, you can look at the picture previously posted. Ayumi did "Poker Face" first. She also did the USB album first. And Lady GaGa even bragged to Ayu about having done a "bleeding dress" which Ayu did ten years prior.
I love them both and I hate arguing like this, but I can't stand to see Ayu being accused of copying GaGa when she most certainly did not. Thank you.
