[Article] Princesses Preen in a Pauper Economy (Ayu mentioned)

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

Excerpt:

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

Read it: Princesses Preen in a Pauper Economy