t’s like no other place in the world for fashion. These Harajuku girls and boys strike the impossible mix of cute and chic, punk and preppy, sexy and innocent, in a tangent of “cosplay”, or the art of dressing up as your favorite anime character.

Let’s start with the hair. Girls color, curl, mold and place their hair carefully as part of the overall look. Ornate and super cute bows and pins hold strands in place, while charms that represent other cute things like cherries or birds dangle from the head.

The guys use lots of product to get their hair to hang over the eye at a carefree angle or create spikes with highlights and lots of height. Every head of hair is sculpted in a high fashion, intricate style, every single day.