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help with Oshare kei
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Aug 06 2011, 1:07 am - by ArroBizarre


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im rather interested in Oshare kei style. Ide like advice liek what would be a good way to get into the stile. another question is what would be a good place to shop or somethings i could look for in my own closet and what i could do to them. Im askign for help because i want to sorta keep the edgy colerfull look, and not have it expload into a decora look. if you can help pleas and Danke! 

Aug 06 2011, 4:52 am - Replied by: Zeruda


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I know very little about oshare kei, but i would suggest that you flip through some japanese fashion magazines :) They're easy to download and will help you with lots of ideas :) When you know what you want you'll find the pieses in the most regular stores hopefully ^^ and you can also lern to modify them :) I've been told that the band An Cafe dress oshare kei and to me their clothing doesn't look too uniqe and hard to come by :) Good luck!

Zeruda
Aug 07 2011, 9:31 pm - Replied by: WitheredGrass


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SuG is a really great inspiration for Oshare. To me, oshare is basically just visual kei hair and makeup + colorful street clothes. I'd recommend steering clear from blue jeans and going for some more colorful pants, though. Hot Topic has some really cool colorful skinnies right now. Harem pants are also really popular. Also, if you're wearing skinnies, I'd recommend a looser top for sure or your outfit will probably just look like Western urbanwear.

For shoes and accessories, I'd say get some fun unisex-looking shoes (big neon sneakers, colored docs... ) and just wear maybe a few larger, louder accessories. Tiny delicate silver pieces aren't very oshare, but loading up with a whole jewelry store looks too raver or decora, so just look for the same kind of accessories you WOULD wear with decora, but don't wear as many.


One thing I want to stress is fit/silhouette. Sometimes, I think people in fashions like decora and oshare get so caught up in layering and colors that they don't stop and think "is this flattering my body?" Now, I don't know what your body type is, but if you're unsure what flatters your shape, figure that out first and try to work within that.

If by chance you find me, I'll be like withered grass
Aug 08 2011, 3:18 pm - Replied by: ArroBizarre


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Oshare seames very androgenose, coulf it be pulled off with a bery non androgenose body? Im hour glass shaped and my problem is whenever i get a baggy shirt it looks wrong on me, so is there i way i could work with my shape and the oshare stile?


Aug 08 2011, 4:06 pm - Replied by: WitheredGrass


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Being a part of visual kei, oshare is definitely androgynous. However, I also have an hourglass figure and wear androgynous fashion. Wearing longer shirts helps. By baggy, I don't mean buying things 3 sizes too big, I mean clothes that are meant to hang away from the body even when you buy them in your size.

If by chance you find me, I'll be like withered grass
Aug 08 2011, 5:57 pm - Replied by: ArroBizarre


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ok thank you for clearign that up, i always get confused when peopel use the term baggy. The baggly sor of shirts your talkign about can they be fairly easy to come by? do know any stores that have good ones?

Aug 09 2011, 3:35 pm - Replied by: WitheredGrass


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Anywhere, really. Right now, stores at the mall all have a lot of loose-fitting, brightly colored stuff.

If by chance you find me, I'll be like withered grass
Aug 09 2011, 4:47 pm - Replied by: ArroBizarre


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ok thanks for the advice

Jan 13 2012, 12:34 am - Replied by: pyonchii


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Not all oshare fashion is baggy and genderless though.
Girls still look like girls, and boys still look like boys.
You've just got to have the eye for it.

Try reading Kera, a Japanese fashion Magazine. It's got a lot of Oshare fashion in there, and Oshare bands appear in it.

Oshare is mostly about bright colours, but that's not always the case. An Cafe doesn't always wear bright colours or baggy clothes, even though Takeru from SuG does. (But he doesn't always)

I'm a big fan of Oshare Bands XD

Well, sort of Oshare. More like Oshare Visual Kei. They're inbetween the two genres.

Also, don't let Oshare confuse you with Deco, or decora. Both are full of bright colours, and wear lots of contrasting outrageous clothing. Only Decos have lots of decoration, not just on their clothes, but in their hair and on their arms.

In all honesty, just like with most fashion, it's what you make it.
If you want a list of Oshare-kei bands, let me know, I'll message them to you XD
I know heaps!

pyonchii.com
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