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 My topic is about hairstyles. The most important thing on the topic is  that Japanese really care about their hairstyles. Hairstyles are essential for Japanese fashion. Both men and women set their hair as usual before they go out. Some of them spend an hour to complete their hair setting. There is so much attraction about hair in Japan.

 

Take a look of Japanese hairstyles on following website.

http://www.beauty-box.jp/　１

 

There are so many kinds of hairstyle in Japan. Briefly, women have three kinds, “Long”, “Medium” and “Short”. These are just length of hair. Hairstyles for male are usually categorized into just one “Men’s” Japanese hairstyles are always changing, so it is too many to count.

   These hairstyles are created by hair conditioners, wax, mousse, and gel. Actually, Japanese have trend on the hair conditioners. First, Gel used to be popular form late80s to middle90s. This hair conditioner was mainly for holding hair. This is because of influence from music which was popular in those days. For example, rock music was popular then. Many people tried to imitate hairstyles of famous musicians like X JAPAN.  

Example of X JAPAN’s hairstyles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCryAFCpOF4&feature=related　

 

And, next, mousse became popular. Mousse is a French word, means fresh cream. Mousse is made of water, so it is easier to set hair and keep hair holding. Japanese still had the trend holding hair. Then, wax got the most popular for setting hair. It enables people to create many kinds of hairstyles, so it is flexible. Now, most people mix mousse and wax for their setting as new trend.

 

 These are hairstyling movies. Watch what it is like.    

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ufEHkvUB4M&feature=related　３

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZwE0PHcTKw　４

 

     Hair styling has been popular recently. In 1990, beauty shop was only for women, but many men visit beauty shop now. People’s point of view about hair is changing. Actually, fashion magazines are the most influential for many people. They usually get information about hairstyles and fashion from magazines. Men also tend to be interested in fashion by the magazine, and a lot of fashion magazines for men are published now. Briefly, there are two kinds of fashion magazines in Japan, for clothes and for hairstyle.

 

http://www.magaz.jp/maginfo1368.html  5

http://www.naigai-p.co.jp/chokichoki/index.html  6

 

These magazines introduce new hairstyles and how to set hair. Many people, especially students are influenced by these magazines, and get interested in hairstyles. Some people desire to be hairdressers by the influence. Of course, there are many schools for hairdressers in Japan. Students usually study about hair for two years, and need to get a license to work.

 

These movies are about classes in a beauty school in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LyNx6-WrBs  7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qe13mp8unc&feature=related   8

 

 So, all I want to say is that hair is the center of Japanese fashion now. That’s why I chose hair contents in Japanese fashion topic. Hair is very influential, and many Japanese people care about their hair more than any other countries people. Hair is not only a part of body for Japanese. It plays important roles as one of Japanese fashions.

 

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