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The look’s trademark layering and pattern clashing draws inspiration from Harajuku street style, and there’s an undercurrent of Y2K nostalgia and Gilded Age femininity. It feels comfortably out of time, mashing together eras and ideas in a sort of trend-proof abandon.
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“Watching people in recent times style classically unfashionable items is probably one of my favorite forms of modern style.”
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This eye-catching clothing style was popular in Japan’s Harajuku district during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Tokyo has long been noted for its expressive and cartoonish aesthetics, with Harajuku district serving as a meeting spot for the most flamboyant and eclectic youth groups.
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Unveiled by provocative New York-based art collective MSCHF — the same group responsible for Lil Nas X's satan sneakers and these eye-wateringly expensive "Birkinstocks" — the giant rubber boots are goofy, impossibly round and suspiciously similar to those worn by Japanese manga character Astro Boy. "Cartoon boots for a Cool 3D World," read the MSCHF press release. "If you kick someone in these boots they go BOING!"
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