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posted by guest
Jul 26, 2008 2:09AM
Ugliest damn obi I've ever seen, and that's saying something. "Foreign country glam"? Seriously? Hideous makeup, greasy, lumpy hair in a really weird definitely-not-geisha style, and the worst shoes in the known universe. It takes talent to find ugly kimono, obi, or haori; there are so many beautiful examples out there. The stylist on this shoot managed somehow. Yeesh.
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posted by guest
Jul 26, 2008 8:15AM
Foreign country glam? This is a biased understanding of Japanese culture, an incorrect fantasy about geisha.I wonder how real geishas react to these kind of photo shoot.
Apart from the cultural aspect, the shoots are not very impressive. Those shoes might be the reason why the model has such an painful expression.
(forgive me if there is any mistake, English is my second language.)
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posted by marybelle
Jul 26, 2008 9:37AM
Yeah this model is beautiful when she isn't making the glare-y 'take me so seriously' face. I am sick of the angry teenaged drama queen model faces too. Try something different! All the models do that today though, most of them can't actually do much photographically other than standing there in the dresses or jumping around stupidly ala American Vogue.
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posted by guest
Jul 27, 2008 10:18AM
Sorry, this is just a Western woman dressed in bits of Japanese garb. None of the poses brings any sense of "Japanese" to the shot. To see what I mean imagine the model wearing clothes from UK or Italy or USA- the poses would fit just as well. Also, the model is delivering the same look in each shot.
Whoever was directing the shoot had no cultural understanding of Japan.
posted by guest
Jul 25, 2008 2:37PM
OMG.
This is stunning. Wow wow wow.
Who is the model?