Harajuku street style at this moment is driven by the tiny yet larger-than-life girl, Hirari Ikeda. Her arty self-portraits were too much for Instagram to handle so they shut down her account. Pooor 15,000 fans! But don’t worry she is up again
This bambi girl with a distinctive avant-garde style has been featured in VOGUE JAPAN, i-D Magazine and Dazed&Confused, and is attaining a significantly new level of stardom thanks to the POP ICON PROJECT, empowered by super fashion director Nicola Formichetti.
Just as Linda Evangelista was infamously described as a chameleon in the 90s, Hirari’s fashion, hair, and makeup has undergone multiple transformations. Some of our faves were the Nina Hagen-like neon dyed long hair, and the sensational shaved head that resembled Eve Salvail in the early 90s.
To get to know this makeup obsessed street style dynamo even better, TABLOID asked her to do a selfie-session. Here’s what we got:
RED LIPS? Tres new for Hirari. Look, there she is vamping it up with a psychedelic patterned cape from DOG Harajuku, the boutique where she works.
And spot the artistic tribal patterns drawn on her eye lids (hello S/S 2014 tendence), which she describes as “one of my current favorites, to match the striking geometric pants.”
Her androgynous look is completed with perfect platinum blond hair, a newly established look. “I first tried blond hair because I was obsessed with albinos. Ever since its the way people recognize me, but I’m starting to feel motivated for a challenge with a new look.” she reveals.
Transformation to be continued!
(Hirari’s archive snaps courtesy Tokyofashion.com, Rid Snap and Fangophilia campaign visual)