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Fruits [Vinyl Bound]

Shoichi Aoki (Author)

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Vinyl Bound: 260 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press (Jun 13 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0714840831
ISBN-13: 978-0714840833
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 16.6 x 2.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 726 g

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #175,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Travel > Far East
- #52 in Books > Entertainment > Pop Culture > Fashion

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If you ever wondered where the catwalk got its claws, then the portraits gathered in photographer Shoichi Aoki's book Fruits, from the streets of Harajuku in Tokyo, point the way to an extraordinarily imaginative and invariably stunning glut of mongrel fashion heists. A best-of collection from the fanzine of the same name, and published for the first time outside Japan, Fruits keeps its style clean: front-on, razor-sharp images, ranging from the deadpan to the manic, of the sharpest collages of sartorial influence that, usually, little money can buy. From off the peg to off the wall, kitsch to bitch, each person bears a combination and philosophy as distinctive as DNA. All shades of aesthetic are raided, with exquisite, scrupulous attention to detail. Punk is a favorite, as is, appropriately, Vivienne Westwood, alongside Milk and Jean-Paul Gaultier, and the occasional Comme des Garçons. Many of the outfits, though, are second-hand or self-assembly, such as a skirt drooping petals of men's silk ties, Wa-mono, when tradition Japanese clothes are topped with, say, an authentic bowler hat, EGL (elegant gothic Lolita), and a swathe of tartans, pinks, and turquoises. The most malleable feature, unsurprisingly, is hair, with dreadlocks, mohicans, back-combing, and crops dyed an irradiated spectrum. While the eye is drawn, obediently, to the mannequins, the background is often worth a look, either for the vending machines against which a number are shot, or the ubiquitous Gap store and bags, a constant reminder of the global mass market.

One enterprising man wears a genuine British paperboy's delivery bag, and, to pick but one profile, Princess, 18, is trying to be a doll and is currently preoccupied with body organs. Mmm. All the subjects are asked the source of their clothes, as well as their "point of fashion" and "current obsession." The scope for sociopsychological discussion is vast, particularly with the preponderance of infantilization, through dolls, bonnets, pop socks, and Barbie, but this is a joyous documentation of the innovative, celebrating the inspirational polytheism of street fashion, captured with provocative, political zeal. Best let the street cats prowl. --David Vincent

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fruits, Mar 23 2004

"lainnavii" (philadelphia, pa usa) - See all my reviews

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This book rocks the crazy street styles. Great source for design for anime or comic book characters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Jan 28 2004

Zoe Kingson-Gray (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

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This book is really great. These Japanese folks have the most interesting and eccentric sense of style, and I'm so glad that someone thought to capture it and make a book of it.

Aoki also includes (when available) the brands that each person is wearing, which is helpful if you're planning on developing a style similar to that of the subjects.

This book is very colorful and fun to marvel at.

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5.0 out of 5 stars delicious fruits, Dec 26 2003

ioana1 "ioana1" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

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Ah to be young and colourful again!

This book is absolutely delicious! No unnecessary commentary, just pages after pages of full-length colourful pictures of the fashion fruits on the streets of tokyo. It is liberating to see these kids go wild with color. Something happened on the streets of Japan that gave them the permission to scream out their individuality, and their sense of humour and joy of life jumps out from the pages of this book. They are adorable, and funny, and rebelious without being offensive, and kooky, and free, colourful, sweet, innocent, sensual, alive ... and the book doesn't preach anything, doesn't try to explain, just acts as silent observer.

Excellent!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Fruits is a Fraud
Fruits purports to be photos of people picked at random from the streets based on their unusual outfits. In my opinion, all the subjects are models, dressed by a designer. Read more

Published on April 20 2004 by R. Porter

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye candy eye candy eye candy!!!
What else can I say but every time I look at this book I see something new. The outfits are crazy, beautiful, colorful, amazing. It's a great coffee table book. Read more