Sean: Society has a way of being like you can only wear this and this is only acceptable and
if we do anything outside of that. That's like weird. That's crazy. That's different. We don't like that.
Monique: You have a lot of cute stuff. Some of that ties all of us
together is the desire to rebel against traditional fashion and social norms.
Monique: Oh my god, dude this is a paradise
Kaiiya: Thank you
Sean: Avabon Is like my favorite Zen character of all time.
Oh really. Sean:You didn’t know that?
Kaiiya: Is it because you love Vaughn? because I love
Oh, my selection. half of it. Monique: Oh my God
Sean: So pretty. You have a lot of cute stuff.
Monique: Yeah hella.
Sean: Fashion is for everyone. And if you feel cute inside then you look it outside.
Monique:Oh, is this a cherry cheesy, set. Sean: Yes, it is. I think it is.
Monique: I think it is. I see my style as being like a kawaii 90s toy loving rainbow monster.
Sean: If you all want to borrow glitters I got so much glitters, bam.
We don't have a specific word or name that we call ourselves. I think we're all so individual.
Sean: Hi, I'm Sean. Kaiiya: Hi, I'm Kaiiya
Monique: Hi, Monique. Sean: We're into
All: Harajuku fashion. Sean: Now you're part of the community.
Kaiiya: Thank you. Monique: Me too
Sean: I should get to meet and I think... Kaiiya: It’s a Graham legend.
Sean: One good thing about social media, it brings everyone together.
Kaiiya: I am very new to the scene right now. And so I met these two
in real life about a month ago and I'm really excited to be their friend and
to be going to my first official Harajuku day meet up.
Monique: Harajuku is a place in Japan. It's one of the first places that really had an explosion of
like art and celebrating who you are.
Kaiiya: I want to go to Japan so badly. Sean: Let's go Let's go.
Monique: Let’s go. Sean: Let's go.
Monique: Harajuku day is a really amazing community. Every month we celebrate Harajuku day.
Kaiiya: Today I'm thinking I'm going to wear this green NASA shirt
because it's bright green and I really love space things.
Sean and Monique: Space, Space. Kaiiya: Rainbow Socks.
Sean: I own the same socks. Kaiiya: A galaxy cardigan.
Sean: The I know you have a theme for outfit, right? It's going to be it's very galaxy it's very, like outer space.
Sean: What's your theme for your outfit?
Monique: My theme is just purple. I've always dressed this way. Like when I was when I was a kid.
It was all colourful all the stuff. I have like pictures of me dressed in like a ballerina
tutu, with like 14,000 necklaces on, you know, like, very cute stuff.
Sean: So how did everyone start their journey? I guess is the question I want to ask.
Kaiiya: When I was about 12 I went to Anime Expo for the first time with my friend.
And back in the day I kind of like the whole goth scene look.
Monique: Same. Kaiiya: And so I went to an anime Expo
and saw these girls and guys, dressed in full on decora,
full on decora. And I'm like, I don't know what this is. But I need to be a part of it.
Monique: The first time I put on a wig and putting our clips on I was like I cried out. Oh, I was like
this is I finally feel like cute. Like who like expressing myself.
Sean: Just be you know, like don't worry about it. Who cares what we wear.
Sean: When I was growing up, I wasn't the most masculine man,
dude, boy out there. My family was very much like you need to act more masculine. It's not safe out there.
And so I was very much You know, wore all black very edgy.
Like everyone else. I want that Instagram filter because your boy needs it
and it wasn't till I went to the anime convention.
I dyed my hair pink. And when I saw myself in the mirror,
I was like, Ooh, this is something, this is something. I don't do that. Oh foundation dah.
that will fully open the doors to be the as free as who I want to be. Fashion has no gender.
Kaiiya: Yeah.
Sean: If you feel cute inside you feel cute outside.
Kaiiya: Exactly. Monique: The style is ever evolving,
not dead. There's always something new.
Sean: Even though it came from Japan doesn't mean it needs to be only Japanese.
You know, fashion is for everybody.
Kaiiya: And this is my first time going to a meet up outside of the convention.
Sean: Oh yeah. My first meeting was literally a month ago at the convention.
Kaiiya: Can I use hairspray in this room. Monique: Yeah.
Sean: The bigger the hair the closer to kawaii gods.
I'm going to be wearing Hello Kitty. Everyone knows
in the Kawaii community you need those giant platform shoes.
Hi guys, so we're actually at the Sanrio store here in Los Angeles.
It is one of the stores that is owned by Sanrio. Today or this month is the month of, the month of May.
It's celebrated with great Tama great tama march
and it's denim themed it's super cute. It's super mad right now so we're all here to enjoy.
Monique: Alright, so we do have one small left of the Yon shirt.
It's really cute.
Stephanie: I really like the lifestyle because everyone's really nice.
Everyone is kind of socially awkward I feel so when you
go up to someone they're not going to be like get away from me.
There's like oh my God, thank you so much for actually talking to me.
I really appreciate people like that because It's, it's hard making friends nowadays.
We're all just nerds to be honest.
Jasmine: They’re all just the weebs that you met in high school.
We're adults now and this is what we do.
I just kind of want a kind of like a monster theme outfit
kind of inspired by someone that was on Hooked on the Look Daniel Pereira.
Sean: A lot of times people use fashion as a way to express themselves.
If you want to wear something just wear it and
if you want to wear a potato sack you better work that potato sack.