I just have to comment on womens fashion here which is bewildering to say the least. It is so diverse but you can also recognise certain 'uniforms' that have been adopted as you're out and about. There is one shopping mall that has 11 floors of women's clothing dedicated, it seems, to helping you dress like your favourite pop star, cartoon character, schoolgirl or shall we say, a bit sluttish? Make that a lot sluttish and it underlines the huge contradictions going on in this country. Especially when you see other women and girls wearing the traditional kimonos.
Another trend across all ages up to a limit of 50 seems to be for wearing woollen black over the knee socks with very high peep toe heels. A huge amount of women are travelling around the metro with 5-6 inch heels on. I was wearing flip flops or birkenstocks and my feet were aching after a couple of hours.
After the age of 50, it appears there is a steady decline towards any old piece of shapeless sack will do attitude. And considering the heat, the women wear a lot of synthetic fibres. I'm going to have to stop staring! The men are dressed so well in comparison!
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