It's J-Poll time again! What's the shortest skirt women will wear?

[Jacky392000]

I do agree Japanese people are fashionable, especially women since they were groomed that way since childhood. I got weird looks from them when they saw me wearing baggy jeans. my parents practically critisized my dressing sense after we got home. :sweat:

 

[MetalSymphony]

I do agree Japanese people are fashionable, especially women since they were groomed that way since childhood. I got weird looks from them when they saw me wearing baggy jeans. my parents practically critisized my dressing sense after we got home. :sweat:

Well, you would be in a tough spot there for sure Jacky.

Most women who are looking for love dress to attract a man at some level, especially in Japan, where as you don't (since thats not the side of the market your looking at )

It's not surprising, since they are told to "dress nice and land yourself a rich Husband" pretty much practically from birth.

 

[MaraJade]

HELL NO. she's always known as Asian Britney Spears and why the hell is everybody comparing her to that whore?! :170:

Britney Spears?!? Heck no. Britney has a passable voice at best, but works her ass off and knows how to put on a good show. BoA can dance rings around Britney and that's one of her huge assets. The other huge asset she has that likens her to Lady GaGa is that she [BoA] is a CONSUMATE businesswoman. She knows what sells and what trends are, similar to Lady GaGa. BoA is one of the hugest Asian stars because she speaks three languages fluently and knows how to work the market.

As for the new teen girl groups who are out, SNSD, Wonder Girls, etc. their voices are all auto-tuned/synthetic because that is what their producers want. And the fact is, most of the general populace cannot follow along (sing along) or rythmically comprehend sound musicality if many singers were to exercise their talents. Both SNSD and Wonder Girls are competent vocally, with a few being quite talented, but rarely do their producers give them the artistic right to exercise that. Why? because then their albums don't sell.

Nobody and Tell Me sold like craploads because it was catchy, rythmically easy to follow, and to sing along. In addition, they had a dance sequence the equivalent of the macarena. Their voices sound so weak, nasally, and all around crappy, but that's what they were told. They have a few songs which exercise their talent, Tears for one, and if you listen to variety shows, they were asked to emulate a song from a well known western artist. Guess who they chose, Mariah Carey. Yup. And they sang it well.

SNSD's image are like cute little innocent girls and that's what they are good for as the producers have dictated. And it's a 9-girl band. NINE. But the tradeoff is many of them play their own music. That's cool and admirable. And most of their songs are cute, look at me, I'm so CUTE, I love you girly songs, and that's what WORKS for them. Watching them try to be sexy and hard is laughable at best; know what works for you.

And singers from both groups have branched off in the entertainment industry towards acting, etc. And some of them are pretty damn good actresses actually. I was impressed with So Hee in korean movies, as well as, (her name is slipping me atm), but the lead singer's of SNSD in a Korean Drama which was quite intense and required a rather diverse range of emotions.

In short, to say that all Kpop sounds synthetic/autotuned is extreme, to say a good majority are, ok, but keep in mind there's a reason for it. And Kpop originated only in the late 1980's, and the progenitors of kpop were quite different from what it is today. Kpop is a young genre and is still developing.

 

[MaraJade]

I do agree Japanese people are fashionable, especially women since they were groomed that way since childhood. I got weird looks from them when they saw me wearing baggy jeans. my parents practically critisized my dressing sense after we got home. :sweat:

I think that despite the way media and soceity blow up the worth put upon outward and physical appearances, ie. clothes and whatnot, I firmly believe that personal identity and understanding oneself plays a huge part in that too.

I understand what you mean about the weird looks and different sense of dressing style and concern (or lack thereof) styles. Growing up, I was always a trend behind because I didn't care. My parents bought clothes, and the clothes were nice, but they were old-fashioned. Couldn't be helped. I was a kid. So I wore them.

In college, I lived in scrubs, jeans, sweats and only dressed up somewhat for church on sundays. Did I care? Nope. I grew up and still am somewhat a tomboy, and hey, those clothes were comfortable. And people assumed that I was either a) ashamed of my body, or b) didn't know how to dress myself. ::shrugs:: So what? Truth was neither. I wasn't ashamed of my body, [not to toot my horn, but I was in great shape - I was active in sports and in hobby 365 days] nor did I not know how to dress myself: it was just easier to wear those and more comfortable.

Post college, now I can do both. As a woman who understands her body and what works as well as being comfortable in my own skin. That's key. I used to think women who dressed certain ways was trying to prove or disprove certain things and I criticized them. Now, I understand that that's not the case and I wear whatever I want and know what works for me. That can be the scrubbiest clothes or decked out head to toe. The point is nobody should tell you what you can and can't wear and how to feel about yourself.

Heck my sister came back from finishing her degree in Korea and I was BLOWN AWAY by what she told me. Women there put on makeup and deckout to go to the market. As a langauge teacher, my sister had to deck herself out in designer wear from head to toe or her students wouldn't listen or give her respect. Sad, but true. I who taught at college level in university here in the US, could NOT understand or fathom that. I taught in business casual and sometimes casual attire. I guess that is partly why things are the way they are over there.

Also, from K-12 they are required to wear uniforms, so only time they have to excercise their freedom of fashion is on the weekends and when they leave school. So that probably attests to part of the fashionability (more prone) towards that since they're dying to wear what they'd like by the time they are adults. Same is true for Korea too.

 

[Jacky392000]

you have a point there which I agree. I feel more comfortable in baggy jeans than in skirts/dresses and I always feel like I'm such a fake whenever I try to be more feminine. my dad and even my big bro feel I should be more lady-like, like I'm always talking so loud/rough and act/dress like a boy, but that's who I am. I just felt so vexed when my dad praised one of my friends for being "sweet, soft spoken and feminine". it's obvious he's trying to imply that I should be more like her. whatever for? she constantly gets teased/bullied for being that way.

 

[Darkster]

As long as you're respectable, you'll get the right kind of person, Jacky. :thumbs:

 

[Mr. Yellow]

Anyone can dress how they want, however it makes you feel most comfortable depending on the situation. It's important because what one chooses to wear is a way to express themselves as well and how they want the world to preceive them. And people worry too much about they look sometimes (sometimes you do have to think a bit), because they're worried about looking great despite being bundled up to out in a snow storm. I can tell you some gals can rock winter clothing quite well. Personally, I've always found casual wear to be fine all the time and almost actually prefer it. I do appreciate though when a girl gets dressed up to go somewhere because they want to feel for themselves they look nice or better and that's fine. So yeah, dress however you want and feel fine, or go around completely naked and feel fine. Nudity is a form of expression as well.