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- Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
- As usual, you look very cute.
Oh, I'm embarrassed.
Your style is really special,
how did it come into being?
Well... I really like things with colors.
Food, clothes, the things I choose
I choose them because of their colors.
Today, too.
I have been photographing you in Harajuku for several years now,
but when I first shot you, your style was very different.
So true.
Before, I looked a bit like a gyaru who was into these kind of colors.
and then I spent more and more time in Harajuku
and it became ... how do you say
you could say, a more casual and slightly exceptional style.
And now, because I wanted to use color
it is a style with lots of color.
- Do you focus on color, or on cuteness?
Gosh...
Color, I guess...
Yes, color!
- Where do you usually buy your clothes?
In Harajuku...
or at places I travel to.
- Do you have a favorite shop or brand?
My favorite shop...?
I actually buy mostly vintage clothing.
When I buy used vintage clothing, it's usually in Nagoya.
- You are really good at selecting things, right?
- The moment you enter a shop, it's like 'boom.'
Yes, right away.
Yes, I first look at the color.
Then I hold it and look at the shape.
The panniers I usually wear...
at home I have thirty or more of them, I think.
Maybe fifty.
Today I brought just a small selection of them.
- So, this is your 'pannier collection.'
Yes, my 'pannier collection.'
- This is important to you?
Yes, maybe the most important.
- Why do you like pannier that much?
It unambiguously brings out the cuteness of a girl.
It has that kind of shape, I think.
- I see what you mean. It reinforces the femininity.
Yes, it's cute.
- And then, your 'monster hats.'
Yes, 'monster hats.'
Yes, I took headwear of animals that I like, and monsters.
The kind that you can recognize in an instant.
- You have lots of hats, right?
Yes, lots.
- I don't think I have photographed you with the same headwear twice.
True, true!
- How many do you have?
I don't wear them that much...
But, I think I have about twenty or thirty.
Bags, hats, panniers and socks,
I have about the same number of each.
- And your hairstyle is always Viva Cute Candy.
Yes, Viva Cute!
- What do you like about Viva Cute Candy?
Iku (the owner) is fun!
I think I'm going there to see Iku.
- Instead of your hairstyle, it's Iku's personality that attracts you.
- That I can understand.
- He's really friendly.
Yes, he's really a nice person.
- What direction will you be going fashion-wise from now on?
I still use lots of accessories...
like pins and ribbons.
But as I'm getting older I use fewer and fewer.
I used to wear lots of rings and bracelets,
But these days, I don't wear them anymore.
But I don't think my use of color, and my basic style, will ever change.
- I can't imagine an adult Kurebayashi...
(Laughter) I'll e-mail you when I turn thirty!
Thank you very much!