東京のファッション事情３・変わりゆくメンズファッション
みなさん、こんにちは。
ユリのオーディオブログです。

今日は、「変わりゆくメンズファッション」についてお話したいと思います。

ファッションといえば、どちらかというと女性のものというイメージが強くはありませんか？
東京では、ここ２、３年の間にメンズファッションで急速な変化がありました。
ちなみに、ここでお話するメンズというのは主に20代の男性についてです。
まず、彼らは体のラインを強調するような格好をするようになりました。これは、フランスのブランド、クリスチャンディオールのメンズラインの影響が大きくあります。少し走れば、ボタンが飛んでしまいそうなほどタイトなジーンズにジャストサイズのシャツやブルゾンを合わせるスタイルが多くみられます。
また、薄化粧をしたり、眉毛を整えることがごく一般的になりました。これまでエステは女性向けのものとされていましたが、「男性も綺麗であるべきだ」という時代の流れによって、エステで肌を磨いたりするようなことが日常に溶け込んでいるのです。

テレビや雑誌に出てくる男性の芸能人やモデル達も、どこか中性的な雰囲気を持つ人に人気が集まっています。一目見ただけでは性別がどちらなのか区別がつかないほどきゃしゃな体格、きめ細かく手入れされた肌、従来の男性らしからぬ格好、そして、骨格を浮き立たせるようなぴったりサイズのTシャツにジャケット、まるでスパッツのようなフィット感のパンツなどが特徴です。

もちろん、男性らしい男性も日本にはたくさんいます。しかし、風潮としては多くの男性がどんどん女性化している流れがあるのです。
もしかすると、男性がスカートを履く日もそんなに遠いことではないかもしれません。

今日は、「変わりゆくメンズファッション」についてお話しました。
いかがでしたか？
皆さんの文化では、何か最近変わったことがありますか？

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それでは、また。

The one fashion item that surprises me the most is handbags or purses for men. Also referred to as the “murse” because it is no different than a woman’s purse for men.

I knew a Japanese guy that wore while studying in Canada. His guy friends felt embarrassed and told him to stop wearing it.

Tokyo, NYC, and London all have excellent mass-transit. It’s more acceptable for a person to carry around all the stuff one needs all day, hence the acceptability of men carrying bags of one type or another.
Here in Los Angeles, where mass-transit is practically non-existent, such bags are much less acceptable. In truth, I do have with me a big in which I carry all the things I need for the day. It’s called a car.

Markさん＞ Interestying, I’ve never heard of a “murse” Aww, I feel sorry for the Japanese guy studying abroad

Hoshiさん＞ Yes, it’s quite unique

Katieさん＞ I wonder if the “larger bag that crosses the torso” is the same as a messenger bag? I’ve heard it called that a lot, and I do see a lot of guys with them

Dachさん＞ Very true… hard to survive in LA without a car!

Javizyさん＞ Ahh I know the kind of shirt you’re talking about! Not something I’d ever see back home.

I’m all for the tight jeans, and walking behind their behinds.

As one who taught English in a high school, the boys are using hairpins, clips, gel, mousse, etc. in their hair, plucking their eyebrows, and carrying purses in their back pockets that could be easily snatched out.

I’m even dating a Japanese man that keeps himself well groomed, though he doesn’t have a purse, but a normal wallet. To me, it’s a welcomed change!

BTW, I believe most women love a well dressed man.

Ahhh yes, visual kei. Lots of fun to see. I, too, have noticed that men in Japan will carry bags and other accessories (keitai, jarajara netsuke on their keitai) that men in North America wouldn’t be caught dead with. Silver, pink, and other colours that are considered feminine here.

I personally kind of like the metrosexual look in young men.
As to my thoroughly North American husband, I think he’d look rather silly.

This one was very interesting. Thank you for the great lesson.

BTW, fashon should be spelled fashion.

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イタリアじんです！！！！
ファションコオヂネタです！！！！

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Actually, its not a big deal at all to wear a messenger bag, tighter jeans and even “those gay low cut v-neck shirts”. Some guys may think they look gay but thats because society has brought you up thinking that guys have to wear baggy jeans and manly shirts. Tailored clothing is much more flattering and makes you look like woke up and actually thought about looking nice. Plucking your unibrow is something most girls dont have the guts to tell a guy how much it bothers them. I’m in a band and every day of my life i wear eye liner, mascara, tight jeans, layered clothing, even those “gay low cut v-neck shirts”. its all in where you live or how well you can pull it off. I live in NYC and you can easily distinguish me from a cross dresser or a homosexual. And to be honest, more and more women like the look of tight jeans and v-neck shirts on guys. My girlfriend is from Japan and she never thought for a second I was gay when she first met me. I never knew wearing a low cut shirt or keeping my wallet/keys/ipod in a bag instead of my pocket ever had anything to do with how manly i am. When your in a big city and its impossible to drive, would rather carry a brief case or have a bag that you don’t have to hold at all? You cant walk into an office with a backpack, but they wont question you at all if you walk in with a leather bag over your shoulder.

Japanese have always been on the cutting edge of fashion and they are the masters of layering clothing. Its amazing how they come up with outfits they wear sometimes.

Another good blog but it would be educationally better if the translation were more literal. This is a problem I’ve noticed in many of the English renderings on your site. Experienced users can tell when you’ve rearranged the syntax to sound more natural in English, but I have a feeling some students–like the high schoolers who offer comments–find it difficult to reconcile what they’re reading in Japanese with what you provide in English. For example, the translation of “(Dansei mo kirei de aru beki da) to iu jidai no nagare ni yotte, esute de hada o migaitari suru yō na koto ga nichijō ni tokekonde iru no desu” gives no idea that the original contained a quote saying, “Men should be pretty, too.” Being more literal may mean being less literary, but you could always provide two versions for the more egregiously altered sentences. Also, as usual, your vocabularly list is incomplete, overlooking what might for some students be difficult-to-understand words. A good example is “esute,” which is, I believe, an abbreviation of the Japanese form of “aesthetic.” I know you work hard on these lessons, but, as someone who has studied Japanese for years, I hope you don’t mind my pointing out ways to improve your service.