WATCHING | READING | EATING
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Gwen Fruit
Salon takes on Gwen Stefani's Japanese Harajuku obsession. I've been wondering about her little posse of Japanese girls that follow her around like those creatures in Pikmin. Didn't Madonna already do the Japanophile thing like, 10 years ago? I guess every pop star has to go through it.

And, what the heck, she even named them?

Stefani has taken the idea of Japanese street fashion and turned these women into modern-day geisha, contractually obligated to speak only Japanese in public, even though it's rumored they're just plain old Americans and their English is just fine. She's even named them "Love," "Angel," "Music" and "Baby" after her album and new clothing line l.a.m.b. (perhaps a mutton-themed restaurant will follow). The renaming of four adults led one poster on a message board to muse, "I didn't think it was legal to own human pets. But I guess so if you have the money for it."
Salon.com: Gwenihana


Gwen and the Harajuku-bots

posted by sheryl | 9:42 PM |

Comments: (0)

Post a Comment

 

Welcome to Sheryl's website, where I talk about my family's travels and the joys (and ordeals) of living as an expat.
Oh, and to read more about my obsession with food, check out my food blog, Crispy Waffle.
© Sheryl Cababa 2004. Powered by BLOGGER