"Gothic & Lolita" charts the current trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent girls, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo, dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. The psychological characteristics of the average Japanese Goth is one of introversion and exclusivity. The majority of girls in the scene are teenagers and most usually stop by the age of eighteen. The origin of the movement was in Osaka in the mid 1990s when young teenagers adopted Gothic fashion in response to the clothes worn and promoted by Japanese Gothic rock bands. In the ten years since the trend began it has expanded to a number of cities including Tokyo and now boasts many thousands of devotees who dedicate their lives to creating ever more flamboyant and bizarre variations on the Gothic theme. From handmade black lace dresses based on designs from the 1860s to 'Lolita' outfits, lacy Gothic designs that have a pre-pubescent 'rococo' edge to them, to dresses with an occult flavour, the Gothic and Lolita scene is one of the more bizarre hybrids within Japanese street fashion. "Gothic & Lolita" is specially commissioned by Phaidon Press. Based on the creative design of the best selling "Fruits and Fresh Fruits", it will feature portraits and group portraits of Japanese Goths and Lolitas both at home and in the urban centres of Tokyo and Osaka. In addition to the visual content of the book each subject will also be asked a number of questions about their handmade designs and why the fashion is so important to them. This text will run in a similar 'question and answer' format as in the original Fruits publications. The coupling of portraits and insightful first-person commentary will together make "Gothic & Lolita" the definitive book on the scene in both the West and in Japan, presenting an ideal opportunity to view one of the more surreal aspects of Japanese popular youth culture in an informative yet entertaining manner.
Masayuki Yoshinaga is one of the leading fashion and reportage photographers of his generation, his images have appeared in such magazines as Dazed & Confused and The Face. His work was recently shown in the Barbican Art Centre's Jam exhibition and at the Dazed & Confused Gallery in London. He lives in, and continues to investigate, the subcultures of Tokyo.
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第五段评价: 这部作品散发着一种令人沉醉的、对“永恒停滞”的迷恋。它探讨的主题远超简单的善恶二元对立,更多的是关于时间感、记忆的不可靠性以及存在本身的虚无感。角色们似乎被困在一个永无止境的精致牢笼中,他们的每一次挣扎,都只是为了让这个华丽的幻象维持得更久一点。书中描绘的场景,无论是那个永远在黄昏时分的庭院,还是那间堆满了破碎镜子的房间,都强烈地表达了一种“被冻结的美丽”的概念。这种对瞬间即逝的抗拒,通过一种近乎仪式化的行为模式表现出来,使得整本书的基调既哀伤又带着一种奇异的崇高感。它不是在讲述一个“会发生什么”的故事,而是在描述一个“永远不会改变”的境地,这种对动态的拒绝,让读者在合上书后,依然能感受到那种挥之不去的、略带宿命感的忧郁氛围。
评分第三段评价: 这本书的语言风格简直是一场华丽的词藻的盛宴,简直像是从一本失传已久的十九世纪贵族日记中挖掘出来的。句子结构复杂得令人发指,充满了层层嵌套的从句和罕见的古词,读起来像是在啃一块极其醇厚但又难以消化的黑巧克力。我必须放慢速度,逐字逐句地去咀嚼那些描述,才能体会到其中韵味。作者对色彩的运用达到了出神入化的地步,即便是对最简单的场景,也能用一连串浓墨重彩的形容词将其渲染得如同油画般厚重。然而,这种极致的华美有时也成为了一种障碍,它偶尔会显得过于矫揉造作,让情节的推进显得有些拖沓。但我最终还是原谅了这一点,因为正是这种近乎炫技的文字堆砌,才支撑起了整个故事那份疏离感和历史的厚重感,让读者清楚地意识到,自己正在阅读的,是一部诞生于浮华与衰败交界处的文本。
评分第一段评价: 这本书的封面设计简直是视觉盛宴,那种深沉的墨黑与繁复的蕾丝花纹交织在一起,透露出一种既颓废又精致的迷人气息。我是在一个慵懒的周日下午,被它那充满哥特式建筑阴影的插画吸引的,光是翻阅前几页的排版和字体选择,我就能感受到作者对美学细节的极致追求。它不是那种快餐式的流行读物,更像是一件精心打磨的艺术品,每一个章节的过渡都像是一段古典乐的变奏,缓缓展开,引人入胜。阅读过程中,我仿佛置身于一座雾气弥漫的维多利亚式庄园,空气中弥漫着玫瑰与陈旧书卷的混合香气。作者的叙事节奏把握得极妙,时而缓慢得如同古董钟摆的滴答声,让人细细品味每一句寓言式的对白;时而又陡然加速,像是一场午夜的化装舞会,充满了不可预知的惊悚与狂喜。我特别欣赏其中对于光影对比的刻画,那种极致的明亮与深邃的黑暗并置,成功地营造出一种既梦幻又略带病态的氛围,让人欲罢不能,只想沉溺其中,直到黎明破晓。
评分第四段评价: 我带着极大的好奇心开始阅读,原本以为会读到一个轻松愉快的奇幻故事,结果却发现自己掉进了一个精心布置的迷宫。这本书的结构极其非线性,时间线频繁地跳跃,现实与梦境的界限模糊不清,读到一半时我甚至不得不拿出纸笔,试图绘制一张人物关系和事件时间轴的草图,以防彻底迷失方向。作者似乎在刻意挑战读者的耐心和理解力,信息的给予是极其吝啬且充满误导性的。这种叙事手法固然高明,但对于追求线性叙事的读者来说,可能会产生极大的挫败感。对我而言,这种挑战性恰恰是它最吸引人的地方——它像一个等待破解的密码。每一次误解之后的豁然开朗,都带来了巨大的智力满足感。它不是用来“消遣”的,而是用来“钻研”的,那种深挖真相的过程,远比故事本身的结局更令人回味无穷。
评分第二段评价: 坦白说,这本书的阅读体验是极度挑衅智力的,它拒绝用最直接的方式喂给你故事,而是像一个高明的魔术师,将线索碎片散落在华丽的辞藻和晦涩的象征主义之下。我需要反复回溯前文,甚至不得不借助一些哲学和艺术史的背景知识才能勉强跟上叙事的轨迹。书中角色的心理描写达到了近乎病态的细腻程度,他们的动机往往游走在纯粹的爱与极端的占有欲之间,那种边缘化的情感张力让人在感到震撼的同时,又隐隐感到一丝不安。尤其让我印象深刻的是作者对“美”的探讨,它不再是单纯的愉悦,而是一种带有毁灭性的、自我牺牲的执念。这种对传统审美观的颠覆,让这本书充满了先锋艺术的锐气。我花了整整一周的时间才读完第一遍,每一次合上书本,我的思绪都会在现实与书中描绘的那个颠倒世界中摇摆不定,它强迫你审视自己内心深处那些不愿触碰的黑暗角落。
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