Dream Girl: How Female Manga Inspired a Fashion Career

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Lin, Yu Lun (2022) Dream Girl: How Female Manga Inspired a Fashion Career. SIG News, 1. p. 29.

Type of Research:	Article
Creators:	Lin, Yu Lun
Description:	One of the most popular Japanese female-comic genres is shōjo (girls) manga. This article spotlights author and illustrator Ai Yazawa’s manga series of Neighborhood Story (1995-1998), Paradise Kiss (2000-2004) and NANA (2000- 2009). These comics, animations and TV spin-offs explored the subcultures of pop rock and glam rock that are represented by distinctive characters and showed how fashion is a medium that can disrupt traditional stereotypes. At the same time, I also reflect on my own encounter with these mangas at the age of 17 through which I learnt design style and developed aspirations to become a fashion designer
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:	Autoethnography, Subculture, Japanese Manga
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:	UAL Subculture Interest Group
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > London College of Fashion
Date:	1 September 2022
Date Deposited:	21 May 2024 14:39
Last Modified:	21 May 2024 14:39
Item ID:	21720
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/21720

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