Japanese Fashion Craze: Faux See-Through Skirts - Analysis
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This is the latest fashion craze in Japan? I don't buy it, and not just because I couldn't find a single legitimate press report verifying the claim. These images show definite signs of being Photoshopped.
 Elements of the superimposed panty image can be seen cutting across the straps of the purse |
Secondly, whoever manipulated the images made subtle errors, most notably in Photo #5, where, when the image is enlarged, lines and shadows belonging to the superimposed legs and panties cut visibly across the model's purse straps (see detail at right). All the examples, examined closely, give the impression that the panty images were overlayed directly onto the photographs, not imprinted on the clothing.
Japanese fashion designers do have a reputation for cutting-edge ideas -- even wacky ones, at times -- but ersatz see-through clothing isn't one of them. Yet.
Updates:
Fashion Hoax Fools People Worldwide
From Japanese Streets, an ezine devoted to street fashions in Japan: "Thousands of people worldwide are being fooled by a clever fashion hoax which plays on people's secret desires...." (22 Feb 2003)
Queensland Tabloid Bites on Hoax
I've been asked whether an article headlined "A Cheeky Skirt?" which ran in the February 16 edition of The Sunday Mirror authenticates this tall tale - and the answer is no, it doesn't. Evidently the Mirror copped the story (and one of the photos) from the email, which had already been circulating for several days. All's fair in love, war and tabloid journalism! (16 Feb 2003)
Last updated: 02/24/03
