life & style // no. 16 theotherpress.ca Indie fashion feature: SpreePicky > Shopping spooky-cute trends in Japanese street fashion Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor Fevers has that one holiday that they absolutely go nuts for. For me, that’s Halloween. I will admit, I am the type to wear gaudy pumpkin jewelry and oversized mom sweaters with scarecrows on them, but, due to my relative tenuous status as a fashionista, I at least try to warp this misguided excitement into something as stylish as possible. Doing so is made all the easier with websites like SpreePicky, which embraces holiday themes and regurgitates them as garments easily worn in the name of Image via SpreePicky.net Japanese street fashion—and all jewelry for my weaboo buddies commodity in street fashion. was so much content that it especially true if youre looking for a relatively modest price. out there. SpreePicky takes inspiration was difficult to find anything. for holiday-themed pieces like I Japanese street fashion is a Traditionally, Halloween from that street fashion and Their keyword search is a little was, because they tend to post catch-all for Asian style trends is a western holiday, but it has makes it more readily available too specific, meaning that the their theme wear in the weeks such as Harajuku, Ganguro/ been growing in popularity in to the world at large. Admittedly, items it finds will match your approaching that particular Kogal, Lolita, various Keis, various Asian countries due the quality of the clothes isn’t search specifically instead of holiday. The pictures on the and many more. As such, to the growing acculturation the best, but with prices ranging showing you items that may be Instagram will then have a SpreePicky offers a wide range between East and West. Because from $5-200 it’s easy enough to related to your search. This is product code in the description of style options to suit your of this, it has been embraced by _ justify buying something that an issue if you're browsing the that you can search on their own personal sense of self various Japanese style trends may not last until the end of website for a particular theme. website, and it will take you expression, as well as various that take inspiration from time. The easiest way I found to directly to that item. anime inspired garments and Western culture, meaning that The one issue I had with navigate the site is to actually Have fun, and happy Halloween imagery is a hot SpreePicky was that there search their Instagram. This is shopping. stamp printing to create artworks that celebrate the vegetables and flowers of significance for Japanese Vegeta bles & Canadians. Many of these plants were grown in family gardens in pre-war days, and in small gardens that Flowers: Haiku, families created outside of their makeshift shacks in the camps when Japanese Canadians were incarcerated (6|#DOUGLIFE Share your photos with us on Instagram using the hashtag #DougLife, fora chance to be featured in the paper! Japanese Canadian Create haiku (3-line poetry), and use letterpress and during World War Il. These plants were also grown on L etterpress, and larger plots of land established in the camps. If you have stories of Japanese vegetables and flowers a a Print mada king from your own experiences and families, please bring them to share. We are collecting stories as well as the Tuesday, Nov Ist, 2:30 - 6:20pm artwork created in these workshops to share online. at the Other Press offices (rm 1020, This is the second workshop in a Series that is produced 700 Royal Ave, New Westminster) in collaboration with WePress Community Art Space . and Powell Street Festival Society and funded by Metro free FOR EVERYONE drop-in workshop yancouyer. yand fu d #@ 130 likes ‘ }} 1 , mjowjow Douglas alumni game. Surprised my cardia ‘ \ | was able to keep up lol. #douglascollege #alumni #volleyball powell strect festival soctery rea Sa VWPress This week’s photo is by mjowjow