STREET STYLE AT HYPER JAPAN 2026

Hyper Japan recently took place at its usual home, Olympia, Kensington in London.  
I shot these images of these way cool young women on the weekend of July 24th & 26th 2026. 
The event gathered so many interested in all aspects of Japanese culture. Music, manga, 
anime, gaming, food and drinks, gadgets and so much more. But being here at JSTREETSTYLE 
you can pretty much guess what interests me the most. Naturally the fashion and style. 

Once you’ve been to Japan, and I have been visiting for almost three decades, going 
inside Hyper Japan isn’t quite the same, but we all have to start off with our interests’ 
and passions some-place at some point, and Hyper japan is a great place to start. 

I wanted to share with you all some of the street fashion and individual style I managed 
to capture at the event over the weekend. It was also International Decora Day, so you 
may well notice one or two of that wonderfully bright and colourfully energetic style in play. 
You’ll also spot some Sweet Lolita style and a possibly a little Fairy kei. Please enjoy my images. 

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Pat Lyttle  of  JSTREETSTYLE 

   

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A HAVEN FOR HARAJUKU STYLE IN JULY 2026

Hello All. It's been a very long time. Google blocked my access to (my blog) with their over the top security, and being Google when you ask for help, well, winning the lottery is more likely as Google can't be bothered to give help when it is needed. So this is my first post in a year. 

Recently I was invited to a really great event on the 1st of August 2026. Haven Market was its name. The event held at the historical Victorian building Pollocks Theatrical Print Warehouse in west London was organised by Emma & Mae, and gathered many fans of Harajuku focused Japanese Street Fashion, and its many sub genre’s. There was Sweet Lolita, Gothic Lolita, Decora, Gyaru, Decora, Fairy Key and others present. A true celebration of colour that caught the eye and attention of all that passed by.

The event saw traders and artists showcasing many of their creative works, designs and crafts on display and up for sale, inside the Victorian building across three floors of the historic 19th century Townhouse building in Fitzrovia. Pollocks was the oldest Toy Museum in the UK. Its life and soul has always been with artists and creatives. Today the creatives were a visual feast of colours, overflowing from the building at 41 Whitfield Street W1.

Sorry this post isn’t my usual fashion centric post with all the glorious details of who is wearing what, with all the brands featured, but sadly of the many marvellously styled people I photographed, that promised they would let me have those details of what they were wearing, not a single one did. Such shame because the style is there as you can see, but you deserve to know the who, what why of it all. For now, please enjoy these images of mine from this marvellous day and its event. 

Thank you Emma & Mae for your great Haven event. 

On another note, for some reason, the folks at FeedSpot say I am featured in their top 60 Street Style blogs to follow in 2026. This is interesting but I am not bothered about validation so much these days. If it works for you, that's great. Please enjoy this long overdue blog post. 

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WELCOME TO LONDON SOPHY IN BLUE

 

Welcome to 2025. It's almost halfway through l ready. Sorry about that. It's been very busy. 

For now, here are some images I shot earlier today. 

 

This is 任曉桐 Yam Hiu Tung, or her English name, Sophy.

She is from Hong Kong. I spotted her in Covent Garden on May 4th, 

at a hello Kitty Pop Up. I thought she looked most stylish. She wears a handmade by herself, 

a tracksuit & Top by Adidas, blue denim shorts were thrifted, the denim straps are 

from another pair of jeans, and her shoes from Chinese shopping platform Taobao. 

Her socks and leg warmers are from nekura on Taobao. 

 

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BRIGHT DELIGHT FROM STREET STYLE THIS WINTER 2024

Here are some more street style fashion looks from the streets of Harajuku and
Shibuya, during Rakuten Tokyo Fashion week early 2023. I do hope I can bring
you more street fashion from around Japan next year, and way more frequently.
For now, please enjoy this last post of 2024

 

 

Some wonderfully sweet Lolita looks from a couple of frillies or Loli chans.

Both wearing looks from either Angelic Pretty or Baby The Stars Shine Bright

Finishing this long overdue post with the amazingly talented fun young designer 

Ryuu Bea 

 

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INTERNATIONAL DECORA DAY 2024

Sorry for the lack of posts here lately. My attention has been with my other more
mainstream fashion blogs. It’s the 27th of July 2024 which means it’s also
International Decora Day. A recent listing of world events and day’s to celebrate,
and why not celebrate all that is happy, bright and colourful in the world of
Japanese Street Style.

With that in mind, I decided to go though my archives and pull out a few images 

I shot both in Tokyo and in London, of the ever so popular Decora style. 

Hope this post can bring a happy rainbow of colourful energy to your day. 

Please enjoy.

 

These two images above I shot on Omotesando around 10 years ago.
 

This one I shot during Tokyo Fashion week in 2023, again on Omotesando.

 

Here is the lovely Purin chan doing her thing.

 

The two above I shot in London many years ago showing just how 

global the love for Decora style has become. 

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STREET STYLE OF MIDZY AT LONDON'S ITZY CONCERT

This evening I met up with a dear friend, to shoot some street style fashion looks, 

of ITZY fans known as MIDZY, as they wait for the first UK concert, as part of the 

South Korean Kpop all girl group’s one night concert at the OVO Wembley, 

as part ITZY's 2nd world tour known as "Born To Be" on April 24th 2024. 

There wasn’t the WOW factor I had hoped to have seen, the cool sense of individuality 

of style I love, but am so glad I did verdure out. My dear friend made it all worthwhile 

helping me out, before seeing the concert for herself. Hope you all had a great time 

at the concert with Yuna, Yeji and the others.

Here are the images I shot as a documentation of the MIDZY style. Come on fans. 

Let’s see if you can do a bit better next time around.

 

 

Image above shows stylish cool attendee actress Aimée Kwan of &Asians

Merch and the obligetory Lightstick or in this case, The ITZY Lightring

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