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Jan 21 2010 25 Comments

Fascist fashion?

Baseball caps or warmer woolly affairs in winter are all well and good, but there’s definitely a certain something about a few of the more traditional forms of headwear — items that somehow hark back to a bygone era, when society and sensibilities were slightly different.

Japanese hat fashion

Or especially dissimilar in fact in some circumstances.

Japanese Nazi

Categorized: Fashion, Odd, Photography

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  1. Zuco says

    1/21/2010 at 3:36 pm

    Amazing! This guy will be arrested in Germany!
    I wonder if he even understand what is the meaning of that uniform…

    Great shot, you catch the moment.

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    • Lee says

      1/21/2010 at 4:28 pm

      Thanks. I had one chance, and luckily just about managed to get his head in the shot.

      Yeah, there can’t be too many places where you could easily get away with walking the streets like that. Pretty sure he knows exactly what he’s up to wearing it as well.

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    • Wilhelm says

      8/13/2014 at 9:40 am

      I am sure he recognizes the uniform of a Hero! Why else would he wear it? Germany is the land of Jews now. That’s why it’s illegal.

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  2. Roger says

    1/21/2010 at 4:10 pm

    I can’t see what’s wrong with the first one.

    The 2nd one made me LOL so hard my chest still hurts.

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    • Lee says

      1/21/2010 at 4:34 pm

      There’s nothing at all wrong with the first picture Roger, I just used it as a way to build up to the second one.

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  3. Martin says

    1/21/2010 at 5:05 pm

    Hello
    it’s my first post but I visit your site since years.
    Photo #2 remind me of on single sketch in a comedy show in Germany .
    “For desperate retro style fashion addicted, after a while they choose:
    The 30’s Look is back.”
    bwahaha

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  4. Durf says

    1/21/2010 at 6:38 pm

    “Don’t mention the war!” —B. Fawlty

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  5. Tibul says

    1/21/2010 at 6:42 pm

    LOL! very brave guy

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  6. Kafkaesque! says

    1/21/2010 at 7:33 pm

    I seriously can’t get the second guy: What’s the point of looking like a nazi? Even, if Japan was Germany’s ally for a brief moment, doesn’t mean Hitler thought Japanese were any good. So it’s a bit weird, that he’s wearing a symbol of white supremacy. I don’t know, if he understands what he wears. I’m sure like 99% of Japanese have no clue, I guess it’s just ‘fashion’ for them. But if he’d walk in central Europe (especially Germany), people would definitely say something, if not become aggressive. In Europe it’s definitely an unpleasant image.

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    • Wilhelm says

      8/13/2014 at 9:23 am

      Not to everyone. To some of us, this is the uniform of heroes!

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  7. Kafkaesque! says

    1/21/2010 at 7:39 pm

    Btw, first guy reminds me of Takeshi Kitano or maybe like some guy from his movie 🙂

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  8. Yoli says

    1/22/2010 at 1:41 am

    It would be very unpleasant if he walked around in that hat in the US.

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  9. enekochan says

    1/22/2010 at 3:57 am

    Look this man in this other picture in the Yoyogi park: http://enekochan.com/2009/04/14/nazis-en-el-parque-de-yoyogi/

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  10. JJ's Japanese Idols says

    1/22/2010 at 11:54 am

    I’m sure the guy in the second picture must not know what he’s doing, if he does I’d like to know more about his reasoning!

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  11. Bunny says

    1/22/2010 at 1:38 pm

    Here’s a shot I took of him in Yoyogi park. He seems to have mastered the Hitler-esque postures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/themystictraveller/3475202145/in/set-72157616540343574/

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  12. Gene says

    1/22/2010 at 11:07 pm

    Isn’t his cap way too small?

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  13. tokyoso says

    1/23/2010 at 12:40 pm

    Seems to me growing a little mustache can enhance his immaculate image a tad bit, to solicit more slurs, just a personal opinion.

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  14. ric says

    1/28/2010 at 2:25 am

    This guy is famous. I also snapped him in Yoyogi park last easter
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ric_p/3639700998/sizes/o/in/set-72157617096039039/

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  15. Frank M says

    1/30/2010 at 9:02 am

    When I went to Tokyo two years ago I saw a full Nazi SS uniform that you could buy in Harajuku. I saw some crazy shit in Tokyo but I definitely did a double-take when I saw that.

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  16. Karasu says

    2/10/2010 at 5:06 pm

    Haha, he looks like if Orville Redenbacher and a big-headed Japanese woman had a kid, and then the resulting lovechild went on to steal hitler’s hat.

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  17. Glam Rock Fashion says

    5/3/2010 at 2:16 pm

    Ok Tokyo here we come! Glam rock fashions

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  18. Roberto says

    10/12/2011 at 8:08 am

    Todos dan por hecho que se trata de un gorro nazi pero no se llega a ver si el águila tiene una svástica coo los usados por éstos; quizás sólo se trate de un gorro similar. Los militares de muchos países usan gorros parecidos. Habría que analizar minuciosamente la foto.

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  19. anon says

    7/3/2012 at 4:53 am

    It’s Luftwaffe uniform.

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    • Wilhelm says

      8/13/2014 at 9:28 am

      Um…no it’s not. Has no Luftwaffe insignia nor colours. But…looks like SS. Nice try though.

      Reply

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