True.
I guess back in the 80s Japan still looked to other western nations for influence when it came to fashion.
One of my students told me this.Apparently the Japanese started going nuts in the Harajiku in the 70s but didnt truely experiment without the west untill the early 90s,which reached the mainstream by the late 90s.
When I see pictures of my school parties back in the mid 90s everyone is dressed very conservatively.Something happened in 1997 I think?
From that year the women started wearing sexy leather,cowboy hats,short skirts and all that other wonderful stuff I see everyday.
For the record.I came to Japan in 1999.Just at the end of the leather,cowboy hat and boot phase.Yippie!!!