Cats in leather jackets, polka-dot pinafores and pastel-coloured cartoons only begin to explain the aesthetic of Japan’s culture of kawaii. Roughly translating as “cute”, kawaii describes the adorable ...

Gwen Stefani got here first. I hate to admit that. The singer, after all, co-opted Tokyo street style for banal girlie pop, then hired four Japanese girls as her own entourage-slash-accessories - and ...