BRUT CUTE: Secret Japan In Skopje, Macedonia
This is a photo project done by me, Zorica Petkoska, and Lilika Strezoska. Skopje, Macedonia and Tokyo, Japan are so far apart, they might easily be on different planets. Yet, they’ve been linked all this time. What links modernist architecture in Skopje to Japan is that the city master plan has been created by a the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and his team after the devastating earthquake in Skopje in 1963. So what rekindles the link with Japan is the subcultures who are fans of Japanese pop-culture. The girls and guys in these photos are all J-fans sporting Harajuku street fashion and they did a Harajuku-event, organized by Olivera Mladenovska, under the Japanorama fan-gathering in Skopje . So there you have it, the ‘brut’ and the ‘cute’. A little bit of concrete and a little bit of color go a long way to build bridges.
1. Harajuku team at UKIM university, Skopje

2. Ganguro @ "City Wall"

model: Antoaneta Malinovikj
3. Kodona @ Post Office

model: Tea Jovanova
4. Fairy Kei @ UKIM

Model: Angela Aleksova
5. Fairy Kei @ UKIM

6. Shironuri @ Goce Delchev Dormitory

model: Mila Kuch
7. Neo Street Fashion @ UKIM

model: Martina Dimoska (aka Marta Devilish)
8. Mori Kei @ Museum of Modern Art Skopje

model: Sara Misajlovska
9. Visual Kei + Host Kei @ Train Station Skopje

Models: Olivera Mladenovska + Dimitar Ristevski
10. Visual Kei + Host Kei

Oli & Dimi
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11. Oshare Kei @ National Bank

model: Andrea Angelova
12. Goth Lolita @ Weather Center

model: Natali Naumova
13. Ouji @ Weather Center

model: Simon Palitov
14. Cult Party Kei @ Nikola Karev High School

model: Nadica Mitevska
16. Hime Lolita @ Zdravko Cvetkovski Dormitory

model: Stefani Zafirovska
17. Decora @ Zdravko Cvetkovski Dormitory

model: Nastasja Kochoska
18. Accidentally brut.

The mystery boy.