Japanese Gothic Costumes (& other related frillies) Gallery - Page 7

The child-like physical look of young Japanese women contributes to this alluring illusion. Female Japanese youth have long been exciting to older Japanese males and the innocence of looking like a child may appeal to these women because of the powerful allure but also because it presents a way for them to escape growing up at least for the moments they are dressed in the sissy baby doll Gothic style.

In the wake of 1995, the kinderwhore look quickly spread across the world and was worn by many other female artists just as fierce but not as blonde as Bjelland or Love.

Other women and girl bands from the US that adopted the kinderwhore look were, LA's Kim Shattuck of The Muffs, (original Sugar Baby Doll member) Jennifer Finch from L7, Seattle's 7 Year Bitch, Bratmobile , NYC's the Lunachicks, Olympia, Washington's riot grrrl band Bikini Kill ,while Florida's Jessicka from Jack Off Jill and Tina and Susan from San Francisco's Switchblade Symphony took a more Goth approach to the look. Across the pond in the UK, bands like Fluffy, Huggy Bear and Daisy Chainsaw's Katie Jane Garside wore their Baby Doll dresses with pride. The look even went as far as Japan where it was adopted by the band Shonen Knife. The all-female, Japanese, alternative rock trio found some success in the United States. The band cited 1960's girl groups as their main influences but it was the woman who created the kinderwhore look who gave them their style.