"I think many Japanese women feel that they can never live up to the refined beauty that they feel Western women strive for. So, instead, they shoot for a cute look, one that doesn’t require tall, curvaceous bodies and instead emphasizes girlishness." Designer Naoto Hirooka, whose brand h. Naoto is one of the main creative forces behind Gothic Lolita. He says the whole Lolita look — like much of the anime culture with which it is intricately entwined — is an escape into a childish world of cute. (AP)
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Hey DBR, you might have to give up on these JT quotes. The urls are so long they keep getting cut off, and that breaks them. Beats me why JapanToday feel the need to put the entire quote in the url.
Hmm, I usually try to paste the whole thing in but yeah it's an odd one that one - they do some other odd things with their feed too. Pity, because they are good conversation starters!
Looks like JapanSoc limits the url to 100 characters. Nothing you can do about it. However, a quick Google News search for "Naoto Hirooaka" finds us the same quote:
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5itZ0_sQ42e36qAVPzUEv0eYvf9Sw