I don’t see a fashion forum here, so I don’t know if this is a good forum for this but if there is please feel free to move it.
One question I have about Taiwanese fashion is I notice a lot of young Taiwanese people love to wear shorts and leggings at the same time. I seen this a lot in the past and they are still doing it. Basically they will wear a short, but their legs are covered by some spandex leggings. I don’t remember when this caught on but I see it in youngster hang outs (like Ximen) a lot.
What’s the reasoning behind this fashion statement, or rather what celebrity started this trend? I notice Taiwanese people seem rather sheep-like when it comes to celebrity trends…
It’s a Japanese fashion trend. They call it knee socks in Japan, and started as a standard part of their school uniform. Eventually uniform skirts grew shorter and shorter leaving the knee socks visible. Then those more into the casual look switched to wearing shorts with knee socks.
It’s probably popularized here by anime and idol groups. Although it seems like some American celebrities do it too.
I thought Jeremy Lin was to blame for that, as I have seen him and other NBA athletes play games in those. I thought it was some kind of keep your muscles warm in winter device.
They’re just cold and/or don’t want their skin to get dark in the sun. You can usually bet that if Taiwanese people are more covered up than you might expect, it’s for those reasons.
Or it’s about modesty. Their leggings might be too see-through around the butt, or the panty line too obvious.
I actually just shaved mine. My hair is way to thin to support anything and not a whole lot I can do about it. I wonder if eating instant noodles or whatever had anything to do with it (my dad insists it does, he seems to think if I enjoyed it, it was bad for my health)