Japan's Bombastic Street Style Puts New York Fashion Week To Shame

New York-based photographer Thomas C. Card spent months in the depths of Japan's hyper-fashionable nether regions, documenting the eye-opening variety of styles found on the streets of Tokyo in 2012. From neon wigs to reappropriated Victorian garb to gas masks as accessories, he found a plethora of fashion identities that flourished in the year after the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami. "The country experienced an upsurge of national pride," Card theorizes, "and participants in stre...