After one of the hottest summers on record, Japan appears to be coming under the cooling influence of the frozen north, style-wise that is. Nordic fashions in in. Fashion magazines Non-no and Betty are both dictating that fur is the hot item this season (quite literally on sunnier autumn days, when the temperature still hovers over 20 degrees Celsius) and stores are now well stocked with fluffy garments for girls who want to embrace Scandinavian chic.
The trend combines Nordic-patterned knit dresses with furry waistcoats, fur boots and fur earmuffs or headbands. The emphasis in on creating a cute, fluffy, girly look that will have you looking as much at home in the fashionable streets of Shibuya as on a sled in a frozen wasteland.
There's also now an economical route to the fluffy boot trend. While many stores are selling fur-topped or fully furry boots, sock shops are also stocking fur legwarmers that can give last season’s boots the furry look for a fraction of the cost. We’ve also spotted special fur stocking tops for a raunchier take on the trend.