Fashion freaks

Winter is coming and all the shops are trying to show their best to sell. Today I went to Ginza and checked some of the shops. It's not like I'm interested in fashion but sometimes is fun to walk around like I care :P . What I realised was that nothing's the same as last year and if you're dumb enough, you can think that you need lots of new clothes. But how many jackets do you need in one winter? For how long can you wear the same pants before they get torn? I mean, you don't need new clothes after using what you have for 3 months or so...

Don't get me wrong, I like wearing new clothes, I'm a girl after all. But this consumist society is too much! It's ok to get new clothes on special occasions (not necessary though) but buying for every season of the year is not. I was one of those dumbs before... I tortured my parents by asking them a new dress before every party, but after I came to Japan I realised that I didn't need them. I'm wearing the same clothes for a long time, I've been here for more than a year and half and nobody cares about how I dress. (Or is it just me?) Anyways, there are so many girls dressing the same, having the same Louis Vuitton's bag, for those people who doesn't know, the LV bags costs around 100.000 Yen (about 800 ~ 900 US$). I wouldn't buy them even if I was swimming in a pool full of money. I just don't like to be the same as the rest.

How can they afford it? You may think all japanese are ultra rich people, but that's not really true. At least not and 17 ~ 25 years old girl. Some might work or ask their parents and get it, but there's a dark side in all of this fashion thing. Many of these girls accept going out with old men just to get what they want. Isn't this sad? I see really cute girls with man way older than them and after asking some japanese about this situation, they just told me that this is a common scene in japanese society... and it's all to afford these branded stuff.

I know I am nobody but I'm very worried about Japan's future with these kind of people growing in number, it will be just sad to lose all what they have gained through so many years. Well, just my humble opinion...