Timeline of Lolita History (1900s)
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This is a list of events collated from articles on this wiki and put into a single space to help visualize events in relationship to each other. This timeline is manually edited, and may not always include all relevant items.
1950s
1958
- Central Apartment is built in Harajuku[1]
1960s
The lower floors of central apartment were converted into stores with offices in the upper apartment floors.[1]
1962
- September: The film Lolita (1962) is released in Japan.[2]
1969
- September: representative Masamichi Yamada opened Pierrot as a casual original brand and started wholesale sales in Yoyogi-Hachiman.[3]
1970s
1970
- April: MILK was founded by Hitomi Okawa in Harajuku in Central Apartment.
- July 23rd: BIGI Group was founded as Bigi Co., Ltd.[4]
- September: BIGI Group opens their first boutique in Harajuku under the name BIGI[4]
- Heibon Publishing, the publisher of Heibon Punch launched a new magazine called An An with Kaneko Isao as the designer and fashion director for the first 49 issues.[5]
1971
- Atsuki Onishi graduated from Vantan Design Institute[6]
- Kaneko Isao starts designing 'Pink House' style clothing for the boutique Nicole[7]
1973
- June: Melrose Co., Ltd. breaks off from BIGI Group[4]
1974
- MILK sub-labels MILK Boy and Wedding MILK Launched [8]
- Rei Yanagawa launches Shirley Temple[9]
1975
- September: Representative Masamichi Yamada (Pierrot) opened an original shop at Central Apartment.
1976
1977
- Vivayou is launched by Sanei International Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンエー・インターナショナル).[11]
1978
- October 28th: Representative Kimiko Harajuku opened Pierrot Harajuku[3]
- Atsuki Onishi formed Quatre Saisons (キャトルセゾン) under BIGI Group[12]
1979
- Select shop PRETTY opened in Laforet Harajuku selling gothic and lolita items from many different designers.[13]
1980s
1982
- April: Pink House became independent from Melrose Co., Ltd., and Pink House Co., Ltd. was established
- May: Olive magazine is launched
- June: A Shirley Temple shop opens in Laforet Harajuku.[14]
- INGEBORG launches[7]
1983
- February: Juniors brand Emily Temple is launched by Shirley Temple.[14]
- Atsuki Onishi presented three collections as a member of Tokyoism, which is considered by many to be the official founding of the brand Atsuki Onishi[6]
1984
- MILK sub label Obscure Desire of Bourgeoisie (O.D.O.B.) launches
1985
- April: Jane Marple is founded by former MD Merchandiser, Yasuhiro Narita (成田保裕), and former MILK designer Megumi Murano (村野めぐみ).[15]
- October 22nd: Shoe brand An-Ten-Na is launched[16]
- Betty's Blue is founded by Shinji ABE (あべ真司).[17]
1986
- Everything but the Girl puts out the album Baby, The Stars Shine Bright.[18]
- Rei Yanagawa publishes her memoir "The Story of Shirley Temple, a Girl Always in My Heart."
1987
- April: Hyper Hyper Co., LTD. (株式会社ハイパーハイパー) was established in collaboration with Laforet Harajuku Co., LTD., as a subsidiary of Gim Co., LTD. (株式会社ジム).[19]
- September: ”Critique of Lolita Fashion” published in “Ryūkō tsūshin”
- Heart-E is established and starts selling hats in Hyper Hyper at Laforet Harajuku.[20]
- Algonquins is founded.[20]
- Shinta Izumi (信太和泉) becomes editor in chief at Olive Magazine.[21]
1988
- August: the company that would become Baby, the Stars Shine Bright was established as a manufacturing and wholesale company for women's clothing by husband and wife team Akinori and Fumiyo Isobe.[20]
- Heart-E releases their first piece of clothing (besides hats/accessories)[20]
- Vert Dense is established by Sanei International Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンエー・インターナショナル).[22]
- First directly managed Jane Marple store is opened on the 2nd floor of Laforet Harajuku Part II[23]
1989
- November: A.O. by ATUSUKI ONISHI is launched.[24]
1990s
1990
- First Putumayo shop opened by Hyper Hyper Co., LTD. in Laforet Harajuku[19]
1991
- February: Shirley Temple for Baby launched.[14]
1992
- Baby, The Stars Shine Bright is formally established.[25]
1993
- Metamorphose is founded as "Manefest Ange Metamorphose temps de fille" by Kuniko Kato while she is in school at Osaka Mode Gakuen[26]
1994
- January: Kaneko Isao left Pink House Co., Ltd
1998
- Central Apartment is demolished[1]
1997
- Hyper Hyper Co., LTD opens Podium at PARCO Quattro.[27]
1999
- February: Emily Temple Cute is launched as a lady's brand by Shirley Temple.[14]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Harajuku Central Appartment". Wikipedia Japan.
- ↑ "Lolita (1962)". IMDB.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Atelier Pierrot". Lolibrary Wiki.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "History (English)". Bigi Group.
- ↑ "Kaneko data from the 1960s". Wonderful House.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Atsuki Onishiのニット絵本. Japan: 文化出版局. 1985. ISBN 4579102711.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "An An September 16, 1983 issue No. 396 Pink House Story". Wonderful House.
- ↑ MILK Sparkling Girls Change the World. Japan: 宝島社. 2011. pp. 12–13. ISBN 4796684530.<nowiki>
- ↑ "Rei Yanagawa". Wikipedia Japan.
- ↑ "A Guide to Japanese Fashion Magazines". hypebeast.
- ↑ "Vivayou". Fashion Press.
- ↑ "ATUKI A.O. ONISHI". SENZO Co,. LTD.
- ↑ Angelic Pretty Museum. Japan: Takarajimasha e-mook. 2013. pp. 43–45. ISBN 9784800205605.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "History". Shirley Temple.
- ↑ "Jane Marple". Fashion Press.
- ↑ "About". antenna.
- ↑ "Betty's Blue Brand Information". Fashocon' tushin.
- ↑ "Everything But The Girl – Baby, The Stars Shine Bright". Discogs.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Company Information". Putumayo.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Gothic Lolita & Punk Brand Book. Japan. 2005. p. 132. ISBN 4777801578.
- ↑ Olive Girl Life. Japan. 2014. p. 138. ISBN 978-4-309-02331-1.
- ↑ "Vert Dense". Fashion Press.
- ↑ "Jane Marple". Fashion Press.
- ↑ "ATSUKI A.O. ONISHI". SENZO Co,. LTD.
- ↑ Baby, The Stars Shine Bright eMook.
- ↑ "Metamorphose Temps de Fille - Brand Story Translation". velvet-translations.
- ↑ Cutie 104. Japan. 1997.