Nicolas LIMARE wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi:
> > What surprised me this month was seeing in the newspaper fashion report
> > that some models for a European label at a European fashion show were
> > wearing skirts over pants, as Japanese on the street would.
>
> There are skirts over pants in Paris too. Started about 4 years ago.

So my question after seeing the report is, did the silly Japanese fashion
come about because people here were imitating what Europeans did, which
would be no less silly, or did Europeans get if from Japanese youth?