Michael Cash wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:46:23 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
> <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
> >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?
>
> More likely scenario....Paul whooshed you.

No, that some European label paraded skirts over pants at a European show this
month or last is real. Either they are doing what Japanese women have been
doing for years, or Japanese got it from somewhere earlier than that.