Casual Inspo from g.Sphere & Kastane
Friday, June 10th, 2011 | 53 Comments 
How about some Friday inspo?!
Here is a little fashion inspiration for casual summer days.
Natural, real, and yuru (loose, baggy)
styles full of gingham checks, colorful floral print, crop tees, straw accessories, natural earth-tone colors, and ruffles!
The first is from a shop called “Kastane.” It dubs its base style as “American Classic” mixed with “real” style etc. Just some really fun summer thinking clothes! Most of the snaps are from their many and wonderful up-kept shop staff blogs! Their online shop is here.
Second shop is g.Sphere [shop.] Much like Kastane, it focuses a bit more on vintage look & feel.
…then a few PopSister scans

Lots & LOTS of images….
Kastane
















g.Sphere












PopSister July 2011
Scanned in a few things for inspo here…

So one of the first pages opens up to this damn sweater I was talking about lusting after!!!!!!!
I went to AA tonight but of course still 88$ and with 90F+ degrees out,… I’m not buying it LOOOOOL. I couldn’t wear it for like another 4 months anyway hahaaa~ Their “sale” tonight was buy any 3 of the same item get 15% off. Wtf is that LOL.
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Actually American Apparel was ALL UP in this issue, in full force. At least the stuff is Made in USA $$$ economy +1
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Allamanda was featured a lot too. New brand, it’s like Dazzlin but some how manages to be even more retro & girly
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Rinka hairstyle tutorial

Ayu hairstyle tutorial


Tsubasa in full “blogger” style. Not 100% used to seeing her in this style
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LEG MASSAGE how to 
I do leg massage almost every night. I love it. Keeps swelling down and eases my muscles after a long day




Jenny posted at 10:38 pm ; Friday
TAGS: fashion, popsister, diet
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Some lovely outfits here! I noticed the AA ‘boom’ in the July ViVi too, haha~ I had the same thought of ‘yay, American clothes!’
I think I need one of those massage roller things in my life…
I’ve always loved am appy!! I’m glad its getting a boom. That sweater is amazing..ive been lusting for it since the fall but the thing about am appy…it almost never goes on sale DX
I don’t know if I’m totally missing the mark here, but when I looked through Kastane and your Popsister scans, I immediately thought of: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/shopbuzz/ !
All of these looks are so familiar and homey-like ^^ Weird but all of the models look trendy and are wearing pieces that are easy to put together. Effortless fashion is kind of fun x)
Uuuuuu nice shops!!! I think I saw G.Sphere in Used Mix?
DDD
But I really like the outfits from Kastane
And thanks for the diet infoooo
Everything’s so cute! Exactly what I’m going for this summer ~
I always find it hard finding the right things to wear in the extremely over-heated weather… 
Love the outfits ~ thanks for the scans, Jenny ~~
i love simple outfit
LOL the only thing I could think of when I read ‘AA’ was alcoholics anonymous
those AA clothes are cute!! I need them in my life asap.
soooooooooo cuteeee, lace & floral are the best!
Love your updates : )
feeling very inspired for the weekend…thanks for the scans!
OMG that AA flower sweater. It’s sooooo pretty but it’s so freaking itchy inside and heavy! I tried on the white a while back and it wasn’t as flattering on as it looks. I can’t rock it :’(.
Any 3 of the same item?!
WTF?! LMAO
I think Kastane style is always in with Japanese girls. Classic and cute!
Aaaaah thank you for so many pics.
;3
I love this style and PopSister scans
Not used to Tsubasa’s new look as well, though she still looks pretty
I wonder if this leg massage really help losin weight
Oeh I saw some amazing inspiration!
Now I’m sure that I need a highwaisted white shorts as the girl wearing in american apparel thingy. NEED :3
great post !.♥
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lovely scans. i esp. like what you posted from pop sister. i have two questions - when you post cut outs from magazines, do you actually cut out the images and then scan them into the computer, or do you “cut”t them in photoshop? also, would it be possible for you to translate the leg massage directions? i can’t imagine them being that complicated, but it would still be nice to know what they say
i would like a translation of the leg massage stuff too prz
Lovely clothes, eee, AA has very nice stuff but often even the most basic clothes are pretty expensive… : D
I`d like to start doing some leg massage and I though that it could be fun to buy some kind of leg roller (I don`t know the term, eerh, I hope that you get it ;’
). Do you have any idea which one could be a good one/where to get one..? c:
Dude I am always soooo annoyed at their ’super easy and quick’ hair tutes. Always takes way longer than they say *pouts*.
Wow thanks for sharing, I feel so inspired! I love the cropped tshirt and flowy skirt look! I’m going to go buy a cropped tshirt right now!! >: D
I got A LOT of inspiration from this! Thank you for sharing!
I think Zara has a similar rosette top if you’re interested, not sure if it’s less? But I JUST saw it on the website!
Ooo thanks for posting the leg massage thing. I may print that out later. After 6.5hrs+ of retail a shift, my legs are always KILLING me. I’ve found that working out again helps a bit damn my knees! >:O lol
I’m loving the natural styles. I’m really happy to see H&M has picked it up a bit! Now if only I had some extra $$$! lol
hi, i ordered the gold collar necklace from forever21 because it looked really nice on you. it arrived yesterday haha.
the thing is, i have no idea how to wear it because it looks so thick and my skin is not as fair as yours!
if you are free, could you please give some advice as to how to wear the necklace?
thanks!
Hi!! Sorry my reply is so delayed.
I find the necklace goes best with blocks of color! So I often wear it with my royal blue blouse, or even a plain white button up blouse! Sheer and silky looks great next to it. It’s more of an elegant, mature style necklace, a la EMODA or MURUA style too. It’s pretty bold statement piece so I don’t think it blends with with multi-layers of girly patterns & colors etc.
It’s easily to lead with examples though right!
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10915977582-11276066686.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10906326451-11257001173.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10922176894-11288219847.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10908705360-11261763025.html
http://ameblo.jp/kobe-seico/image-10921772204-11286970809.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10904744328-11253851483.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10902508141-11249574158.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10901033762-11246701359.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10900679451-11245999240.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10908722203-11261798062.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10922381247-11288724186.html
http://ameblo.jp/kobe-seico/image-10918033807-11279665488.html
http://ameblo.jp/ena-matsumoto/image-10922381247-11288724801.html
Awwwwwwwww
Thank you so much for finding all these pictures and pasting the links!
They’ll definitely help a lot!!!
Hahaha, I rally love the weird names from japanese brands
If there was an “I” in Kastane (Kastanie) it would mean chestnut in German, lol. There were so many funny brandnames one can’t count all :-) I wouldn’t want to have something from the brand “Titty”,
DDDD
Hi Jenny! I just want to comment on the lace collared poka dot dress from cat world you posted a while back! It looks super adorable on you =) I wanted to purchase it on yesstyle but it’s sold out now. So I ordered something similar from here http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/osaka-aroot/item/jm051/#estimationOf . Just wanted to hear your opinion on that one, its similar to catworld but not the same!
I desperately need those espadrilles and quilted shorts in my life. They’re in like, every magazine I read. V.V;;
LOVE everything!! makes me want to get all dolled up :O
Japanese people have such a cute style. I love these kind of post. It is nice to see what people wear there… ♥
I really like to try to get a mix of styles for my own personal inspo. It’s easy to go online and just look at 1 type of style and think this is what everyone is wearing in Japan but really the streets of Japan are filled with so manyvarying styles!! It’s easy to find something to be drawn to
I’d really like to get my hands on some quilted shorts soon. Thanks for these scans!
No problem & good luck!
I used to not like AA (mainly the pricing), but I’ve bought a few items from there recently! I like their tube tops and I’m looking into the maxi skirts
I also want that hug me shirt!!! omg so cute, but I think I would get stares! still would wear it though
I don’t think you’d get many stares, xD Yeah AA pricing is high. But if I didn’t already have many of my current basics I’d probably buy a lot of them there.
Omg! When did Kana Hoshino cut her long pretty hair?
( ゚Д゚)
So sad!
She still look amazingly pretty though! :3
Months & months ago LOL. There was a whole section about it too in PopSister with this long article on it! She’s kept her “wolf bob” for a long time now
tsubasa looks so weird #_#
how did you learn japanese? did you take it in school or did you teach yourself?
I taught myself with a college level instructional book as well as grammar books, audio CDs and a big book of kanji. However, because it was informal my Japanese is very limited. I can’t carry on long complicated conversations and my kanji knowledge isn’t has good as I’d like. I couldn’t take it in college because it interfered with my German courses :( Always regret not having that =Y
oh okay! i’m teaching myself, too. I’ve gotten some text books and some activity books and “My Japanese Coach” for the DS. I find it kinda hard to motivate myself!
Hey, I thought you might want to know about this app http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/point-daily-styling/id404786725?mt=8
It shows recent fashion styles from popular japanese shops, updated regularly. Sorry for spamming if you already know this one.
Thank you :3
I really love your posts…. all about fashion & style, really inspiring♥
Thank you dear
I haven’t heard of the style ‘yuru’ before but you’ve made me currious!
Thanks for the scanns ^^ the models are inspiring me
xx
http://icepandora.blogspot.com
Ah yeah, it just means “baggy” style and is usually attached to another actual style so you’ll see ゆるロック or ゆるカジ meaning baggy (loose) rock and baggy (loose) casual.
So many cute clothing cooradinates! I feel inspired though sadly it’s Winter here
I love that pale pink colour a lot of the models are wearing. So pretty and perfect for spring/summer
This is a great post! Thanks for sharing your inspo
These are great looks for summer definitely! *saved some to hdd*
Liked these a lot! Nabbed some for future reference.