One of Japan’s flamboyant fashion ambassadors (Photo by Samuel Thomas)

Observers of Japanese street fashion often ask just how its most flamboyant ambassadors can

function within what clearly is among world’s more conservative societies. Well, the simple answer is that aside from students, many are actually working in the city’s expansive fashion industry, or else advertising their own brands—as with this issue’s street snap star spotted selling her very first collection at November’s Design Festa Vol. 40.