Vintage Japanese Fashion
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Don't worry, I'm not out of complete magazines. Full scans of Gal magazines from before 2008 or so are rare, so I'm uploading the partial bits I have. Online storage space and bandwith was pretty limited in this era, so people typically only uploaded whatever pages interested them.
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An issue of Glitter refused to upload because it had been delete from archive.org already, so enjoy the issues that are up while they last.
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I have no idea what's going on with the internet archive at the moment. Fingers crossed they aren't in the middle of Youtubeifying the place.
Hey! I'm sourcing from some old HDs and backups.
ai3
4 months ago
Nice! How much have you uploaded vs what you have saved? I'm working my way through ~150 I found on an old blogger site. Plus I will be scanning some recent Nicola's, Nintendo mags, & leaflets I've got
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chemicalsoda
4 months ago
No idea. The HDs potentially go back 20 years and there are layers of junk to go through. I'm also trying to salvage stuff from old fansites when I find them. Its great to see someone archiving tween magazines. They were so cute and unique.
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ai3
4 months ago
100%, I love how colourful and maximalist the design is. Thank you for the work you're doing <3
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Tonight I'm starting with some SCawaii, the older sister mag of Cawaii; sort of sexy cute post Koda Kumi style.
I live in Portland and will be uploading to destract myself tonight. So enjoy old magazines until Xfinity craps out.
chemicalsoda
4 months ago
I uploaded 13 issues of EGG last night, so feel free to destract yourself too.
chemicalsoda
4 months ago
Now uploading Seventeen Japan. This era of Seventeen is especially neat, as fashions for online avatars are also featured. The Japanese version of Yahoo Avatars were soo much cuter and way more fashionable.
ai3
4 months ago
Hello! I am dontletsstart on archive org. I'm doing some uploading of my own atm, we seem to have some crossover! Would love to connect and discuss archiving, sourcing etc. cause it's quite new to me :)
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I've finally moved and my HDs made the trip! They are old, fragile, and have traveled across the country a few times already so it was a major concern. Expect the uploads to continue once everything is unpacked. I went on an uploading spree just before I had to get serious about packing, so enjoy https://archive.org/details/@gothicmeltingicecream
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About the odd textless image and photshop file: These were for making graphics. They weren't part of the original magazine, fans edited them later, then shared so others could use them in their own projects.