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Harajuku Mens Street Style w/ Thai Boxing Shorts, Grillz, Off-White Puffer Jacket, Adidas x Gosha Rubchinskiy & YSL Boots

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Catching our eye on the Harajuku street one evening is Shun, a Japanese college student and software developer.

Sporting a blonde hairstyle, Shun is dressed in a metallic silver Off-White puffer jacket, which he wore over a neon pink Adidas x Gosha Rubchinskiy track jacket and a pair of Thai Boxing Shorts. A pair of metallic gold YSL heeled pointy boots, pyramid earrings, knuckle rings and silver and gold grillz rounded out his eclectic style.

Shun loves to shop at Ciara, and he likes listening to Elton John’s “Your Song”. For more of Shun’s streetwear styles, check him out on Instagram.

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