Jojo Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki did some Q and A at con. The information is slowly coming out with the latest question being about fashion. The characters of JBA are legends for there poses and fashion sense. Araki was asked about that and this is response.
“Araki was asked about how fashion influences his work and went on to talk about school uniforms. He likes the Japanese school uniforms the most, so he decides to add little elements in with each series to make these uniforms unique (One example given was Giorno’s ladybug lapels). School uniforms are the “most comfortable” according to Araki, and he even mentioned about how he once read a manga about someone fighting in a desert in their school uniform and thus decided to incorporate them into his works.
Comfortable is certainly not a word one would immediately think of when looking at many of the elaborate looks of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, but it does begin to make sense when many of the central JoJo characters are depicted in either school uniforms or somewhat pared down looks compared to many of their allies and enemies.
Comfort also plays into other famous stylistic elements of his work, such as each of the famous poses his characters make. You’ve got to be wearing comfortable clothes to bend your back that far, that’s for sure! It’s probably why so many fans are inspired to cosplay as characters from the series! ”
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