Transvestites and transgenders only at new online fashion store
A Japanese Internet site targets men who want to look like women with its Akihabara-style clothes
By Robert Michael Poole 17 December, 2010
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/shop/fashion-online-transvestites-new-online-store-869944Last month Ami Takeuchi of Japan placed second at the sixth annual Miss International Queen -- celebrating transvestites and transgender contestants -- in Pattaya, Thailand.
Now a website in Japan, called Lagrangel, has been launched to offer local transvestites and other men who want to look like women, a carefully selected range of the latest fashions. Providing their fashion tastes are Akihabara style, that is.
Known as "new-halves" locally, transvestites are widely accepted in Japanese society, with entertainers like Ai Haruna (previously Kenji Onishi) having successful careers.
