Misplaced Pages

Juliana's: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 15:20, 10 August 2016 editInfoents (talk | contribs)3 edits ReferenceTag: Visual edit← Previous edit Latest revision as of 15:16, 6 January 2025 edit undoEntranced98 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers173,140 edits Adding local short description: "Discothèque in Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan", overriding Wikidata description "building in Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan"Tag: Shortdesc helper 
(46 intermediate revisions by 32 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Discothèque in Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Advert|date=August 2016}}
{{For|the pizzeria located in Brooklyn|Juliana's Pizza}}
]
]


⚫ '''Juliana's''', also known as '''Juliana's Tokyo''' (ジュリアナ東京), was a Japanese ] that operated in ], ], ]<ref>Brand, ''Tokyo Night City'', p. 34.</ref> from May 15, 1991 till August 31, 1994.<ref>], ''Forever ] - The Last Night of ]'', </ref> It was famous for its dance platforms, on which ] dressed in "]" ({{Nihongo|abbr. (]): "body conscious"|ボディコン|bodikon|"sexually flattering clothing"}}<ref>]'s ], {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120630231015/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MDJ%A5%DC%A5%C7%A5%A3%A5%B3%A5%F3 |date=2012-06-30 }}.</ref><ref>Chaplin, Sarah. ''Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History''. Routledge contemporary Japan series, 15. London: Routledge, 2007, p. 135. {{ISBN|978-0-415-41585-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-203-96242-8}}.</ref>) ] would congregate, as amateur ] (professionals were also employed).<ref>{{schilling-pop-culture|p=76-78}}</ref> The club was produced by Masahiro Origuchi<ref>Kawakami, "Survivors: two approaches to survival in Japan's unkind economy".</ref><ref>Trends in Japan, "Disco Icon Sets Out To Conquer Nursing Care".</ref> for the British leisure services group Juliana's (led at the time by Michael Wilkings and Mark Vlassopulos), and ], the Japanese ] (now part of ]).<ref>Schilling, ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture'', p.77.</ref>
'''Juliana's''' is the Iconic British ] and party event business created in 1966. Juliana's was formed as one of the first travelling discotheques playing at debutante balls and house parties for the British aristocracy, quickly becoming popular as the favorite society entertainment to have, playing at up to six parties a night.


== Musical style and legacy ==
Juliana's developed its discotheque expertise to providing ], music, sound and lighting design, and operation and management for many London nightclubs in the 60's such as Annabels and in the 70's & 80's extended its international reach right across the planet including ], initially pioneering and introducing the concept of designing, installing and running permanent discotheques on cruise ships and in five star hotels, to creating nightclubs, international dj's and over three hundred leisure operations worldwide.


Juliana's started out playing ] then quickly following popular trends to ]. The Juliana's producers published a series of compilation CDs which were popularizing techno in Japan. The album sales were an essential part of the business concept along with contracting with sponsors led by VP of marketing Reef Addison and Juliana's President Gary Calicott.
Royal engagements have included dances given by ] for ] Investiture Ball, ] 21st Birthday, the wedding of ] and ] and also Regimental Balls and Private Dances in honour of ], HRH Princess Magaret


== Cultural impact ==
Presidential engagements in honour of ]


At any given moment Juliana's was packed at 2,500 customers and a line so long you couldn't see around the block. The Juliana culture represented a hedonistic youth culture which had only recently arrived in Japan. The '']'' subculture found its expression in high school girls and ] alike transforming into Juliana girls in the evening, whereas men often came to the club in business suits.
== History ==
Juliana's was established in 1966 by Tom and Oliver Vaughan.


== References ==
In 1972, Juliana's opened offices in ] and ], and later this was followed by ], ], ] and ].

Juliana's was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1983 and most notable acquisitions have included Bacchus in 1982, Raffles Nightclub in 1983 and Jongor in 1987.

By 1990, Juliana's employed approximately 800 staff worldwide.

== Events ==
Juliana's operates extensively in the Party, Event & Hospitality sectors.

These includes a range of specialist services event management, production, power distribution and lighting as well as Event Nightclubs, for client events including award nights, premieres, product and venue launches ], shows ] and sporting occasions such as ] and the ]

Juliana's also operates its own events such as Pop-Up Clubs, Themed Nightclubs like ] <nowiki/>and support for Festivals and DJ's, as well as charity <nowiki/>occasions like Juliana's ] matches, the Juliana's Summer Ball and the Neon Ball.

Juliana's has inspired and mentored, through its employed contributors support scheme many leading specialist event businesses.

== Nightclubs ==
'''Juliana's''' arguably introduced and shaped the successful modern nightclub and discotheque to the world, from the 60's onwards being the first organisation to design and operate the 'whole turnkey package' around the dancefloor, bar, ambience, decor, lighting, music, clientele and market. Some examples include Xanadu in ], the Tin Mine in ], Oz in ], Cinderella Rockafella in ], Le Baron in ], and the Premiere in ]

'''Juliana's''' is famous for excellence, a unique and outstanding experience, imaginative design, and a touch and aura that has created acclaimed and celebrated ]s all over the world, as well as the reciprocal membership Juliana's of London Clubs and flagship clubs such as Raffles ] & ], Juliana's ] and '''Juliana's Tokyo''' - the worlds first and probably most successful ]


⚫ The club "Disco Queen" in chapters 18, 19, and 21 of the ] ] ''No Side''<ref>{{Nihongo|ノーサイド|No Side|("Nō Saido")}} volume 3, pp. 32–3, 35, 66–68, 111–123. {{ISBN|4-08-875070-5}}.</ref> by {{Nihongo|Ikeda Fumiharu|池田文春}}<ref>PRISMS: The Ultimate Manga Guide, . Accessed 10 August 2008.</ref> is a reference to Juliana's, down to the white feather fans used by the dancers.<ref>Fujino, Chiya. . In Ozeki, Ruth, and Cathy Layne. ''Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women''; with a foreword by Ruth Ozeki; compiled by Cathy Layne, p. 144. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2006. {{ISBN|4-7700-3006-1}}. Accessed 10 August 2008.</ref>
{{other uses}}


The club Juliana's is mentioned several times in the '']'' manga '']'' by ] (神尾 葉子).
⚫ '''Juliana's''', also known as '''Juliana's Tokyo''' (ジュリアナ東京), was a ]ese ] in that operated in ], ], ]<ref>Brand, ''Tokyo Night City'', p. 34.</ref> in the early 1990s. It was famous for its dance platforms, on which ] dressed in "bodycon" ({{Nihongo|abbr. (]): "body conscious"|ボディコン|bodikon|"sexually flattering clothing"}}<ref>]'s ], .</ref><ref>Chaplin, Sarah. ''Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History''. Routledge contemporary Japan series, 15. London: Routledge, 2007, p. 135. ISBN 978-0-415-41585-9, ISBN 978-0-203-96242-8.</ref>) ] would congregate, as amateur ] (professionals were also employed).<ref>{{schilling-pop-culture|p=76-78}}</ref> The club was produced by Masahiro Origuchi<ref>Kawakami, "Survivors: two approaches to survival in Japan's unkind economy".</ref><ref>Trends in Japan, "Disco Icon Sets Out To Conquer Nursing Care".</ref> for the British leisure services group Wembley PLC, and ], the Japanese ] (now part of ]).<ref>Schilling, ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture'', p.77.</ref>


] movie has club scenes heavily influenced by Juliana's and bodycon fashion styles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How 1980s Japan Became History's Wildest Party {{!}} Earthquake Bird {{!}} Netflix - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3rtq7EdXwI|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
⚫ The club "Disco Queen" in chapters 18, 19, and 21 of the ] ] ''No Side''<ref>{{Nihongo|ノーサイド|''No Side''|("Nō Saido")}} volume 3, pp. 32–3, 35, 66–68, 111–123. ISBN 4-08-875070-5.</ref> by {{Nihongo|Ikeda Fumiharu|池田文春}}<ref>PRISMS: The Ultimate Manga Guide, . Accessed 10 August 2008.</ref> is a reference to Juliana's, down to the white feather fans used by the dancers.<ref>Fujino, Chiya. . In Ozeki, Ruth, and Cathy Layne. ''Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women''; with a foreword by Ruth Ozeki; compiled by Cathy Layne, p. 144. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 4-7700-3006-1. Accessed 10 August 2008.</ref>


== See also == == See also ==
Line 42: Line 26:


== Notes == == Notes ==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


== References == == References ==


* ]. , September 1, 1994. Accessed 10 August 2008. * ]. , September 1, 1994. Accessed 2 July 2017.
* Brand, Jude. ''Tokyo Night City''. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1896-7. * Brand, Jude. ''Tokyo Night City''. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1993. {{ISBN|0-8048-1896-7}}.
* Kawakami, Sumie. . ''Japan, Inc.'', December 2002. Accessed 10 August 2008. * Kawakami, Sumie. . ''Japan, Inc.'', December 2002. Accessed 10 August 2008.
* Schilling, Mark. "Juliana's" in ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture''. New York: Weatherhill, 1997. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1. * Schilling, Mark. "Juliana's" in ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture''. New York: Weatherhill, 1997. {{ISBN|0-8348-0380-1}}.
* Sterngold, James. . '']'', October 18, 1992. Accessed 10 August 2008. * Sterngold, James. . '']'', October 18, 1992. Accessed 2 July 2017.
* Trends in Japan. , June 30, 2000. Accessed 10 August 2008. * Trends in Japan. , June 30, 2000. Accessed 10 August 2008.
* Vaughan, Tom. " The Juliana's Story" ''No Ordinary Experience'' 1986 ISBN 0-7278 2079


{{coord|35|38|47|N|139|45|12|E|region:JP-13_type:landmark_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title}} {{coord|35|38|47|N|139|45|12|E|region:JP-13_type:landmark_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title}}
Line 58: Line 41:
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]

Latest revision as of 15:16, 6 January 2025

Discothèque in Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan For the pizzeria located in Brooklyn, see Juliana's Pizza.
"Bodycon" one-piece dress similar to those used at Juliana's
Entrance to what was Juliana's Tokyo, 30 years later

Juliana's, also known as Juliana's Tokyo (ジュリアナ東京), was a Japanese discothèque that operated in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo from May 15, 1991 till August 31, 1994. It was famous for its dance platforms, on which office ladies dressed in "bodycon" (abbr. (wasei-eigo): "body conscious" (ボディコン, bodikon, "sexually flattering clothing")) clubwear would congregate, as amateur go-go dancers (professionals were also employed). The club was produced by Masahiro Origuchi for the British leisure services group Juliana's (led at the time by Michael Wilkings and Mark Vlassopulos), and Nissho Iwai Corporation, the Japanese general trading company (now part of Sojitz).

Musical style and legacy

Juliana's started out playing Italo house then quickly following popular trends to Hardcore techno. The Juliana's producers published a series of compilation CDs which were popularizing techno in Japan. The album sales were an essential part of the business concept along with contracting with sponsors led by VP of marketing Reef Addison and Juliana's President Gary Calicott.

Cultural impact

At any given moment Juliana's was packed at 2,500 customers and a line so long you couldn't see around the block. The Juliana culture represented a hedonistic youth culture which had only recently arrived in Japan. The gyaru subculture found its expression in high school girls and office ladies alike transforming into Juliana girls in the evening, whereas men often came to the club in business suits.

References

The club "Disco Queen" in chapters 18, 19, and 21 of the rugby manga No Side by Ikeda Fumiharu (池田文春) is a reference to Juliana's, down to the white feather fans used by the dancers.

The club Juliana's is mentioned several times in the shōjo manga Hana Yori Dango by Yoko Kamio (神尾 葉子).

Earthquake Bird movie has club scenes heavily influenced by Juliana's and bodycon fashion styles.

See also

  • Herve Leger—the fashion house founded by the creator of the body-con dress

Notes

  1. Brand, Tokyo Night City, p. 34.
  2. Avex Trax, Forever Juliana's Tokyo - The Last Night of Juliana's Tokyo, YouTube
  3. Jim Breen's WWWJDIC, ボディコン Archived 2012-06-30 at archive.today.
  4. Chaplin, Sarah. Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History. Routledge contemporary Japan series, 15. London: Routledge, 2007, p. 135. ISBN 978-0-415-41585-9, ISBN 978-0-203-96242-8.
  5. Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. Weatherhill. pp. 76–78. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.
  6. Kawakami, "Survivors: two approaches to survival in Japan's unkind economy".
  7. Trends in Japan, "Disco Icon Sets Out To Conquer Nursing Care".
  8. Schilling, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture, p.77.
  9. ノーサイド (No Side, ("Nō Saido")) volume 3, pp. 32–3, 35, 66–68, 111–123. ISBN 4-08-875070-5.
  10. PRISMS: The Ultimate Manga Guide, No Side. Accessed 10 August 2008.
  11. Fujino, Chiya. "Her Room". In Ozeki, Ruth, and Cathy Layne. Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women; with a foreword by Ruth Ozeki; compiled by Cathy Layne, p. 144. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 4-7700-3006-1. Accessed 10 August 2008.
  12. "How 1980s Japan Became History's Wildest Party | Earthquake Bird | Netflix - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.

References

35°38′47″N 139°45′12″E / 35.64639°N 139.75333°E / 35.64639; 139.75333

Categories: