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During this time Japan went through an economic depression, [36] leading to an increase in alternative youth and fashion cultures such as gyaru, otaku, visual kei, and Lolita, [34] as well as visual-kei-inspired clothing such as Mori, Fairy Kei, and Decora. [37] The Lolita style spread quickly from the Kansai region and finally reached Tokyo.
And recently, the kanji for 'dirty' in Japanese (汚), which also has the same reading, is often used by gyaru and gyaruo in a light hearted way, poking fun at themselves because of the reputation that their subculture has gained within society due to their dark skin, hairstyles and often gritty, rough style of clothing that they wear.
Ganguro (ガングロ) is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese women which peaked in popularity around the year 2000 and evolved from gyaru.. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo were the centres of ganguro fashion; it was started by rebellious youth who contradicted the traditional Japanese concept of beauty; pale skin, dark hair and neutral makeup tones.
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Gyaru being photographed in Ikebukuro in 2009. Gyaru (sometimes known as Ganguro, actually a subcategory of gyaru), is a type of Japanese street fashion that originated in the 1970s. Gyaru focuses on girly-glam style, dwelling on man-made beauty, such as wigs, fake lashes, and fake nails. Gyaru is also heavily inspired by Western fashion.
Non-gyaru-orientated series have also included gyaru characters. A non-gyaru anime, being the well known series Pokémon has also had a gyaru representation; first in the original anime within the first season on episode 15 called Battle aboard the St. Anne or in Japanese サントアンヌごうのたたかい! (Santo Annu-gō no Tatakai!).
Pascal Le Segretain/Marc Piasecki/Taylor Hill/Getty Images. Yes, yes and yes. ‘90s hair is having its moment—from ‘The Rachel,’ to ‘The Bixie’—so it’s no surprise that flipped ends ...
' princess cut ') is a hairstyle consisting of straight, usually cheek-length sidelocks and frontal fringe. The rest of the hair is usually worn long and straightened . The style is thought to have originated, or at least become common, in the Imperial court during 794-1185 CE, when noble women would sometimes grow out their hair for their ...