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No. 33994

Place to bitch about gyaru

What's Gyaru?

Gyaru is a Japanese transliteration of the English word 'girl'. The name originated from a 1970s brand of jeans called "gurls", with the advertising slogan: "I can't live without men", and was applied to fashion- and peer-conscious girls in their teens and early twenties. Its usage peaked in the 2000s and has gradually declined. The term gradually drifted to apply to an older group, whose seeming lack of interest in work or marriage gained the word a "childish" image. It is now used almost interchangeably with kogyaru.

Gyaru subculture is still a large influence in Japan's fashion economy with gyaru brands branching out and becoming more accessible in rural areas. In Tokyo, more often than not, a shopping center at each main train station is dedicated to offering the newest and trendiest items from popular Gal brands. Some brands are also reaching overseas by having their items easily accessible in webshops offering world-wide shipping services. A Gal Circle is a meet up of gals to hang out together.

Gyaru fashion and style varies greatly dependent on the subcategory. Although in general the term describes the fashion and glamour reminiscent of Brigitte Bardot with tanned skin and blonde hair. The term is also often applied to those imitating the bihaku glamour style created by Ayumi Hamasaki and the street style started by Namie Amuro. Styles derived from gyaru are often referred to by their subcategory name. - Wiki

No. 33995

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Gyaru reminds me of the chavs here in the UK

Trashy, tanned and horrific

No. 33996

>>33995
Every country has those tanned, trashy barbie whores.
Aren't they nearly the same thing?
Except gyaru is a little cuter and crazier

No. 33997

>>33996

Gyaru looks as trashy and I don't know how anyone can think gyaru looks cute. All are a mess.

No. 33998

>>33994
> Although in general the term describes the fashion and glamour reminiscent of Brigitte Bardot with tanned skin and blonde hair.

Lol Brigitte Bardot didn't look like a white trash teenager in leopard print.

Unless you're going to post about specific gyaru lolcows this probably belongs in /b/ or /g/

No. 33999

>>33997
Todays gyarus are hardly even tanned, people seem to confuse them with ganguro.

No. 34000

>>33999

who cares, the style is trashy and they all look like they need a good scrub half the time anyway

No. 34001

At least you can wear gyaru brand on a daily basis if u combine it in the right way. Not like lolita lol which you can barely ever wear outside.

No. 34002

What a pointless thread.
Op if you have something against someone who describe themselves as Gyaru and acts like shit, make a thread and post your reason of why you think they are lolcow material, but don't shit on a whole fashion because some cows happen to be part of it.
"Boohoo but it looks trashy af" that's pretty much your opinion, dear, shame on you for being so boring that you feel the need to shit talk a fashion style. Next time, well make a thread about how ridiculous people look on lolita as a whole.
Dammit Farmers, what the hell is happening here?

No. 34003

>>34002

Yepp, that's it. This thread is pretty pointless. From the title I thought it'd be abt ugly gyaru snowflakes or wananbes, but bashing the whole fashion scene? That's nonsense

No. 34004

>>34001
True.
Like the himekaji branch of the style. You can wear pieces from Liz Lisa/Ank Rouge/etc normally and people won't question it because they're not that over the top.

No. 34005

>>34002
I agree that this thread is pointless but.
Gyaru. Is. Fugly.

No. 34006

>>33997
Have you ever seen hime gyaru?

No. 34007

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>>34006
>>34006
They're cute!

No. 34008

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>>34006
Don't forget kogyaru

No. 34009

Is Gyaru even a thing anymore in Japan?

I was there last month in Japan, and my friend and I primarily stayed in the hipster parts of Tokyo (Shimokitazawa), but even transiting through Shinjuku and Shibuya I didn't see many.

No. 34010

>>34009
It's even bigger than before as it is widely accepted in society, one of the main style features of gyaru was the big eye makeup with circle lens and that can be seen everywhere these days. Just look how Popteen is these days and they still call themself teen gyaru magazine.

No. 34011

>>34009

It's still kinda trendy around Saitama and Chiba. I had a lot of gyaru friends during my time at high school over there

No. 34012

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it toned down

also very popular atm..onee gyaru

No. 34013

>>34012

looks better like this, looks more normal and not weird

No. 34014

Kurogyaru as well as shirogyaru also got some more popularity again through BD and even ranzuki revived this year. So gyaru can't be that outdated. Like I mentioned before, there a still a lot gyaru in Saitama, also a few of the egg models live in Saitama so it's not too rare to meet one of them there.

No. 34015

>>34002

Boring because I don't want to look like a total twat on the streets? Pardon me anon, but have I bruised half of your egos on this thread? Y'all probably a bunch of weeb loli's anyway. It's a ridiculous ass looking fashion, lolita is fucking horrid too. Most sub culture fashions are tbh. Only like three Japanese ones look decent atm tbh.

No. 34016

>>34003

Not my fault some dick made a thread about it, I just said its trashy because it IS trashy. It looks a mess. I'm not the OP but it's obv the OP was looking to start shit.

No. 34017

So much humble-bragging in this thread.
Should really be in /g/ tho.

No. 34085

>>33997
Gyaru looks trashy because the point of gyaru is to look like the opposite of beauty standards.
that's why they tan and look "slutty" (im sorry for that word, but they try to look like the opposite of pure) and they wear provocative clothes.
comparing this to lolita where girls are fully clothes or normal japanese fashion could make you think it's trashy but it's just about being a rebel or just having fun

No. 34099

>>34012
this is pretty good. can someone make a style tips thread for decent jfashions?

No. 34163

>>34099

You don't need a thread. If you wanna dress up like that, than just buy all your clothes at H&M, forever21, UNIQLO. That's it, it doesn't need an own thread lol

No. 36941

>>34163
uhm hope you're not refering to gyaru when you say shop at H&M, F21 and uniqlo. because that's literally the opposite of dressing gyaru lol

No. 36953

Cute in a slutty sort of way, if you want a male's perspective

No. 36979

>>36953
We don't

No. 37036

>>36941

I referred to the 'decent' jfashion anon

No. 37040

Still think it looks like british chavs

No. 37041

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Japanese guidos. Meh.

No. 37046

I would fuck girl in OPs pic until she had trouble walking unaided. Really cute fashion.

No. 37049

>>37046
no one asked you m8

No. 37446

Asian fashion styles a shit

No. 37722

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Gyaru JAV is fucking hot.

No. 37726

>>37722
shit, she's hot and cute

No. 37727

>>37726
Would love to get her pregnant.

No. 37740

>>37722
I thought people watched jap porn to get away from overtanned sluts with fake tits.

No. 37971

>>34085
Exactly this.

I love gyaru and I wish for it to make a comeback. A lot of western people don't understand where the fashion comes from because it's a counterculture to the traditional ideal of a young woman in Japan. While girls are traditionally expected to be timid, sophisticated and low-key, the gyaru movement lets them be colourful and loud. The same goes for the Lolita fashion, a lot of people think it's weird and men are disgusted by it, but that's why girls keep dressing up in it.

>>34015
God this posts just reeks of tumblr like a dried out diarrhea.
>tbh im totes edgy ugh ur all just weebs tbh like yall keep dressing up like sluts tbh while i get my next coords from the H&M catalog lmaoooo

No. 37975

>>37740
>people
**gaijins

No. 37976

>>37722
The girl's hot, but the actual cover is weird to me.
>squatting naked on a kitchen sink
Why is this sexy??

No. 37991

>>34012
This is just normal clothes.

No. 38074

>>37722
>that nipple pinch

hnng

>>37976
>squatting naked on a kitchen sink in white socks

idk either

No. 38441

>>37971
>and men are disgusted by it

No we aren't.

We actually like it.

No. 267743

>>267736
hahaha goblin proportions

No. 267839

Gyaru is cute, I like oneegyaru the best. But is it still a thing in Japan?

No. 267841

>>267839
Kind of, it's really out of the public eye, but there are many who still wear it. It's basically went back to being a substyle after a huge popularity boom, even though many westerners will swear up and down that it's dead.

No. 267851

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I remember trying to be gyaru in high school circa 2010 and frying my hair with a curling iron every morning. Now the scent of burned hair and eyelash glue gives me vietnam flashbacks to my weeb days

No. 267870

>>267851
lmao that's a sad story, anon. i wear gal now and have for years, but i was out of high school when i got into it. i can't imagine what a mess i would have made if i hadn't been older. high school me shaved my eyebrows off by accident once and cut my bangs waaay too short ala die antwoord.

the culture around gal is really weird, especially in the west and i don't touch the community, but there's something about cutesy yet sexy clothes that i love.

No. 267901

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>When people post Black Diamond thots and other OTT borderline ganguro D.I.A. whores as the general representation of gyaru
this is why gyaru died you stupid motherfuckers

No. 267930

>>267901
i mean it's from 2 years ago, but i get your point.

i went on /cgl/ for the first time in a few years to participate in the gyaru thread there and people were arguing about "AV gyaru" saying it's a legit style or some crap and it made me cringe.

No. 268276

>>33995
>Trashy, tanned and horrific
>not terrific
your post had so much potential



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