Okay, what is gyaru? Gyaru in wikipedia
is a Japanese
transliteration of the English word
gal. The name originated from a 1970s brand of jeans called "gals", 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 1980s and has gradually declined.
Gyaru varies from the scary Ganguro, Kogyaru, Manba, Banba till the recent much better Hime-gyaru and Gyaru-kei.
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| Hime-gyaru |
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| Banba |
Gyaru-kei (ギャル系): Is the modern general gyaru style. It has many substyles such as Amekaji(American Casual), Saike（Psyche), Bohemian, Rokku(Rock), and Haady, which a creation of Egg magazine that includes bright, wild prints tied in with a punk style fashion.
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| Ame-kaji |
Popteen and ViVi magazines show the latest gyaru fashion trends. These magazines influence many from the young generations for their fashion trends and makeup styles. They are using a permanent models like Tsubasa Masukawa, Kumikky and Lena. These models turned out to be idols to the young girls in Japan.
Tsubasa Masukawa as an example, is now a famous gyaru models who launches her own cosmetic brands CandyDoll, eyelashes product DollyWink and the upcoming contact lenses Bambi series. I can't wait to try on these really cute product of hers since everyone made a good review on it. Apart from being a beautiful famous model and entrepreneur, she is also a wife and a mother! How cool is that?
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| Tsubasa and her husband featured on Popteen Mag |
One of ViVi model was rumoured to date Bigbang's leader, G-Dragon. Her name is Mizuhara Kiko, who is half American and half Korean (Korean Japanese), born in Texas, and raised in Kobe, Japan. She is fluent in English, Japanese, and Korean.
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| Mizuhara Kiko |
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Japan is a fast developing country, so as their fashion trends! XDJ36BQMVKT9
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