Comments on: British teens copy Japanese gyaru fashion

By: jorja gore

jorja gore — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:48:00 +0000

this isnt gyaru this is ganguro the two iften get confused however gyaru is a much prettier style and more subtle based of a doll eyed look and long blonde hair a model who makes this look verry popular is tsubassa massuwakka, ganguro is dark faces with white eyes lips and nose stripe

By: jorja gore

jorja gore — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:48:00 +0000

By: anon

anon — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:53:39 +0000

Doing it for attention? have you heard about having a identity? It’s normal when you are young(sorry grandpa).

What do you mean by contributing to society? Posting a bitter comment accusing people of wanting your precisous attention while you are the one doing it only for our attention?

Get a life.
- no, i’m not on these creepy fashion(opinion).
- look at the date, this is a dead thread. You can’t have that much attention.
- people do not need to pass the time “contributing to your society”, aka: producing to improve your life, your highness.

PS: Sorry for the english. I’m not native speaker.

By: kujirakira

kujirakira — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:33:01 +0000

Can it really be fair to criticise these kids while listening to your Gackt MP3s, building your Gundam doll or jerking off to your hentai?

I find those people exist predominantly in Japanese Language courses while getting their Liberal Arts degrees and few of them ever make it to Japan.
God I hated having every group project involving Japanese language being subverted by “witty” references to Gackt, Inuyasha, or some other junk manufactured anime.

And of those few who do make it… they probably just end up disillusioned listening to more emo and either leave, cut themselves, or join the angry debito fanclub.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:37:45 +0000

There only doing it for attention, and they love getting it. There are talented, good minded, special people out there who could contribute a lot to society, but instead attention in this day and age is more intereted in losers who wear too much make up.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:32:27 +0000

Actually i came here for a laugh, whilst listening to Oasis.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:29:31 +0000

Hey atleast the hippies had some form of point to them Yes they smelled, and they were a bunch of layabouts, but they had a message, they had morals and if anything they gave us some good tunes. THIS is just a ridiculous fashion trend, a garish waste of makeup on some snotty teenagers who think they are cool. Total tools, same goes for emo’s too, don’t get started on those vain, overly theatrical spoiled little shits. None of these groups have any backbone, they’ll be forgotten in 2 or 3 years time. Shit that lame wears off by the time your 20, and if your still into emo shit by then, then god save your soul you sad waste of space.

By: Eilish

Eilish — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:33:53 +0000

im a girl!
there were two guys, but now only one guy, and me, a girl! lol~
i look so rank in that BBC video, plus i had been drinking the night before, explaining the manly voice haha

http://i38.tinypic.com/2rhqzo0.jpg manba

http://i38.tinypic.com/iqhl05.jpg normal

up to you

By: Damaris

Damaris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:58:54 +0000

Well these are obviously dummies who really don’t keep up to date with actual gyaru fashion. These days gyaru still wear pounds of makeup but they are also into actually tanning and not just painting black all over the face. If you wanna see how thety look today just look at Ayumi Hamasaki, Sifow, Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro and more… They may not blend in with society but they sure don’t make fools of themselves like they use to.

By: Ummn

Ummn — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:07:26 +0000

WHY?!?!?!?! Didn’t this trend end like 2 years ago?! ITS A DEAD TREND! Keep up with the times ppl! Its all about GALS now

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:54:36 +0000

a cry for help? thanks for that one, lolz

By: schwelty

schwelty — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:17:02 +0000

Both “scenes” are a cry for help. Neither is better, both are equally horrible.

By: Corporal Filth

Corporal Filth — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:54:35 +0000

It looks like shit in Japan. It looks like shit in Britain.

W’ll be avin peeps drivin carz wit lauhd mufflaz, lohwad seets n inglish writin on da windos nekst.

bo!

By: hmm

hmm — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:38:15 +0000

Very unappealing…

By: Sen

Sen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:34:23 +0000

Emo rocks? nice one

By: RyoBase

RyoBase — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:28:48 +0000

*face palm* this is wrong. It is just wrong.

By: me

me — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:32:50 +0000

No.

Just no.

By: me

me — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:31:28 +0000

You haven’t? Visit Shinjuku nichoume on a Saturday night

By: namika

namika — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:10:52 +0000

oh i think these guys are soo cool! Near the japan center in London there is a print club on the second floor of the China Town mall and they have been there (the owner put their photo on the wall- they don’t always look like that as the owner has shown us photos of them in normal clothes)my friend and i are fascinated by the effort they put in, plus we love telling other customers that they are boys hahah.

Plus even though they might be behind the times japan styles wize, you should give these guys a break, its amazing to see how trends and styles can transgress cultural borders, plus what makes them any different looking from the chavey overly faked tanned bimbo fake ‘wag’ girls? At least they look like they are having fun

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:01:34 +0000

It’s not exactly becoming a national phenomenon. I’m from Britain and haven’t seen any of it.

By: Miss_igirisu

Miss_igirisu — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:32 +0000

“Can it really be fair to criticise these kids while listening to your Gackt MP3s, building your Gundam doll or jerking off to your hentai?”

My hat goes off to you, sir.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:22:56 +0000

It’s probably no more than 10 people doing it.

It’s kinda ironic, seems as London is the World’s most fashionable city.

By: helical

helical — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:04:59 +0000

If I shot one, would that count as self-defense for assaulting my eyes and sanity?

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:02:01 +0000

They look like dear!

…blonde dear!…

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:50:06 +0000

lol – so wrong, nothing is worse than yamanba – even hippies look better

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:43:36 +0000

hey hey hey, there are plenty of fit english women.

By: Ricardo Gallardo

Ricardo Gallardo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:45 +0000

Oh yes, I remember seeing this in the London Underground some time back, thought it was just a cosplay for a convention or something.
Had no idea it was an actual lifestyle choice catching on here >.>

By: humantrick

humantrick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:12:38 +0000

I intended to watch the video on the bbc, but I simply couldn’t…

By: Buster

Buster — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:43 +0000

On the one hand it looks ugly, on the other hand we are talking about English women…, so it shouldn’t matter all that much.

SCNR

By: Paul M Doherty

Paul M Doherty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:58:27 +0000

I’ve seen these kids in London’s Japan Centre (big, central J food/book store) before and I’m in awe.

They’ve obviously studied the (albeit defunct) sub-culture thoroughly and get everything right, right down to the Disney towelling.

It’s quite disheartening and somewhat surprising that there are negative comments here, on a site focused on Japanese culture. This is an incredible example of reverse maneru , and presumably the majority of visitors to this site have an interest in Japanese culture. Can it really be fair to criticise these kids while listening to your Gackt MP3s, building your Gundam doll or jerking off to your hentai?

Also, so what if it’s “10 years too late”? I still see enough kids in Nirvana T-Shirts or dressing like it’s 1954. Perhaps they’re simply spearheading an international revival.

By: sdasdasda

sdasdasda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:54:08 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, funniest comment ever cos emo sucks so much balls, even more than this.

By: KudouUsagi

KudouUsagi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:35:54 +0000

The part I find more creepy then people outside of Japan doing it is that one of those is a GUY…. even in Japan I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a guy dressing like that.

By: euniqueflair

euniqueflair — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:01:08 +0000

are they men? they look like one.

By: hawken king

hawken king — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:58:58 +0000

it’s “yamanba” – meaning mountain witch.

By: Jack the Tripper

Jack the Tripper — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:38:58 +0000

…oof!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:23:39 +0000

gyaru sucks, Emo rocks

By: auberginefleur

auberginefleur — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:24:50 +0000

Isn’t that special!

By: Draz

Draz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:54:12 +0000

Not all subsections of gyaru are hideous my gf is into hime gyrau which looks overly cute ^^ *ok she doesnt do the gloves and hairdye but sticks to the cute clothing*

By: Jessi

Jessi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:10:41 +0000

Aren’t they, like… 10 years late?

By: Rated-R

Rated-R — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:59:21 +0000

Uhhhh… are those brittish MEN? wtf… fucking clowns.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:28:37 +0000

Hideous.

By: Montsan

Montsan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:35:56 +0000

Oh dear god why?

I mean, I’m all for people dressing how they like, it just boggles my mind how something like this has lasted as long as it has.

By: Dchama

Dchama — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:15:34 +0000

That’s more of the “Ganguro” or Yamanbe style. I LOVE Gyaru! The egg cover model type though.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:51:32 +0000

Remember that it’s not just “hideous”, it’s “intentionally hideous”.

Rebellious clothing and fashions are always popular with a small part of every population.

By: ah

ah — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:50:15 +0000

Haha, well done on the file name for the story photo James!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:46:32 +0000

Stupid, stupid people.