How do you keep your nails trim if you're a gyaru with inches-long gemstone-encrusted fingertips?? I found this scary nail clipper in the beauty section of donki. It looks bigger than my dog Peanut's nail clipper.
If you don't know what a gyaru is, study this picture closely. I think these gals must be lining up for either a mega-sale at a department store called 109 (a gyaru mecca), or they're going to take some photo stickers at a popular purikura machine. That's what gyaru do best--shop and take purikura. (by Emily Co)
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They're actually a bit of a walk away from 109, but I would bet that's where they're headed. Maybe they're leaving the Kentucky, or McDonald's right there. (ha ha)
Here's an article that does a bit of a breakdown on the various gyaru. (Spanish)
http://ww.ajapon.com/sociedad/tribus-urbanas/
Anyways, there's something odd about this photograph. Where are their handbags?! Some part of hell must have frozen over.
Posted by: vagrant | November 09, 2008 at 03:24 PM
Who cares about them? Look at that awesome Disney Store in the back!
I thought they were labeled as kogal or ko-gal?
Posted by: MeaningOfLife | November 10, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Kogal is one name for them, but it seems gyaru is the newer and more used term these days... like in the drama Gyaru Circle.
Posted by: Brighty | November 10, 2008 at 02:32 PM
This actually seems really awesome. Do you just have to have a certain style to be a gyaru or are ther specific activities or attitudes attached to it?
I'm curious does the variety of fashion in Japan stem from a sense of stylistic freedom or is it a part of a necessary conformity?
Posted by: CestLaMort | November 10, 2008 at 07:13 PM
The diversity of Japanese fashion groups or styles never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by: heather! | November 13, 2008 at 05:50 AM