If you've ever walked through the streets of Kabukicho, or walked past a sticker picture booth in Shibuya, for that matter, you know what a hostess club worker looks like. Long and voluptuous wavy hair, light skin, big doe eyes, fake lashes, silky loungey dresses. It's actually now being linked to a new street trend called the agejo—-the modern day version of a kogyal, you could say. A fairly new magazine called Koakuma Ageha leads this trend, with a circulation of nearly half a million per month. The photo shows models from the magazine posing in what are dubbed "agejo dresses." It would make a great Halloween costume! (Thanks, Mary!)
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March 09, 2009
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they look so 70s-esque...like a tv variety show singing group or something..
Posted by: Greg | March 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Not 'they' - it's the same model. And her "nemu" is um nemu...
Posted by: stevicus | March 09, 2009 at 08:08 PM
This may sound hopelessly American, but is that the same girl. No one on the planet looks that much alike.
Posted by: Cynthia | March 14, 2009 at 08:23 AM
Ah, I see that it is. Thank you Stevicus.
Posted by: Cynthia | March 14, 2009 at 08:24 AM