What do you thin about THIS fashion? At Japan it is popular...

Ganguro is okay. It's not something I'd do, but it's definitely interesting to see.

The fake tan is way too much. Asians have beautiful skin naturally, and gorgeous hair.

I love it! I think it's so fun! Sure it's kind of hideous but they're young and they're having fun with their looks. I'd dress up all crazy too if I could get away with it. I did dress up like ganguro once but it was only in my apt and my roommate and I were having loads of fun making ourselves look crazy. I think we scared our neighbors. hehe

Faggotry wrote:

You don't have to talk bad about Japan.. I could talk about the US bad if I wanted to and quite frankly, that ticked me off bad enough to do so.. almost. You guys don't understand our culture (I live in JP.) at all.. and then when you hear things about it, you hear the negative. When we hear things about US it normally negative. It just depends on where you are and who you're hearing it from. kk thnx.

The impression I got from the Japan discussion was quite the opposite. I don't think people were trying to badmouth Japanese culture. I think most people only see the positive side of Japanese culture and don't understand the reasoning behind the rebellious nature of these styles so others were trying to clear it up and show that not everything is shiny and happy in Japan and that it's a real place with a complex culture. That's what I got from it anyway. Please don't be angry.

i dont think it should be for everyday wear it looks like she should be on a catwalk or in a photo shoot. and way too much fake tan is wrong you do look like you have eaten too many carrots.... asian hair is so nice and shiny i dont know why they want to wreak it with all that dye

TrixieLaBoo wrote:

aaaaaand not sure how much credence I'd give to someone with such an offensive user name

Precisely none from me, I'm afraid.

kittenbraden wrote:

rakalsifra wrote:

So why? Japan is very tolerant, isn't it?

"Tolerant" isn't the first word I'd use to describe Japanese culture...

As for the ganguro girls, I'm weirdly fascinated by their tendency to have less than perfect personal hygiene. Even Japanese punks look so freshly scrubbed, but these girls often look downright filthy.

It's freakish and odd and amusing and I actually enjoy the style. It's so hideous it's fun.

In my (admittedly limited) experience, it's not so much that they're dirty as that the intense levels of tanning makes people look grubby. Combine that with a couple of trowels of make-up that smears in hot weather, and you rapidly end up looking like you just went dumpster diving... Urgh.

awful;(

BeautyXRush wrote:

American women try to do the same thing,they try very hard to look like something they aren't so men will find them more attractive. I wont buy into that whole thing.

Except ganguro girls are not dressing like that so men will find them attractive.. Quite the opposite in fact. They don't care if men find it unattractive.

i personally don't like it when someones skin is darker than there hair, or there lip are paler than there skin.... but then there are always exceptions and if your confident then you can usually pull i off!!

just looked at my bimbo and she is tanned with blond hair so i guess i'm hypercritical :S my bad!

Last edited by BASSqueen (05-12-2008 20:29)

Well it depends on the person, On some they can't pull it off..

I thinks it can look kind of cute if they won´t over do it, but my mm would never let me out  with a style like that....

I find it quite interesting!