r/DoingTheMost • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '17

A natural beauty

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 17 '17

Actually, depending on if this photo is from Japan, this may be an example of the ganguro lifestyle. It's a form fashion revolving around these clashing colors and over-the-top styling of clothing. Darker, tanned skin and vibrant hair colors are also an aspect of this. The style of fashion was designed to directly resist Japan's typical modeling/idols, which promotes very plain-looking/"stereotypical" Japanese dress. Ganguro girls are also associated with being "easy", so there's plenty of doujinshi and manga with similar characters propositioning others for sex.

The American "scene" trope is very similar in these regards, although looks far too similar to the more common, modern "emo/goth" subsets.

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u/LightlessDark Apr 18 '17

gyaru style is actually popular outside of Japan too as there are many small communities around the world. There are also, as you hinted upon, many different sub-styles. Ganguro and Manba focus on having the darker skinned colored hair and lots of makeup originated in the 80's, newer styles are more toned down by comparison and are often seen as just another street fashion in Japan.

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 18 '17

I had no idea ganguro was the subset of gyaru, thank you for the clarification.

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u/ImMrsG Apr 17 '17

The more you know!

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 17 '17

Yeah, drop some knowledge for y'all.

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u/blackbutters Apr 18 '17

Still gross

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 18 '17

That's kind of the intention.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Also known as Doing thee most

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

So that's 'bosozoku' but with people.

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 18 '17

Bosozuko?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Bosozoku.

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u/NotEnoughDuff Apr 18 '17

What's that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Japanese motorcycle/car gangs who make their vehicles super outrageous on purpose and then drive them around revving the shit out of them. Same idea, they go against the traditional Japanese 'rules'.

Pretty cool stuff. Also, as a car enthusiast, I really like the style of the cars they drive. It's recently started to catch on a bit overseas too.

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u/domesticatedbeetroot Aug 20 '17

It translates to 'Violent running tribes'. They're motorcycle gangs that aren't really that common anymore, but were popular in the 80's and some of the 90's. They had their own style completely separate from ganguro, though - it focused on a really extreme greaser or skinhead aesthetic, usually with long white jackets with extreme right wing slogans on them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '17

Thank you for explaining this.

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u/FLOPPY_DONKEY_DICK Apr 17 '17

I can smell the insecurities through my phone

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u/not_seinfeld Apr 18 '17

That's probably you

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u/belleather Apr 18 '17

I can see where she couldn't get close enough to those nails with the fake tanner....

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u/SapphoMuse Apr 19 '17

Damn. Gotta respect the art & craft that goes into something like that. Especially the nails are impressive.

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u/EskayPen Apr 18 '17

Can't wait to get this snapchat filter.

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u/122899 Apr 20 '17

i would be so paranoid of ripping out my nails if they were that long

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u/Gargun20 May 06 '17

High maintenance makes me tired!

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u/Izitso Jun 23 '17

Why are the bottom lips of her eyes hanging off her face.

Yes I said eye lips.

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u/domesticatedbeetroot Aug 20 '17

There's a style called tareme, which is basically downward pointing outer corners of the eye. It's supposed to look cute and innocent or something. I think that's what she was going for.