Though in a different vein to the magical girl genre, gyaru still had its own charm when ... and rebellious, trendy outfits that challenge societal norms and go against traditional Japanese ...

Rooted in the hyper-glamorous, bold aesthetic of early Y2K culture, the gyaru of old embodied a distinctly girl-coded rebellion ... In today’s world, gyaru outfits can look like different ...

With colourful clothing, exaggerated face contouring ... transliteration of the English slang word "gal", meaning "girl". Gyaru is a subculture that originated in Japan in the 1970s and adopted ...