wat da ya think of Ganguro???

[gloomth]

Originally Posted by MMM

This is how rumors get started...

"ganguro" literally translates as "black" and "face" but it has NOTHING to do with the racist imitation of "blackface" from '30s Americana.

(Do you really think that Japanese teenagers would pick up on a racist trend from 70 years ago and a different country?)

Ganguro has NOTHING to do with black people... it is a push against the traditional beauty tradition of subtle features, straight black hair and light skin-tones.

Well it would have been an extreme stretch. clearly.
Other cultures that havent been exposed to that sort of illustration may not realize its interpretation if they did come across it. humans are weird.

Ganguro is so alien to me. I cant imagine buying a bottle of fake tan let alone going to get a 'real' tan.

[kireikoori]

Originally Posted by MMM

(Do you really think that Japanese teenagers would pick up on a racist trend from 70 years ago and a different country?)

Maybe not teenagers....but adults?

Say hello to gosperats!

Anyway I guess you're right...ganguro isn't THAT type of blackface.

[xxmirukuxx]

i think ganguro is cool if i wasnt all into jrock n stuff i would probley get into it

[Housetek]

ugh i think they look gross.

there ALL over Shibuya.

we call em Shibbies.

theres guy version of Ganguro 2.

their skin is gona be sooo horrible when they get older

[Ranken]

i truly dont get whats wrong with ganguro, in honest opinon i think its cute. o.o

[kireikoori]

^ Seems there's alot of people who hate it doesn't it? I don't hate it, but I'm more fond of the other Japanese fashions.

[Ranken]

yeah me too, I think all Japanse fashion is beautiful in a way.

[Bloomzy]

Originally Posted by gloomth

Oh ok.
so its more a magnification of the supposed social hierarchy then?
sort of playing on that "high couture" crud.

weird.
why have a name that means Blackface then? lol
is the similarity to some early illustration coincidental then.

No. In fact it's about being completely different to the rest of society. Gals created the fashion because they felt that they were different to society and wanted to express this in their own unique way.

And it is only Ganguro that actually translates to 'blackface' but people need to remember it is a literal translation.

Originally Posted by kireikoori

I thought the "having the best" ethos was the kogal thing.

Kogal is just a Gal who is at school and chooses to go against her peers expectations and hinder her skin/hair tone. 'Having the best' applies to all Gyaru's.

[Abasio]

hahaha reverse pandas

[Bloomzy]

Since the picture used in this thread was of old school Ganguro, I thought I'd post images of the new style Ganguro: