2019 was the Return of the Gyaru; famous magazines have resumed print; models from the heydays of gyaru put on their false lashes again; and the gaijin gyaru community has boomed. The turn of the Heisei to Reiwa Era* had a lot of people reflecting on their good old gyaru ...
There was a theme floating around in the Lolita community (another Japanese fashion that doesn't have any relation to *that* book) where they would post a few of their favourite outfits from the first half of 2019, and my friend Reila wanted to give it a gyaru twist and tagged ...
I’m so happy to be writing this post right now. I’ve just flicked through the first few pages of Papillon (the brand new gaijin gyaru magazine) and oh my gosh I love it. It’s filled with insightful articles, makeup tutorials, and enough outfit inspo to last you through to the ...
I have always asked, "What's your Gyaru story?" whenever I meet someone new and to the people I interview but I never really got the chance to tell you my journey. I might have mentioned it here and there in the past, but it's something that I never really delved ...
As I sit here all bundled up in bed writing up this post I feel nothing but love for the gaijin gyaru community. It's been exactly a week and I'm still recovering from a very eventful weekend where myself and my QueenE gals (Amber, Kei, Rachel and Danielle) hosted our ...
When I first started gyaru I had so many questions... So much so that I worried that I was the most annoying person ever! But the gaijin gyaru (non-Japanese gyaru) community is always more than happy to help, and over time I slowly compiled all of the frequently asked questions ...
