What does Shibuya Gyaru mean? Let me show you how to understand Shibuya and Harajuku styles.

I believe that many sisters who are interested in Japanese style have heard of the two styles of Shibuya style and Harajuku style. Shibuya used to be the birthplace of the current gyaru trend. Today, I will introduce these two styles in depth.

The so-called Shibuya Gals are also called 109 Gals. Not all dark-skinned people are called Shibuya Gals. They must have brown hair, dark skin, and the most iconic exaggerated white eyeshadow, silver lipstick, and nose makeup. Thick-soled shoes and miniskirts are a must for clothing. The style of Shibuya Gals can be said to have a lot of metal rock elements, which is closely related to the popularity of rock in Japan in the last century.

Shibuya Style

Shibuya style is also known as GAL style. In Japan, GAL style refers to hot girls. Blonde hair, miniskirts, thick-soled shoes, and dark skin all represent GAL. Of course, white skin can also be called GAL, as long as you are hot enough and dress well. There are many brands selling GAL style clothing and accessories in 109, the iconic commercial building in Shibuya. The prices range from low to high, so you will also see many high school students wearing school uniforms but with standard GAL hair and makeup.

The most distinctive feature of the GAL series is their dark skin. In order to keep their skin dark and shiny, they have to spend thousands of yen every week to go to a special beauty salon and tan themselves from head to toe for several hours. If they find that their skin has slightly darkened, they can use special darkening cosmetics to strengthen it. In recent years, major cosmetics brands have launched super black foundation liquids for the GAL series, as well as bright white eyeshadows and nude lipsticks that are close to morbidity. It can be seen that the GAL series has an influence on the current fashion trend.

Harajuku style

The main features of Harajuku style are colorful clothing and colorful hair. In Harajuku, you will see all kinds of colorful hair. Of course, not all young people who like Harajuku style will dye their hair. In the hair salons in Harajuku, there are wigs of various colors to choose from. The colored hair is mainly gradient color. Nowadays, the gradient color hair in China is also popular among the beauty-loving girls. In fact, this is also popular in Harajuku.

In Harajuku, you can see a lot of mixed clothing combinations, and the emphasis is still on the mix and match of colors. Although the colors are bright, they are overall harmonious. In the streets of Harajuku, you can also see many young people dressed in cosplay, and some young people voluntarily form bands. They wear exaggeratedly colored performance clothes of youth voluntary bands. These exaggerated colors and weird styles of clothes will look out of place when worn near your home, but in Harajuku, no matter how exaggerated, there is no problem.

Anyone who has been to Tokyo, especially those who have visited Shibuya, the favorite haunt of Japan's new generation, must have been scared by a type of people. These are high school girls who often hang out in Shibuya. They have brown hair, black faces with exaggerated white eye shadow and silver lipstick, super high platform shoes and super short miniskirts. These are the "109 hot girls" who have been rampant in Japan for nearly five years. The Japanese call them gan guro, or "black-faced girls" in Japanese.

Why is it called 109 Gal? The reason is actually very simple. "109" is the name of a clothing department store in Shibuya. When you come out of Shibuya station, you can see 109 department store and the large TV wall on the exterior wall of the building at a glance. 109 is not only a landmark of Shibuya, but also the base camp of new generation fashion clothing.

Back to the topic, what kind of tan is considered beautiful? How dark is considered beautiful? Like Ai Iijima, the goddess in the eyes of all Asian men, a little dark but not too dark wheat color? Or like Whitney Houston, a black female singer, who is so dark that she can't help it?

If it is just this level of "blackness", then how can it be called "109 hotties"? Of course it should be a little bit darker! Only when you see it, you feel "I'm looking at a ghost", can it be called 109 hotties.

Don't underestimate these 109 hot girls. In order to keep their skin so dark and shiny, they try every possible way. They spend several thousand yen every week to go to special beauty salons and expose themselves to tanning lights for several hours from head to toe. If they find that their skin shows any signs of "fading", there are special tanning cosmetics to enhance it.

The origin of the 109 Gals is said to have started with Namie Amuro. Born in Okinawa, Amuro has darker skin. Her dark skin, healthy vitality, and clothes that can be bought at street stalls made Amuro immediately secure the throne of "National Beauty" after her debut. This image immediately caused a trend in Shibuya as Amuro's popularity soared, and after varying degrees of fermentation and development, it finally evolved into the scene of 109 Gals running all over the streets.