Japanese Fashion
Gyaru makeup tutorial
Japanese style: Gyaru is a huge uproar of girly-glam style, breaking all the rules of "what's pretty" and dwelling in a party of man-made beauty. Hop in a baby pink bubble and explore the world of Gyaru makeup and fashion.
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Little Lolita Style Guide
Lolita: Put on your lace gloves and delve into our little lolita style guide, with everything from lolita clothing links to the lesser-known traditional kimono-clad qi-lolita and grotesque gurololita styles. Will there one day be a dress style themed on the man in the Nabokov novel who fancied Lolita? We think not.
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Gothic lolita makeup tutorial
Makeup tutorials: So, want to learn to how do cute Gothic Lolita make-up? You can use this gothic lolita look for day and night, vamping it up a little more for night time and even changing the pink lipgloss for maybe, a little red lipstick. Change it a little and make it yours.
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Decora style 'Anna' lace trim skirt
Decora: In a new Mookychick section, we scout around for interesting and cheap alternative fashion with squee appeal. This week: A cute pink lace trim skirt for £12 - perfect for decora japanese style!
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Japanese biker gangs - get the bosozoku style
Japanese fashion (bosozoku): Bosozoku ("violent running gang") is a Japanese subculture associated with motorcycle gangs. At their worst they start weapons with sword and molotov cocktails, but mostly they're about style, noise and speed. We give you the bosozoku history and how-to fashion style.
Japanese biker gangs - get the bosozoku style
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Decora - the kawaii Japanese style
Japanese fashion (Decora): The japanese style cult of decora is so sharply childlike and cute it's like biting into bubblegum and razor-flavoured ice cream that's been kept on the icy moon of Europa for a month. If you're not afraid to wear 16 bows in your hair and three pairs of socks at once, decora may be the style for you.
The japanophile's quick guide to... decora
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What is Visual Kei?
Visual kei: Japan has been hugely influential in the past decade in terms of style, entertainment and music. Visual Kei is a punk/goth hybrid style based on J Rock bands like Devil Kitty and Luna Sea. Find out more about Visual Kei culture... and how to incorporate it into your dress style!
Visual Kei and Visual Kei style tips
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Gothic Lolita style
Gothic Lolita: Harajuku style isn't the only Japanese subculture fashion out there. Some girls are honing down their style to become Classic Lolitas or Lolita Goths, who carry gothic teddies and look like stylish victorian dolls...
Check out Lolita Fashion - and Lolita Goth
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Harajuku Girls
Harajuku fashion: You've probably seen Gwen Stefani's alien Japanese backing dancers, and heard her singing about 'Harajuku girls' all over her album. Anyone who makes it to Harajuku (a shopping district in Tokyo) is in for a treat because Harajuku fashion is unbelievable. Find out what the Harajuku girls are all about, and pick up some tips on how to work your style the Harajuki way.
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Vocaloids - the sound of the future
Music reviews: Vocaloids are singing synthesizers not living singers - but their beautiful J-Rock and Enka songs might suit your fancy. And a FREE YOUTUBE TO MP3 CONVERTER means you can scrape MP3s, vocaloid or otherwise, off YouTube...
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J-rock with Tommy Kawase and The Brilliant Green
Music reviews: Who can pull off three different styles of J-rock with three different personas? Not a lot of people, that's who. Yet Tomoko Kawase (or Tommy as she is lovingly nicknamed, or Tommy February6, or Tommy Heavenly6) has quite a few tricks up her Elmo-puppeted sleeve.
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Japanese fashion
Japanese fashion including gothic lolita style, bosozoku, decora, loligoth, harajuku fashion, visual kei, gyaru makeup tutorials and more - Mookychick
