Jul 13, 2026 · 37 min · 11 segments
If you think Japanese fashion is all about quiet minimalism and blending into the crowd, think again. This week on *Spill the Matcha*, **Misato and Cherine** take a deep dive into the history…
Yes.
Culture.
of
yeah oh yeah what was your image yeah because we
of course i heard about okay you know i had heard about gyaru and especially it was yeah when i was in elementary school or junior high school okay like because it was they were kind of like popular we saw them sometimes like you know on like uh music video clips okay i can't remember which artist but i i remember seeing like some so
you're talking about the ghetto in like the 90s yeah okay because you gotta keep changing
yes that's the thing for me it was stuck before going to japan it was stuck like this girl with extremely like super tan yeah lots of makeup like a lot of big
eyes yeah
like lots of jewelries like you know necklaces and big earrings yeah like light like almost orange hair color and then like uh usually like eye contact lenses like you know like a contactless color yes color contact lenses and then uh like kind of like colors like i would say like flashy pink
yeah it's like very like bright color yeah like
hello and uh leopard
pattern
yeah yeah yeah but you know like it's like we were kind of i guess mixing garu and lolita ah
it's like now I can see you know we see even nowadays in the street like girls with super kawaii dresses yeah they look like costumes
right cosplay
those are lolita
oh yeah but
when i was young i used to mix them up like for me a lolita was a galoo
no lolita and galoo is totally different yeah it's really different it's like a different story yeah because then i came to japan and i heard people say even to you yeah
you know oh she's like Garu.
I was Garu.
Or like some people still, like, I'm Garu.
Yes.
Culture.
of
yeah oh yeah what was your image yeah because we
of course i heard about okay you know i had heard about gyaru and especially it was yeah when i was in elementary school or junior high school okay like because it was they were kind of like popular we saw them sometimes like you know on like uh music video clips okay i can't remember which artist but i i remember seeing like some so
you're talking about the ghetto in like the 90s yeah okay because you gotta keep changing
yes that's the thing for me it was stuck before going to japan it was stuck like this girl with extremely like super tan yeah lots of makeup like a lot of big
eyes yeah
like lots of jewelries like you know necklaces and big earrings yeah like light like almost orange hair color and then like uh usually like eye contact lenses like you know like a contactless color yes color contact lenses and then uh like kind of like colors like i would say like flashy pink
yeah it's like very like bright color yeah like
hello and uh leopard
pattern
yeah yeah yeah but you know like it's like we were kind of i guess mixing garu and lolita ah
it's like now I can see you know we see even nowadays in the street like girls with super kawaii dresses yeah they look like costumes
right cosplay
those are lolita
oh yeah but
when i was young i used to mix them up like for me a lolita was a galoo
no lolita and galoo is totally different yeah it's really different it's like a different story yeah because then i came to japan and i heard people say even to you yeah
you know oh she's like Garu.
I was Garu.
Or like some people still, like, I'm Garu.
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