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You really need to clarify if you are talking about Eastern or Western gyaru, OP. In the East, gyaru was a fashion style, and you typically hung out with other gals/ gyaruo. In the West, it is a fashion **statement** for individuals. These are two completely different things. They look differently, they behave differently, they believe completely different things... Gyaru/ Gyaruo was the Far East's cool take on the 2000's American coastal style, and a legitimate substyle of its own geared towards Asian bodies. On the other hand, ""Gyaru"" in the West is more like a parody fashion that takes itself so seriously. I really cannot stress how different the feel of this fashion is from the real thing. Only the most outrageous-looking sub-styles are ever used, because the whole point is not to look good, but rather to look like a museum exhibit. This is because there is a completely insane feminist literary canon attached to this fashion-style in the West, which insists that Japanese gyarus from the 00's were feminist apostles that secretly hated the men they were whoring themselves out to for free drinks. Thankfully, the fashion as a whole has seen a TikTok revival lately, which I'm hoping will revive the original spirit of "gyaru" as a legitimate streetwear style and not as some off-brand, poseur, 2-dorra shit rife with "It's okay because it's feminist"-ism.
If you are looking for self-important cunts who believe a bunch of crazy shit about gals, you came to the right board. On the other hand, if you are looking for real gyaru, I suggest you instead board a plane to Japan and hang out in Shinjuku, Harajuku, or Shibuya, at some of the foreigner bars for awhile... I can recommend a few if you want. There are gyarus there, but they mostly look like "normal girls" you would see at any bar in the West, instead of exaggerated freak shows.
Do not go to the themed bars or cafes though, they have trannies.
