Lets talk about gyaru's elder sister style, onee gyaru!
🦋 What is Onee Gyaru?
Onee gyaru is quite great as it’s relatively easy to dress up as
one; they follow the trends more than other substyles which makes it
easier to shop non-brand and clothes are more readily available. No
matter what the weather is like – Onee Gyaru is adaptable!
For the
past few years long dresses and skirts have been taking over in many
scenes, and this is true for Onee Gyaru as well! Which is perfect for
colder countries as even through freezing, blowing winds you can be
fashionable!
Some of us are very stubborn and might not be bothered
by the cold, but at some point we start to care more, so more fabric
might be appreciated.
However it is pretty easy to miss the mark when you transition from a more eccentric style to this one if you do not have the foundation down! So, we are going to go over some key points to help you gals step up your game!
When doing Onee Gyaru, like any other style,
you need to look at the whole picture! Try loose wavy hairstyles (that
means no tight curls!).
It is important to
remember that even if Onee gyaru is more toned down, you should try to
always curl your hair and stay away from straight hair as to not make
the look too toned down and risk not looking gyaru at all. This seems really simple and in a way it is, but it is very easy to miss the mark.
Onee Gyaru is toned down – yes! However it’s still high maintenance so don’t confuse it with being easy compared to other styles.
Sport cat eyeliner reaching all the way to
your inner corners. Switch to eyelash extensions or toned down lashes
(as in not as extreme and spiky as many of the other sub-styles).
Onee
Gyaru sport a lot of browns as well as smokey eye looks amazing!
Glitter and sexy makeup is what you want to go for, but no need to fear
colors as they can really compliment your look!
Then of course, there are the contacts. Even
if you follow a Japanese gyaru eye makeup from a-z, it is going to look
totally different on you. If you do not adapt it to your features, you
might not manage to get the look right. This is why practicing and
trying new things is so important!
Seeing how Onee Gyaru is compared
to other styles quite toned down, it would be safe to say that the
contacts play a really big part in tying the look together. Especially
if you do not have Asian features! You can have a great look going on,
but the wrong contacts will throw the whole look off balance. Best
contacts are the ones with thin-to no black ring and 3-colors in them,
gradient. Often times described as half (ha-fu), then referencing
someone that is half Japanese-half foreigner. If you’re unsure, hazel
contacts do the look a great justice!
If you however are not capable
of using contacts for whatever reason, do not panic! Make sure you have
all the aspects down to a T, and you won’t have to worry!
Onee gyaru is a
style that is great to turn to when you have mastered another
sub-style. You might need to tone down for work, but still want to be
gyaru. If you are already used to the more heavier styles then Onee
Gyaru should be easier to do well as you should already know what
constitutes as Gyaru and what not.
Clothes used to be more formfitting and short, showing as much of
skin as possible. But in the last 3-4 years the tides have been turning
and long flowy dresses and skirts have been taking over.
While Onee
Gyaru uses all colors and patterns depending on what is in fashion at
what time, they do not mix a lot of colors and crazy patterns together.
Onee Gyaru has always had prevalent magazines to bring you the style, BLENDA was great as well as nuts!
We recently posted about this; nuts revived online with web content, and while they use the “Ane” term more than “Onee” we hope to see them make an actual magazine someday!
Ane Ageha is of course still alive and kicking and offer online download for those that don’t feel it necessary to have a physical copy.
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