Veteran Gals Vs. Newbie Gals

Its a thing currently. 

As I dive gently back into the realm of online gyaru worlds, I am met with tons of posts that I would have loved as a beginner gal. There is so much content out there to inspire and enjoy. Some things, also bring to light some of the darkside of Japan and several different fashion subcultures like Jiraikei.

Amongst the plethora of nostalgic fashion posts, or people debating whether or not manba is offensive to black people, I am met with posts declaring how mean and callous gaijin gyaru veterans are. I am met with posts about how ignorant and helpless newbie gals are.

But perhaps, it was always like this. People involved and interested in the subculture are vocalizing it even more now. And, I am also not multitasking with multiple projects like before that had more of my attention and bandwidth.

As a former beginner gal, I had gotten some amazing constructive criticism and advice that I received that propelled my makeup and hair styling skills as a person who was initially only comfortable... er... "comfortable" with using a pencil eyeliner. 

But, as I stated on one of my socials, was that there were people that gave me heat about me doing "rokku" gyaru before it was cool as well as wearing things like Tripp pants while styling myself as a manba gyaru. The reasoning was that manba gyaru were supposed to only be colourful.  Though some of the disrespect I recieved wasn't due to my style, it was interesting. Perhaps a way to show dominance as I was putting forth effort. 

After joining Diamond gyaru sa and after it disbanding, I was in forums giving advice to newbies with some other gaijin gyaru at the time. It was fun, and also a place where people went to get their style evaluated to be able to know what to do next time. On gyaru secrets however, people were torn apart for even trying, or... for trying AND succeeding. 

Haters gonna hate.

I recall chatting on the phone with one particular gaijin gyaru who had offered me advice that I put into practice and her telling me how a newbie was asking her, as well as myself and several others for advice. This particular newbie was asking the same questions over and over, yet there was no effort into putting that advice into action. Eventually, they just moved on. 

Behaviours like that, even outside of gyaru fashion, is deemed as annoying and not taking the other person's time seriously. I do not think the particular seasoned gal was being callous towards them, but imagine helping someone to only have them do nothing! 

I am sure there are people that are just blatantly disrespectful, and sometimes some people aren't practicing the style and decide to lash out at people who do or who are interested. Perhaps feeling jealous over those who have the confidence to do than just watch. There are also newbies who don't want to take advice to get the results that they want. And there are also a few newbies that are disrespectful as well.

Though the community has these issues, you can still enjoy the style and lifestyle if you'd like. 

Mata ne