LETS TALK FASHION!

ALL FASHION! from big designers like prada, balenciaga etc etc etc to homemade stuff you find/put on etsy!! lets talk about sewing, stitching, allllll techniques of making clothes! lets talk styles, substyles, from trad goth to gyaru to punk to ANYTHING!!!!

tell me all about your style! tell me about the music linked to it, the brands that make it, how its made, who created it, who popularised it, drama surrounding it, EEEEEEEEEEVERYTHING!!

(i'll go first, im gonna tell a whole damn story about me and fashion.)

I WANT TO BE A FASHION DESIGNER.

i'm from the north of england. i live here, i hate it! if i tried to show someone from my school the fashion i want to wear and i want to make, theyd laugh at me and tell everyone. gyaru is something that chavs and roadmen around me could never ever understand. that isnt me saying that i'm just soooo much better than them, but i know for a fact that they would just not get it. what is incredible fashion to them is boring and unimaginative to me, nike pro? really? but then theres the fact that THE PEOPLE UP HERE ARE POOR! nike pro is what they can afford, and i think about that all of the time. when i discovered gyaru in....... early/mid 2022? maybe even 2021, i was so so so interested. when i saw the dramatic makeup and the intense differences and similarities between substyles within it, saw the story of how it was created by schoolgirls that didn't want to be confined by japan's intense beauty standards resonated with me to an incredible degree. i couldnt believe that people would have the bravery to go completely against the standards of an entire country, i wanted in! sadly, i got into gyaru around the time a bunch of people who did not understand gyaru tried to be gyaru. they would claim to be gyaru, but have no makeup. makeup is such a core part of gyaru, YOU CANT BE GYARU WITHOUT IT! thats why im just a wannabe at the minute. i got into gyaru when people loved styles like kogal, but hated on manbas and yamanbas. i'm really glad i was never in that crowd. seeing the differences and range between subcultures is one of my FAVOURITE things in gyaru, as well as the similarities.

ok then here comes the cringe part. i watched cruella in school. i cant lie it inspired me so much, the designs were to die for. BUT DONT THINK THATS MY ONLY INSPIRATION! my mom used to want to be a fashion designer, and did it in college! plus shes glampunk, so i had to know good fashion or ELSE. i know for a fact im gonna do fashion in college too. i love picking up little details in clothes and critiquing little things and ummm thats all i have to say right now!!!!