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They’ve been described as an army of “black-faced Paris Hiltons”, but they are also credited with being at the cutting edge of modern Japanese fashion. Women and men who sport Californian style tans, who even take pills to get the dark skin look, coupled with the distinctive make up and clothes, teamed with the para para dance - now that’s a youth culture worthy of a following. BBC Three’s recent Japanorama series dedicated a programme to the Ganguro.
I received a message about them from Lady Li who says that the culture is spreading worldwide outside Japan with followers in the UK like Booteek .
Photo from Booteek's MySpace
I’ve messaged Booteek to ask her to explain why she got involved in the culture and what the appeal is for her.
Are there any interesting youth cultures going on where you live?
When I was young – so many years ago now!! it was ripped jeans at the knees and the lumberjack shirt. Tame in comparison to this I think. I haven’t had any submissions from Japan and think this would have made a good one.
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