Dear Kōhai,
Today, I am going to give you the basic styles of Kawaii! I don't have a really big introduction! So, let's get to it!
By looking to the core of Kawaii, which is brightness and goodness, not every style considered by some to be Kawaii is considered by all to be Kawaii. These are the 3 most popular Kawaii styles!
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| Loilta Kawaii |
This is the most popular Kawaii Styles as of late is Lolita. Lolita styles are focused on the Victorian Era of clothing. It is often a very modest fashion with knee length skirts and petticoats. Lolita girls often look very doll like. There is a light Lolita called "Sweet Lolita" and a darker Lolita called "Gothic Lolita." The clothing is very much the same-the big difference is the color and types of accessories. Gothic Lolitas are more prone to wear crosses and coffins, while Sweet Lolitas will wear cuter things like fruits. Gothic eye makeup is dark, while Sweet makeup is brighter. Kawaii is usually just called "Lolita" or "Gothic Lolita," because it derives from styles worn in the Gothic period of the world. Baby doll types of Kawaii often fall under this kind of category because the clothing style is very doll-like. Fairy Kei is part of this style!
Emo Kawaii
Emo style is lightly "goth," focusing on darker colors (in clothing and makeup), rebellious attitudes, dismal interests, and darker and more hard-core styles of music and entertainment. They often sport skulls and cute creatures made to look more crazed or scary than actually cute on their clothing and accessories. Emo style isn't void of "cute" things, but their accessories are like a black bow versus a pink bow-a cute object, but with an Emo twist of color. Many Emo's like to wear bright colors, including pink, but their bright colors are often, if not usually, coupled with a lot of black in the rest of the outfit. Like most styles, Emo has it's levels and not every Emo person will look just like the next in the depth of their darker look. Emo hair styles are often cute, but some can also be more extreme. Rather than going for nice and girly with waves or curls, their styles tend to be more peicey and spiked, and hair is often a darker color.
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| Emo Kawaii |
This style comes off of the unpopular Japanese Kawaii Styles of Guro-Kawaii and Kimo-Kawaii, I believe People remixed it to be kinda of accepted by Japanese Society because that really look horrible as hell! But this style is where i see cultures mixing American with Japanese!
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| Shibu-Kawaii |
Shibu-Kawaii
The 3rd Style is Shibu (Casual Kawaii),I think this will suprass Lolita style in popularity, because you can wear this everyday without going to the extreme. Shibu Styles usual sports very natural makeup, most of it being some type of bb cream or foundation and concealer, after which light and often neutral colored eyeshadow is applied to the eyes, followed by some liquid eyeliner to the upper lashine. The clothing is more low-key than some of the other Kawaii styles, but the look is still distinctive. Often fashion glasses are worn-with or without lenses-as well as dominant hair accessories, animal backpacks and sweaters, as well as a tasteful amount frills. Bright and pink versions Kawaii styles usually match this kind of image.
I hope that this was helpful!
If you practice these styles, pllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeeee, send me pictures that I can post up!
Sempai OUT!
