#retro girly

[youngcreationbluebird]

#mature wives #mature sexy #mature woman #beautiful mature #mature mom #retro girly #creeping irrelevance #my picture

[girlyteeth]

Let's Talk About Girly-Kei Substyle Names!

Since this style has been gaining some popularity in j-fashion communities, I wanted to do a small lesson on how to refer to different styles of girly-kei. I've noticed some strange names being assigned to this style, and I want to clear up any misunderstandings people may have about these terms.

There are many labels people put on this fashion style, but for some reason it's anything but girly. It's understandable how some terms could be mistaken for the name of the fashion, especially since some stereotypes associated with these styles have heavily contributed to the wrong terminology being used. Examples of terms that have been associated with girly-kei are... Ryousangata: (meaning a "mass-produced" type of person, who's heavily involved in wota culture) J*rai-kei: (a stereotype referring to an emotionally unstable person who "explodes like a landmine".) Subcul: (It used to have the meaning of "poser" in Japan, but nowadays it is used to refer to any type of alternative fashion. While this one is more harmless, it doesn't do any good to refer to a style that already has a name as just "subcul fashion")

In the girly-kei community, we label these colour combos a bit similarly to lolita substyles. So, let's name some some girly styles that have been getting popular! Sweet Girly: This style consists of sweeter elements, such as ruffles, bows, hearts, and cute prints. Sometimes, you can find sweet girly sweaters with plushie embroidery! Bijou details are also popular with this style, as the jewels seem to compliment the overall cuteness of these outfits!

Dark Girly: This style focuses on more darker/edgier elements, and these outfits seem to have a more gothic look to it. Characteristics such as chains, leather, and religious imagery can be found in this substyle. Despite the name of this substyle, the clothes don't need to have a dark colour palette. Just as long as they fit the criteria!

French Girly: This style is meant to resemble a more European style of fashion! This elegant style also maintains a sense of simplicity, as their silhouettes and designs tend to be neat. As you can see, berets are especially popular in this substyle, but other accessories such as pearls, gold jewelry, and hairbands are also used in these outfits.

I find that among girly discourse, some argue that "girly-kei" is way too broad of a term, but that's where you can have fun with your outfits! It's not a requirement to specifically adhere to a certain substyle when wearing girly-kei fashion, and honestly just wear what makes you happy! A lot of these substyles can overlap as a result, which can create pretty cool outfits!

Referring to these substyles by their proper name not only sounds nicer, but it can help erase stigma around wearing girly fashion as a whole.

If you wish to read about more substyles such as otona girly, retro girly, himekaji (yes, even the gyaru substyle can be considered girly!) and casual girly, there is a more detailed list of all the different substyles in their aesthetics section! Thank you for reading <3

#girly kei #terminology lesson #sweet girly #dark girly #the graphic was very fun to make and maybe I'll start making these types of illustrations more :) #girly discourse #retro girly #french girly #girly fashion #me posting after 100000 years

[angelunderheaven]

#vintage wedding #white wedding #1960s #60s girl #60s style #vintage americana #lizzy grant #lana del rey #paradise edition #born to die #coquette #dollette #cinnamon girl #brave new world #girly girl #retro girly #retro stuff #retro aesthetic #lanita #bambi doe #bambi doll #doelita #dolores haze

[girlyholic]

Secret Honey decided on an attempt on Retro Girly in Mizuiro colorways and it works surprisingly well.

#secret honey #ガーリー #ガーリー系 #girly kei #retro girly #mizuiro #larme kei #jfashion #releases

[j-fashion-wearer-otd]

Today’s J-fashion wearer is Enjel from Pocket Mirror! She wears retro girly!

#enjel #pocket mirror #retro girly #girly kei #jfashionotd

[girlytips]

#amavel #ガーリー #ガーリー系 #レトロガーリー #girly kei #retro girly #larme kei #jfashion #coord #outfit #コード

[jiainokaitou]

A little fun fact, in Indonesian fashion communities there's two cute terms to refer to color choices for a girl's choice of coord.

First is 'Cewek Kue' (Cake girls) which refers to girls wearing pastel, bright color ways that resembles an icing on a cake (think of yumekawaii and sweet girly), and the other is 'Cewek Bumi' (Earthly girls) which refers to girls who wear soft and mature down to earth and natural colors (like with retro girly or mori kei).

Either way, this kind of terms only refers to the color choice of a style, and since I wore casual with pastel colors just as often and personally didn't like using terms like 'jir*ikei' and focus too much on girlykei substyles, I'd rather refer to my own personal style as the above as 'cake girls style' (or if you're not a girl, 'cake style' works as much).

#girly kei #yume kawaii #retro girly #yumekawa calling card #personal fun fact

[anti-kawaii-daily]

Today's Anti-Kawaii Character of The Day is Veronika Grebenshchikova from the fangan, Danganronpa: Despair Time! She fits into the Western Dorodere archetype, and she wears a mix of Retro and Dark Girly with some Gurokawa elements!

This character belongs to @danganronpadespairtime!

#fanganronpa #danganronpa fangan #danganronpa despair time #veronika grebenshchikova #western dorodere #dorodere #retro girly #dark girly #girly kei #gurokawa #gurokawaii

[talyayet474]

Marilyn Monroe

#marilyn monroe #actress #icons #celebrity #fashionstyle #retro girly #sexy celebrities #fashion model #beautiful woman #60s icons #vintage style #50s #60s fashion

[aspiringgirly]

though this is a mix of academia and girly, i couldn't help but feel like i stepped out of victorian era england.

shirt ~ old navy (unavailable)

skirt ~ allegra k

shoes ~ limelight

bow ~ amazon

#girly #retro girly #otona girly #dark academia #me

[girly-kei-otd]

Today's girly wearing character is SANAE♡chan from Pop'n Music. She wears retro girly.

#SANAE♥chan #popn music #retro girly #girly kei #kawaii #jfashion

[angelunderheaven]

Just married - 1988

#so cute #1988 #80s #1980s #80s aesthetic #white wedding #80s girl #small town girl #retro kitsch #vintage kitsch #small town america #retro girly #retro aesthetic #wedding dress #vintage coquette #true romance #flickr #retro #film photography #vintage wedding

[girlyholic]

It feels like every other franchise decides on a Girly Kei collection this spring, and Love Live! also took note of it.

#love live #love live superstar #ガーリー #ガーリー系 #girly kei #sweet girly #retro girly #otona girly #french girly #casual girly #larme kei #jfashion #releases #merchandise

[j-fashion-wearer-otd]

Today's J-fashion wearer is Kasai Amane from Delicious Party Precure! She wears retro girly normally, while as Cure Finale, she wears sweet x hime lolita!

#kasai amane #delicious party precure #precure #retro girly #girly kei #sweet lolita #hime lolita #lolita #jfashionotd

[girlytips]

#amavel #ガーリー #ガーリー系 #レトロガーリー #girly kei #retro girly #larme kei #jfashion #coord #outfit #コード

[cat-nature-literature]

#books #reading #literature #retro girly #vintage