| From Compass Online, 1994-2000 (Archive
Edition) http://www.tsujiru.net/compass/ | The Yearly Magazine of Writing in English Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Japan Copyright © 1994-2001 by FPS Chuo University All rights reserved. |
| Group N (no!): These girls display all the characteristics of "gyaru" fashion, but they deny being part of the "gyaru" trend. | Group Y (yes!): These girls display all the characteristics of "gyaru" fashion, and admit to being part of the "gyaru" trend. |
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| Group N: No members aged 14-16; significantly less % of members aged 20-22. 13% have fulltime jobs (as opposed to 0% for Group Y). Also, Group N members have different reading and shopping habits. | Group Y: 56% believe they are or might be fashionable; as well, 56% admit to dressing like their friends. Also, 17% thinks that "gyaruo" (the male version of the "gyaru") are "dirty", and 17% more think them "scary"--responses that no members of Group N gave. |
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