Bizarre facial make-up

[Sysman]

There was a bit about this in Tracks (Arte program) and they called it Kawaii which is more to do with cuteness but an offshoot which looks interesting is this...

Oddly enough a local lass here used to dress like the latter, but with more colour and shape. Since she acquired a fella she's started wearing more normal clothes, which is a pity.

[norrahe]

There are so many fascinating sub cultures in Japan and they all target certain areas in Tokyo.

I had a lot of fun just people watching when I was over there.

[darmstadt]

There was a bit about this in Tracks (Arte program) and they called it Kawaii which is more to do with cuteness but an offshoot which looks interesting is this...

[Board Game Geek]

I think the style Halo was thinking of is called Ganguro.

Here is an example.

[Halo Jones]

There is a fashion comming over from Japan (?) that looks a bit differant, all bold colours & cartoon like, normaly worn by teenage girls, I can not remember the term for it tho. Oh well the varity of the species

[threaded]

Has anyone noticed a fashion for bizarre face make-up? It's just that I was playing with video I took at a motorcycle gathering and noticed the face tracking software didn't lock on this group.

So was wondering if the fashion is designed to defeat face following cameras and the like. Like some wear hoodies so cameras can't see who they are on the street.

Or it is just something that happens?