I know many of you were dismayed to find that I was Crystal Parizanski’s number one fan. Instead you were wishing that you were Crystal Parizanski’s number one fan, or at least be one of her myspace friends.

I was thinking about ol’ CP as Bo Bice made an appearance on American Idol. You see, I was informed by my friend who does not have a moneky face that I was in fact Bo Bice’s number one fan laste year. Lest you think that I deserved that title, it was only to annoy me. I can’t stand the guy and my feeling is that you must be 1. female, 2. desperate, 3. tone deaf to be any sort of fan of the Bo Bice, never mind his numba one. Now I am much more suited to my new title of CP’s #1.

Ok, so getting back to my idea. I was thinking about CP’s wild look. It seemed kinda hip, sorta trashy, and very materialistic. I feel that she is on the edge of something in America that happened in Japan nearly 20 years ago. That is Kogal style.

Kogal style, as near as I can figure is/ or was mostly high school students with bleached brown or lighter hair, tanned skin, and dramatic makeup. It somehow involves loose socks like leg warmers and hiking up your school uniform skirt into a miniskirt. Kogal styel of course involves a deep materialism and you alwyas have to have the latest keitai denwa, yeah thats cell phone for you non-boing boing readers sometimes affectionately refered to as Boomers.

It is related to Ganguro style. Supposedly Kogal is different from Ganguro, but I am not entirely sure what that difference might be except a Ganguro gal might not be in school any longer consequently she will not don her school’s uniform, nor loose socks. Instead she may hear huge boots ala the now defunct (they aren’t funky any more) Spice Girls. It seems liek Ganguro in the extreme is called Yamanba whcih translates as mountain hag - a Noh character and myth of an ugly witch. Ganguro to me seems to be a contest to see how extreme these girls can go. To me it seems in some ways to be a characture of California / Valley Girls.

Here is tips on how to do your eye makeup.

It’s super stylized and almost Kabuki in the steps. And the end result is very odd and severe. But now who deos that remind you of? That’s right, my girl Crystal Parizanski.

In conclusion, Crystal Parizanski has somehow latched onto an American version of a Kogal/Ganguro style - a style in which Tokyo girls and young women parody American women.

How much more postmodern could it get? The answer is “none”.