The reason for Ayu's style change after (miss)understood...

[bluegie]

I think her fashion started to change (into glamorous style) near the end of 2004, the time when MY STORY came out. She went to a more mature look in MY STORY, and that further extended to 2005 with STEP you --> BnD. I love everything she wore in 2005, mature yet not super glamorous. And then from 2006 --> a few months before (?), she kept on her glamorous diva style. It's actually quite a long period. Now it seems she's trying to change her style (using those newest magazines as an indication). Hopefully she's not gonna maintain her divaish look again. I know she's mature and wealthy, but she doesn't need to show that on her fashion every single time .

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by bluegie

I think her fashion started to change (into glamorous style) near the end of 2004, the time when MY STORY came out. She went to a more mature look in MY STORY, and that further extended to 2005 with STEP you --> BnD. I love everything she wore in 2005, mature yet not super glamorous. And then from 2006 --> a few months before (?), she kept on her glamorous diva style. It's actually quite a long period. Now it seems she's trying to change her style (using those newest magazines as an indication). Hopefully she's not gonna maintain her divaish look again. I know she's mature and wealthy, but she doesn't need to show that on her fashion every single time .

Yeah, I think she decided to try a more mature look with MY STORY but if you look at the clothing styles, loads of pinks, cute, girly shots with her in the bathtub etc, it's still an "immature" look. She looks more like a doll than a mature woman.

I'm really torn when it comes to her looks...I love her glam style but I think it alienates her from regular young women. I'd be so happy to see her doing a casual clothes photoshoot again just once!