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

[pepper]

i honestly miss this UNIQUE:



to see the diffrence, it's that back then i really wanted to look like her. not so really now.. with some exceptions ofcourse (:

[Ranma Matsuri]

Originally Posted by ♥pepicolada

Someone says that they try to make her more mature. THERE IS EXACTLY the opposite.

They try to make her like some kind of "luxury" teen. She looked more mature with the sporty look with 'cool' (not so fashioned) clothes and normal face. Now she looks like "old and young" in the same time, glamorous and so itty-bitty-cute in same.

I felt in love with casual ayu in short hair, then in pretty Ayu in RAINBOW era (and then in the every look in dark hair ). I just miss this, i don't tell that i don't love her anymore. I just PREFER the style before (m)u.

I agree with you completely. This is the very thing I noticed the most going back through her discography. I don't know what it is, but something about Ayu from ASFXX to MA seemed a lot more mature to me. Even in My Story when she went for the more grown and sexy look, she still exuded an adult air. But from m(u) onwards, I get the sense of either a teenager trying to play grown up or a grown-up trying to play teenager. It's just strange and it feels unnatural. Her photoshoots are showing a softer look these days and it fits her well, I hope she continues that. If not, well it is her choice.

[primavera♥]

^^ to be honest. *****s at my school dress like that. just a comment.

i dont care. whatever she does seems to fit whatever her personality is. just different facets of it.

[AngelSenshi]

In one of the recent magazine interviews she mentioned that when she started to 'grow up', meaning she was coming closer to her 30s, she was trying to be more mature, she even mentioned that in trying to be more like an adult and mature she even dyed her hair darker again but she said it just wasn't her or something.

The time she changed her stylist, was also around the time she changed her hair colour to that dark brown. It makes sense that she was trying to be more mature.

In any case though; I've always loved the way she expressed herself when it came to hair, fashion, accessories and stuff like that. I don't really think dressing mature means she has to dress like an old lady, or she can't show off some skin. She's definitely looked beautiful and youthful in the last year especially, and I don't think looking younger than you are is something bad.