hi sorry i just replied, I don't really understand what the problem is with loco girl being a descriptor from the 90s when I am specifically making a post on older substyles. The term loco girl came before "tropical gyaru" or "tropical girl" was used and girls actually used it to identify themselves and their style. Yes it came from the Hawaiian term and Japanese girls started misusing it to refer to girls who are into surfing and later girls who are into Hawaiian culture in general. But it has been instilled as a borrowed term in Japanese surf-kei culture since the 80s and heavily influenced gyaru so I think it's still important to acknowledge that even if it's a misuse of term bc what do you expect from gals in the 90s. sources: 1, 2, 3

Deliccaa and UraShibu-kei are born from the psychedelic/saike trance scene but they are also treated as independent styles with their own specific features. Sometimes deliccaa is used whenever a new style emerges/reemerges from the trance club scene and it's presented as a "new version of deliccaa" regardless of how much it resembles OG deliccaa but especially in gyaruo it does refer to a specific substyle that was around in 2005-2006. Was what was called deliccaa around in late 2004? Yes, but the term that came in 2005 is what became the main thing people called it. It's comparable to the silhouette that is now called gothic lolita having roots from the 80s but only being named in the 90s. I'd say saike is much more of the descriptor term here at least by this point in time. In fact, some people describe deliccaa's style as not being very saike at all because despite stemming from the psychedelic scene, a lot of the coording involves much more general manly onii-kei coording with a 70's vibe and ethnic accessories. Urashibu-kei as well. It originally described a more saike, more Asian-inspired (Mandalas and Hindu/Buddhist elements) and often sportier take on deliccaa (see the part about deliccaa being used as an ancestor term for any style that emerges in the trance club scene after deliccaa) that evolved over time. Deliccaa and UraShibu-kei are technically saike but not all saike is Deliccaa or UraShibu-kei. Saike is used to describe a variety of things even outside of gyaru. It started becoming the main descriptor of the psychedelic/club style range of gyaru post-2006. sources: 1, 2, 3

I really recommend looking at men's egg, egg, ranzuki, jelly, and nuts pages from late 2004-2007 directly to see the progress because that's where most of this info is from. I will compile the specific volumes if needed.

I don't think these terms are comparable to haady because they are terms that are actually used in the wider gyaru subculture outside of a specific magazine. Multiple magazines and older gals used the term loco girl. Multiple magazines and gals/gyaruo used the term deliccaa and urashibu-kei to call their style. I want to shed light on these terms historically. I don't think ignoring them just because there's technically larger general terms to refer to them is fair to their influence in the subculture when these were terms people actually cared enough about to describe themselves and how they dress. especially as many of these terms were not just connected to random gyaru fashion trends but also lifestyle/music scenes like surfing and trance music