Sentences with phrase «extreme fake tans»

Brown's ongoing project, collectively called «a3,» or «afro - asiatic allegory,» was born of the artist's encounter with the ganguro phenomenon: Japanese teens who since the 1990s have adopted extreme fake tans — hence the moniker ganguro, which translates literally as «black face» — along with cornrows, afros, and the high - bling sartorial markers of American hip hop iconography.