This is slightly subjective, but I'll try to keep it on point: ko gals (in Japanese, read: ko garu, literally highschool girls) are characterized by 7-inch platform shoes, white or other colored, loose, knee-high socks, blond-bleached hair, excessive Namie-tans and the exceedingly tasteless application of makeup (all makeup sucks!). These girls try hard to resemble cutesy doll-like figures, but instead seem more like grotesque, twisted, psychotic figures; in the same way a clown is supposed to represent happiness, silliness, and childlike innocence yet inadvertantly it can easily cross the line and scare the living SH*T out of a child. Ko gals can be seen on the streets of Waikiki, Oahu, or in Japan in places like Tokyo or Shinjuku, where the environment is conducive to activities such as shopping.