Girly Girl

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The Girly Girl is a girl or woman who likes things like dresses and perfume and jewelry, etc. However, having some of these attributes doesn't necessarily make a girl 'girly'; depending on local norms, a Tomboy may have some of these traits, and the variety of Girly Girls is great enough that no one trait can be called essential. Therefore, it is nearly inevitable she will invert the Tomboy with a Girly Streak (which the tomboy plays straight).

No examples for this page, please. Put all your examples under one of the various traits associated with Girly Girls. If we don't have a subtrope for your specific Girly Girl please feel free to use the Trope Launch Pad to create a trope for it.

Compare Femininity Tropes. Contrasts with Tomboy and One of the Boys. The male counterpart in terms of femininity is In Touch with His Feminine Side, for "sensitive guys" and "girly boys", AKA tomgirls and sissies; the male counterpart in terms of subscribing to gender roles is Manly Man.

Sub-tropes/Characteristics often attributed to Girly Girls include:

• Action Fashionista: An Action Girl version of The Fashionista.
• Alpha Bitch: A popular girly girl with a mean streak.
• All Girls Like Ponies: The stereotype that girls like horses.
• All Guys Want Cheerleaders: As cheerleading is seen as a feminine sport and their outfits tend to emphasize the female form, men often find cheerleaders very attractive.
• All Women Love Shoes: Women will buy expensive shoes even if they don't need them. Especially if the shoes in question are high heels.
• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The Beauty of the trio is typically either conventionally attractive or a sweetheart.
• Beta Bitch: The Alpha Bitch's second-in-command, who is usually just as feminine as she is.
• Caring Gardener: Gardeners are often portrayed to be nurturing, which is considered to be a feminine trait.
• Class Princess: A popular girly girl with a nice streak.
• Cherry Blossom Girl: A girl who has sakura Flower Motifs, that are normally associated with Japanese femininity.
• Chickification: A competent female character becomes less assertive (or action-oriented) and more stereotypically feminine and passive with little to no justification other than the needs of the plot.
• Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose: A pose a girl will make when flirting with someone.
• Cute Bookworm: Since reading is generally a passive activity, girls who like reading are often considered cute and delicate, and thus feminine.
• Dainty Little Ballet Dancers: Ballet dancers, especially female ones, are portrayed as delicate and graceful.
• Damsel in Distress: A woman who is in grave danger and therefore needs to be constantly rescued is considered very feminine for her helplessness.
• Earthy Barefoot Character: In addition to the general enjoyment of going barefoot, some girly girls also do it to connect themselves to nature.
• English Rose: A sweet and polite girl who is the European counterpart of the Yamato Nadeshiko.
• Elegant Classical Musician: Female classical musicians are often considered attractive for their elegance.
• Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy: Ladies do this instead of bowing.
• Farmer's Daughter: While many farmer's daughters are highly assertive and lead an active lifestyle, others are more innocent and sheltered.
• The Fashionista: Ladies need stylish clothes, don'tcha think?
• Feminine Leg Swish: A motion where a girl swishes her legs back and forth to highlight her femininity.
• Feminine Women Can Cook: Home cooking marks a sign of a girly girl.
• Flowers of Femininity: A girly girl puts flowers in her hair for added cuteness.
• Four-Girl Ensemble: Three members of the ensemble — the sweet-naïve one, the pretty/sexy one, and the admirable Team Mom — tend to be stereotypically feminine, and are contrasted with the snarky, tomboyish member of the group.
• Girliness Upgrade: A tomboy becomes more of a girly girl.
• Girlish Pigtails: Pigtails that make a girl look both young and girly.
• Girls Love Chocolate: Girls are stereotyped to love chocolate.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Femininity and nurturing tendencies expressed through the love of stuffed animals.
• Girly Bruiser: A girly Action Girl.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: A girly girl with some tomboyish traits; the Tomboy with a Girly Streak is an inversion.
• Girl Next Door: An approachable girl who is often characterized as sweet, down-to-earth, and "wholesome".
• Girl Posse: A popular girly girl group led by a very popular girly girl.
• Girly Skirt Twirl: A common pose for feminine girls.
• Gonky Femme: A girly girl who looks unattractive and/or masculine.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Wearing purple marks a graceful girly girl, be it in the sense of kindness or elegance.
• Harp of Femininity: Playing the harp is typically considered feminine.
• The Heart: A woman who talks about her feelings with others and keeps the group united despite their disputes.
• High-Class Fan: A lady who uses a hand fan is typically sophisticated and classy.
• High-Class Gloves: Wearing fashionable gloves is elegant on a lady.
• Housewife: A woman whose entire life revolves around her husband and the care of his house.
• Innocent Beta Bitch: The Alpha Bitch's second-in-command who, while just as girly, is nicer than she is.
• Innocent Flower Girl: A sweet, shy, reserved, girly girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones.
• Innocent Soprano: Singing with a soft and high-pitched voice is considered very feminine in a woman.
• Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: An Action Girl in a Pimped-Out Dress.
• Kindly Housekeeper: A kind girl who is hired to keep the house looking nice.
• The Lady's Favour: An object of value that a girl will give her Love Interest before he goes off to battle.
• Lady Legionnaire Wear: Skirted armour makes the outfit of an Action Girl look more girly.
• Lady of Black Magic: A girly girl with great magical power.
• Lady of War: An elegant Action Girl.
• A Lady Rides Aside: A girl so girly she rides sidesaddle.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Two girly girls represent different aspects of femininity, the innocent maiden and the sultry temptress (who may alternatively simply be more mature and sophisticated).
• Lipstick-and-Load Montage: A girly girl's dressing-up montage.
• Lipstick Lesbian: A girl doesn't have to be butch to like the ladies.
• Lolita Fashion: Useful Notes; although most of the styles are very feminine since that's the point, Classic and specially Sweet are all about looking as girly as possible.
• Long Hair Is Feminine: The longer a girl's hair is, the girlier she is.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: A girly girl who is spoiled and shallow, but is actually a nice girl.
• Meekness is Weakness: A girl who is kind-hearted and motherly is portrayed as weak.
• Meido: A female housekeeper.
• Ms. Fanservice: A female character who is meant to be sexy to the audience is portrayed to be conventionally attractive in a feminine way.
• Nature Lover: Women who love the beauty of nature are usually characterized by having pure hearts.
• Nothing Nice About Sugar and Spice: You thought the Alpha Bitch was bad?
• Ojou: A rich, admirable Japanese girl normally considered feminine.
• Ojou Ringlets: A girl who sports two curls in front of or behind her ears is typically high-class or otherwise elegant.
• Parachute Petticoat: A petticoat or dress being use as a substitute parachute.
• Parasol of Prettiness: A ladylike accessory, and a classical sign of feminine beauty.
• Pimped-Out Dress: A well-worn, elegant, and oftentimes extravagant dress is traditionally considered feminine.
• Pink Means Feminine: Pink is the girliest of colors in many cultures, so many feminine characters wear a lot of pink.
• Pom-Pom Girl: A cheerleader who is both girly and affectionate.
• Prefers Going Barefoot: Due to their footwear being quite cumbersome and easy to remove, many girly girls tend to enjoy going barefoot.
• Pretty Princess Powerhouse: A princess who appears soft and delicate but can fight as well or better than her guards.
• Princess Classic: The archetypical delicate, innocent, sweet, and beautiful princess.
• Princess Phase: The time in a young girl's life when she idolizes all things related to princesses.
• Princesses Prefer Pink: A Princess Classic (or a girl idolizing them) tends to wear a lot of pink.
• Prone to Tears: Crying a lot is considered feminine.
• Proper Lady: A girl who is kind, feminine, and polite, and adheres to societal aspirations of womanhood.
• Regal Ringlets: An upper-class or otherwise dignified young woman with curled hair, typically associated with vanity and femininity due to how time-consuming it is to create and maintain such an elaborate hairstyle.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Girls with pink hair may be portrayed as kind and romantic.
• Science Hero's Babe Assistant: The Science Hero protagonist's female assistant who knows little of science and far more of being attractive eye candy.
• Shrinking Violet: Most shy girls are often delicate and sweet.
• Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Girls with blue hair are usually characterized as withdrawn Shrinking Violets.
• Silk Hiding Steel: A girly girl with a Hidden Badass side.
• The Smurfette Principle: The only woman in an all-male group is commonly portrayed as more stereotypically feminine to contrast gender dynamics in the group.
• Southern Belle: Upper-class lady from down South.
• Spirited Young Lady: Being independent, ambitious, and proto-feminist doesn't mean one can't still be a girly girl.
• Spoiled Sweet: A rich but sweet girly girl.
• Stock Shoujo Heroine: A sweet archetypal Japanese girl who solves everything with love, family and friendship.
• Sundress of Innocence: Wearing a sundress shows how innocent and girly a girl is.
• Sweet Baker: A sweet baker is considered very feminine for her sweet personality when making delicious baked goods.
• Sweet Tooth: Since Real Men Hate Sugar, enjoyment of sweet treats is associated with (but not exclusive to) femininity.
• Team Mom: The character who acts as a maternal figure to the characters is typically feminine.
• Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: A Jerkass girly girl contrasting with a nice tomboy.
• Textile Work Is Feminine: Only girly girls can make and mend clothes.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Another way girly girl can be identified is through comparison to a tomboyish female character.
• Tomboy Angst: A tomboy who is insecure about her lack of "conventional" femininity.
• Tomboyness Upgrade: A girly girl becomes more tomboyish, or more of a tomboy, as time goes on.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Sometimes a tomboy can have a girly side.
• Town Girls: A trio has one tomboy (Butch), one girly girl (Femme), and one that doesn't fit into either category (Neither).
• True Blue Femininity: A girly girl wears blue to indicate her femininity, oftentimes as a throwback to the olden days of when blue was the feminine color.
• Unwillingly Girly Tomboy: A tomboy who reluctantly wears girly clothes or is involved in feminine activities.
• Used to Be a Tomboy: A girly girl who was a tomboy in her youth.
• Vanity Is Feminine: Girly girls are identified by the way they take care of their appearances.
• Water Is Womanly: A girly girl tends to be associated with water.
• Women Are Delicate: Girly girls are portrayed as more demure, innocent, and pacifistic than men.
• Winter Royal Lady: Winter-evoking nobility are often ladylike and glamorous.
• World's Most Beautiful Woman: A woman who is the most beautiful in the world (or at least community) is usually very conventionally feminine.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: A mature and polite girl who is the Japanese counterpart of the Proper Lady and the English Rose.
• Yandere: Typical yanderes are usually girly and love-struck before turning out as violent.