/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7189293
This. Half the reason I quit cosplay was because it cut way too much into my time to actually watch anime and read manga. With lolita, there's not a lot of effort that goes into it once you know what you're doing other than the hunt for a sold out piece or whatever random things you take on to make extra money for it.

With cosplay...
>Spend roughly $300 for everything necessary for a costume
>Put ~100 hours worth of blood, sweat, and tears into constructing it... all being said very literally
>Hate finished product
>Never wear it other than for a few hours at a con

With lolita...
>Spend roughly $300 on a dress
>Wait for it to arrive

>>7189297
People are too quick to refer to old school as ita these days. Some of her outfits were ita, especially her default one, but most were totally acceptable. Or maybe I'm just remembering the series wrong, it has been a while. I just remember that the sweet outfit she wore on her date with the ghost was absolutely fine.

>>7189301
If you seriously think this, you have obviously barely seen any anime. Hell, even out of the super mainstream series everyone and their mother have heard of, I can think of numerous significantly worse examples of an anime lolita than Stocking. Pic beyond related.