/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

This is gonna sound kind of pathetic, but how do you gulls make yourselves dress in lolita? I've had a pretty competent bxw, simple gothic wardrobe for about a decade now but have only mustered it to wear it out a handful of times. With classes taking up most of the week and my major being often messy it's not really practical. I luckily have a job that let's me dress up a little so I was thinking about starting to get some more old school stuff. How do you keep yourself motivated to wear lolita? any tips for more casual practical wear?

>about to sign up for the masquerade at a local con, starting on my cosplay, have the entire performance practiced and choreographed
>mask mandate for the whole con including the performers at the masquerade

What the fuck? What's the point? The city the con's in doesn't even have a mandate. What a huge waste of my time.