/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9899913
That's a lie.
I started in 2014ish, the real ramping up had already started, LJ was dead, and Taobao was still difficult to buy from.
I lurked, I read, I compiled the info I needed and saved EVERYTHING. I didn't utilize FB for lolita at that time either.
Yyou need to be involved, actually talk to others about what shops they use.
Shops, buying platforms and the best tips were semi guarded secrets that you had to be clever, vetted or pitied to get.

In this modern world of tech and whatnot we have everything made so readily available for the most part that going back to old methods are just not even considered.
Our time is valuable, so instead of doing the work for similar results, just question and question and question and you'll have all your answers easily laid out in front of you.

Lolita subculture is essentially gone.
We have a ton of mops in our community, and all the troubles we've had over the years have stemmed from that.
When mops really starting entering the fashion it became cringey to be a lifestyler, the internet age brought all that chuunibyou into the spotlight and it was mocked into nonexistence.
>https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths