/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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>>9240200
starting in my Mana folder so pardon the repetitiveness

>>9134721
>EGA, ouji and kodona
first: kodona is not a Japanese category. it is a mistake people have been trying to correct since the early 2000s. in the West, people usually use it to mean sweet or casual ouji with Victorian influence.

"ouji" itself is the masculine version of lolita. it covers as much ground as lolita covers, from cutesy to elegant, subtle to OTT. it is a mirror image of lolita, and any category lolita can have, ouji can also have.

EGA is also related to lolita, but it is strictly gothic. there are masculine and feminine versions, and it is not uncommon to have an androgynous in-between look. the general idea is to emulate a gothic aristocrat, so the gothic aesthetic is really important, which means hair and makeup and general cut of the clothes all cry out "gothic!"

in the West, (male) Aristocrat usually means either classic or gothic ouji with pants and few frills, or else any kind of vaguely Victorian menswear.

pic related: an EGA coord from Mana-sama.

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>>8930302
YOUR OWN PERSONAL JESUS