/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10085760

Because this is where they overlap.

Otome kei isn't lolita, it's basically normcore, but Japanese and feminine. And just like even H&M will sometimes have pretty dresses that you can almost dress up as lolita, otome brands put out pretty dresses that you can do the same with. It's just that most Asian brands tend to skew girlier than western brands, so with otome brands it's easier to find a girly, pretty dress you can loliable with than with H&M.

The difference is that this is the "highest" level of lolita that you can put together with an otome brand, whereas it's the "lowest" level of lolita that you can put together with a lolita brand. The two styles are actually coming from opposite directions, soft/casual lolita is just the exact sweet spot where one style is almost another style, and the other style almost isn't.

Actually it's a frequent topic around lucky pack time, people seem to forget that threads like these have been selectively curated to lean towards pretty dresses, so they think they'll end up with some random sundress that can double as a jsk. Then they get really disappointed when they look up lucky pack reveals and it's all t-shirts and non-lolita normcore clothing.