/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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>How would you describe the scene now?
I think the scene now has changed. For one, I think the age is younger, I feel like there are way more teenaged lolitas. I think people get into lolita for different reasons. Back then, people got into lolita via Kamikaze Girls, Visual Kei, or Japanese Fashion magazines. I didn't see a western lolita until I joined the egl community. Now, people get into lolita through other western lolitas, through Instagram, through Tumblr, or even Youtube. I think because social justice is more of a thing, the conversations and discussions are different. People say they get into lolita because of feminism, or justify it with feminism. There is also more of a discussion on representation of non-asian people of color in the fashion. There are also more brands to discuss, because of Taobao and indie brands being more popular than ever.

>Is it highly different from when you started? Would you set yourself in a completely separate group from lolitas that started the fashion in a different period of time, and would you think your newbie days were different from how newbies act now?
I don't really think about it too much because it doesn't bother me. I am not as involved in community discussions as I once was, and I am not a huge fan of most current trends right now, but I really still love the fashion, and I don't need it to be popular to still love the trends I love. I can still talk too newbie lolitas about the style, it isn't like there is some unapproachable generation gap between us, we just have different tastes and a different way we got into a fashion. No big deal.

>What do you think this new generation of lolitas will bring to the fashion? You can predict trends, end of eras or start of new eras, etc.
I think the fashion will continue to change, and that the Chinese lolitas are the current trendsetters, so whatever they want is what the fashion will evolve into.

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