/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10070564

I want lifestyle lolita / rose-tinted living to become popular again. Also it seems like oldschool has been a bit more popular lately and I hope that continues.
>>9713629
I'm all for this lol

>>8938742
I'm actually the person who made this post >>8938736 and YES I feel exactly like that too! It's such an awful feeling, and loneliness is a good way of describing it. Sometimes when I start feeling that way, I end up having to take a break from the fashion because I end up getting sad. I feel like I'm stuck in 2008 sometimes. I miss those days. I wasn't able to wear the fashion yet at that time, but things were just so different back then.

OP

>>8529498
I think you're right. It's not that the lifestyle is dead, but rather that it's changed as the style of the clothes did. Things change of course, but it's sad that it's not what I truly love anymore.

>>8529568
I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I think it would be great if there was a different word to describe the lifestyle concept while still keeping it separate from the fashion. On the other hand, I really do feel like the lifestyle aspect is vital to making it a "subculture" and not just a fashion trend (just to clarify I am well aware not everyone has the same interests and that you can wear the clothes without being a apart of the culture). I never thought I relied very much on others, but maybe you're right, because I wouldn't be so uninspired otherwise.

>>8528384
Novala's poems were always inspiring, though most of them would be crazy if interpreted literally, the imagery they produced was wonderful and I do think there were words of wisdom in some of them. I also really liked this quote from Arika Takarano:

"Gothic and Lolita clothes are a maiden’s armor, which even a knight’s armor cannot compare to. A maiden’s lace is her steel. Her ribbons are chains. Her dress hat is her helmet, and she surreptitiously changes the blood that flows from her wounds into true red rose petals. Thus, the maiden fights. After all, to live is to fight, and to become beautiful is to become stronger."

I've always wanted to blog, but I don't want attention and I'm rather shy. I think I will keep trying to stick with Lolita though, and the lifestyle too. I'm not sure why it's so hard to get back into when I've always enjoyed those same things. Maybe I've just forgotten how to self indulge, or maybe I really am relying too much on others. I'm interested in many different styles outside of Lolita too, but Lolita is the only one that has ever made me feel like magic is real and that my quaint and old-fashioned interests aren't weird.