/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>post 2008-2010 lolita is almost sterile
>lolita isn't necessarily supposed to be flattering
>short stubby legs are ideal in sweet and some old school
>UTKs > everything else
>Aprons and striped socks need to come back
>"kawaii" make up is bland and samefacey
>Only natural wigs should be used and circle lenses need to be burned

I feel like Lolita has been very heavily “commercialized” in a way. Not in the sense of buying more things, but being more appealing to people otherwise not interested in it. Like actual punk vs Avril Lavine. Everything has gotten more conventionally attractive. Less frumpy, less bitch facey, less gothic and creepy, less experimentation, less “weird”. The tie between Vivienne Westwood has been pretty much completely severed. Old Lolita is more about wearing what you like while modern is about wearing what you look good in.

And probably the most controversial one is someone who wears lolita like a costume or formal wear isn't "a lolita," just someone who likes it. They aren't less legitimate necessarily, but they are literally "less of a lolita" because the only way to be a lolita is to wear it. There are no lolita hobbies other than stalking releases/secondhand sites and maybe bitching about itas on cgl. The only way to be a "lifestyler" is to wear Lolita regularly. Otherwise you're just a collector, which again is not a bad thing in itself at all.

Inb4 “but my job” no one’s talking about jobs and things like hiking you daft cunts. Someone who gets drunk every night is more of a drunk than someone who drinks a beer at parties. It’s not a contest and in the end doesn’t mean much, but bitching about “elitist ita wannabe life stylers” doesn’t change the fact that cosplayers who wear Lolita a few times a year are less of a Lolita then someone who wears it like any other fashion. Complaining about how everything isn’t OTT and calling every non-OTT coord casual doesn’t help your case in the slightest.

Something early with more sweet elements. Most of it is MILK.

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