/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Uh, what the fuck is the discussion in this thread? When the fashion started in Japan, many many many lolitas had what you might call a double life- many of them wouldn't even leave their house wearing lolita, they would change once they got to Harajuku. That's why you see so many lolitas with suitcases in old street snaps, they are keeping their "normal" clothes in there. Most of the people in KERA and GLB streetsnaps are more dressed up than normal for the occasion of getting snapped.

There is no litmus test on how often you wear lolita fashion or why. Not everyone is going to have a job that will let them wear lolita/lolitaesque clothing in it. Not everyone is going to have a wardrobe sustainable enough to wear it frequently (if all you have are a couple printed JSK sets, your coordinate options are limited, also dresses need to be dry cleaned and that can be pricey). Not everyone lives in an area with an active community either.

If you have good coordinates, and are semi-active in online communities you're a lolita. end of story, point black, no more to it than that.

All this handwringing over "lolitas who only wear it to cons and meets!!!!!" is....stupid. lolita has always been this way, just people are more OTT with their coordinates so convention lolita is more of a showy thing. Back in the hey-dey of egl, people would post meetup coordinates daily. sure, you'll get a sprinkling of "this is what i wore to the mall!" or "this is what i wore to see a movie!" but a majority of the coordinates were worn out to meetups.

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You can't compare lolita to goth because it just doesn't have the same roots and ties to fashion that lolita does. Goth is also a lot more socially accepted in western cultures- most everyone knows of goth or someone who is goth, and you can piece together a moderately passable goth outfit at any mall in America.

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