/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10248013
nayrt, but I still regard someone as a fellow lolita if they have a working wardrobe/collection and have worn lolita, even if they're in a current situation that keeps them from wearing most of their dresses.

However, I don't think there's any validity to being a "fan" of lolita but not participating in the actual fashion. you can be interested and admire it but it's not the kind of commercial thing you can identify with and make your own without actually making coords that you wear.
a street fashion attached to a subculture, and often a lifestyle, isn't something you can be in a "fandom" for. I've always seen fandom used for unreal cultural products that you interact with from a particular consumer distance, like visual media series or games. The point of joining a fandom is to commune with others in a similar state of imagination and powerlessness as far as the product goes.

Lolita is an active hobby that requires and allows for direct participation. You can make it yourself! There's no need to watch the fashion through a window, or talk about it with others from a distance, because you can actually...do the thing.

I am not into enabling children and fully-grown dumdums. Imagine gathering outside a city's walls, sharing stories and photos of how great and amazing the city is, when you could literally just walk through the open gate and buy/build a house there to live in. That's how I view "fandoms" of subcultures.

>>10226581
love this but the full coord photo in CoF looked so strange. the fit is awkward on her proportions
>>10226268
maybe utks would have looked better? the awkwardness is very old school though, so maybe nothing needs to change at all.

>>9998890
>is being creative in your coords important to you, and if so, why?
it is ridiculously important. I never wear the same coord twice. I always have to be doing something different and trying new things with my pieces.
I'm really trying to focus on what drew me to lolita in the first place.
Not knocking what gulls call 'samey'. If you have a clear point of view or intent in your fashion go with that. 10 out of 10 times you will turn a successful and clean look (cryptkasper, Austrian queen of casual, Fanny, Tamie, O. Moon come to mind as lolitas who churn out great expressive coords that have a focused feel)
Basically, whatever you are doing make sure you mean it. don't half-ass your coords and be crazy for the sake of crazy.
It's hard to preach this when, as much as I love AP, we pretty much have brand uniforms these days. I say we return to the personal, individual, and the street aspect of Lolita.
>while still looking good

>>9930217

>>9842277
really glad to hear that anon
I admire you big time. don't throw all your ducks into the first professional you see, in case you don't hit it off. this is an amazing start to getting the life you deserve.