/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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I will say one thing; This is "rockabilly", not a true representation of 'vintage.'

I don't wear lolita any more and do tend towards 1950s/1960s repros, and it SHITS me to no end when people (usually those wearing it) confuse a bunch of different distinct styles.

Rockabilly is 'trash' vintage. Literally. It's supposed to look trashy, and started as a pseudo-punk deal.
Then there's the 'pinup' style; a basic caricature of pinup illustrations. Where dumb people think that red lipstick was something that normal women wore every day in the 1950s.
Then there's, you know, actual clothing as worn in the various decades referenced. Contrary to the belief in this thread, there's an enormous range of cuts, styles, motifs and ways to coordinate clothing for every era. I think people are just so used to seeing some chick throw on a cheap polyester Hellbunny dress and call it 'vintage' that it sours them on it, though.

How the FUCK do all of these Japanese girls get such perfectly toned, natural-looking light blonde hair? I don't understand.

Every single blonde person I saw in Japan looked fucking immaculate and here I'm swinging back and forth between platinum white and dark yellow.