/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10537006
bought the kc so im excited to finally have it at a non scalped price to match the SC jsk i bought off closet child for dirt cheap many years ago!

>never sewn a full from scratch item before
>pick up my sewing machine for the first time in a year
>haggle with it for hours, finally get it to work
>shit out a messy vest mockup out of muslin
>not clean at all
>mfw still ecstatic at the fact i created something

I'm using old clothes as a base, so I'm not using actual patterns. Is there any way I can get everything looking relatively even and nice?

>>10328372
>>10328373
Thanks so much! I can hardly wait to get started!

Who's the best dressed Character?
Lots of anime (and some cartoons) want to have lolitas in them but most of them look like hot trash. Who's the best? Who's the worst? Who has potential?

Stocking is A tier lolita.

>>10180191

>>10112164
>CRTs are coming back
Glad i kept mine, then. Even if it does have that old chunky single input cord.

>>10114198
I'm not into pink generally, but hot damn, that is an inspiration. It's so well put together. Makes me want to KonMari my house until it looks like that.

I recently got a hold of a second hand copy of the Gothic&Lolita photo book. I forgot how many nice pieces H Naoto and BPN had. It's also kind of refreshing to see that Japanese lolitas also have tacky Nightmare Before Christmas and Living dead dolls in their junky rooms. After so much similar Lolita, it's a breath of fresh air to see all sorts of shapes and looks. A lot of them weren't Lolita, before someone picks a fight, I know. But still.

>>10012761
>>10012768
>>10012775
Thank you so much for taking the time to sit down and make these posts!

I figured a general call for help on /cgl/ would garner some kind of response, but I never imagined something this thought through and earnest. I quite like the sound of making it my own education pamphlet, so to speak. I doubt it will be actual and physical, haha. But the idea of a pamphlet itself makes it feel official and real, just like my love for the fashion in the first place. I really enjoyed watching the AP tea party from Shanghai, but that video was a bit eerie since no music or sound was playing?

Either way, I am so grateful for your support fellow gull. I'll be back to post some happy feels when I've succeded.

I'm one of the idiots that's been waiting ages for Gothic furniture and I've poured a (relative) fortune into it already. Most of the time i want to complete sets for completion's sake. This time i legitimately want every single item.

>>9962763
What OP is this? It looks pretty cute.

>struggle with body dysmorphia my entire life
>basically hate everything about my body, no matter how many compliments I get I'm still disgusted with it and regularly cry myself to sleep because I loathe my appearance so much
>see reflection in mirror today
>"huh, I think my knees look kinda cute..."

I-I can't believe this. I guess knees are a kind of weird thing to appreciate, but I'm just so happy to feel any kind of positive emotion towards my body.

>bro's ex gf outs my homo ass to extremely religious parents
>((to them being gay means im a crazy left winged nb sjw))
>neverhaschancetoexplainself.jpeg
>parents treat me like im dead to them for the next half year

>mother sees my passion for lolita
>wearing lolita slowly warms her back up to me bc it reminded her of when she enjoyed fashion in her youth
>now mother looks forward to seeing my outfits and has completely looked over the nonsense debacle
>lolitasavestheday.png

I usually just post petty complaints in here, but for once I want to post my ultimate good /cgl/ feel:

>chubby, tomboyish, ugly & depressed for most of my teens
>don't have any friends, no motivation to better myself, get bullied a lot in school
>discover lolita one day, instantly fall in love with the fashion
>have no money to buy any of the clothes, have saved up enough one day to purchase a BL blouse and skirt (back when their clothes were still dirt cheap)
>putting on those clothes for the first time felt magical (even though I looked ita as fuck)
>instantly know that I want to wear cute clothes like that every day, want to become as adorable and cool as the girls I see wearing it online
Fast forward to now:
>wardrobe full of J-fashion clothes I love, get to wear the fashion every day
>pay attention to healthy eating and fitness, get a lot of compliments on my body & looks
>don't have any more trouble approaching people, able to make conversation easily because I'm finally confident in myself
>found a bf who fully supports my fashion interests & even wears matching outfits with me occasionally

I'm so, so happy with life over all. I feel like I've finally become the person I always wanted to be. People may think that J-fashion is shallow or childish or something like that, but it honestly changed my life and brings me joy every day.
Thank you so much to all the wonderful people that spread J-fashion online and post pictures of it, if I hadn't found lolita that way I probably would have never had the motivation to work on myself and make the most out of my life!

I really wish there were more crossboarding guys here, I want a bf!