/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I guess it would be this for me! I am just starting out and I thought, why am I spending this much money on a rabbit plush bag. I have bought more expensive dresses, but this is the most frivolous thing for me. And it wasn’t that expensive. but this was where I thought, I am really getting into egl and thinking of coords and bags.

I don’t have it yet, it’s being shipped from jp but I spent about $60 on it. I don’t regret the purchase because he is so cute.

I don’t think I would dare to go outside with him that much, but I will certainly put him on in my house very often :)

>>10574110
I do agree overall that $60 is a lot to spend on a stuffed animal novelty bag, but I think you got a good deal nonny! Especially considering how BTSSB pochettes go for $100+ secondhand, and you paid less than retail (accounting for inflation) for a 10+ year old vintage brand piece. Does that include shipping too?


If Mary Magdalene ends up staying dead, I'm very tempted to drop $$$ on a dress in the future just for the status. Someone in my local comm is currently looking for around $300 for an OP and I'm hoping no one buys it so I potentially can one day lol

It was not my best moment getting the Dreamy Lyrical Bunny pouch MTO through an SS, which meant I spent $200 for it including fees and international shipping ... once it arrived and I took one look at its cute face, all was well

this lil fucker (not my pic)

i've spent way more on tiny plush bags that hold nothing (~200 for a couple chinese exclusives) but we're going for frivol and this just makes me laugh. his little hands can clasp around the top of the water bottle

>>10574155
Thanks nonny! Yeah it was $60 with shipping and I thought, “ I need this rabbit” so it was a very good deal :) i was looking at btssb pochettes but they weren’t that cute to me especially for $100.


I just got my first mary magdalene dress and I can say, now I am ruined from other dresses. It is on another league. You should definitely get one if you can.

Didn’t they revive too? I just check their website and they had some updates last month about their genoise coat that they took orders on. So it think you’ll have many more chances to get something from them :)

>>10574062
Frivolous without any regard to the matter of price, I commissioned a renaissance-style snood for a single coord I wore to a renn faire.

Frivolous in terms of what I spent on it, not a brand item but maybe my Fluevog Elizabeths that I've worn maybe once since I bought them new.

I don't think I have any brand that I both dropped a lot on but also haven't worn enough to justify it, I think all my highest price purchases have gotten a good handful of wears at the least. The most I've spent on a single dress I think was around $500 and change and I've worn it several times.

It wasn’t expensive or anything, but it was definitely a frivolous purchase. It only matches with a few of my dresses, and it’s a real pain to carry around. I had the opportunity to buy it in person, and I couldn’t resist. But, I don’t regret the purchase! It was a wishlist item from my babylita days.

Swans/cygnets are fairly uncommon in lolita, so it matches just Milky Swan of the dresses I own, a dress I don’t even like that much and hardly ever wear.

>>10574110
Same here! I got an usakumya coin purse for like $50. I'm going to use her often (in and out of lolita) to justify the price. I don't regret the purchase as I wanted one for about a year or so and usakumya is very cute. I was a little sad that she can't do the flipping ears thing but oh welp she's still a bear cosplaying a bunny. I just didn't want to spend more than $100 for a plush purse but $50 is a lot for what it is.

This dress.
I did get it on sale so it's not the most expensive thing I've bought, but idk how many years ago it was released and I have never worn it once and it still has the tags on.
I guess I don't entirely regret it because I do take it out of my closet from time to time to admire how pretty it is and try it on, but would be nice to have an occasion to actually wear it out. It's just so overly fancy and quite heavy, and the trim makes weird crunchy noises when you sit down.

>>10574199
That is absolutely gorgeous! You could wear it to an online tea party/ meet if you do those kinds of things.

these. stupid babylita me with half a dress, not even a full one, decided I HAD to buy some brand and I bought these because they were the cheapest thing at the baby store that still had the logo on it. literally why would I buy $19 hair ties that people were barely going to see

>>10574204
half a dress? like a skirt?

>>10574207
I was making my first jsk at the time, lol. Luckily I was able to look at the dresses at the btssb store so it didn't turn out too ita! A comm member asked what brand it was so I guess I did good lmao

>>10574212
Idk
Sorry to burst your bubble, and maybe this was just my area, but "what brand is that" used to be code.
It was something you'd ask if a garment looked ita, but you wanted them to admit it instead of flat out asking if it was handmade/milanoo.

>>10574217
aw really? damn. not tryina double down or anything but it was that person's first meet and she asked about everyone's dresses, so I would assume she was being friendly and not bitchy? who knows, maybe she already picked up bitch code online before joining a comm tho

>>10574212
hmm offtopic from the thread but I kinda want to see a picture and if you have the pattern available that (like the name of the pattern/brand.)

>>10574222
ugh I wish I could selfpost but I still wear the dress regularly and would get immediately ID'd and kicked out of my comm since they're very anti cgl :( it was mostly self-drafted with a commercial princess seam bodice and somewhat similar to the karami jsk but with less-nice lace and the skirt was different and not tiered. its currently at 80ish likes in LSC so like, not amazing but not super bad either

>>10574197
i don't own milky swan but i did buy the pochette for candy sprinkle, which, has swans!

>>10574188
Oh my God I've been wanting a pair of Fluevogs so bad

>>10574204
Honestly I bought these and a few other pairs of hair ties at BTSSB NYC and they were such a good purchase. I really like them for casual lolita

I got several outfits for my Kumyas that were over $40 even secondhand, but I never wear my Kumyas and I don't have the matching print or even much blue in my wardrobe. Somehow, I don't regret it. I'm certain I'll use it eventually because it's so cute.

I also bought the Kumakumya puppet secondhand for a decent price, but it's still a lot for something so unnecessary. I was inspired by @baby_fukuoka to film little clips using puppets. I don't use it yet because I don't have the matching Usakumya puppet to interact with.
>tfw no friend for Kuma

I also bought an Usakumya blanket secondhand for a fair price even though I already have a lot of blankets. However, I use it almost every day in the winter! I'm surprised I got so much value out of it - I thought it would be a waste.

>>10574242
DA but I used to make impulse accessory purchases there all the time, I know they couldn't survive on just that but I'm still sad they're gone.

>>10574062
Scrumbche.

>>10574220
She might not have been then. It was only usually "brandwhores" that would do that, and this was back somewhere between 2009 and 2013 if I'm remembering correctly.

>>10574245
I saw this on depop https://www.depop.com/products/rchhh-rare-baby-the-stars-shine/ but it's $150 idk if you were looking for it

>>10574311
forgot to add there was also an usakumya handpuppet on Mandarake for 7000 yen https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155372477&ref=list&soldOut=1&keyword=baby%20the%20stars%20shine%20bright

>>10574311
>>10574312
Thank you! I might get that cheaper one if it's still available after my next paycheck. I paid 6,600yen for the Kuma, but that was from CC so it was along with other items.

>>10574062
I’ve spent $150 on a plastic piece of jewelry

>>10574245
the kumakumya puppet is so freaking cute, i have often felt tempted by it. totally justifiable purchase in my brand-addled opinion

>>10574062
An AATP full size bicorn, got it used for like $250 USD. I rarely wear it because a lot of the older pirate prints are cut too small for me, theoretically I should fit all of them but imo they look too tight on me

I bought this ivory Brilliant Romance head dress for ~$85 ($65 + $20 shipping) off of CC last year. It's really pretty, so I don't know if I regret it, but I'm a pastel sweet lolita who barely has any ivory in my wardrobe and it would only go with maaaybe two dresses I have. I also don't really know how to style headdresses like this. I almost always wear normal headbows. It's currently just sitting on my brand bags to make them look cute and regal, but I really want to pull it off somehow, one day. I still feel kind of stupid for buying it.

>>10574332
Same. I paid $300 for a particular piece. Feels good to have it now though.

>>10574198
>TFW got a pair of Usakumya and Kumakumya off Mbok years ago for ¥2500

>>10574062
As a babylita I thought I had to have a full coord before I bought any other thing, which as an idea works, in theory.
Too bad my dumb ass thought that a parasol was an essential part of a coord. I spent an arm and a leg on shipping and ended up using it only a couple of times baka

>>10574245
>>10574311
I've seen the puppet on depop but also cheaper on fril/mercari in the past if you want the usakumya to match.

Skits with puppets reminds me of how Lor uses a rilakkuma puppet for her ad reads and it made me think it would be so cute if a lolita yter just used the btssb puppets and homemade or purchased pochetee or puppet-sized copies of real lolita dresses to make lolita content. It would be unique, you could stay anonymous, and no one can complain about looks on cgl because they're just cute puppets.

I know it'll prolly never happen, but who knows. I don't really watch Tyler but she got her LWLN idea from cgl so maybe someone can make a puppetlita channel one day lol

>>10574199
I'm in a similar boat, except with this OP.

My husband bought it for me as a gift (it was a spur of the moment thing bc it was done by raffle). I've never worn it aside from trying on and if I do it'll probably need a bit of alteration as even at my slimmest it's always been too tight in the sleeves and shoulders. Even once wearable, it's just such a beautiful, heavy, and fussy dress, that I don't know where I'd even wear it. We eloped when we got married and at this point I never even want a wedding, but I guess I'd love to do a bridal shoot in this dress one day, cause I kinda miss not having fancy wedding photos to hang up in the house lol. It'd definitely be perfect for that.
I also like to take it out once in a while to admire it - it's got so many little details. The fabric is damask with polka dots and feels really luxurious, there's pearls stitched to the dress all over the place, and there is an absolutely huge bow on the back. I love that dress so much, and hopefully I do it justice when I finally get to properly wear it.

I bought misako sheet masks fully knowing they don’t do shit to my skincare routine.

Victorian Maiden teacup and saucer. After seeing it on auctions for a year straight eventually I went mad and had to have it.

>>10574369
>you could stay anonymous, and no one can complain about looks on cgl because they're just cute puppets.
that's exactly what I was hoping for. I want to participate in the social media community, but I don't want any coworkers to recognize me and think iS ThAt SoMe KiNd oF fEtIsh??! So puppets would be perfect.

paid 150 for what is basically brand cat ears, i didnt know they were kind of rare until a couple of other lolitas started offering me money whenever i wore them

The most recent Elizabeth OP MTO, still can't believe I spent over $700 on a dress. I don't know what caused this lapse in judgement, but I better love it when it's finally with me because I'll never get back what I paid for it. Not only will it be the most expensive item in my wardrobe, but the most impractical one as well. I have no idea if I'm ever going to get a chance to wear it outside, and even if I do, will I be too afraid to ruin it? Mistakes were made

>>10574694
I'm not sure if you're stupid or something but you can definitely get above retail for it.

>>10574701
I already paid well above retail with SS fees, shipping will probably be over $100 on top of that as well. I guess I am stupid, but that's good news. Hopefully I don't come off as a scalper if I do ever decide to sell it.

>>10574701
Nta but don’t be mean, it would be hard to sell since things above $600 tend to sell slowly on lm. That one baby wedding dress at $1k has been sitting for weeks

>>10574707
ntayrt but that OP is pretty popular. Might take a little while, but I bet you could get above retail.
Might depend on if there is another rerelease. I haven't been keeping up with that.