/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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I miss old school in the sense that it's hard to fuck up when everything other than the dress is solid white or black. Now people just throw on a printed EVERYTHING and it's just one giant cluster fuck of indistinguishable pastel shapes. The only thing that hasn't been hit with print yet is blouses, but I see that coming in the future.

I love prints, but a lot of people seriously do not have the fashion sense to wear them in an appealing way.

>>7163435
god damn i fucking love heart aprons
i wish they were a little bit more wearable but i don't mind the costume comments -that- much so eh.

>>7164050
Aprons are adorable, and I really don't see the stigma with them. Going full on maid is one thing, but just wearing an apron is completely different. If you wear one with a classic style it looks somewhat authentic too depending on the style of the apron.

>>7164114
I think to many people automatically associate aprons + dress = Alice in wonderland. Or apron = maid.

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>>7164050
I made a heart apron/dress the other day and I love it. But I'm not really a lolita so that might be why I don't give shits about it being ita or whatever.

I've got a few, proceeding to dump

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>>7164140
I feel like this is one of the most iconic images of old school lolita

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>>7164137
these don't look very old school to me, what makes them so?
they just look gothic.

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some old school hair

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i have that apron in black, i love it.
they're so cute, wearing stuff from shimotsuma monogatari. i miss old school.

>>7164142
Meta had some of the best old school gothic.

>>7164143
Quite a few of these pictures are only a year or two old. I'm guessing anon only looked at the thumbnail, but still, even in the thumbnails you can tell that they're modern gothic lolita.

>>7164050
I finally got a blue heart apron a few months ago, but I still haven't worn it out yet. I'm going to woman up and do it, though, it's too cute to leave sitting in the back of my wardrobe after searching for it for so long!

>>7164196
Anyone got any info on this dress? A friend of mine had it a while back and sold it, I was sick that I didn't have the money to buy it from her, and I've never seen it anywhere else.

>>7164305
I own it, what would you like to know? It's at least 10 years old, embroidered and the sizing is huuuge. I paid close to $400 as it's so hard to find and a dream dress. Oh, and it also comes in all black.

>>7164149
Can anyone recommend a good place to buy a Ringlet wig? I really don't like the way GLW did them and I don't know if Bodyline is any good. My natural hair is very short, so I can't do them with that.

>>7164435
Ooh wow! That explains why I've never seen it around since! Does it have a name or is it just a generic 'meta cross pattern jsk' sort of deal?

>>7164486
Bodyline's wigs aren't too bad from what I've seen.

I don't miss the aesthetic of Oldschool Lolita, but rather miss the ethereal feeling that it came with it. Innocence, elegance, quietness... the way that it was portrayed at that time, and how big names like Novala Takemoto and Mana represented it.
Right now, we are portrayed as rude girls pretending to be cute, always competing to see who's the best and ashaming the worse. Who knows, maybe that remembrance of the past will come again in the future.

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>I don't miss the aesthetic of Oldschool Lolita, but rather miss the ethereal feeling that it came with it. Innocence, elegance, quietness... the way that it was portrayed at that time, and how big names like Novala Takemoto and Mana represented it.


This exactly

>>7165229
>Who knows, maybe that remembrance of the past will come again in the future.

I doubt it.
Fixating an image from bad to good is nearly impossible. People will always remember the bad you've done rather than the good and are more likely to associate you with the bad, too.

>>7165256
One can always wish.

>>7164122
This has been my favorite photo for years.

>>7164959
I just call it the cross embroidery JSK, I think that's what Meta called it. The fact that item names were more generic back then can be quite annoying.

>>7165229
In fairness, I think even in the early days in Japan lolitas were seen as crazy self-harming attention seekers. Sort of like how emos are seen here, but more delusional. I agree that there was something a little more magical about lolita back in the day, though.

>>7163421
If anyone has the headbow or bonnet in Black from this series please let me know. I would love to buy it from you.

>>7164028
>Now people just throw on a printed EVERYTHING and it's just one giant cluster fuck of indistinguishable pastel shapes.
Thanks anon, my thoughts exactly. People try to avoid mixing prints in other fashions, idk why in lolita now it is so in, honestly. It looks very messy to me.

>>7165224
Thanks, I'll try checking that out then.

>>7163421
This is still one of my favourite lolita pics and also makes me feel really old.

>>7165686
Wearing Dream Day Carnival tights with a DDC JSK/OP and a DDC bow/bonnet is not a good look. Those damn matching tights ruin a lot of otherwise decent outfits/

>>7165722
I just saw how old it is and I was really surprised. I had no idea it was that old. Time flies for a lolita veteran. Although it also makes me a bit bitchy because girls who have been into the fashion for a quarter of the time I have been have closets that put mine to shame. It's worse when they can't coordinate/style properly.

But anyway, old school lolita will always have a special place in my heart. I look fondly back to the times when everyone ordered from In The Starlight and almost no one had brand. So people bragged (and were looked up to) about owning series like Meta's Lovely Alphabet which is actually kinda fugly. And the tutorials! There were so many. I also meet the abundance of meet up posts. And the lolita stock photos account on Flickr that always got spammed. Oh, and I wish I still had the pictures I saved from Lolita Snap, there were so many pretty old school pictures on there. When did LS end?

I don't miss the days of Biscuit Ribbon, though. What were you thinking, Meta?!

>>7165737
Dropped my picture!

It really hurts to think of all the glorious Moitie I almost bought for retail that is now super hard to find/expensive. Iron Gate, I almost owned you...

Talking of lolita snap... this was my favorite inspiration picture. It still brings back memories. I was just starting out lolita back then and everything felt magical.

Oh man, I just came across these... the queens of lolita snap lel
And there were those two German gothic girls who always twinned, anybody remember them?

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You know, you can dick around in the web archive and still access a lot of the images and content from the site, right?

>>7166162
Good suggestion... PsychoDollfie and Graveflower was who I was asking about! Too bad I can't remember my username

maybe this isnt but
its one of the things i really want despite ita-ness :(

>>7166162
I don't remember my log in anymore so I can't access any of the images.

Does anyone have any old school boystyle? I miss those tacky ass tights.

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God, I love Meta's glorious tackiness.

>>7167311
Hm...I don't recall it being from Meta. Man, I wish I had my English GLB right now so I could double check. I do remember Marble taking part in this photoshoot.

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>>7166191 is by Maxicimam or w/e.

>>7167314
reading the thing on the top left i think it's from MAM (maxicimam?).

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I found my GLB. The petticoats and shoes are from MAM, but the rest were part of a GLB pattern - so there really isn't a brand for this coordinate.

>>7165686
I think there's also a sort of unspoken sentiment these days that simple, plain or less 'out there' coordinates = boring. People want to have a unique style and are eager to stand out, but sometimes that makes them do weird things that aren't aesthetically pleasing (random or unbalanced colors, not sticking to a theme, too many prints, piling on too much stuff etc.). It's like they've forgotten that taking a basic, simple coord and tweaking it can make it visually interesting.

I think experimental or OTT cords need the most thought and planning, but that's not something people readily realize sometimes.

Either way, these images reminded me of a time when wigs were seldom used and even then, it was advised that natural colors were best. Now wigs are common and people suggest you coordinate them with your outfit in styles like OTT sweet. It's not a bad thing, but I think it's interesting how much some stuff has changed.

I like the direction the style's taken now, but I also miss the quiet elegance of old school. These images were what I cut my teeth on.

>>7167138
Those tights are still in, though? Chantily etc

>>7171617
You do realise that the G&LB patterns are of brand items?

>>7171645
I love simple Lolita outfits too. Just the basics, not too many accessories, not too much fuzz. Just decent, good Lolita. Nowadays I always feel so boring next to my friends who aren't that much into old school as I am and always dress very extravagantly on meets etc. I feel like I have to step up my game but I don't really want to pretend to be something I'm not.

>>7167138
Only have this.

>>7171724
Like I said, there's a way you can make coords visually interesting without going overboard. My strategy is to pick out plain pieces with beautiful details (pintucking, ruffling, etc.), keep the rest very basic as far as my outfit goes and choose some elegant, eye-catching accessories.