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who do you miss? who do you wonder about who is no longer active?

pic related, i loved faunkegin back in the day despite not liking sweet. followed her hipster blog for a while too before she dropped off all fashion comms.

>> No.9914983

>>9914978
This girl would get slammed nowadays but she used to be such an inspiration. Sad how the community has gotten so much more rigid.

>> No.9914984

>>9914978
I miss MC Melody Doll a lot. Her songs are great. I'm pretty sure she's still a lolita, just never posts anything on Facebook and I can't find her anywhere else.

>> No.9915003

>>9914978
I miss Lauran. I know she still has an Instagram, but she quit lolita. Why did she quit? She was such an inspiration to me...

>> No.9915005
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>>9914978
Jesus H Christ, that shoop

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>>9914983
This, its weird to think that today she'd get called a manface ita with borderline fatty legs. I admit I'd say that about a girl like her in the cof thread but she still looks cute to me and now I feel nostalgic for those days when being physically beautiful was less important

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>>9914978
I actually liked sniper_nyan's blog. I miss her. Tempest Paige came back, why can't she come back too? Anyone know how she's doing now?

>> No.9915023

>>9915017
You can't complain when you're part of the fucking problem

>> No.9915027

>>9915023
It's not so much a complaint but thinking about this really made me realise how far I've fallen. I do feel really fucking bad about it now and am going to try to not be such a saltpile in the future.

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9915028

There is only one true answer

>> No.9915053

>>9915021
Ditto, anon. I loved her aesthetic_lolita blog and thought her coords were super cute.

Last I checked a couple years ago her insta was like... milky swan or swan milk or something... I don't remember. But she still posted cute outfits, usually jfash inspired, but no lolita. Does anyone know if she still has an insta and if so, what is her handle?

>> No.9915094

>>9914983
>the community has gotten so much more rigid
I don't think that has anything to do with the lolita community. young people in general these da ysare much more obsessed with social media and it's so much easier to shoop than when the internet was still kind of newish for a lot of us.

>> No.9915095

>>9915021
I think I bought my first dress from that girl in your pic

>> No.9915102

>>9915021
Why does her head look huge while her face is small? And her fair looks fried. Was she lolita by day and scene by night or something?

>> No.9915146

>>9915017
>manface ita with borderline fatty legs

she looks fine anon, jesus fuck

>> No.9915148

>>9915021
she posted on femalefashionadvice on reddit a few months ago with a boring af outfit, saying she was trying to dress more professionally and less cute. disappointing imo because she had a nice face and body

>> No.9915154

>>9915146
She has a rather unfortunate face tho

>> No.9915155
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9915155

>>9915017
But anon, she was constantly harassed for being man-faced. Did you even loli_secrets? Once i logged on to egl to see 10 giant images of her face and a shooped elongated chin before the mods logged on to remove it. If anything the bullying and harassment was worse when it did happen.
But I'm well out of my high school and colege years and i dont give a shit about itas and fatties. I am nostalgic as hell about old d_l and egl posts, even if they aren't as perfect as i remember them being back in the day. I still really love them and wish people werent so openly shitty and nitpicky. It's boring hearing people whine about things they dont like.
Even ita threads bpre me now. I miss the good old ita days when the real handmade, Momo's and Milano itas ran rampant.

>> No.9915160

>>9915155
>Even ita threads bpre me now. I miss the good old ita days when the real handmade, Momo's and Milano itas ran rampant.

ita threads now are so boring for the most part. they're almost entirely nitpicks. "shoes don't match." "should have done more with her hair." "the underskirt is too much" "wrinkly hem" "i wish she had a bag." like christ, i don't incorporate bags into my coords at all and stow my boring purses out of sight for outfit shots, guess i'm ita now

it's not like itas don't exist anymore, i went to a con a couple weeks ago and they were everywhere. it's just easier to pull a boring outfit from cof than it is to post an actually shitty coord

>> No.9915163

>>9915017
you are a cunt

>> No.9915165

>>9915154
like you look any better

>> No.9915193

>>9915005
You must be new.

>> No.9915204

>>9915165
I do though. Not everyone who goes to /cgl/ is ugly. Stop projecting.

>> No.9915207

>>9915155
This, she was called a manface constantly and people loved dredging up her Gaiaonline fakeboi half-nudes just to stir shit. Anyone who thinks the community was kinder back then is wearing some serious nostalgia glasses.

>> No.9915265

>>9914984
She posted a month ago at the moitie event. I really want her to post more and upload new songs though :(

>> No.9915281

I miss milkyfawn, she was so funny.
I also miss Kitch who barely wears lolita anymore

Faunkegin was nice too! Last time i saw her a few months ago she was into hipster fashion iirc.
It always pinches my heart a bit whenever i see girls i looked up to leave the fashion or move on

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>>9914978
I still browse the old Oregon comm meetup pics on egl every now and then. These girls were my idols when I was a newbie.

>> No.9915287

>>9915281
I always think it odd when ex-Lolitas seems just jump to an entirely different style. Makes it seem like they were into lolita because of a trend and not actual interest in it

>> No.9915289

>>9915287
People grow out of things, anon. I personally can't see myself leaving lolita any time soon, but with how toxic the community has gotten lately, it's understandable that some people just stop enjoying it. There's also people that can't wear lolita as often because of work or other obligations, but they can wear a different alternative fashion.

>> No.9915294

>>9915289
I think anon means to say that it's odd to see girls leaving lolita for something completely different like "minimalist" fashion; like leaving for another girly style or maybe something vintage inspired makes sense, but going from the extravagance and hyper-femininity of lolita to the other extreme seems odd and jarring.
Not to say that people aren't allowed to do this or that everyone is expected to stay in a tiny little aesthetic box for the rest of their lives; obviously people can completely change their mind when and if they're tired of the fashion, but I understand where the notion is coming from.

>> No.9915311

>>9915003
Same anon. She still is an inspiration to me though, even when decked out in VV. She just looks so elegant but still kinda punk in everything.

>> No.9915317

>>9915289
>with how toxic the community has gotten lately, it's understandable that some people just stop enjoying it

i don;'t understand this at all though. lolita is a fashion; it's based on aesthetics. it does not require you to be part of a community or to interact with other lolitas outside of buying/selling. it's so easy to avoid the community if you find it "toxic" and don't want to be a part of it, and that shouldn't influence your interest in the fashion

>> No.9915321

>>9915317
I can see it affecting people who get involved in drama, if they associate the clothes with their hurt feelings so they can't bring themselves to wear them anymore. Otherwise, it's often a sign that the person in question is into the fashion for the wrong reasons, namely to belong to a group or to get attention/gain e-fame. You see it in people who say they want to wear it but are too scared to because "the community is so elitist", or the no-name youtubers who announce they're leaving the fashion as if anyone noticed or cares that they're into it in the first place, usually because they didn't get the attention they wanted. Sad, but unfortunately inevitable.

>> No.9915340

>>9915294
Why is it odd and jarring? A lot of sweet lolitas are punk/goth/emo at some point before being a sweet lolita. Why is the other way around wrong?

>> No.9915351

>>9915340
I didn't say anything about goth or punk or another dark style, I specifically mentioned minimalist fashion and yes compared to lolita, it is jarring.

>> No.9915353

>>9914984
Melody_doll On insta, mostly food pics but it is active.

>>9915340 the example was Lolita to boring minimalism, not one alt fashion to another.

>> No.9915371

>>9915287
It wasn't a trend at all

>> No.9915411
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9915411

What happened to MissLilith? I see her coord pics floating around Pintrest but the sources are all dead

>> No.9915417

>>9915411
She still wears lolita sometimes, she has a new url on tumblr and a new youtube channel (though idk how active the latter is), I think her main "thing" now is otome games or something. But yes, she's still around, just not super into lolita like before.

>> No.9915423

>>9915287
It's earlier they leave because it becomes more know/a trend now and too much idiots join because of it than that they where there because it was a trend only.

>> No.9915426

>>9915423
That's an even dumber reason to leave though, who cares if it's popular and the comms are full of idiots? You could argue that there are way more lolitas at heart making the community unbearable to interact with now, and honestly that's debatable; but even if it's true, why would you drop a fashion style that you like because it's popular? You're still guaranteed to be the only lolita in your area 90% of the time and the chances of you running into an obnoxious, embarrassing ita on a normal day when you're out dressed up in your finest are low to none. It's not like the streets are full of embarrassing lolitas you'd hate to be associated with; if anything the fashion nearly lost its status as a street fashion with how many people are terrified of stepping outside in it unless they're going to a meetup or con.

>> No.9915429

>>9915411
AFAIK she got ill and was unable to wear busy clothes for a while so she took a break from the fashion and wore simpler stuff

>> No.9915432

>>9915294
>>9915340
I wear lolita as regular daily clothes a lot as well at meets. But if I ever quit I probably won't look remotely close to someone who wears lolita. I already don't 90% of the time that I wear something else.

But I too would think it's odd to suddenly become all "normal" and follow normie trends. Kinda feels like they where in it for attention and are bored of it so went back to being normal. Most people who change stay in alternative fashion or stop following trends and disappear from fashion communities all together. Alternative fashion, including lolita, and trends in normal fashion just kinda mix weird. Very different people/mentality, especially when it concerns their social media. So seeing the social media change like that is like a different person.

I kinda suck at explaining, but I agree to the point.

>> No.9915435

>>9915432
Just as a bit of extra clarification. My none lolita clothes are still alternative fashion. Just very not lolita, and the opposite of delicate, cute and ladylike.

>> No.9915459

>>9915351
>>9915294

I can actually see lolita going to minimalist fashion a lot more easily. Some girly fashions (including lolita) are pretty high-maintenance, and it's not just needing different pairs of tea party shoes to match all your dresses or having to match your blouse to your jsk. It's also needing to keep a certain length of hair and knowing how to style it, or else wear a wig every time you want to dress up. On top of basic stuff like grooming, skincare and maintaining healthy weight. We aren't even going to touch on those girls that need an hour to put their makeup and falsies on before stepping out of the house.

All you really need is to hit a sudden heavy workload together with a bit of personal family drama, maybe a touch of depression, and suddenly things like keeping track of which handbag doesn't work with which outfit, or straightening/curling your hair every morning starts to feel more like a chore than a joy. At the lowest point when you've got nearly no energy, it feels easier to let go of some of the fussy things, declutter down to a single pair of shoes and one handbag that you wear with every dress -- fuck coordinating outfits, and fuck blouses, also fuck styling your hair, just get it cut short and worry about wearing a wig when you've got time to later.

At the end of that period, sometimes people come back and slowly pick up all the extra grooming (I always have, but then before I got into lolita I was always someone who owned 10 pairs of high heels anyway). I can equally see some girls just looking back and going "I don't really need all that anymore" and just letting it all go. I guess that's what it means that people can change and no longer be into their old stuff that they used to care about.

They can still like the fashion but no longer feel the urge to be in it, or maybe they actually do have a tea party outfit still stashed away somewhere but just never get around to finding a tea party to wear it to.

>> No.9915467

>>9915459
Honestly, I feel after a while a lot of this becomes natural, and you don't think much about it anymore. Similarly, you will also have a lot of easy wearable, more casual stuff to wear comfortably in lolita.

Most people who wear it daily really don't feel like spending hours an make-up and styling. They just only upload their best outfits making it look like that. I know a lot of daily lolita's who don't take longer to get dressed than anyone else and still look great.

>> No.9915471

>>9915459
I get what you're saying, you're not wrong, but imo girls who make lolita overly complicated like that are digging their own graves, so to speak. Sure the fashion does require more maintenance than minimalist styles but one doesn't need 10 pairs of shoes and to painstakingly match every single piece to one another to look good; that's not what lolita is all about and people who can't see that and drop the fashion because "it's just soooo haaaaard" are doing it wrong.

>> No.9915474

>>9915459
I don’t think you wear the fashion if you think any of that is how Lolita’s are. No one keeps their hair a certain way for Lolita or feels that they have to do x daily. Just because it’s what is posted online doesn’t mean it’s what a typical person does.

On the other hand I have seen a lot of normies who wear falsies to work which is a ton more effort than what most Lolita’s do daily.

>> No.9915485

>>9915467
>>9915471
>>9915474

I know, I made it work, but I had a weird time where I only wore black clothes and everything else went out the window. Just saying that I could easily see some girls seeing that as liberating and rather than coming back to lolita they decide to simplify further. Especially if they weren't particularly blessed with good skin and manageable hair to begin with, so their preferred hair cut might be a pixie/boy cut, which certainly doesn't work with lolita, and their basic skincare already having ten steps to it can make putting basic makeup on feel like extra extra work.

>> No.9915491

>>9915485
Honestly, I think they just feel like lolita doesn't give enough social media attention anymore so they hop to what is trendy. You'll see, when "minimalist" looses followers and a new trend arises, they'll do the same again.

With lolita growing bigger you're just not that special for dressing well anymore, and there come people who look good and can contribute more and therefore get the attention instead of them, so they leave for the next thing.

>> No.9915498

>>9915491
>With lolita growing bigger you're just not that special for dressing well anymore
See that's the problem when people spend all their social lives online; you're not special for posting your lolita coords online and standing out isn't easy... unless you're just out and about wearing lolita on your own, in which case it does feel special and you do stand out like a sore thumb whether you like it or not. When people are too scared to wear the fashion and only wear it for attention online, this is what you get.

>> No.9915514

>>9915498
Exactly my point. I feel many of the people who go from lolita to minimalist right now value online social lives too much, which as you also said, doesn't really work. And they now go to other trends they can get more attention with because lolita doesn't give it anymore.

This is the same kind of thing as why I don't like this "the comm makes me feel bad so I leave the fashion" statements. Like, you should wear it for you. If you don't get along with the comm, no one forces you too. But if you quit the whole fashion it kinda feels like you just wanted to socialise and use the fashion as a means to an end instead of wearing it because you like it so much. Don't need friends to wear clothes.

Honestly, I'm not surprised such people don't make friends in lolita either. They already start with different reason than the ones who happen to love the same fashion and decide to look each other up. Expecting people will befriend you or think you're cool because you wear a particular dress is stupid. Let them leave, couldn't care less for them. Lolita isn't a socialising club, it's fashion. Socialising is just a secondary thing that happens.

>> No.9915954

>>9915028
please forgive my newfaggotry, but who is this? she looks like she might be related to me on my mom's side.

>> No.9915959

>>9915287
Because once you choose one thing in your life you can only like that one thing until you die

>> No.9915992

>>9915954
Princess Skye, she ran a blog called The Princess Portal that provided content relating to "how to be a princess". Super girly, super feminine, super self indulgent sweet lolita lifestyle-related content, basically. A great source of nostalgia for lolitas who were new around 2006-2007.

>> No.9915997

>>9915954
>>9915992
Following up with this blog which has some of Skye's original writing reposted: https://thelolitaprincess.wordpress.com/tag/the-princess-portal/

>> No.9916085

>>9915992
>>9915997
thank you

>> No.9916094

>>9915321
>people who say they want to wear it but are too scared to because "the community is so elitist"

it seems like a lot of lolitas, esp younger lolitas, realize how easy it is to be a lolita without having an online presence. but especially now some people seem to think it's some sort of requirement.

>> No.9916096

>>9916094
**don't realize how easy

>> No.9916165

>>9915474
There's a bunch of us who do have hime cuts to wear with lolita though. It makes it so easy to wear lolita but so hard to fit in with normie fashion so I personally gave up and always wear girly cute style if I'm not in lolita

>> No.9916195

>>9916165
It's not like a hime cut is going to look bad with normie clothes though? Unless you're a complete slob outside of Lolita (in which case nothing will look good). It just looks like a normie with a cooler haircut.

On the flip side, limp no-bangs, or even Instagram normie hair will look garbage with Lolita.

>> No.9916206

>>9916195
Yeah, the only problem I’ve ever had with my hime cut has been getting the side pieces to curl in the right direction and fending off hairdressers who insist on blending the different layers.
I have the longer, softer and more modern kind of hime cut, though. If anon has the shorter angular kind I can see it standing out more in normieland.

>> No.9916208

>>9915459
>All you really need is to hit a sudden heavy workload together with a bit of personal family drama, maybe a touch of depression...

Wearing lolita daily or even a few times a week is a fun idea when you're not working insane hours, or you're a student, or can wear the fashion in some form to your workplace.

I went through a two-year stint where I went from about 30-35 hours a week and could wear lolita on my days off or before/after work to working 50 to sometimes 70-75 hours a week. Some days, I'd leave my house at 6am and come home at 11pm. I'd miss my days off. I went 16 days without a day off once. Suddenly, the last thing you want to do on your precious day off (might be a half day, who knows?) is to fuss of your appearance so you can get groceries to eat at work and maybe pick up some toilet paper or actually see the dentist or doctor.

I work freelance graphic and webdesign now and can wear the fashion daily if I desire. Having lived that life, I can understand how someone could leave to go minimalist. If you're not able to enjoy your things, why even have them?

>> No.9916397

Don't understand why people are complaining here because people lose interest in lolita after a while. I do agree some people follow trends and leave once a new one comes along, but people move on from styles. we're not all emo anymore, or whatever. People change. Honestly being lolita for life, to me, sounds super boring. Its fun now, but in ten years I want to be doing other things.


>>9915411
>MissLilith
Man i forgot about her! I didn't like her that much, but looking back, she was really great.

>> No.9916405

>>9916397
I don't think anyone here is complaining, it's just a discussion.

>> No.9916634

>>9916397
>we're not all emo anymore
whoah anon, speak for yourself

>> No.9917165

>>9914983
She got heaps of hate for her looks though.

>> No.9917300

Who are the new icons for better or for worst? since daily lolita stop existing and tumblr begin to die no one appears as a icon like aliendoll, pastelbat or even the girls in this thread.

>> No.9917312

Not Lolita, but I miss Pin for the Yamamba looks; hope they're doing well these days.

>> No.9917317

>>9917300
Connie and Spiro?

>> No.9917341

>>9917300

Agree with >>9917317. Also probably mintkismet, Fanny Rosie, and unfortunately k8 and Claire for sweet.

>> No.9917404

>>9917317
I dont know those, can you pass instagram or something?

>> No.9917460

>>9917404
You can literally just type it yourself?

>> No.9917473

>>9917460
not that anon but googling "connie instagram" does not get me any lolita accounts

>> No.9917485

>>9917473
Mysterious_condiments

>> No.9917488

>>9917341
>mintkismet
i don't understand why shes so popular. people rag on spiro but she looks beyond skelly

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>>9917300
pastelbat was never a lolita icon. she was big on tumblr during the pastel goth trend, but she never was huge during her lolita days as rainbowbak3r.

kammie/mintymix doesn't post to closet of frills but she has a pretty sizable instagram following and a very distinct style.

>> No.9917498

>>9917473
You search for "connie" ON IG you silly goose

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>>9917488
shes just naturally thin, she always was even during the daily lolita days

>> No.9917505

>>9917488
she has some disease, she's pretty open about it. she sleeps for like 16 hours a day or something ridiculous and falls asleep very easily. it's not narcolepsy but it's something like that.

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Looking at old daily_lolita posts makes me a little sad and nostalgic. There was a very unpolished aspect to everyones post or coordinate. Now on CoF we only get to post 3 good photos at the absolute most, two good outfit shots and a makeup selfie.

Back then people would take a mirror photo, a self timer photo. Backgrounds were messy, photo quality was a little bit grainy. Even popular lolitas like Faunkegin who always took hi-res DSLR photos still didn't always look polished in every post.

We still have itas, we still have messy bedroom photos with garbage quality. With social media being mainstream now, the pressure to look perfect is heavier now than it was in the livejournal era.

>> No.9917531

>>9917502
>>9917505
her coords are so boring though, people definitely like her because shes so thin and frail

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>>9917531
her coordinates might not have been impressive back in the day, but she consistently looks nice now. why does someone always have to be "interesting" or push the boundaries of the fashion?

>> No.9917603

>>9917512
>Makeup selfies
Fuck them.

>> No.9917605

>>9917603
whats wrong with a makeup shot, anon?

>> No.9917745

>>9917460
I google it but does not appear, maybe is the setting for my country I dont know. Dont get mad about such a little thing you are gonna get old really quick

>> No.9917767

>>9917567
people with that mentality usually don't even wear the fashion.

>>9917512
you've made me sad anon.

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i LOVED this girl. Loved what she did with lolita/otome pieces. I think she has a family now so she doesn't really dress up anymore but she had such a glamorous look to her even if what she wore was rarely a full coord.

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this girl was the perfect classic lolita, her styling was always super super simple but it worked so well, she always looked almost angelic

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osea_chelleo was my top top favorite though, i still think about her every so often. wonder what she's doing, i remember there was a rumor bouncing around that she left due to her religion. i still hold out hope that she finds her way back to jfash someday.

>> No.9918635

>>9917505
She's pretty open about it without ever saying what it is, which is annoying. She used to always talk about it like it made her a fragile princess.

>> No.9918639

>>9918635
she used to have it on her about page. it's idiopathic hypersomnia

>> No.9918657

>>9918639

If we break down the medicalese, it means she sleeps a lot and no one knows why? Hmm.

>> No.9918676

>>9917502
Oh gross

>> No.9918685

>>9918657
pretty much, it's kind of like narcolepsy in that people with it can't always control when they fall asleep. she said in the past that she isn't able to get a driver's license because of that, and is limited to part time work because she can't stay awake etc.

>> No.9918789

Out of curiousity, what ever happened to Oo jia? Is she still active? what happened to the replica debate?

>> No.9918806

>>9918789
Looks like she's still making replicas. Interestingly, Haenuli is apparently a fan of her's.
The replica debate is still going strong and there are still people who support replicas.

>> No.9918811

>>9918806
>Haenuli is apparently a fan of her's.
Have anything to back that up? That's a big accusation to make. If it's true though she's basically inviting people to make replicas of Haenuli.

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>>9918811

>> No.9918819

>>9918816
Just to play devil's advocate, maybe she's just keeping an eye out to make sure Oo Jia doesn't make a replica of her stuff. Haenuli was the one that lost her shit over the girl that got a tattoo of her artwork, right?

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>>9918811
reuploading because I forgot to censor some stuff

>> No.9918825

>>9918819
That's possible. Or she could be buying lace from Oo Jia.

>> No.9918828

>>9918806
Wow, Haenuli. That's surprising. At this point in time, there's no reason to buy replicas unless you just don't care. Angelic pretty makes huge sizes now, and brand is also cheaper than ever with the second hand market being so accessible. Oo jia made me a dress way back when I was a noob, it was okay quality, but the print was faded and some of it looked repeated.

>> No.9918879

>>9918578
I don’t know where the religion rumor cane from. Years ago on an old thread I had found her tumblr and her style was a bit darker and edgier. I think she just lost interest and left lolita behind.

>> No.9918908

>>9917531
Speak for yourself. love her toned down classic coords.

>> No.9918911

>>9918577
Didn't she join some “demure Christian housewife” group? Her husband was an awkward obese neckbeard type of guy and they looked like such a strange match in photos.

>>9918578
I miss her too. She was one of my favorite sweet lolitas.

>> No.9919089

I really miss Milkyfawn.

I found out about her when the Deer Stalker vids started getting popular, and then I started reading her blog. I loved her posts, her life and friends seemed so interesting, and she was also cute and had a great personality and sense of humor. So many other "famous" lolitas are just... really boring or have shitty personalities. Plus, she had an amazing wardrobe that is still my inspiration to this day. She was who inspired me to drop big $ on brand and not hate myself for indulging in something I really love. (I never regretted it since.)

Sadly she got out of lolita very soon after she became one of my lolita idols. While that is her business, part of me wishes she would come back. I hate that she had a negative experience at the end with weird stalkers or whatever else happened, because even if she just went full otome it would have been nice to still have her for new inspiration.

>> No.9919091

>>9918908
but there are lots of girls who do those looks and don't look like they have spoon handles for legs
they aren't as popular
hmmmm it's almost like our community has unhealthy tendencies and like this girl because she's so skinny

>> No.9919103

>>9919091
Why do you put so much value on her looks? You're doing the exact same thing you're complaining about. She's popular because she's consistant and has nice coordinates.

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>>9918823
>>9918828
She has almost 4K FB friends so I think this is a bit of a reach. She probably adds a lot of Lolitas/brands, just like a bunch of other people in the fashion do. I was following her too for a while when she was supposed to be making original stuff and eventually I lost interest.

>> No.9919131

>>9919091
Are those girls on IG? I’m looking for new people to follow

>> No.9919143

>>9919091

You're literally just as bad as those people calling others cows based on their looks out of "concern for unhealthy tendencies" fuck off.

>> No.9919255 [DELETED] 

>>9914983
>>9917165
This, seriously. Loads of people used to post her here and bitch, call her man-faced, etc. I think it's easy to look back and assume things were better in the "old days" but they weren't, really.

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>>9919089
I mostly miss her blog, her pics where nice and I'm happy it's still up
The only lolita I really like now is LovelyLor and i'm glad she's still around.
I wish blogs were still a huge things, I feel like it's harder to keep an audience for one nowadays especially with the downfall of tumblr.

>> No.9919363

>>9917317
Who?

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>>9915003
Lauran and muier_noir were my favorites. I wish they were still active.

>> No.9919608

>>9919091
I agree that this community can fetishize thinness and call women who are obviously thin "fat/chubby/obese". most lolitas have severe body issues and one look into the feels thread confirms that.

but mintkismet doesn't show off her thinness, she doesn't look unhealthy, and she doesn't shoop herself skinnier and most importantly, consistently is kind and dresses really nicely. there are a million other things she has going for herself besides being thin.

>> No.9919714

>>9919608
I've never really thought about it but...a lot of lolitas do have body image issues, dont they...I guess it makes sense for a fashion based hobby, and most lolitas are probably middle-upper middle class, so they demographics are right. I'm not throwing stones, I have severe body issues as well, it's just an interesting observation.

FWIW she's mentioned losing weight, so I dont think it's all natural.

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>>9919714
its weird being in the lolita world or world of online communities like lolcow or pull where if you're over 120 and under 5'5 you're a cow who should lose weight, and you also need to have a nice round youthful face, medium sized perky boobs, very small legs, slender limbs.

then you go into the normal world, and realize you can still fit a small, you're still relatively thin, and you realize the lolita community (cgl in general) can be a toxic echo chamber of unhealthy standards and behavior.

she has an illness that makes her very tired, so she probably sleeps through meals and that contributes to her weightloss.

pic unrelated, i just love shelby.

>> No.9919745

>>9919363
I think they mean mysterious_condiments and spiro_j on instagram.

>> No.9919873

>>9919714
she's mentioned losing weight due to stress/anxiety. some people are stress eaters, some can't/don't eat when stressed.

>> No.9919886

>>9918578
She was always so cute, I feel like she always added some interesting extras to her coords. I am getting all nostalgic here and actually relive the fun i had with the fashion in the old days.

>> No.9919958

>>9919873
Sure Jan

>> No.9919960

>>9919958
Nayrt but losing weight due to stress is hardly unheard of.

>> No.9920000

>>9917300
aliendoll, an icon?

>> No.9920027

>>9919960
That wasn't the context

>> No.9920307

>>9920000
>>9917300
is aliendoll smileysquid?

>> No.9920351

>>9920307
yes

>> No.9920489

>>9917317
Cgl always picks the same boring bitches as their icons...Yawn...

>> No.9920515

>>9920489
Then tell us who your superior icons anon, I'll wait :3c

>> No.9920652

>>9920489
Obviously no one will ever replace our queen so why even try

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>>9919430
Noir hasn’t been in the scene in a long time but here is her current insta! She’s back from Japan.

>> No.9920857

>>9914978
I remember hearing that she quit her job and lived off benefits because "work didn't fit her lifestyle". This was after she went for that hipster look.

>> No.9920897

>>9914978
Was her head really the size of a tangerine?

>> No.9921090

>>9920000
lol she wishes, no way

>> No.9921173

>>9915498
We'll said. It feels normal online. But just wear it out. You are special. And stand out so much!
Dude. When I go to gas stations is the best. Ppl always stare. Lol.

>> No.9921183

>>9921173
OT but every time I go to gas stations in lolita people ask me for money, and I live in an okay area. It's weird af... is this the same for anyone else?

>> No.9921275

>>9920857
Didn’t a few of her friends become strippers? There was this one girl with a round face and an upturned nose who started stripping to afford AP, but I don’t remember if chin-chan did it too.

>> No.9921289

>>9920849
Holy F! Thanks anon

>> No.9921567

>>9915017
>>9915155
>>9915160
I think it has more to do with people being so try hard online. You can't do anything anymore without someone taking issue with it whether for click revenue or just to fit in.

>> No.9921571

>>9914978
>who do you miss
I miss my first lolita friend. She and I started wearing lolita at the same time. We were two of only three girls in our country who committed to the fashion wholeheartedly and wore it daily, but she quit lolita when she went to fashion college. She was never an international style icon or even well known, but she was nice and dressed well and was a good friend to me.
>I still have the lolita valentine she made for me once saved on my computer. I miss her a lot.

>> No.9921581

>>9921571
I had an almost identical experience in my early days. I had a weeby penpal, and I remember the excitement we shared looking at pictures of dresses online, drawing kawaii anime girls in ridiculously overdesigned dresses, and planning to wear the style together someday.

She didn't show on our first "Lolita day".
Twelve years later, I'm an active member of a strong common, and she just... vanished.

>> No.9921583

>>9921581
*comm
gdi autocorrect

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>>9915003
Have you actually seen her recent laur_an instagram posts? Her vivienne westwood collection is insane. It's definitely more inspirational than the thousands of clonechans all wearing the same angelic pretty mass produced prints. I think her current style fits her better than her old lolita coordinates, which were always a bit hit or miss desu.

>> No.9921625 [DELETED] 

>>9919430
after muier_noir moved back to the USA from Japan she's become a minor celeb in the craft beer scene and goes by amandabear_lecter online. She still wears some casual lolita clothes like brand socks in her posts, but for the most part she's really only interested in getting drunk off punny backyard brewery beers and writing clever hashtags that her primarily male audience eats up like crazy. Worried about that betch desu, she drinks too much.

>> No.9921627

>>9919430
after muier_noir moved back to the USA from Japan she's become a minor celeb in the craft beer scene and goes by amandabear_lecter online. She still wears some casual lolita clothes like brand socks in her posts, but for the most part she's really only interested in getting drunk off punny backyard brewery beers and writing clever hashtags that her primarily male audience eats up like crazy. Worried about that betch, she drinks too much.

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>>9914984
She's still into the fashion, but rapidly gained a bunch of weight and no longer fits into her old lolita clothes, which is probably why she's not as active as before/been in hiding.

>> No.9921639

>>9921630
Different anon, but this makes me sad. I hope she gets her health back on track.

>> No.9921683

>>9921630
this is really sad :( wonder if it was medication or something?

>> No.9921690

>>9921630
Weight gain happens to the best of us. She's still cute as heck tho, and would totally rock plus size coordinates. No need to hide.

>> No.9921697

>>9921690
usually it's gradual tho anon, she gained weight really quickly

>> No.9921995

>>9921627
Yeah, I have no idea what's gone on in her life the last few years. A few of her posts kinda allude to not so good stuff.
When she was still in Japan and posting on social media she was also pregnant again. Her insta isn't anything like her old social media pages, she is a lot more private now. Also that is a hell of a lot of alcohol posts.

>> No.9922029

>>9921995
It’s her job to promote craft beer so idk why you’re so concerned?

>> No.9922094

>>9921995
She had a late term miscarriage. That shit would cause anyone to fall into serious depression and social withdrawal for a good while. She stopped posting about anything family related after that tragedy and keeps things very superficial online and I don't blame her.

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Where is herajika now?

>> No.9922292

>>9921275
One of her old friends from that Oregon clique is an escort now, but she hasn't worn lolita since like 2008-2009ish. I don't think any of the other ones got into sex work, but I'm not 100% sure.

>> No.9922453

>>9922292
Yup.
One of them is Alice who is currently in Tokyo living the dream. She goes by glitterxbeast on instagram. I think she works part time for a lolita company over there, but she's very antisocial and doesn't post much in the comm.

>> No.9922461

>>9922453
She was always such a rude cunt.

>> No.9922463

>>9922461
No wait wrong girl. Oh god I can’t remember the other ones name

>> No.9922466

>>9922463
The fat one? She's the escort. The other skinny one was Victoria and as far as I am aware she is doing fuck all with her life.

>> No.9922479

>>9922466
Matel9, I finally remembered. iremember her being really rude to me irl and I had never even interacted with her at all before that. I was like wtf is this girls problem?

>> No.9922489

>>9922095

She married recently. Saw that on one of her friends' instastories. Looks like she still wears lolita but only occasionally and is now private about her lifestyle. I don't blame her, but man she was my all time inspiration because she was also in the science field and seemed to be successful in balancing her work and kawaii shit.

>> No.9922511

>>9922479
Ah, that is actually Alice. That whole Oregon group was pretty bitchy (and blonde), so the confusion is understandable.

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9922534

Does anyone remember tian_shi aka Angel?
She was so elegant

>> No.9922594

>>9922534
Yes! Though I was too young at the time to be able to meet her. I really loved seeing her coords and she used to host meets for the Chicago comm before moving. No idea what she's even up to.

>> No.9922723

>>9922511
Holy shit she looks totally different eww

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what ever happened to Rosaire?

>> No.9923653

>>9922977
GOD YES I HAVE BEEN WONDERING THIS TOO

>> No.9924299

>>9921690
No she definitely looks gross, and barring illness weight gain on that level doesn’t just ‘happen to the best of us.’ The only thing that poor chick can rock is a mumu, as shown.

Trying to squeeze that much blubber into brand would look like squeezing open a roll of raw cookie batter.

>> No.9924532

>>9922977
I honestly want to know what happened to most of the people posted on getoffegl like Rosaire, ___ifwinterends, maikodolly, etc.

>> No.9924715

Wow, so many old names on here. It's been so long.

Probably late to the party, but regarding what was said in >>9916208 about how people end up leaving the fashion.

I wore Lolita daily for years and was an active member of my community. Was always hanging out for the next BtSSB reservation and browsing LJ sales comms daily.

It's true what other people have said- a full work schedule changes your priorities because your time and energy get severely depleted. If you're exhausted from working all week, the last thing you want to do is spend ages on hair and make-up, and often people become less active in the community in general.

Your goals change too. When I had small goals - stuff like getting a shitty retail job, visiting Japan, and going to at least 5 concerts a year - it was easy to make room in my life for the fashion. But now, my goals are bigger - buy a house with my partner, have kids, start a consultancy - and somehow that's played a big role in pushing lolita out of my life.

Why pay $300 for a dress when I could that money towards a house deposit? Why go to comm meets when I could spend my heavily rationed time and energy on people who I have a deeper connection with than just being into the same fashion? (I have made good friends from my comm, so I just hang out with them if I feel like frilling up- though most of us have grown out of lolita.)

I guess it's about finding a balance. I occasionally wear stuff that is Lolita-inspired, like a vest/blouse combo with a flared skirt, but it's just easier to invest your time and energy into wearing "acceptable alternative".

Plus, most of the lolitas in my comm are in their 30s and depressed with no means of supporting themselves. They spent a bit too long focusing too much on the lolita lifestyle and nothng else. Last I heard, they tend to sit around unemployed, bitching about people they used to know on LJ years ago and collecting new fandoms aimed at young adults.

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>>9924715
>it's impossible to lead an adult life and want to wear frilly shit
It's fine if you feel that lolita isn't for you anymore but your experiences aren't universal.

>> No.9924724

>>9924721
who said that? because what I read was this gulls experience working full time and being too tired to do lolita and ultimately moving on from prioritizing it over her bigger life goals.

>> No.9924727

>>9924715
>Why pay $300 for a dress when I could that money towards a house deposit? Why go to comm meets when I could spend my heavily rationed time and energy on people who I have a deeper connection with than just being into the same fashion?

I'm closing in on 30 and haven't grown out of buying and wearing the fashion, but I've sure as hell grown out of meetups. I don't have the social energy to spend time with people who I don't know and don't care about just because we wear the same fashion. They used to be fun but now they feel like a waste of time; I don't connect with anybody and most of the people that come to them are in a different life stage than I am. Strongly prefer the lonelita life.

>> No.9924766

>>9924715
>Plus, most of the lolitas in my comm are in their 30s and depressed with no means of supporting themselves
That's got to be the worst. I'd probably leave if my comm were all around my age and not able to support themselves. We have a few, but most of us that are over 25 are single or dating/married and are working full time.

Lolita is fun, but that's it. It's fun. It's no different than video games. You can enjoy them and lead a healthy adult lifestyle, but if it takes up a lot of your life, you're fucked later on. I'm 36 and I started the fashion at 30.

If I stayed in that job, I probably would've sold my wardrobe within another 6 months or so because I wasn't wearing it. I didn't have time and it was yet another source of stress for me.

>> No.9924768

>>9924715
I'm almost 30, work a full time job + freelance, own my own house, am one of our comm mods, and wear almost every weekend if not during the week.

for me, lolita gives me release from the draining work week, and helps me with self care. spending time to do my hair and makeup for a meet is a welcome treat to myself in contrast to the work week where sometimes i barely have time to shower before running out the door. wearing lolita is "me time."

everyone is different, you can keep lolita in your life but it has to be healthy.

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>>9924715
Is this the lolita version of "I used to be a Goth too but I grew out of it"?

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>>9914978

I used to be part of a pretty big italian lolita community, which more or less fell apart a few years ago. Haven't seen a real life lolita aside for myself in a ages.

>> No.9924847

>>9924846
My kneejerk reaction is to be sad about this but if something happened that was so bad that your entire comm fell apart, you're probably better off being a lonelita.
What happened, anyway? Can you talk about it or would that be bringing up old drama we're better off not knowing about?

>> No.9924852

>>9924715
I'm 28 and i've also grown out of meets but I still love the fashion and probably never will grow out of it. Mainly a part of it is that I feel uncomfortable in T-shirt and pants and dresses are just the way to go. I have a lot of plain IW and JM staples that I can wear with a cardigan and plain tights and call a normie outfit. So in fact most of my items still get a lot of wear even though I only find the time and energy for proper lolita coord with full hair and make-up etc. once every 1-2 months.

You obviously didn't care enough about it, otherwise you would have found a way to incorporate lolita into your new lifestyle.

>> No.9924853

>>9924847

Point is, I'm not even sure. We had meetups and all that, then gradually people simply stopped showing up, be it online or offline. I still can't poin the finger on what actually went wrong, community actually was *relatively* drama free.

>> No.9924862

>>9924853
That's very strange. Have you talked to any of the other girls about it? Maybe whatever made the comm fall apart went down "behind the scenes" so you're unaware of it.

>> No.9924895

>>9924852
same here. I pretty much only wear what CoF would call a "full coord" at cons, but I have a really large wardrobe of lolita pieces and wear them often. Just in much simpler ways. I have a lot of easy-breezy Meta prints like Marine Border and Pink Lemonade which are fine for lolita but really wearable outsite of lolita, a ton of ETC/ST which look fine without a petti, and a lot of IW solids and tartans.

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>>9915021
Can someone please tell me sniper_nyan's current instagram or reddit handle?

>> No.9926552

>>9925110
her reddit is shy-bae