/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.10422938]

What was your first lolita coord/item/main piece? Do you have any stories regarding it? For me, it was pic rel in the red colorway and some other bodyline items

[Anonymous No.10422944]

Pancake OP in black. I remember reading fyeahlolita's bodyline guide for beginners and really liking it. It's lightweight and comfortable so I still wear it time to time (especially as it gets warmer)

[Anonymous No.10422949]

Some In The Starlight op in sax, idk the name anymore.

[Anonymous No.10422954]

mine was pic related in white, im pretty sure i was convinced i could make my whole wardrobe shiro with gold accents. i never ended up finishing my "first" coord or even wearing it for more than trying it on, but like 4 years later i got my first brand main piece (daydream carnival memorial jsk)

[Anonymous No.10422956]

Bought this IW OP for crazy cheap. I’m just above average height for a westerner so I didn’t think I’d worry about length in lolita and never thought to check the length on it. I got the dress and it fit like a glove, except it barely covered my ass. I never built a coord for it and just stared sadly at it in my closet until I sold it a year and a half later. Now I always check the length on everything.

[Anonymous No.10422958]

Sweet Cream in mint. I remember seeing it online and then one of my friends happened to be selling theirs so I bought it. I still kept it during my three-year break from lolita but I recently parted with it. It was bittersweet but I saw it as an improvement since I can afford brand nowadays.

[Anonymous No.10422959]

Pic related~ it wasn't even the first dress I bought, but it arrived first so it was the first lolita dress I've ever worn!

[Anonymous No.10422966]

>>10422958
>good bodyline isn't good cause muh brando.
you sound like a perma-ita.

[Anonymous No.10422972]

>>10422959
Thats a really cute dress, good choice.

[Anonymous No.10422973]

>>10422972
Thank you!!! you're very sweet! I had a ton of fun wearing it

[Anonymous No.10422975]

White Rabbit Salopette from Alice and the Pirates. My sister had been a lolita for awhile and I had only found out about ouji more recently. This was one of the first pieces I saw and really wanted. Baby/Alice attended our local con, I saw it in person, and that pretty much cemented it for me. Now I do egl with my sisters.

[Anonymous No.10422983]

Fancy Box Switching JSK in navy or Fancy Paper Dolls Tiered JSK in pink, I forgot which arrived first. I ended up selling both (Fancy Box didn’t have a matching bow and I am a basic bitch) but after feeling regret I found both again in the same colors and managed to snag a cheap Fancy Box bow on Yahoo Auctions. Ended up selling Fancy Paper Dolls again but kept Fancy Box and bought another set in ivory. Even though I’m more of a classic lolita nowadays, it’s probably my favorite dress.

[Anonymous No.10422989]

Magic Princess Napoleon JSK.

I started straight out the gate as a brand-whore. This dress solidified my love of cotton and glitter prints. I bought it directly from AP USA and I remember the shop girls drew a cute picture for me on my order invoice. I can't believe it was in stock for weeks at that time, given the current state of AP. I think this print would sell out in seconds today.

At the time I didn't care about the headbow or the OTKs. I actually got them recently. I found the headbow in a CC in Japan last year and was proud of myself for asking in (probably my best) Japanese if they could sell me the headbow only (it was attached to a JSK as a set). And they said yes! Then recently, amid COVID, I finally got the matching OTKs. So, three years later, my set is now complete.

[Anonymous No.10422992]

For some reason, i thought that every Lolita sew their dresses and also that lolitas only wear OPs (no skirts or jsk).
So, i ordered my first lolita dress in a normie sewing salon. It was made out of satin left side up (still shiny) and was mid-calf length.

[Anonymous No.10422993]

This Le Miroir taobao dress in the grey/blue color, just because I love birds and despite all the horror stories I'd heard, I didn't think the quality could be /that bad/ but boy did they did prove me wrong.

I still love the print, I wish they'd redo this with better materials.

[Anonymous No.10422994]

>>10422966
>perma-ita

And you came to this conclusion, how? There’s nothing wrong with Bodyline but all my favorite dresses since then have been brand, I’d rather buy those than keep a dress I don’t love anymore

[Anonymous No.10423002]

>>10422992
My first piece was custom made too. I wanted to wear lolita for my prom and I went about it way too late. I was really happy about the results though. I commissioned a skirt and a matching cape. I chose the material myself, and I went for the most sturdy and non-shiny one, so it ended up being the same material that is supposedly used for German military uniforms. I like wearing it casually because it’s nearly indestructible.

[Anonymous No.10423004]

It’s sad that I don’t remember specifically which dress was my first but this was the first dress I ever wore to a meet 6 years ago. Around that time I also had 2 Bodyline dresses, one solid black OP with ribbons and big chonky pleats at the bottom and the sweet cream JSK. It’s also possible my first was another old school BABY piece that I didn’t wear to that meet since it was winter. I have both of the BABY pieces but I sold the Bodyline ones long ago.

[Anonymous No.10423007]

>>10422966
This comment doesn't make any sense... Did you reply to the wrong person?

[Anonymous No.10423008]

>>10422966
you sound mad

[Anonymous No.10423028]

This blouse, straight from the AP Japan web shop. I was always a brand-whore. Never bothered with Bodyline,etc.

I was a weeb fresh out of high school with no credit card so I remember going to this shady cash loans place to buy a prepaid card. I don't remember why I couldn't just link my bank to a paypal account. I used a shopping service called Crescent Shop - does anyone remember it?

Like the true ita I was I paired it with normie skirts until I bought the matching skirt a while later. I chose it because the sailor collar reminded me of Sailor Moon.

[Anonymous No.10423035]

A handmade green floral JSK that I made my junior year of high school that barely held a petticoat, but I still have it since it works for a normie sundress.

[Anonymous No.10423038]

I actually won my first lolita skirt in an eglcommunity raffle in like 2009/2010. I totally forget who made it and I don't have a picture, but it was a very pretty handmade velvet gothic skirt with Moitié blue chandeliers embroidered on it. I paired it with a blouse from HMHM and a couple of other Taobao brand accessories. It was beautiful but I eventually ended up selling it. Kinda regret it now, but I hope that the girl I sold it to took good care of it.

The first piece that I actually bought was this Innocent World Pleated Flare JSK (which I have also since sold). It was like 2500 yen on Yahoo Japan Auctions, I begged my mom to let me buy it. I was a flat-chested 16-year-old and it was too big in the bust/armpits so I ended up having to go to a seamstress to get it altered. If I saw it come up for sale again I'd probably buy it, honestly.

[Anonymous No.10423047]

>>10422938
This one bought at the same time with the black cat piano one

[Anonymous No.10423081]

The first dress I bought was this Infanta dress. I actually saw it on here a long ass time ago. I never made a coord with it, and ended up selling it to buy another dress.

[Anonymous No.10423777]

Bodyline dress that I stripped. for all lace and extra shit

[Anonymous No.10423779]

>>10423777
first handmade piece. i was so fucking skinny (compared to now)

[Anonymous No.10423780]

>>10423777
I did the same with bodyline before I just stopped buying it. Looks much better this way

[Anonymous No.10423784]

>>10423779
It’s cute anon! Also the digital snapshot camera gives me nostalgia

[Anonymous No.10423920]

>>10423779
do you still sew your own things?

[Anonymous No.10424435]

>>10423779
I had the same camera but in magenta, lol. Lovely dress, I think you did great for a first dress and coord.

[Anonymous No.10424438]

My first dress was this Infanta OP, but in dark green. I bought it second hand for $70 at a convention and thus jumpstarted my journey into lolita. I still love the dress a lot and wear it today.

Also, I do know it is a generic fabric and one day I'd like to get a hold of some. I saw it on taobao a very long time ago but lost the link, so if anyone happens to have seen it around, let me know.

[Anonymous No.10424448]

>>10424438
That would be so amazing, to be able to make accessories for your first dress that you kept!


It's >>10422993 and this was my second dress I ever got and his one I was actually happy with it. It was still bird themed too because I love birds! :) This dress made me fall in love with Angelic Pretty.

[Anonymous No.10424451]

>>10422938
Souffle Song dress I bought from a con with a 40% markup. I was so stupid back then. It was also way too short on me so I gave it away.

[Anonymous No.10424472]

>>10422938
This fanplusfriend skirt was my first Lolita piece. It was super shiny, though, and I didn’t wear it more than about 5 or 6 times because after I was able to get some better pieces I realized just how bad it was.it was such a slick fabric that it had a bad tendency to fall down a bit if I walked around too much. My first coord shot taken At a meet up was of me in this skirt and I was WILTED.

[Anonymous No.10425074]

>>10423920
I do, but I'm really no longer into lolita. I sew mostly normie shit now.

[Anonymous No.10425151]

My first coord, bought all at once at Baby SF as a teen by a very kind relative, who I miss dearly. Shoes were from Antaina.
I can't find the exact ones, these are similar - they were a sweeter pink and with a peep toe lol. Wish I had worn pics from back then, it looked pretty silly.

[Anonymous No.10425152]

My first coord. Went to Baby SF as a teen with a very kind relative, who I miss dearly. Was a really great experience, and it's one of my favorite memories with them. Definitely basic af, but not ita at least.
Shoes were from Antaina, I can't find the exact ones. These are similar - they were a sweeter pink with a peep toe lol. Wish I had worn pics from back then, it looked pretty silly.

[Anonymous No.10425288]

Pic related was my first dress, I was so fucking excited when it arrived.
I tried my best to do some research beforehand but obviously my first coord was still pretty garbage with stuff I thought would work for lolita just because I didn't know any better. Shoehorning in black and a normie belt and everything.
I'm happy that my first ever dress was sturdy cotton, though. It made me mindful of good fabric from the start, and nowadays I can make lots of coords with it even if it's not 100% my style anymore.

[Anonymous No.10425882]

My first dress was handmade by me. It was heavily inspired by Mary Madalene but had a cupcake silouette instead of A-line. I used way more fabric that was actually needed, it was quilting cotton and those ruffles were nearly impossible to iron.

[Anonymous No.10425928]

Some terrible F+F replica similar to pic related. I thought it was a good idea to use pictures in this dress to register to some gothic dating website but it all went horribly wrong. My profile instantly received a lot of hits and I was even featured under the popular section on the front page for the next few days. I hated seing myself there everytime I was logging in and being swarmed by messages of disgusting creepy dudes. I think my profile lasted a month before I decided to delete it. I ended up selling that dress and never bought into replicas again.

[Anonymous No.10425990]

>>10425928
>some gothic dating website
Please tell me you're talking about vampire freaks

[Anonymous No.10426036]

>>10422989
Awww cute

[Anonymous No.10426037]

Squirrel Party OP in mint. Pretty much everything else was off brand. I cringe to think about it now. Even in the picture I looked so cringey the way I was holding my skirt out that I feel like dying when I see pictures of it

[Anonymous No.10426081]

I still have this but i never wear it. It's so shiny and now that I own Boz, it doesn't feel as fun to wear. The quality difference is really noticeable. I wouldn't mind so much if i liked the design more, but it is what it is. It'd be way better if it were cotton, but that's the story with lots of dresses I hear.

[Anonymous No.10426408]

>>10426081
I used to have this too, it was one of my first taobao dresses. I did not like the fabric choice either. I do not mind polyester, but it was too thick and heavy for a dress.

[Anonymous No.10426458]

>>10422944
Thats a waffle anon

[Anonymous No.10426460]

>>10426458
hahaha!

[Anonymous No.10426461]

>>10426458
kek'd!

[Anonymous No.10426788]

>>10422958
I actually really like squirrel party

[Anonymous No.10426789]

>>10422958
Wow I’m retarded why did I call this squirrel party.

[Anonymous No.10426802]

>>10423007
>>10423008
>>10422994
NTA but it seems really cringy to sell a piece you like just because you can afford nicer stuff too. And lets face it, a lot of notorious brand itas are entitled brandwhores.