/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.6774617]

Can we have a funny lolita/cosplay newbie mistakes thread? No vendettas, more of babbys first. No "so-and-so didn't know about Pixyteri/Dakota" because no1curr.

I saw recently, I think on behind_the_bows, where some anon was shocked at a picture of Maki in old school Angelic Pretty. Couldn't believe it was her and she was wearing something so ita. I had a chuckle over that.

[Anonymous No.6774631]

All the Bodyline-chans bawwing about Day Dream Carnival being a rip-off of the Bodyline carousel print is pretty hilarious.
Like, bitches do you even Sugary Carnival or any of the other carnival stuff AP has done?

[Anonymous No.6774672]

When I just started out I wasn't very good at all this petticoat business, and I tucked my petticoat into my underwear for the whole world to see ... I think I stood around for some 15 min for a train, and then took a 30 min train ride standing up, walked up some stairs, it was about midday when a couple old ladies motioned to me that my skirt was tucked in. Oops.

[Anonymous No.6774681]

I used a tutu as a petticoat for a while. The funny thing is that it kinda worked, lol.

[Anonymous No.6774702]

I still suck ass at putting on wigs. Ready to chop off all my hair just to lessen the hassle.

[Anonymous No.6774721]

Bought a pastel twin tail wig before a petti.
Wore my crappy 2nd hand replica to a tiny con and used SS shoes without a blouse, no petti, no bloomers. I realized later it was really short and I probably flashed people going upstairs. I also hand sewed bad lace to a pair of knee-high socks. Thankfully I was behind a table most of the time and everyone there were either itas or weebs.
Did have a proper petti when I wore it again at the next convention but I ordered the wrong color bolero from Bodyline and didn't take the right measurements and it was awkward shaped since my bust was too big for it. I guess I made it work though. I also didn't know how to pose.
That was a year ago. I'm doing a lot better now.

[Anonymous No.6774871]

Bought a brand replica off Taobao not knowing it was a replica.

[Anonymous No.6774890]

>>6774702

This. Wigs were so much easier when I was bald.

[Anonymous No.6775042]

My first cosplay...I didn't realize how badly the fabric would stretch over the course of the con. It initially was skimpy, but everything was still covered. By the last day of the con, though, security escorted me to my hotel room to change. Definitely been more careful with fabrics since.

Also, frayed ribbons I was too tired/drunk to notice and fix.

[Anonymous No.6775150]

I recently located an old folder full of lolita dress pictures I saved which I deemed "wishlist!!" since 12-15 yrs or so of collecting... and let me tell you, I had some terrible, ita taste.

[Anonymous No.6775156]

>>6775150
Sorry I meant that i was 12-15 when i maintained that folder, not worked on it for 12-15 years, pssh.

[Anonymous No.6775227]

Milanoo. My first dress. Need I say more? Also, DOL, the fabric they use for their replicas is... stiff...

[Anonymous No.6775309]

bought a terrible, flattened, hard tulle petti as my first petti. It was too short for my first dress which was an ita lace monster, which was too long on me.

It's been 9 months and I have definitely improved, thank fuck.

[Anonymous No.6775434]

DOL Fantastic Dolly, shitty clip-on ponytail, cosplay mary-janes and a black blouse with the top button missing. Thank god never posted any pictures and only wore it outside once.

[Anonymous No.6775474]

>>6774871
If you are who I am thinking of, you were warned, repeatedly, in the thread

[Anonymous No.6775494]

I bought a god awful Victorian Maiden replica off of eBay once. I wasn't even that young. I was 18 and I am so ashamed.

[Anonymous No.6775709]

>>6775474
I'm sure it happens to a lot of people.

[Anonymous No.6775775]

>be 17 or 18
>miku wig
>milanoo dress
>thought I was a genius 2.5D hybrid
no I was just a vocafag.
90% sure I got posted here.us I tagged it with everything I thought of for "maximum attention"
really wish somone gave me constructive critisism. really do. or at least say SOMETHING

[Anonymous No.6775782]

After seeing a few pics of old school EGL back in 2006 I figured "hey it's all about black and white formal clothing with some poof and lace, right?" So I went to the thrift store and bought the first white shirt that buttoned up to the collar and a shapeless black tube top with a raschel ruffle.

The shirt didn't even fit and the top constantly rode down, and yet I couldn't figure out why it didn't look as good as that jabot shirt with laced up corset on the photo. I wore it proudly as "egl" anyway.

Too bad I can't find that pic...

[Anonymous No.6775861]

>>6774631
And the fact that Bodyline's carnival looks like utter shit compared to DDC holy shit.

[Anonymous No.6775891]

>>6774631
>>6775861
It gets even funnier when you remember how Bodyline's Carousel was at first called a cheap rip-off of Sugary Carnival.

[Anonymous No.6775905]

>>6774631
>>6775861
>>6775891
I thought people only compared DDC to Bodyline's carousel print to ease their butthurt of not being able to get it.
It looks nothing like the Bodyline print, and seriously, I'm tired of every carousel print a brand puts out to be compared to an AP knockoff or a Bodyline wannabe.

[Anonymous No.6775916]

Brought bloomers for $30 once
>Bodyline bloomers
>Second hand

[Anonymous No.6775920]

>>6775916
I paid $70 for a Bodyline skirt at a con. Oh, to be young and dumb and think ric rac sewn on shiny polyester was the height of elegant gothic lolita.

[Anonymous No.6775926]

>>6775916
>>Second hand
Yeah that's pretty bad.
My condolences.

[Anonymous No.6775938]

>>6775916
I paid $50 for a brand drawstring shopping bag. Saw it for $10 a few times after buying.

[Anonymous No.6775969]

>Me being a fat teenaged weeb
>Go to a "library con"
>Dress "egl"
>I had a hello kitty panda shirt on, a shitty skirt from Old Navy, leggings, sneakers, awful poofed out hair.
>Think I'm fly as fuck

Pic related, it's me :I
Thank god for losing a massive amount of weight and getting kawaii religion.

[Anonymous No.6775978]

>>6774721
I still don't know how to pose and I've been in lolita for like 4 years now.. I always just kinda stand there blankly like an awkward-chan..

How does one pose in lolita?

[Anonymous No.6775981]

>>6775920
I feel u

>>6775938
Surely you don't mean the ones you get free when you buy something? Plz anon no

[Anonymous No.6775984]

>>6774871
Years and years back I bought a replica for $275 from the egl_comm_sales because I thought it was the original. Turns out they asshole stitched on a AP tag for the pictures, or the pictures were just fake (though they had a proof item with their user name..)
That was a lot of drama, but I got my money back, thanks pay pal!

[Anonymous No.6775987]

>>6774702
I think I may be a fetal alcohol baby because my head is sooo small.. I have no idea how to make wigs fit and look nice because of it..

Does anyone have any tips for putting on wigs and keeping them in place for people with small baby heads (for real, my head fits in toddler hats)

[Anonymous No.6775990]

>>6775984
Ugh! That's terrible. I'm so sorry.

[Anonymous No.6775991]

>>6775969
Your outfit is terrible, but you were the cute kind of chubby, so aside from the skirt and the headbow, you looked kind of ok imo.

[Anonymous No.6776010]

>>6775987
too small for taobao wigs? oof. that's rough.

I'm also the owner of a pin-head. I love the quality of arda wigs, but I've had to take every american wig in. they're just GIANT. I've bought a few no-name taobao wigs, though and they're a bit more fitted.

[Anonymous No.6776097]

>>6775474
No, I bought the dress before I posted to /cgl/. I knew what it was, but I had never visited. This was years ago.

[Anonymous No.6776136]

>First outfit at a con
>Bodyline Fruits Parlor Replica OP, bought from crossdressing Bodyline seller
>No petti
>No socks
>Pigtails with short choppy hair
>Black loafers from K-Mart
>Black umbrella as a parasol

So bad.... so bad....

[Anonymous No.6776141]

>>6776136
We all know that one seller from the Dealer's Room. He only gets creepier every year. I remember when I first saw the booth and was dazzled by kawaii. I was game to buy just about anything in there. Then I saw a lolita browsing and asked her about some of the dresses, since the dealer weirded me out. She pretty much took me to the side and told me I could get all of those dresses for a lot cheaper online. Thanks be to loli-chan for saving me a lot of money.

[Anonymous No.6776144]

>>6776136
Oh wow, that crossdressing Bodyline seller. I almost bought something from him when I also a newbie.
Has anyone seen him at any cons recently?

[Anonymous No.6776148]

>>6776141
>>6776144
I haven't seem him lately, but I haven't been seriously shopping in a Dealer's Room for a while now.

[Anonymous No.6776153]

>>6776141
I got weirded out because with the lolita, he was also selling old idol magazines and posters, and then there were a lot of military accessories, with nazi-looking medals.

[Anonymous No.6776156]

>>6776144
>>6776148
>>6776141
Has anyone else noticed that he doesn't try to sell to girls who are actually in lolita? Or at least, he doesn't sell to lolitas nearly as aggressively as he does to people who aren't wearing the style or seem new to it.

[Anonymous No.6776161]

>>6776156
Probably because he knows they can't be fooled or he's already fucked them over with his ridiculous prices.

Sometime he does sell brand, but they're close to or more than brand new prices for unpopular pieces.

[Anonymous No.6776169]

>>6775978
I was given advice to look at poses in Kera / GLB snapshots (just look for the scans online). I found that to be helpful. I also set my camera on auto-timer and pose with it to get a good idea what poses are flattering on me.

I find it a little more difficult when I have cross-body bags (which are most of mine), but I usually cross one leg over the other and point my toes. I had a bad habit of holding out my dress and I'm trying to get away from that. There's a cute AP hand bag I want but I went on a brand spending spree recently I don't have the funds for it unless I start selling more of my other stuff.

[Anonymous No.6776182]

Babby's first co-ord was pretty bad. The pieces themselves were mostly fine, but the way I put them together...eesh. Black F+F bustle skirt, knee-high Docs, black-and-white striped stockings, t-shirt with a cartoony cat on it, hair pulled back in a ponytail, next to no makeup. Fortunately there's no photographic evidence.

[Anonymous No.6776233]

Me circa 2010.
Wore this to a meet-up sans a petti, not like it mattered. Thought I was so kawaii-uguu.

[Anonymous No.6776247]

>>6776233
You are fantastic for sharing this.

[Anonymous No.6776251]

>>6776010
I haven't tried taobao wigs, at-least I'm not sure if I have. I get a lot of my wigs of ebay which is probably a bad idea because I've been probably over paying a lot. But yeah, even the chinese made wigs are like an inch too "roomy"

[Anonymous No.6776253]

>>6776233
I would kill for that blouse, still

[Anonymous No.6776256]

>>6776233
Why did you think that was a good idea???

I'm glad you got balls to post it though.

[Anonymous No.6776272]

I'll share my person Babby's first dress story:

>First Lolita dress, pic related.
>I'll look just like Alice in Wonderland, Lolita-style!
>It arrives, even my 14-year-old self knows it looks bad
>Twice as much lace as the product picture, and between the wide collar, the over-puffed sleeves, and the wing-like ruffles on the apron, I looked like I had the shoulders of a linebacker.
>Wore it to a con, no petti, no wig to cover my frizzy, frizzy hair
>Dress is hidden away in my closet for years, end up donating it to the Drama Club at my school, post-graduation
>Didn't start wearing Lolita again until age 18
>have an aversion to any lolita dress with an apron, no matter how well-executed.

[Anonymous No.6776289]

>>6776247
>>6776256
We were all ita once. I just happened to be a prime example of what not to do.

>>6776253
It's actually not a blouse, it's one of bodyline's ooold maid dresses, I removed the heart portion of the apron.

[Anonymous No.6776352]

>>6776097
wait, are you the anon that posted a while back about a girly note replica?

[Anonymous No.6776378]

>>6776289
>We were all ita once.
>I'm glad you got balls to post it though.

Seconding this. I can't fucking believe how I used to dress when I was 13-14, and yet I thought I was the dopest ass motherfucker around. Oh, youth.

[Anonymous No.6776391]

be newbie lolita when the whole 'scene' phase started gaining popularity.. like 04-05. Oh my fucking god.

I dont even want to remember.

[Anonymous No.6776399]

>>6776391
Shuttup. I still love that look.
Cake Injection is my waifu.

[Anonymous No.6776404]

>>6776399

Im not saying I looked that good, haha. I agree, shes cute but good god I was a trainwreck

[Anonymous No.6776408]

>>6776399
OMG cake injection!

[Anonymous No.6776410]

>>6776404
Don't worry, anon. I had a boyfriend who was into scene when he was in high school and wanted me to do scene-lita. I wouldn't go anywhere and there are no pictures of that day.

[Anonymous No.6776470]

>>6776408
Let's get married, whoever you are.
We can backcomb the back of each other's hair.

[Anonymous No.6776484]

>>6776272
Honest Dragon China? That is the most trustworthy-sounding brand name I have ever heard.

[Anonymous No.6776841]

>>6776484
I actually bought a cosplay from them in like, 2006, and it wasn't too bad. Fit was perfect and the accessories weren't so great but the fabric for the dress portion of the costume was decent and the trims were pretty solid. Still, wouldn't buy anything lolita from that shop or pretty much any shop on ebay. Eugh.

[Anonymous No.6777444]

wow, am I the only one who wasn't ita when they first started wearing lolita?

I bought a BTSSB black JSK in 2007 and wore a dark red shirt, black headbow, black tights and black laced heeled boots. I didn't look amazing but I was far from ita.

[Anonymous No.6777449]

>>6777444
No, you're not the only one, but this obviously isn't the thread to talk about how kawaii you were. Good for you that you weren't ita, but why would you go in a thread specifically for newbie mistakes and wonder why people aren't sharing stories about how good they looked when they first started?

[Anonymous No.6777455]

>>6777444
Funnily enough I was similar with my first outfit (apart from my JSK, probably needed a iron/steam)... However after that I did casual lolita outfits that looked pretty boring and a little fail.

[Anonymous No.6777465]

>Find lolita on internet in high school
>Really excited!
>A couple years pass, know how to sew now
>Decide to sew lolita dresses, yay!
>SUPER excited!
>Go to only fabric supplier in tiny college town--WalMart
>Buy a couple hundred dollars of bargain fabric
>Excited that I'll get SO MANY outfits out of this, feeling so thrifty and brilliant
>Sew several skirts and start on first dress
>Take photos to post online and ... wait
>My lace is really shiny in this photo
>So is this fabric ... I ... what?
>This doesn't look right at all
>Realize that the materials I used look like shit, even though I was meticulous and used gosurori patterns
>Extremely embarassed about money wasted on sub-par shit
>Shove them to the bottom of a steamer trunk and ignore them for years

Should probably pull them out and adjust them for my niece. They'd probably make great dress-up costumes for her and her friends.

[Anonymous No.6777467]

>>6777449
I've read so many threads where people say they looked terrible when they first started out, not only this one.

[Anonymous No.6777476]

>>6777467
Yeah, but the point is that this thread is about newbie MISTAKES. IT'S THE GODDAMN TOPIC OF THE THREAD.

Stay on topic.

[Anonymous No.6777477]

>>6777467
Because lolita can be a difficult fashion to master. But just because you read some threads doesn't mean no one else started well. I'd still wear every piece from my first coord today.

[Anonymous No.6777716]

>>6775494
Victorian Maiden replica off MILANOO here.

Yeah, I should have researched lolita a little more before doing that...

The positive side is that the dress falling apart on me multiple times forced me to learn how to repair clothing.

[Anonymous No.6777772]

>>6777477
Every piece from my first coord would be wearable today, but not together, like I did. I was one those "research forever before putting together an outfit" and "first outfit is brand." Still ita though as it turned out! Thank goodness no pictures exist.

[Anonymous No.6777787]

>>6777444
>2013
>still thinking you're the 'only one'

yeah no

my newbie mistake... Measuring myself for my first custom blouse. Oh god, the sleeeeeeeeeeves that went on forever. I can't even imagine how hard the seamstresses over at DC were laughing at that shit.

[Anonymous No.6777961]

>>6774631
I don't think the carnival theme is what people are comparing, I think it's the vertical stripes on the fabric, and the way the carousel is contained within borders. DDC is obviously not a rip off of the bodyline print, but I guess can see why some people might think they look vaguely similar.

[Anonymous No.6777969]

>>6777716
I mean, I guess it's good that we liked Victorian Maiden. Our taste wasn't awful. It's just bad that we both got bad replicas.

[Anonymous No.6779456]

My very very first attempt was pretty awful. It was a pretty cute tea length sundress, but I butchered it to try to make it lolita. I made it shorter, added some shitty lace, and then wore a leg avenue petticoat that was too long and didnt even fit under the skirt, a boring blouse under it with open toed shoes that didn't even match, and a crappy handmade pink headbow.

I'm so glad I never wore it out, I posted some photos on here to make sure that I wasn't totally off track, and to be honest the comments I got were surprisingly nice and helpful.

My second outfit was a beige floral bodyline jsk, boring blouse, and then... pink shoes and black tights. :( Not vomit inducing but I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up in an ita thread.

I'd post pictures if I had any.

[Anonymous No.6780885]

first and only time i wore lolita was at the beach with my friends in the summer because i wasnt near my parents and could get away with it

it was too hot for a real coord, so i wore an old school meta skirt with black heels and a white blouse and didnt wear my frilly headband because my boyfriend said i looked like a maid

didnt look bad but it was just super casual and i didnt feel pretty /: and i had to walk a shit ton in those heels. plus bringing the skirt and petticoat took up so much room in my suitcase

ive put together more coords with what i have and they look ok but i just feel like a i look ugly and stupid, and over dressed. so ive never worn lolita out again

[Anonymous No.6783357]

bump

[Anonymous No.6783394]

> Been into lolita for 2-3 months. > Starting to get a nice collection of brand.
> Go to London and visit the-shop-that-must-not-be-named.
> Buy an OP made of shiny shit fabric and love it. Fits terribly.
> Falls apart after first wash.
I was pretty sad about it. Could have been a pretty dress if it were made of better fabric.

[Anonymous No.6783417]

My first lolita outfit was actually a cosplay... You know, back in the mid 2000's when ~Mana-sama gothixxx lolita desu~ was all the rage....

It was a terrible HotTopic dress. 'nuff said.

Later when I was actually getting into lolita, I was wearing some pretty terrible plain blouse+skirt outfits for a while because I couldn't just wait to have a real proper coord. Thankfully expanded and grew out of that.