>>8355964
Japanese lolitas often opt not to wear petticoats while wearing lolita everyday, even these days, if you look at some blog posts you'll see a lack of poof. It's a social/society thing, where taking up too much space in crowded, small places would normally be frowned upon, so low poof or no poof is quite common. Whereas in the west stuffing three giant pettis under your skirt is considered the norm and nothing else is acceptable on the internet. The many of those do wear more poof in photos are probably wearing it that way for special events or photos, but it's not practical in a crowded area like Japan. This doesn't apply to everyone, but I notice this a lot of Japanese blogs.