Lolita Mishaps

I'm only putting this up so I can post it to my Livejournal. However, I'm working on a Lolita Panel for Anime USA and I wanted to show Lolita at its very worst. Some of the outfits are repeat outfits in different colors, but its all pretty terrible (some more so then others).

I'd like to thank Raspberry Queen and Bodyline for providing most of the pics, Visual for the one really horrible dress, and Capcom for the creepy music (its the Guardhouse Basement music in the original Resident Evil for PSX).

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• fashion
• lolita
• bodyline
• visual
• egl

[TatsuMitsuki]

Wow some of those are hidious. Some of them however could be adjusted, added to and accessorised to look alright. Not everyone can afford the high quality ones and making the cheaper ones look good is a commendable skill in itself.

[aachannoichi]

@TatsuMitsuki I have always wanted to take the infamous lace monster dress and alter it into something better. I think if you pull off the lace and alter the sleeves you may have something half decent.

[rosemaxy]

I thought 'experienced' lolitas were suppose to smile and be positive and kind?

[aachannoichi]

@rosemaxy Actually I wasn't being mean or negative. The aim here was so viewers understand not to get too crazy with odd prints, lace, wacky motifs. If you think this was mean, I don't think you should ever go on a some of the Lolita communities online. It will truly disillusion you.

[vampire131]

For people who see lolita as being something like cosplay or dressing up for fun, these dresses look fine, but for people who really love lolita clothes for their quality and the love put into them, these dresses are hideous and insulting to true lolita fashion. For those of you that think these dresses look okay, please try to understand more about lolita fashion.

[poisondesires]

anyone who owns or actually thinks these clothes are acceptable is most likely a beginner lolita.

As you are exposed to the fashion in greater depth- you will be able to see true quality and craftmanship in the garments

and gain a greater appreciation for it as well.

It's perfectly understandable to see how someone who has little to no exposure to the fashion would find these knock-off imitations as authentic lolita attire.

Believe me, I was there once.

[LolitaDoChan]

@bubblegumxdxp I am pretty sure they put that so called 'Wa Lolita' dress on there because it is a costume not a real dress...it is way too short and is made of a really crappy and shiny fabric...not because it is Wa Lolita..

[ladyhrist]

@ninjalily13 .....no seriously I am sitting here reading my comment and reading your response and I really have no idea why you answered me like this. Especially since I, y'know, was in agreement with you and all? So yeah maybe you could enlighten me on the source of the thing that caused butthurt, because while I found this kind of funny to see in my inbox over a month later, I'm honestly really confused.

[ladyhrist]

@ninjalily13 lol, wow, reading comprehension fail thar bb

[ninjalily13]

@ladyhrist Have you even been on EGL lately? Ton's of Lolitas buy from bodyline. Even "experienced lolitas" buy from Bodyline. Experience isn't a factor here, it's budget. Someone could have been wearing lolita for years now and still buy from Bodyline if they can't afford to buy brand all the time. Bodyline has good stuff but they also have 'lace monsters' too. They aren't very good at complicated designs but they aren't horrible. :I

[ninjalily13]

Sadly, I see that the lace monster has struck again. Eating more innocent dresses. >3<

[kcdragonscales]

Too much cheap lace >_<

[bubblegumxdxp]

hmm well yeah they're pretty icky but i like the wa lolita one :l nothing wrong with it...if u put that pic there coz u dont know what wa lolis are well....shame on you coz wa lolitas are beautiful u.u the only think i would change is the shoes xDD

[ladyhrist]

@YoYoSlowmo *blink* Um, I've never heard any "experienced lolitas" say any of those things about Bodyline, especially recently? Back in the day when you could only get their stuff from cosmates they were mostly terribad, but these days you can actually find some gems from them (like I know it's probably a minor heresy of the Church of OTT Sweet to say so, but I actually prefer Bodyline's carousel print to Angelic Pretty's. It's not so gaudy and busy-looking).