Fun fact, did you know that early Lolita fashion from the 80s actually sported less poofier skirts like the one she's wearing on the right? Poofy skirts and petti's weren't really popular when the fashion was new, and didn't become a new thing for the fashion until the early 90s. Old school Lolita or Vintage lolita was more about dressing in an unconventional older way, and the petticoat and dolly style came afterwards when the push to make the style lean more cute came to be.
Recently, less poofy skirts have become really popular with Japanese Lolitas, which was seen as almost a fashion crime in the Lolita community. Many brands are making skirts that are longer and are supposed to be worn without a petti, and some really famous Lolita models are even wearing lolita without the traditional petticoat and bellshape.
Another fun fact is that ouji fashion and Lolita fashion are actually two different fashion communities and that Ouji has it's own rules that Lolita doesn't follow. But Ouji and Lolita's are so closely tied that many people consider them to just be one community lol. Some people think Ouji is Lolita "for boys" but the truth is that Lolita is a gender neutral style, and anyone can wear the dresses and frills and stuff. A man is a Lolita just as much as a woman is :3 (Though some men in the Lolita community like to call themselves Brolita's lol at least in the English speaking community)
Anyways thanks for the nice comments im glad everyone else likes Lolita Calliope
I did know that about older Lolita fashion did not know about the current changing tides. me getting a bunch of rather ”flat” yet cutely colored pettis for real real cheap on lacemarket just meant I was ahead of the curve heh >:3
(not that I’ve really been able to use them given recent injuries oh well)
all that aside I loveeee the ouji look. feels fitting :3
@Autumn Funnily enough there has been a long winded debate with many western Lolitas who have to come to the realization that what is considered Lolita in other countries isn't considered lolita here. American Lolitas tend to dress more or less how Japanese lolita's dressed in the early and late 90s and still follow rules that many Japanese Lolitas find to be archaic in nature lol.
And Chinese Lolitas "break" ALL THE RULES in that they wear skirts that go way above the knee, and sometimes have their petti showing, and add accessories that don't fit the traditional mold for lolita. It's interesting how the fashion changes depending on where a person lives, I've been following a lot of lolitas from different countries just to see the style changes.
For a while there was discussion on whether it was "okay" to wear a jumpskirt with no blouse, and then lolitas in texas were like "fuck it it's literally 90 degrees year round I am NOT dying of heatstroke for Kawaii fashion!" and now you will often see this as a common way to dress casually in lolita when just a few years ago the idea was sacrilegious.
okay moving to the laptop because my phone somehow decided I wanted to go back a page and deleted my post like Three Times. Okay
I really need to get more involved like I am SOOOO out of the loop with all these developments and thats with a bestie who is super active in their local group and has even like started making and selling skirts as well- but I'm over in south florida and its 94 as im typing this and very humid and I get the concept of jsk without a blouse. it never crossed my mind but i soooo get it. and I've been buying stuff from chinese brands for a while now (albeit secondhand) and I didn't know that but thinking on it... that makes sense.
ooh I wanna dress up but I dont even think i can properly get into my closet with my leg all busted ;~;
I really like the skirt! The vibes are immaculate
oops i thought i already said something here
it's peak. 10/10
the epilogues are the best part of homestuck
this is really cute... i'm thinking maybe we should have some sort of lolita fashion megathread just to force more people to draw it. it may be time...
