/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9441604
haha I love you anon
that bonnet!

I would really like to maintain that if you buy lolita with the express purpose of only wearing it at anime cons then you aren't really participating in the fashion yet.

lolita cons are a diff story. but it has to be treated as an alt fashion, not a fancy costume.
Lolita started out akin to goth and punk styles: worn relatively often and a way to express your identity.
if the only subculture you associate with your experiences in lolita is con culture you're really missing out.

how can you build your wardrobe and take crit to better your coords if you only put the stuff on twice a year? it's a hands-on thing imo

if the girl in the cof thread who sparked this iteration of the debate was a real, practicing lolita, she would have been able to see that white was not a good choice for the coordinating neutral and she probably would have collected actual hair accessories to match the main. that terrible sidebow is so offensive.

I could go on but all I'm saying is you run the risk of being ita as fuck if you think of lolita as a once a year thing. how you buy, what you buy, and how you coord is all affected. most brand itas seem to be conlitas too.

I'd like to see anime con-litas take the opportunity to do good coslolita, instead of wearing lolita coords. pic related is an old CoF post I saved because it's cute--character inspired but still lolita.