/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Tattoos in lolita

This will forever be my favorite coord to look at.
>the attitude
>that big-ass bonnet
>based AatP
>those boots
Basically the coord that ushered me directly into the fashion.

Storytime: I found lolita through a now dead gothic clothing shop based in the U.K. called Dracinabox when I was in 8th/9th grade (a full 14 yrs ago, holy crap). Grew up in a religious household so I wasn't allowed to wear goth fashion and spent a lot of time windowshopping online.
I loved the youthful storybook vibes of gothic lolita but mistakenly thought it was just a substyle of western goth fashion being pioneered by this U.K. indie brand. I didn't know it was called gothic lolita either so I probably would have found the LJ communities a hell of a lot sooner if I did.
Years later, as an adult, I was googling for items that captured the dark doll-like fairytale look that grabbed me and by some magic string of keywords I found pic related
>as well as a Milanoo agent, through which I bought my first dress, but we don't talk about that...