/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7870165
i got into lolita in 2004/2005 and have been more or less accompanying the trends since then. i like the new lolita because it managed to evolve from a silhouette that was pretty basic. prints are everywhere now and that's great, but sometimes i miss the old, "more plain" outfits, and especially the aprons and headdresses.
i think the more time passes the more you distance yourself from the old early 2000s and start seeing good things in it. it can be romanticizing but i genuinely miss the velveteen, the lace, the black and white. sure it has a lot of potential to become ita, but so does sweet these days. heck even classic can be ita when badly coordinated and stuff like that. i've noticed a few old school-ish things making a come back (dresses that evoke that simpler feel, the velveteen meta never gave up on, crosses, black and white) and that makes me happy.
it's like >>7870182 anon said, prints can become the whole focus of an outfit after a while and it can get tiring, so it's natural you'll want to see more simple, but still well done, coords.