/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>How do the most rich in lolita make their money?
Well, I wouldn't actually assume your requirements for being "rich" are as rich as you assume them to be.
I would estimate a good standard for defining rich is top 1% of income.
There's two things that skew the numbers here, these people are younger, and I'm only selecting data for women.
On to the numbers.

Top 1% earners according to United States Census Bureau’s ASEC data for women in 2017, in USD
>25 and up (roughly)
140k+, 113k (tax)
>24-23
84k+, 71k (tax)
>22-19
65k+, 56k (tax)
>18 and below
45k+, 39k (tax)

Let's generously say they spend a quarter of their post tax income on lolita/travel and look at monthly budgets.
>25 and up (roughly)
2350/month
>24-23
1480/month
>22-19
1160/month
>18 and below
810/month

Those numbers mean blowing all of what should be disposable income into lolita and travel.
I would say anyone dropping more than an average of 1k/month is either not putting appropriate amounts away for savings, or their living expenses are being offset by family.
If they're in college at the time I would assume it's entirely family since the figures for disposable income for college students is much worse considering this is for the top 1% of female earners of that age.
If age wasn't so sharply defined for the hobby it could look different, but on average for anyone below 25 doing the "rich lolita" thing is probably being helped out by family.
Raising disposable income levels for the higher agegroups could be done, but they (as young high income women) are also the most likely to have large amounts of college debt.