/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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For the most part, I personally never get tired of talking about it as long as there's some conversational development and mutual interest, because I really love it that much and I sort of feel like talking about it helps keep it alive or something.

>>What is it that draws you to old school?

- I discovered Lolita around 2008, and people were still wearing older style cords and OTT sweet was just rising, so the older styles is what Lolita is to me and what I fell in love with.

- Sturdier fabrics: cotton VS chiffon for example.

- The outfits and clothes were wearable. Things were simpler. Today's Lolita is like a costume (though it IS gorgeous) and meant for the runway more than the street. Old school is pure, simple Lolita.

- The little details that make the dress: crochet laces, beading lace with ribbons tied into bows through them, pintucks, embroidered/applique details.

- The romantic aspect that was considered by most to be an important part of the subculture back in the day is special to me, because I am a romantic person and identify with that type of thinking. Trying to find beauty in everything. Living a beautiful life that makes you and others happy. I think girls back then were also more concerned about representing the fashion in public, and so were more careful to be polite.

>Do you have a specific favorite old school coord? If so, what is it you like so much about it?
I don't have a favorite, but any pictures of "real" Lolitas that didn't come out of a magazine made my heart beat because it made it "real." I also adore any photos that show Lolita's interacting with the world around them VS mirror shots and posing inorganically for the camera.