/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10522891
I genuinely like btssb’s chocolate print and I’m not even a sweet lolita. I would buy it except it’s completely different from what I already own.

>>10522891
There's something about the strawberries that make me autistic enough to want to put the dress in mouth, fortunately I don't wear chocolate prints

>>10522891
I agree with you and I'm so happy I managed to snag some pieces from this set......
But don't fucking forget to link the previous general in the OP.

I feel like I'm the only sweet lolita that hates chocolate prints.

Maybe I'm just salty because I developed a chocolate allergy as a teenager and haven't been able to eat it for nearly a decade.

>>10522891
The last general didn't hit autosage yet, plus you didn't even link to it in the OP.

>>10522898
I'm a sweet lolita that hates chocolate prints too. But it's because I refuse to wear the color brown. I love chocolate in real life.

Last thread >>10514689

>>10522906
same, fuck food prints I'd rather have the food itself

>>10522898
I always avoid chocolate prints and doughnut prints. I don't know why but I have a weird hangup about it. I have no problem wearing other foods like Honey Kek or parfaits or cakes. But somehow I think I'd feel like frilly Homer Simpson if I dressed in chocolate bar prints or something like Melty Cream Doughnut.

>>10522911
I avoid doughnut prints too because I don’t like doughnuts. Doesn’t feel right to wear a food I don’t like.

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>>10522927
Same about doughnuts. Like, I don't see how chocolate and doughnuts are "cute"? Cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, and candies all are so much better because they look more fun.

Sorry for not linking the previous general, I went back multiple pages and couldn't find it for some reason. I was probably just tired and missed it.

>>10522897

Uhh, anon, iirc the BTSSB ig page says this set is releasing 2021, how have you snagged any pieces yet?

>>10522991
damn, you're new.

>>10522906
>>10522898

I only enjoy chocolate prints in pink and or with strawberries. No idea why when I don't like it much anymore, it just speaks to me.

>>10522992
My bad, read the post wrong.

>>10522991
Preorders went up on Christmas day, Japan time. Looks like skirt sold out and only the mint colorways are left for the jsks.

>>10522891
Damn, I'm not a fan of chocolate prints either but the pink and white colorways are stunning. That red on the strawberries is super vibrant too, I hope it doesn't bleed.

>>10522891
I didn't care about this until I saw the model pictures, and now I really want it. It reminds me of doki doki strawberry magic, and that's my favourite baby print

>>10522891
I'm loving this print. Can't decide if I'm more fond of the white or brown colourway.

>>10522896
same, i think it's because they look so glossy and shiny

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>>10522895
Agree, I also don't wear sweet but this makes me nostalgic towards older Baby, in a good way. I'm glad even with the neo-lolita stuff they put out they still come back around to stuff that has their traditional touch.

>>10523020
Both colorways look good. Flip a coin

>>10522891
I love this print so much, and I'm a fan of JSK I because of the chocolate drippings. It's not in the cards to get it right now because of sizing, but dude. when I get to my goal weight I'm going to scour the second hand market for it. Fucking scalp me. I don't care.

>>10523020
I think the berries pop off the white better, but depends on you'll want to go for a darker or lighter color coord, I think

>>10522992
nayrt but is there a logic to which prints get a lottery thru btssb san fran? i rarely order baby so i dont pay attention to their release schedule

>>10523015
Doki Doki strawberry magic is an amazing print. I want it so bad

>>10523208
Yeah, amazingly bad. Looks like a dirty Petri dish

>>10523245
nayrt but what are you talking about

>>10523251
They must like bland prints with no detail like lovely poodle

>>10523147
Would honestly recommend you get it now because scalpers don't buy BTSSB.

>>10523335
this, if it shows up it’ll likely be for below retail but good luck finding it in your preferred cut and colorway

>>10523347
Japanese secondhand scalpers do buy popular BTSSB prints. Kumyas Ice Cream for example. Less than AP but still happens often.

This was so cute! I love how Misako is able to look so nice in every substyle. She looks so different in the darker hair and clothes compared to her sweet and classic looks.

https://youtu.be/QxGF2uSNrEI

Is there any place online where I could read Kitai Fuku ga Aru? I remember someone talking about it here at some point but can't find it anymore.

>>10523574
miasako looks so cute in the 3rd coord and she looks super goth with the black hair, her reddish-brown def suits her more and makes her look less washed out, she's still adorable though

>>10523610
Washed out is kinda Mana's whole thing so I get why they steered her that direction for that look.

>>10523335
That’s not at all the case anon. Wtf.

>>10523020
I think the brown is probably the hardest to match and coord with, it looks a bit harsh.
At least for my skin tone, the others would look better but I’m leaning towards the ivory or the pink

>>10523574
I really love how Mana is smiling all the time, the video is so adorable! Thanks for sharing

>>10523574
i wish i could have mana sama drape a cross necklace over my neck and nod approvingly

>>10523574
Misako and Mana also made candles together! This is a cute collab, certainly not one I ever expected to see in a post-GLB world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baoux5upS1E

>>10522891
Hope I win the lotterino. Got jsk I in mint.

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>>10523654
These are so cute, they're just being happy and having fun! Premium content

There's been some good content released over the last few days, so I'm making some gifs/webms out of them.

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>>10523850
Mana "simping" for Misako is got tier content

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>>10523807
If you request multiple items in the lottery (let's say JSK, headbow, and skirt, since I want all 3 of those) is it a separate lottery for each item or all together, like if you win do you get to purchase all up to your limit for 1 of each item so long as there is stock like AP in store stuff in Japan? I want to enter the lottery for 3 items but if I just got a headbow and no main piece or missed out on the matching headbow but got 2 main pieces I'd be bummed.

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>>10523869
Whoops, meant god tier. Phoneposting.

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>>10523882
Are these 2 upcoming designs or are they old? They're gorgeous!

>>10523888
Upcoming. They were featured during Innocent World’s new release livestream on the 25th. The video is still on their insta and photos are up on fujiwara, midori and misako’s twitters.

>>10523882
Ok, that's it for me. I tried to make the floating head scene into a gif but the file size was too large to upload. I might try to make it into webm, but that will be another day. Instead, I made Misako's floating head into an exploitable. Have fun!

>>10523850
Where do you find a man to hand you a parasol just like Mana does?
>>10523896
Doing god's work anon, thank you.

>>10523850
it's like lolita version of this

>>10523882
These face shields are so useless and do nothing to protect anyone. Wear a fucking mask.

>>10523919
Yep, and they also look real creepy

>>10523873
Generally they allow you to buy a set if you win.

>>10523850
Gothic Misako is just weird

>>10523975
wrong

Baby is collecting the preorders for Grand Bazar in January. They do solid black Elizabeth OP too, but it sems to be not velvet. What do you guys think about it?

>>10524325
I wonder if it has something to do with people having some pretty mild interest in velvet Babydoll last GB

>>10524325
Oh, fuck. I JUST bought the JSK. Obsessed with that white×white colorway though....Hmm...

>>10524325
Elizabeth in white has been my DD for years but never seemed to show up anywhere. I really hope I manage to get it, always imagined myself getting married in it.

>>10523919
they cant wear a mask or itd ruin their makeup for the photoshoot dumbass

>>10524325
>>10524386
i'm in the same boat as you, black/black elizabeth has been a DD for a long time for me but it's felt so unobtainable! i'm super hyped. hope both of us get ours!

Misako was on a TV program called "ノブナカなんなん?". The episode is available here: https://tver.jp/corner/f0064285
Seems like it's only available in Japan though, so you should definitely not use a VPN to access it.

sauce: https://twitter.com/aokimisako/status/1343069385800368129

>>10524448
... not if they have the mask on during the shoot? this does literally nothing AND looks stupid

>>10524325
I want that black colorway Holy Mana

>>10524448
You are the dumbass here, faggot. Why waste money on PPE that is not suited to the task? To make yourself feel better? How about this: don't have a fucking photoshoot in the middle of a fucking pandemic. You're the load your mother should have swallowed.

>>10524514
Hey scrote, you realize you're not talking to the girls in the photo right?

>>10524514
Japan is doing fine with corona and lolita brands are small businesses that need photoshoots to promote their work. Relax.

>>10524514
>people still taking this "pandemic" seriously

>>10524325
I'm a dumbass who's never done GB/lottery reservations before, how do I get this?

>>10524325
I need that I'm black

>>10524325
Am I the only one who thinks the mismatched blacks make the dress itself look faded? I would get it if it wasn't for that

>>10524587
I've had a few Baby dresses very similar to this, it's the flash. IRL the fabric doesn't look so washed out next to the lace.

>>10524531
Found the retarded, selfish Trumper.
>>10524516
Hey cunt, you realize I'm talking to the anon-cunt on >>10524448 right?

Why do tall lolitas expect a country full of short women to cater to them? It’s almost more annoying than fatties whining.

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>>10524589
What's up with this anti-velvet trend? First AP, now Baby. Are they trying to cheapen it in order to stay competitive to Chinese brands?

>>10524614
Honestly, I'm assuming it's a production cost thing, yeah. Also, haven't brands claimed one of the reasons they've switched to poly is because Asian lolitas don't like the heaviness of cotton and velvet?

I would also prefer if the rerelease was in velvet myself, the texture of the lace next to the velvet in the original is really stunning.

>>10524614
Baby has done multiple velvet releases this year

>>10524591
She's not the one doing photoshoots. Get help.

>>10524614
Japanese fabric manufacturers have stopped making velvet in recent years so it's harder to get hold of high quality material

>>10524620
I'm fine with it not being velvet, that just means I'd hopefully get to wear it outside of midwinter and not melt.

>>10524614
might be an unpopular opinion, but the black mismatched cotton looks so cheap in comparison, meanwhile this is straight up gorgeous. I'd rather buy the white this time around and hope for a velvet rerelease, I don't think it's completely off the table.

>>10524531
put your mask on retard

>>10524671
Besides black velvet I've been looking towards classic red x white combo for a while, but I'm probably not yet mentally prepared for it. This piece is quite pricey and design is just BOLD.

>>10524593
IW is catering to them. Tallitas just need to get skinny and switch to modern IW's polyester floor length dresses.

>>10524593
cuz literally all it takes is making the adjustable straps a few cm longer?

>>10524614
baby has a velvet dress on their site right now what the hell are you talking about

>>10524614
Remember when this was released a month ago

>>10524593
You can change your weight, but not your height.

>>10524593
Are people really complaining? I'm taller than the average Japanese man and I have no problem finding things that fit me. Especially with so many brands releasing tea-length stuff these days.

>>10524738
There's a lot of people who are 5'11+ wondering why niche Japanese fashion brands won't make shoulders and bodices even longer than they already are.

>>10524628
Kill yourself.

>>10524741
That’s still better than girls running around with their ass hanging out. I’m sorry but if you’re over 5’4” most of this shit is borderline pornographic on you

>>10524743
how is mid-thigh at worst + bloomers underneath borderline pornographic? what the fuck

>>10524738
Tall girls complain less than fat ones. Usually about shoulders more than length though.

>>10524743
I don't understand why people insist on wearing things that are too short for them when longer options have always existed. It's actually Not That Hard if you're not dead set on old school or 2010's sweet. People just suck at dressing themselves for some reason.

>>10524747
>Thinks mid-thigh is ok in Lolita
Found the ita e-girl.

>>10524751
I haven't really heard any tall girls complaining at least on cgl in the last two months and I lurk a lot. Tbh this is probably morbidly obese people trying to deflect.

>>10524761
Nayrt but check RC

>>10524755
Tallita and hard agree. How long something is determines whether or not it exists to me

>>10524741
imagine thinking long dresses are designed to cater to western tall girls kek

>>10524761
Ayrt, I literally acknowledged they complain less than fat ones (much less).

>>10524756
Not this faggotry again

>>10524566
Live in Japan or ask an SS

>>10524325
Is Tenshi the only SS worth using that does in store lotteries?

>>10524765
That's literally my point

>>10524755
This but for fatties. There are so many options for landwhales, why fucking squeeze yourself into something so tight it leaves bruises.

>>10525042
Basically. No idea what Muuh is doing and mintkismet is kill basically.

>>10525042
I asked her, she said she's not doing GB.

>>10524325
Kind of sucks living in japan but not being able to go to this. I wish they would do the GB online.

>>10525248
wait, really? who tf do we use if no other ss is doing it? I don't think I can pass up on that op

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>>10525281
Isn't this that Russian brand that sucks?

>>10525286
Does it suck? That’s too bad, designs are nice.

>>10525270
>>10525056
tenshi has never done GB newfriend, she lives too far away from laforet to be reasonable

>>10525059
mk still hasnt sent me something i bought and paid shipping for pre-covid, never again

>>10524584
hi black

>>10524756
Say that to Mana. Mid-thigh skirts are peak gothic perfection.

>>10525306
If you post a coord with a mid-thigh skirt, the chance people will tell you to wear an underskirt is 100% in today’s western society, even for Gothic Lolita.

>>10525364
False. See
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>>10525306
If you are not mana and/or your body doesn’t look like mana, then short skirts are not for you.

What do you think about situation with the lolitafashion hashtag on twitter?

>>10525281
>>10525283
This is the whiniest bullshit I have ever seen. That being said, I'm glad someone is calling out all the randos who jump in, demand changes to a product, and then scream on twitter when the brand doesn't do them. They should have just ignored them and took into account their past order numbers though

>>10525407
The antis bitching about lolita? Must be a Tuesday

>>10525411
Tons of actual lolitas are posting their coords

>>10525420
Ah, just saw that. Good for them

>>10525379
I have seen people wear skirts and dresses with similar lengths to those and who got told by newbies on CoF, that they should wear an underskirt because their skirt wasn’t knee-length. It happens to Tall Lolitas more often than you think.

>>10525451
>newbies on CoF
why would you care

>>10525293
If its Miss Danger they are really high quality dresses. Their processing time and organization skills are garbage! Posts like the one above a common occurrence for them. I'd be willing to buy more from them if they didn't constantly whine and take around 6 months to ship my items.

>>10525407
There's going to be another influx of egirls and itas and I'm going to rip my eyes out

>>10525461
pretty sure its kaneko

>>10525300
kek thanks for making me laugh anon

>>10525281
>thinking catering to poorfag fatties will improve the design and increase sales
The design in question is plain. Something which would look nice on a thin - average weight person, but the sizing even for the smallest size is huuuge. See the problem? I hope they learned their lesson.

>>10525511
Is it even lolita? More like vintage inspired normie dress

>>10525512
iirc it’s supposed to be a coat, however I thought the skirt portion looked a bit too narrow, even for classic and gothic.

>>10525511

Going to be honest - it looks like sheglit's style, but I'd rather buy from Sheglit than deal with nightmarish Russian shipping.

If they applied their ornate designs from their bonnets and hats, I think it could work though.

I am in need of some recommendations of lolita illustrators/artists who sell 5x7 prints! I have a new frame that I need to fill with cute art prints. Toss your fav artists my way! Thanks ^^

>>10525512
It's similar to sheglit designs, but definitely more on the gothic side.

>>10525281
I personally checked this out but didn't like the design. A puff sleeve or pintucks, or a nice yoke would really help. I'd love a solid velvet piece that I can use as both an underdress or main star of a coord. The lack of fussy details makes it look too normie for my liking. That's why I passed.

>>10525511
This is so boring. I like simple but this is putting me to sleep

I used to be into the fashion in the from the 2000's until the mid 2010's.
I was looking at things and debating coming back but I see lots of SJW type stuff on lolita facebook and twitter. I'm not really opposed to that kind of thing, but I also am kind of irritated about a frilly dress hobby also being overly political because shit's exhausting sometimes. How bad is it actually now?
Inb4 troll accusation or some shit

>>10525527
Same. I'm a slut for simple solids, but this has no construction details that make it worthwhile

>>10525545
It's no better or worse than most online communities. Grow some thick skin, learn to ignore people who are annoying, get used to wearing lolita alone are all useful

>>10525545
Unfortunately that's how the US is everywhere. Cancel culture and extreme radicalized PC culture is the norm. You have to watch what you say even more these days because anything you say can be perceived as offensive even if the intent was not to be. It's absolutely insane.

Kind of sucks right now since you can't go out for meets and eat expensive high tea shit, but once the world isn't in a pandemic it will be better.

>>10525545

It's pretty bad if you decide to go all out, but I just kept to my own and post pretty things and eventually I found my own group where I can be more relaxed. What I can't really get over is how sanctimonious some of these people are but then at a moment's notice will immediately turn to gossip about someone they don't like, in sometimes not so PC terms. That is the part I can't really get used to.

>>10525584
The problem is a lot of people aren't actually into social justice or making the world a better place (even by their own terms), they are just into internet bullying, drama, and clout grabbing. i'm a ~pc special snowflake~ by many standards but this behavior is still embarassing

>>10525511
I like Kaneko and want them to do well, this design just really didn’t appeal to me. Their accessories and bonnets are so gorgeous, I think this just needed something more.

I guess pointing out that someone is selling carcinogenic clothing and trying to cover it up is worthy of deletion, but pointless scrote bait threads can stay up despite how often they're reported. The absolute state of the janitors here is deplorable.

Fuck you that cunt and her cancer causing clothes.

>>10525600
Was it just your post or the whole secondhand thread? Cause it got seriously derailed.

>>10525600
You should make a new one and repost the info. It was one of the few useful things in the thread.

>>10525553
>It's no better or worse than most online communities. Grow some thick skin
This. The "sjw" stuff is really easy to ignore. Imo a lot of people who complain about it overexaggerate its proliferation and are just mad the internet isn't their "anti pc" or whatever safe space.

How the fuck did you guys get the secondhand thread nuked twice? Specifically stating it in multiple posts to just leave it alone or take it to the farms apparently is not enough. Smh my head

>>10525636
seressit* is probably reporting them

>>10525636
Mentioning that seressita is selling carcinogenic clothing breaks no rules.

Hope that cunt dies of lung cancer. I'll never stop mentioning her by name.

>>10525637
It's my new personal agenda to never let her live this down. Come at me mods, I have a vpn. I'll post her name in the dead of night every goddamn night until it stays up and isn't deleted. This is fucking war.

>>10525636

Hey siri, set a reminder for one week to mention Sereshita for selling carcinogenic clothing.

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>>10525640
Can we just call her fiberglass-chan and stop mentioning her in the secondhand thread? I remade once and it 404'd after 15 replies.

>>10525511
Looks fairly well constructed but this really doesn't look like lolita.

>>10525640
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So apparently the lolitafashion tag is trending on Twitter? I'm not on Twitter at all. Can anyone summarize what started it all? Someone said a furry went off on us?

On the flip side, I really do not need more people flooding the fashion and buying up already rare pieces. Fuck.

>>10525646
It's in the online comm thread - some furry was saying the usual "lolita fashion is pedophilia because the movie Lolita caused me to get groomed by an older man" so actual lolitas in the fashion flooded the hashtag to, once again, reiterate how it doesn't have anything to do with the book

>>10525646
>On the flip side, I really do not need more people flooding the fashion and buying up already rare pieces. Fuck.

No, the worst you'll have to worry about is e-girls purchasing milanoo from Amazon and prancing around in it. At the worst we'll have way more fodder for the ita thread.

>>10525651
I don't understand how a furry can critique a fashion when they fetishize animals.

>>10525646
>On the flip side, I really do not need more people flooding the fashion and buying up already rare pieces. Fuck.
Out of the maybe twelve total people who will take the plunge and actually buy lolita, maybe one will be the type to buy rare old pieces. Get your head out of your ass newb

>>10525655
I can't understand why lolitas don't get that feeding ~who's fetishizing who~ drama machine online is exactly how we wind up here every two weeks. Shut the fuck up no one cares

>>10525584
This sounds really immature. Lolita has always had a petty, bullying community, but mixed in with moral superiority now? It's too much. They all at least knew they were rotten back in the day.

>>10525646

Scroll up, sis.

>>10525723

Honestly, just ignore the super popular and thirsty for efame crowd and you'll be fine. A lot of lolitas are super chill and just want to talk about the latest releases with you or how the next coord is going to go.

Unfortunately I think I have to let go of my local comm because they're kind of heavy on the tea, but I really like my online group.

>>10525653
I never would have thought that 2020-2021 would bring so many feral itas for us to mock. I thought that the golden era of itas was long gone.

They're even more worthy of ridicule than they were 10 some odd years ago. Every resource at their fingertips, a vast wealth of knowledge regarding what is/isn't ita, and they just ignore it all and spend $60 on a and romeo replica off amazon. No blouse, no petti, but #lolita !!! The only downside is that these itas actually have dozens cheering them on in tiktok comments and shit, at least ye olden itas were snubbed at every turn.

>>10525759
Forgot to add, the reason them being cheered on and getting internet validation is that they'll never have any motivation to get better, and they'll continue to prance around the internet and possibly the real world, giving their friends/family/randos the wrong idea of lolita.

I wish lolita replicas and cheap taobao didn't exist. If you can't afford brand and you aren't thin, you're just giving the fashion a bad name desu.

>>10525759
>No blouse, no petti, but #lolita
works in china, so...

>>10525762

>endb8

I got a JSK and skirt in the BTSSB SF lottery! No headbow though.

>>10525810
Got headbow and jsk I requested

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>>10525814
Hmm... no email yet for me

>>10525814
Congrats! I'm bummed I have no matching headwear but I got 2 main pieces and I can always find the headbow secondhand or match with my existing items I suppose.

>>10525816
Yea they're all easy to match except maybe the mint

I missed out on the pink chocolate socks but got my top two items

RIP anyone who wanted any colorway but mint (which is basically everyone)

>>10525823
I’m hoping for a restock, Sweet Ice Cream got one

>>10525824
Fingers crossed!

>>10525810
Same, got the jsk but no bow. Guess it’s time to buy a ton of strawberry accessories

>>10524325
Possibly unpopular opinion but I hope they make this the same length as the JSK release, personally.

>>10525511
It's pretty and I'd buy it if the sizing was smaller and if it didn't cost almost the same as japanese branded pieces that retain their value later on

I missed out on the blouse, but got everything else as mint is not very popular

>>10525823
I think mint and pink are the cutest, I was happy to order mint. Wonder why it went last

>>10526165
Mint is cute and I like it on others, but I prefer warmer toned pastels best on my skin which really just leaves pink for me with chocolate prints. Plus everything else I have is pink x brown for chocolate stuff so it becomes hard to branch out from that color palette.

>>10526165
I also love the mint. The pink and ivory were cute as well. I felt the brown didn't show the print well and looked too washed out.

>>10525655
No they not

I dont speak japanese and assume there is some funky translation issues, but what is this about?

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cont

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>>10526433
She’s whining and throwing herself a pity party, which seems to be normal for her now.

>>10526434
About what though??

>>10526435
Customers are upset because everything they want sells out too fast, so they’re asking for bigger production runs. Not unreasonable imo

>>10526436
ah, yeah i could see that. she's still going but its mostly about how she hnd makes things and cant do it to scale so Im sure you're right

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>>10526435
I wonder if it's about things like boleros, blouses, and tights. All they have in stock nowadays is ugly long polyester dresses, nylon OTKs, and ankle socks. I used to love their cotton blouses and jsks. I wanted to buy a red bolero and some cute print tights but it always sold out too fast

>>10526430
fujiwara-san has posted a couple of tweets over the past months which really don't reflect well on her desu. i mentioned one here that she posted and deleted a few months ago where she said she "doesn't want to associate" with people who don't wear lolita, and basically gave off the feeling that she looks down on them. some japanese lolitas replied basically saying it was a shit take, and she deleted the tweet.

this new drama is because she posted a tweet saying she feels that there is currently a classic lolita boom, and insinuating lot of new people are casually buying pieces but will "graduate" from lolita quickly (suggesting these people aren't "true" lolitas). some japanese lolitas replied or posted on their own accounts that they were hurt by these words because they are the type who bought a few pieces slowly to begin with, either because they didn't have more money, or because jumping into something like lolita takes some confidence. others were upset because although they want to buy more, there isn't enough stock.

tl;dr fujiwara-san is coming across as more and more elitist, people are getting annoyed

>>10526553
Her little rant today included lamenting that all these new lolitas keep buying out stock so that checks

>>10526553
based fujiwara, i don't associate with non lolitas either unless it's family, boyfriend, or coworkers

>>10526553
Her designs have gone to shit. She used to be my favorite designer. What a shame. Here's hoping for a better 2021 year of pieces. Some were ok from the SS2021 stream, but more of the same disappointment.

>>10526553
tfw you're a brandwhore for your own brand, based

Chocochip Cookie is still alive? I was sure they were dead! Were they on hiatus at some point or something?

>>10526665
Idk but they've been around and had a moderate website presence since I knew of their existence, very occasionally updating things.

>>10526556
Probably Chinese lolitas treating brand like hype beasts and buying up everything before others can. I can understand not wanting stock increases as it can lead to production issues and further cheapening fabric/lace for the sake of quantity.

>>10526433
>>10526709
What I don't get is, if she doesn't want to increase stock, then just...don't? Just say, "I'm sorry, but we cannot increase production without sacrificing quality. As our brand is concerned foremost with providing qaulity products, we are unable to accept any more orders." And maybe have a system where people can say they're interested in a sold out item, and if there's enough people who want it, then hold a reservation for a later release date.

If she's worried about losing customers, well, AP has bloodbaths all the time and people just keep going back for more.

What confuses me even more is that IW has a Special Members program for the loyal customers who spend over $2000 on IW in a year and they already get priority in reservations. So how are these customers still not able to get the items they want?

I don't know, I just feel a lot of these are non-problems. Either way, the designers are getting noticed for their work and IW is getting money. Maybe there's more happening behind the scenes that we don't know of, but man, this is not a good look for Fujiwara-san and IW.

>>10526709
>>10526720
Why do ya say increasing the production hurts quality? From what I know making a bigger batch is actually cheaper than smaller one, so you can use the difference for nicer materials. At another hand bigger production is more risky because you can never tell for sure if people like the new series.

>>10526665
WF is that you? This is so ugly. Yikes

Happy new year gulls! Here's to a better year!

>>10526725
small ateliers exist anon, too many orders can overwhelm the seamstresses and cause them to rush to meet deadlines. quality takes time, we aren't talking about some aliexpress factory.

>>10526869
That would imply there’s anything quality about current IW

>>10526926
This. I haven't bought anything from them for years. The designs and cuts are shit. Even the JSKs from a decade ago don't have amazing construction compared to AP and even Baby. I hope they don't die because I really did love their old pieces.

>>10526844
First glance I thought there were two people in this tub. No, just one and a hat and many clothes that will be sadly wrinkled.

>>10526564
What a sad life you must lead lol.

Happy New Year yall!!!
May the 2021 bring amazing prints, money, and better things.

Am I the only one who likes current IW on /cgl/ ? While I used to barely pay any attention to their stuff a few years back, I really love their current designs. I think they're great for more mature and elegant looks and although I miss shorter cuts I don't really mind tea length cuts either. Sure, quality isn't as good as it used to be but the same can be said about all brands apart from maybe BTSSB and VM (and also maybe MM, we'll have to see how their revival goes).

I've got to agree about the stock issues though, all the interesting stuff sells out fast and they rarely restock. I guess it's not as bad as AP but it's still frustrating. I'm glad brands are getting money but I still hope the current lolita boom will die down at some point.

>>10527082
Thank you anon, wish the same to you.

>>10527125
I do really like a lot of the new designs, but I can't stand the fabric. I still buy the ones I really love, but the fabric they use is very unpleasant.

>>10527151
I agree. While I dislike the current lengths, I would still wear them if it wasn't for the cheap, papery poly they've switched to using. I just can't stand the feel of it.

>>10527151
I’ve never bought any of the new designs but they remind me of some of my seraphim dresses, which have poly bodies and cotton collars/yokes. It’s unlined, obviously synthetic poly but at least drapes well. How does new IW compare?

>>10527534

Seraphim imo drapes more nicely than whatever the fuck IW is using. Even the model photos have the weird lampshade doily effect. I have one poly release from Seraphim and at least it doesn't show every deformity in my petticoat.

>>10527620
I don’t understand why they won’t get proper long pettis for their models. It would be a more appealing look, this just looks messy.

>>10527620
I don't mind the fabric here or the colors, which I find quite nice. The cut is just ridiculous and the styling isn't great as the waist area buttons are being pulled.

I agree with >>10527635 as well.

>>10527125
I like the designs, though I wish they'd stick to mid-calf or knee length dresses

>>10527620
it's because they're using bare hoopskirts without layering a petti over it

Good luck with the ap special sets and btssb lucky packs folks!

someone posted on RC about making a "lolita social media app" but she only knows HTML and recruited a scrote with no skills either

hmmmmmm

>>10529388
Good luck with that, signed: an engineer

>>10529390
right, i'm a developer and considered helping but i'd sooner do it myself than help someone with no knowledge

plus on the off chance it's developed and people use it, the maintenance and moderation alone is not at all worth doing for free.

>>10529388
Why the fuck are we doing stupid shit like making our own app instead of migrating to a small established app that fits our needs?

>>10529401
There are a ton of easy to use (some free some not) platforms for creating your own custom social apps. Some people just don't realize how much work goes into things.

>>10529401
the issue is what established app, i think

a lolita only app would be plagued with rando users who run across it on the playstore unless it's distributed privately as an sdk/whatever the ios format is, or members are vetted before they register, which is both way too much effort...

>>10529399
Knowing html is the smallest, easiest most miniscule part of a website nowadays, they might as well call themselves the idea man because that's how helpful knowing HTML is in the grand scheme of things

https://youtu.be/EFqyNd3HlgU

Lor threw her hat in the ring after the twitter trending furry debacle. As much as I dislike Lor's cadence and speaking habits, this video was high effort for her and I like the outfit changes.

Also kek at that jab at the UK comm again on the headstones in the section about football.

>>10529405
>What established app
Mastadon and Dreamwidth aren't terrible places to start if we want separate, vetted communities with a livejournal feel

>>10529748
im actually looking into spinning up something with mastadon from my own server, but i won't post about it publicly (outside of cgl) until i have something functional. don't want people to expect anything

>posting surveys asking for names for your app before you actually develop anything
classic startup

>>10529748
the problem with dreamwidth is we need a lot of people to make the move and be active, it's website is clunky and difficult to use, and the platform preferences rpers and their communities for games. uploading images is difficult but the one plus I see is how fun/easy it is to code and make beautiful tables for images/sources.

>>10529748
to add, all the good usernames on dreamwidth have been taken since forever ago.

>>10523574
Oof, I want to punch her face really bad, I think it's the voice.

>>10529765
Fuck off, scrote

>>10529759
That's good to hear! A Mastadon server overall I think fits our needs best

>>10529768
Stop being retarded.

>>10529801
Stop allowing people to disrespect Misako and Mana

>>10529801

Any US anons ordered from BtSSB's JP site this fall? I made a purchase mid-Nov, and I'm curious whether anyone else has heard about their order making it to the US yet.

>>10529853
I made an order in November too, AFAIK it hasn’t shipped to SF yet

>>10525281
>>10525283
> we fucked up but it's your fault and now you get to decide how were gonna run our business
> also we promise to listen to your requests but also fuck your requests please don't have requests but also yes

This is the most unprofessional, immature message I've ever seen coming from a brand. Absolute trash

>>10529853
>>10529859
I think EMS is still banned. My order hasn't moved either.

>>10529761
Lol denise hates the rp community, there's just so many of us that they can't ignore us, our paids keep the site afloat.

I agree with >>10529761 though, the site works for rp because LJRP grew into the format of LJ, not the other way around, making it all about dense text and formatting. A modern lolita platform needs something that's much less clunky for uploading and posting images. Even in the LJ days I hated using egl for image-heavy posts, lacemarket and the style of modern social media apps are way better for our purposes.

>>10529805
>>10529807
Doesn't make them a scrote and they were only talking about Misako, not Mana.

>>10529930

Nta but people rarely have anything bad to say about Misako. She is boring/uninteresting and "old" to some at worst. That is a strong sign it's likely either a maleposter or crossboarder, etc. not used to hearing Japanese women speak or something.

>>10529938
I wouldn't go so far as to say I want to punch her face but I don't like Misako's voice either and I'm not a scrote and have been using cgl for years.

>>10529950
I think that's the point. "I am not a fan of her voice" is a far cry from "she is super punchable"

>>10529952
Don't get me wrong I don't like the comment either, it's just that girls here say retarded and a-logging stuff like that all the time so I wouldn't be surprised if a girl did write that comment lol.

>>10529959
True, especially new gulls who think you're supposed to be as hardcore an asshole as possible because "it's cgl"

>>10529965
It's extra bad these days compared to a decade ago. I think it's the younger generation tbqh. And all the "old school" lolitas have gotten older and more mature on average.

>>10530059
agree and it's honestly tiresome. i stopped browsing for a year, came back, and it's worse. i try to be decent in every thread but all of the lolitas screaming newfag (who themselves are probably newer to the fashion and have directly supported brands less than me) is getting old.

i think it's due to an unfamiliarity with general chan culture. a lot of newer gulls probably think 4chan === be mean, but board culture on smaller boards isn't necessarily like that. and when people are mean on other boards, it's usually in a funny way. hardly anything anyone posts here is like that. gulls just don't have bants.

>>10530072
On a more positive note, here's a worn pic of the strawberry chocolate print; so happy I managed to get it

>>10530076
Images like this make me think I might be gay

>>10530076
dang, i kinda regret not getting the pink but i'm putting everything on hold until AP MTO announcements come out. i want to get multiples and different cuts if they release everything. i'm getting so impatient and it's only the 5th...

>inb4 announcements in July

>>10530076
Damn the mint is really cute!

>>10529884
EMS is banned, but BABY is still shipping to their SF store through other means, like Yamato. All US orders at least are taking that route.

>>10530118
I fucked up and didn't select the option for them to ship it to SF? Reee

>>10530152
You don’t have to select it, they’re doing it automatically. They’re only doing it when they have space in their shipments though I think.

>>10530157
Ah ok. I ordered something in November but I'm not holding my breath. Thanks for the clarification!

>>10530167
It'll probably arrive in SF in Feb

>>10530077

>>10529853
All of my orders arrived super quickly. I was buying at least once a month and I got everything within a month until my last order in September, I still haven’t received it. Just gotta be patient.

>>10530254
ok, this is what I was looking to hear, tyvm, because I ordered once before and it took only 1.5 months, but it must have gotten more bogged down

Haven't seen baby's valentines set posted yet, and of course they don't disappoint. I only order brand new sets once a year but this jsk might be the one.

>>10530484

>>10530484
Oof that embroidery. Hope theres an sk

>>10530484

>>10530484
The bloodbath this will be

>>10530484
>mum said it's our turn on the Xbox

WHY do you think there's currently a sweet boom?

I hav some ideas
1) there's more people coming into this fashion through youtube ,particularly Lor and Tyler, and since the majority of famous lolitas on Youtube are sweet lolitas, there's more demand for sweet
2) The sweet lolitas that joined the community during the 2010s when OTT sweet reigned supreme and old enough to have enough money to splurge

>>10530708
2 is true

>>10530708
is this the milk from coffee and tv?

>>10530708
Trends cycle every 10 years or so, and nostalgia is a thing. That’s the main reason.

>>10530708
I've used to think that Chinese lolitas have caused it. A lot of them joined when larme was a big thing, but as they began getting deeper into lolita history sweet started winning more and more fans, so here we are.

>>10530708
Most of the weebs join this fashion because of sweet Lolita. Like it or not, sweet is much popular or representative of the fashion for normies than classic or goth

>>10530708
I am #2 so I'm going with that

>>10530708
I am also #2 so I'll go with that. Didn't have money for shit when I got into lolita, "lolita at heart" for years, now I have a job and money to splurge. And nothing better to do during corona.

Could be a combination of factors, but those are my personal guesses. People have time and money.

>>10530743
I'm not into lolita at all but I recall seeing someone say video game collection also boomed during corona. It could be something that's happening across many different hobbies. People who haven't lost their jobs have a lot more money than usual from lack of social activities and travel and are bored too so they deepdive into collection hobbies.
Could be interesting to see if it's something that has happened in other collecting too

>>10530268
Yeah I had one EMS package shipped the day before the ban started, which took 3 months to arrive, but from May on I was ordering regularly and received items quickly. I know there are a lot of restrictions in California, so I’m sure it’s a bit in part of finding room to ship international shipments to the SF location, but also partially due to the fact they now have twice as many orders to process, plus dealing with their own local restrictions.

>>10530484
That’s beautiful, I’m going to go broke this year.

>>10530827
Literally this. I think I've spent 6000$+ since November. Went from nothing I like to finding everything I've wanted real quick.

>>10530713
yes

>>10530708
2 and also you're forgetting coronabux where Americans got 1200 stimulus and plus finding themselves making $700+ a week for being unemployed for months

>>10530893
Don't you have a capitol to go riot into?

>>10530898
what??? The stimulus and increase in pay while some were on unemployment definitely played into prices rising, even posters here on cgl admit to spending their stimulus money on lolita, or finding themselves with excess money to spend on lolita as they were making more on unemployment than they did at their actual jobs. What does me saying this have to do with what's going on in DC?

>>10530902
Don’t reply to bait

>>10530157
I ordered something in August and still don’t have it, nor was it sent to SF. Guess I’m just unlucky :(

>>10530765
>Could be interesting to see if it's something that has happened in other collecting too
Oh yeah it definitely is. Not just collecting, but hobbies. Now that you've said that, I'm thinking about it. There's more new cosplayers, more new soapmakers, more new youtubers, etc etc etc. Basically every hobby I've seen that takes time+money to start up is suddenly having a boom of activity. A lot of people spent their winter breaks from work starting new hobbies too.

I bought the restock of Lyrical Bunny in lavender on APUSA. I hope the quality control isn't too bad.

>>10530916
Honestly all of those and the bears looked ugly as fuck. The fucked up milkybear exclusive is on sale too. I wonder if people returned defective stock and they're trying to sell it off lmao

>>10530708
Social media. Sweet is the most attention getting which equals the most likes. It's always been that way so sweet in whatever form has always been the most popular style.

>>10530948
They literally announced they were redoing a restock back in November

>>10530902
Prices also rose on the Japanese secondhand market, not everything has to do with Americans

>>10530708
Can also confirm 2. Being an adult rocks.

>>10530708
Honestly, I'm almost exclusively old school/gothic, but I got into the fashion around 2010... So my nostalgia for the OTT sweet of that period is making even me start eyeing sweet. I'm going nuts waiting for sugary carnival's rerelease desu

>>10530967
prices rose on the Japanese secondhand market because they realized more people aka not just Japanese buyers were willing to pay out for and buy things that were currently being scalped. Now that everyone knows how to use Japanese secondhand sites, once LM dried up American buyers went elsewhere to spend more of the money they weren't used to having

I also didn't say this was the sole reason or the main reason, just another reason why it happened

>>10530916
Congrats anon! I bought a lavender lyrical bunny too, as soon as I saw the newsletter. (The purple color wound up being SO much cuter than the preview image so I am really happy they released more!)

I never had a problem with AP USA's products and have been shopping with them for years. Each time I bought a Milky Bear the star was right side up. All of the lyrical bunnies my friends got from the AP USA MTO looked perfect so I wouldn't worry much.

I did get one of the hanikami bears from the JP MTO though and the outer black lining of the eyes was pretty wonky.

>>10531007
The newsletter hasn't been sent to me or a couple friends. We've tried checking and unchecking the box and updating settings to no avail. I've heard other others are also having issues with this?

>>10531007
> Each time I bought a Milky Bear the star was right side up.
There’s no such thing as “twisted star” on Milky bear. It’s not sewn or glued, it’s some sort of stud you can rotate on 360.

>>10531023
>it’s some sort of stud you can rotate on 360.
what. mine is glued on...

>>10530708
Its also trending on social media. lots of people with nothing to do. insta with its reels algorithm and weeb normies giving out likes are drawn to sweet. its getting attention on twitter cause people are bored and starting shit and more people are there to watch.

>>10531023
>>10531032
mine is glued on too

>>10531104 new thread

How are you guys buying from Japan right now in North America? What shipping is everyone using/how to go about it? Want some stuff from mercari and closet child but have no idea how cause of covid19

>>10531409
cc ships to NA, you dense biscuit

>>10531409
Buyee and plenty of other shipping services