/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Is is too soon to remember the collective rage when that CTP was cut apart?

>>8704516
There's still collective rage about that because she still won't shut up about it.

Oh man. Was that dress really 2005? I thought it was a bit later than that.

Remember when Momo's Handicrafts was the Milanoo of the lolita world? Remember when they changed shop fronts about a dozen times due to negative feedback?

>>8704520
Yep, 2005! They made a different one some time later but by that point there were way more places to get something vaguely lolita looking than Hot Topic.

In retrospect, why did people think this H&M dress was in any way lolita? Poofy party dress does not lolita make.

>>8704513
I... I still like that dress.

>>8704526
Western lolita fashion was young and people were desperate for "loliable" stuff.

I miss when Meta's lucky packs weren't almost "starter sets" ("You get 1 skirt, 1 blouse, 1 accessory!" with the skirts usually being 100% shirred and made from leftover fabric) and were actually just "hey you'll get random stuff worth x amount of money." Nowadays everyone gets mostly the same stuff, but years back you might find someone who got 2 jsks, or 2 skirts and a hairbow, just sort of random things and not necessarily "welp we've got a bunch of bolts leftover from this release, time for that same ol' skirt."

>>8704513
To be fair, that dress wasn't bad at all, it's still passable as oldschool with today's standards. It could pass as old Btssb or Maxicimam.

>>8704526
I remember this. Everyone wanted it, because it was piss cheep, and it had the right silhouette for lolita (no excuse for the fugly lace though). The black version was acceptable though, it resembled some Moitie to some extent.

>>8704546
I feel like their packs haven't changed all that much though. You still had starter packs/special set packs from them back then, too. They were just at different times of year from the leftover packs.

And people BITCHED about the leftover packs because so many of them were two pairs of bloomers, a shitty print no one wanted, and an ugly blouse with raschel lace.

>>8704546
I miss when they had simpler and nonprint stuff for lucky packs. They had polkadot and weird fabrics that they would make dresses and bloomers out of.

However I do have to say that I like the fully-shirred skirts. They are comfortable and great for casual wear.

>>8704546
They still offer clearance ones. They just did one of those.

>>8704520
Isn't that Momo and Jia shop? And isn't that the same Jia as Oo Jia?

>>8704564
I think Momo & Jia was a different shop, which started on Taobao. No idea if they're connected to Oo Jia.

If memory serves, Momo's eventually stopped using Momo anywhere in it because people kept reporting them. So they may or may not still exist.

Getting that first overpriced Bodyline lolita dress on the Cosmates website...

>>8704564
>>8704570
Checked egl and found this:

>Hi,
>As an official dealer of Momo & Jia Baby Shop, we would like to clarify that Momo's from ebay and Momo & Jia from TaoBao are 2 different shops.

>Momo & Jia Baby Shop at TaoBao is only selling to China local market. And all of theirs photos in their shop are taken by themsleves as well. All of the dresses in their shop are handmake by the owner one by one.

>From what we know, the Momo from ebay will use the other brand's photos in their shop, however the Momo & Jia Baby Shop will only use theirs own product photos for showing.

>So please understand the difference in between them, as they are totally 2 different shops.

>Regards,
>QutieLand - Billy

>>8704526
But so much new school lolita looks just as normalfag as that and it flies. And hell, J et J looks like Ted Baker. I'm so alienated by half the shit I see in CofF in tes of cuts, trims, sillhoette and the aesthetic has shifted from Victorian Doll or cute but punky to vaguely vintage fancy lady

I miss white lace on everything and mostly cotton, solid dresses. I even miss the meido anime lolita look. I miss cutting pages out of Shojou Beat in 2004

I miss page long discussion posts with thoughtful, composed replies.

>>8704578
You know what I do not miss? Those terrifying pantaloon things that were published in Shojou Beat as "lolita". I remember seeing those bloomers and just dying of laughter. I wish I could find a scan of it.

>>8704552
well, they used to sell special sets as special sets, and lucky packs as lucky packs. Now lucky packs have become special sets.

>>8704584
They still sell both. They just label them all lucky packs because western lolita called both lucky packs. You just have to look at the sample photos. it's really easy to tell them apart.

>>8704516
Details?

>>8704604
Tifriet (sp?) cut up a CTP jsk and mangled the poor thing

>>8704609
That photo makes my heart hurt :(

>>8704572
Underrated post.

Seeing the word "cosmates" hit my nostalgia really hard

>>8704609
It's annoying that she insisted it only looked bad because it was unfinished. What's the finished form then? The dress sewn back together the way it was when you got it?

>>8704614
Me too, anon, me too.

Bellebete/cruxcromissa chandelier skirt... the skirt that started all that wank. Looking back it seems weird that people were creaming themselves over these but then, different times.

>>8704516
Oh for crying out loud. It was a fucking make to order. The dress would be common as shit if anyone actually liked it back in the day. No one did.

I don't like her, but bitching because someone cut up THEIR OWN DRESS like it's community property is like 3rd-grader level of spoiled brat.

>>8704546
meta literally just did a leftover stock LP though

>>8704636
When?

>>8704609
Well, at least the other two CTP lolitas look really nice.

>>8704632
I think you're missing the point. Part of the reason is because she cut up the dress not a seamstress or someone professionally inclined to do so. The other part is that she brags about being able to wear CTP and she never shuts up about it.

>>8704583
Holy crap, I think I remember that! I might have some old issues at home - if I find the page, I'll scan it and post it here.

>>8704732
Oh, please do. I can't remember if it was that magazine, something else by Viz, or what. I know if it WAS Shojo(u) Beat, it was from before they started advertising BtSSB. I think they called it "lolita cosplay" and made comparisons to Little Bo Peep?

I was reading the description not realizing that the picture was related so I thought this attached image was the dress you were talking about. I remember seeing a lot of girls wearing this and calling it lolita. youngermewasalmostoneofthosegirls. currentmestillthinksitskindofcutejustnotforlolitaobvs.

>>8704758
That was a Halloween costume they sold one year, right? I saw a girl wear it as a witch costume at Oni-con a few years back and she looked adorable (and decidedly not lolita, but she wasn't going for lolita).

>>8704640
Wtf.. why would she keep talking about it when everyone knows she can't really fit into it? Delusional much?

>>8704557
I remember when you couldn't give away some of the stuff that ended up in meta LPs pic incredibly related

>>8704809
derp

My husband actually asked me the other day "What ever happened to Lovely Horse Derpy Chan?"

derpy is dead man. derpy is dead.

Does any remember the "are striped socks lolita" discussions on egl?

In the Starlight

>>8704829
I remember I had a txt file with a list of alllll the skirts, blouses, and dresses I was going to order from them. In my mind I totally needed this skirt in blackxwhite, whitexblack, bluexwhite, etc etc. Didn't end up buying as much as I had planned but I had a good 30 pieces from them in the end.

I'm still mad at myself for selling off all my ITS stuff, minus one dress, a few years back. At the time I decided I'd rather keep my nicer brand stuff but now I miss having all those sturdy staples.

>>8704813

>>8704572
I plead guilty on this one

>>8704609
I know the lolitas on the outsides. LOL!!!!!! Funny thing is that I recognized her by her cheekbones and nose. And I now the one on the left for hosting a tea party about 2 months ago

>>8704637

Someone just posted what they got from the Meta LP. It's either in one of the generals or the mail thread, if you poke around it's probably still here (sorry for not remembering which specific thread it was in though).

I get your confusion, though, the first time I saw mention of a Meta petticoat LP was on here and I didn't know they were doing one -- I'm subscribed to their blog via feedly and their facebook, you'd think they would post about it there. But they did hype up the two lucky packs in one of their customer emails once the sale went live. Wish I could find the selling page for you, but unfortunately I deleted the email and can't find the other pages again.

Anyone remember that site where you could choose your silhouette, fabric, lace, and a bunch of other shit? I think it was called Sweet Rococo or something.

>>8704836
I still have a headbow from them that I held on to all these years...

>>8704892
I think you might be talking about the Lucky Pack they did recently just for overseas customers, which had a petticoat, several skirts, tops, etc etc. That was a $300~ or so special deluxe LP, not a regularly priced one.

>>8704893
Oh man, that hit me hard right now. Even though it was expensive as hell, it was fun putting together a dress then redoing it again and again. I couldn't afford lolita back then so doing the designs made me feel like I was a lolita. I regret never buying something from them in the end. Pretty sad that they closed down.

Anyone remember Rakuen lolita fashion? Candy violet? Into the Starlight?

>>8704944
yep, yep, yep.

I wonder whatever happened to vivcore. Last I remember she posted in the beginning of 2014 saying the shop was on hiatus because she was moving, but not only is the shop/website on hiatus, she hasn't updated any of her social media.

>>8704944
I fuckin miss Candy Violet, they had the cutest casual lolita stuff before they got weird. I still wear an In The Starlight petticoat.... Those were the good days

>>8704944
Yes to all. I even tried to be active on the Candy Violet forums but it was all girls who couldn't make it on egl.

>>8704969
I got banned from the Quaintrelle forums after I made a blog post (on my personal blog, which I never advertised on the forums) about how being into lolita didn't mean you had to subscribe to any lifestyle ideals or old-fashioned etiquette. Fun time.

>>8704513
Oh no, I like this

>>8704631
>the word "wank"
muh nostalgia

Mabet. I wonder if she is still a lolita and have sold all the pieces she got in her scam

>>8704862
Does anyone have the original print images of derpy chan? I want to try modifying one.

>>8704758
Oh god. I honestly thought this was my picture for a moment.
I wish I could have modified this to a longer skirt. I'm still a bit stuck in the 2004 goth look and I'm still a sucker for B&W stripes. I believe this was from the Alice and Wonderland line. Don't quote me; it's been too long.
>waits for the inevitable shitstorm for kinda liking this dress
>at least I never called it Lolita

>>8704924

Anon of that comment thread was saying they miss when Meta used to do truly blind lucky packs that consisted of regular items instead of special sets that were made for the lucky pack itself.

That is what this lucky pack is, isn't it? It was random regular items that didn't sell. Whether it was a deluxe set or not was not mentioned in anon's oriinal comment.

>>8704883
Yes anon, the lady on the left is Lynda, she's part of AP SF.

>>8704513
>looking through Shojou Beat and the Gothic&Lolita Bible
>looking at that lolita interview featuring Mana on Youtube
>dreaming of wearing lolita everyday
>had some Novala Takemoto poems and stuff on my walls
>would wear the little lolita i had in my room and post in forums online
>dresses were prettier to me back, more lacey and ruffley and doll looking than now.
>reading novels like A Little Princess while wearing lolita on my bed and eating cute pastries
>the lifestyle aspect was much more present,we had, "lolita moments of the day" threads in forums and such

>>8704578
I am a relatively new lolita and I dress Victorian doll-white lace-cotton-meido animu style. I guess this makes me ita as hell...

I can't help it though, I fell in love with lolita around 2006 when doll look at its peak and I didn't have courage/money to dress up until now.

I really miss the lifestyle aspect, I remember in the old livejournal lolita handbook, there was a list with something like, 100 romantic lifestyle ideas or something. I took that list to fucking heart man, I went on little walks by myself in lolita with my new parasol I bought directly from Baby after a hell of a process and a shitload of cash, I spun around my room wearing my first Baby dress and listening to Malice Mizer, I bought all the English G&LB's and looked through them time after time, I went on EGL like 10 times a day, I used to spend hours curling my hair into perfect sausage-curls and top it off with a black and white headdress I made from a G&LB pattern. I had lots of Meta underknee-socks with a shitton of ruffled raschel lace, remember those? Oh man this thread ignited my nostalgia... I miss the times when AP's first prints were controversial and people didn't consider them lolita. I miss the times when we were all like excited kids about the fashion, sharing every little tip about how to find or make something lolita, since we had such few ways to obtain it, we were a lot more crafty. There were tutorials for everything, simple skirts, headdresses, bows, sewing lace to bought kneesocks, making wristcuffs from lace, etc. I wish the community was more focused on lifestyle now, that dreamy air of lolita is gone to me now, it doesn't take any effort to be lolita anymore, and you can notice the effect that has.
>tl;dr I'm bitter I guess

>>8704758
I thought OP meant the one in the middle or to the right in this image, to be honest.

>>8705053
I think it was actually just a dress by Lip Service, around 2010-2009 IIRC.
... Jesus Christ, I now feel old.

I can't remember the username right, kankerjin or something like that. When she was selling petticoats that everyone was wanting to buy. Then she never wanted to share where she was getting them from, and I think someone found out it was from some shop in LA. They ended up getting dubbed kankerjin pettcoats.


And when Bodyline first can out with that fruit parlor replica and people were snapping it up.

>>8705104
God, I want this too anon

>>8705115
Kirakirajenjen? And they turned out to be like $15 or something and she was selling them for $40

Wasn't it Sniperyan that used to be a huge troll, then starting some fundraiser saying if she gets over a certain amount of money she'll reveal who is like she was famous or something? Then someone did some digging, found out who she was, told everyone, and everyone was like "who the fuck is this".

>>8705121
Yeap that's the name.

>>8705104
>that dreamy air of lolita is gone to me now, it doesn't take any effort to be lolita anymore, and you can notice the effect that has.
This made me tear up a bit

>>8705135
Nope it still is in our hearts anon. I firmly believe in it. Less than before but to me....

>>8705123
wasn't she a huge racist as well? after being found out remember when she had a blogspot and posted ootds and whatever, it was real weird her speaking cutesy there with rilakkuma shit since she had such a bitch presence before but alas. now she is only on instagram and pretty much left the fashion - only does cutie coords. too bad for all the attitude shit she could have been a decent lolita.

>>8705104
I agree. Every single old school lolita thread fills me with joy to know more people feel the same. I guess it's funny how at the time experimenting a lot was a bit forbidden and could get you posted on getoffegl, but at the same time, you look into street snaps and everything felt so... free? Lolita had more of a romantic point at the time. I am really content with more brands shipping internationally and the fashion growing but now it's becoming formulaic as well. Lolita was never cheap but to me it feels like to get e-fame you just need to be rich + have some decent coordination more than anything. Livestyle also helped lolita be more like a subculture IMHO instead of just a fashion. Since old school focuses so much on lost eras it's only fitting we old schoolers feel this way, so mellow lol... it's definitely romantic if you think about it.

>>8705152
It's always been fairly formulaic ever since AP started doing super matchy-matchy sets. I honestly think it's starting to move away from the overly-matchy stuff, which is great, but maybe I'm only seeing what I want to see.

>>8705147
Yeah, she posted a bunch of stuff about how Africa needs to be nuked off the planet in another comm etc. Said that black girls couldn't be proper lolitas and all kinds of other stuff. Then she turned into a Starpowerrr clone and continued to be just as vile in that community before deleting everything online except her instagram/FB. Pretty lulzy.

>>8705222

Actually, she's still on other social media but keeps deleting her tumblr after it's found. She deletes it every time it gets linked to the Shitpowerrr blog or here really. She still has one though (http://shy--bae.tumblr.com/).).

>>8704750
Is this what you were thinking of? Either way, it's pretty terrible.

>>8705228
Also, here's a style guide they made for Mary Weather from Godchild, which is a complete mess.

>>8705115
>>8705115
Kirakirajenjen. What ended up ticking people off was that she advertised her sales as "Group order for petticoats, $40 each plus shipping!" without mentioning that the actual price she paid for the petticoats was $8 each. It was normal to add on a little fee for doing a group order, plus shipping of course, but $32 fee or each petticoat? Especially since there's far different expectations for quality in a $8 petticoat versus a $40 one. For a $40 petticoat, I would expect something similar to In the Starlight or the cheaper Malco Modes. What people were getting were, well, $8 Chinatown petticoats which were at a mark-up already in Chinatown. I recall her shipping her petticoats in bizarre ways too, such as shoving them into those thin soda boxes.

>>8705228
Oh god i remember this. It looks bad to me then and eye searing to me now

>>8705082
Omg no one cares

>>8705053
I'm still stuck in 2004 too. Just generally stuck in a tacky, tacky past and surrounded by elegant, chiffon-laden princesses.

Anyone remember GLP? I think they are still selling this dress as I recently saw someone wear it in blue. Any any info on the other offbrand dress on the left? Google has been no help. It used to look a lot worse but I kept it because the lace was half decent and I get attached to things

>>8705082
Seconding this
You go anon

>>8705318
>being so salty for nothing

>>8705228
>>8705231
Oh dear that's absolutely terrible...

>>8705340
Oh god, that carousel dress. Conventions near me have started selling them so every time I go I see numerous girls in these awful un-ironed dresses they paid.upwards of £80 for. They're so hideous, I want to find and personally destroy every single one.

>>8705231
>Get this look
Yeaaaaah....sure
jfc how did they thought i was even SLIGHTLY alike?
Besides the roses and the parasol at most there is nothing even ressembling.
>the goddamn prices
They've gotta be kidding right?

>>8705340
>tfw i actually like that fucking carousel dress
I'm so ashamed. With better quality lace and fixing the upper bow and taking off the other, and arranging that silk lacing i think i couldddd be correct for lolita if paired with a proper blouse,legwear and footwear,and headwear (i would go for a black alice bow)

>>8704758
There was also a dress around that time that they sold for Halloween that was some kind of solid black, sailor collar vaguely-punk lolita OP, but of course with a tiny skirt that could never be lolita. I bought it when I was a teen weeb... Still have it at my parents house somewhere.

>>8704809
>>8704810
Man, that fucking dress. It was in every other salespost for at least a year or so after those LP's.

>>8704513
I still have this dress and I still wear it. It's held up really damn well.

>>8705318
Omg eat shit

>>8704513
I wore this dress recently, no regrets.

>>8705621
you wore it well

>>8704572
Dammit. Paid $50 for a pair of Bodyline shoes and then $20 to ship the stupid things..

Pretty sure they were half of that on the Bodyline site itself..

When Bodyline's prices were about $15-$40 for OPS and JSKs

Does anyone remember the "Orca Fantasy" fiasco? It's not as old as 2005, but damn, no one seems to remember it when I mention it. Although, that's probably for the best.

>>8705228
oh, I remember in the issue after it I think they had a response section where someone called them out on it, and they handled it terribly.

do you think you could scan that if that's not too much trouble?

>>8705250

Oh my god I remember her! My first "lolita specific" petticoat was from her. Before that point, I was using hold overs from when I didn't know about the comm and would by offbrand things instead.

Didn't she use to say that she was bulk-ordering "wedding-grade" petticoats or something? Looooool

>>8705661
I remember Fairy From Forest jsk being €21 outside of sale time. Simpler times.

>>8704810
Ugh, it's even a kinda cute dress, but there is NO ONE who looks good in that weird as fuck shirring.

>>8705250
I got curious about this drama and googled her, and largely the reviews for her petticoats are good ("omg soooo poofy! look at it under my bodyline skirt! poofariffic!!!") something I found hilarious were people complaining about the petticoat being folded or put in a bag. Did they expect it to be shipped in a box the size of the full petticoat or something?

>>8704520
My first dress was Momo's. Luckily it was a MM replica with no lace so it wasn't too bad.

>>8705228
YES! That's exactly it.

>>8705737
People complained because she was shoving them into cheap 12 pack boxes but charging them for "packaging"

>>8705737
I have one of hers (that I bought from someone else) that I still use. My one complaint about it is that the nylon material for the "waist" portion doesn't wash well, so it's gotten stained from wear over the last however many years I've had it now (almost seven I guess?) and that's gross. Otherwise, it's a nice petticoat for layering, because that netting is stiff as anything.

>>8705340
Head to SaiSai in Camden, London and they sell loads of GLP as well as overpriced Infanta

>>8704814
yes, and my ita heart still sort of loves them

>>8704944
Robe de style

Remember when there wasn't a homestuck thread every day and cgl wasn't tumblr

>>8705787
I got my first OP from there! The memories

does anyone remember WTF burando?

>>8704862
lol i'm >>8704813
and i made that image. warms the cockles of me heart to see someone saved it

>>8705802
hetalia. hetalia was the thing. and pt threads constantly. and pt was still stretching out melty choco

>>8705802
no

>>8704513
Holy shit! There was a girl in my high school who definitely wore that exact dress every couple of weeks. I pretended I thought it was weird like everyone else but secretly I also wanted to dress like a gothic lolita meido at school.

>>8705104
I still do my makeup to Malice Mizer almost daily. And I def twirl in front of a mirror just for the sake of doing so. Lolita is dressing for the adventure you want to have, anon. I remain as dreamy about the fashion as I always have. As long as you're taking care of your responsibilities, who gives a shit. Most of the world would do to daydream a bit more.

>>8705802
that was way too long ago that probably more than half of the people here weren't even around for that.

>>8705802
I've been here since ~2008, and even seeing the Homestuck threads slow down in favour of the SU ones is making me kind of nostalgic. I remember when they'd be autosaging at least one thread a day, and everyone would get pissed when someone made a new thread before the last one was off the front page.

>tfw I honestly miss the batshit HS drama

>>8706007
>I still do my makeup to Malice Mizer almost daily. And I def twirl in front of a mirror just for the sake of doing so
I am so glad I'm not the only one. I twirl like Mana does in the gif you posted because being in lolita makes me feel so cool (and because I want to be like Mana-sama)

>>8706197
>I twirl like Mana does in the gif
I don't wear oldschool, but goddamn if I don't feel the magic of wearing lolita for the first time every time I'm fully dressed. Twirling, swishing my petti, making cute poses in the mirror for no one but myself; it's like I'm sixteen again.

>>8705250
>>8705121
And now there are a million Taobao resellers that sell $5-10 shit for $40-50+

>>8704609
Wow I never realized this was a girl I know before. I guess it's the smile (In person she's usually complaining about something inappropriate like how many divorces she's had.) She is really obnoxious.

>>8705665
Unfortunately I don't have that issue. I'm not surprised at all that happened though - I'd love to see a scan of it if anyone else has it. (I believe it'd be from the March 2007 issue of Shojo Beat, because the DIY sweet lolita was from the February one)

>>8706202
Instead of twirling, I like to jump up and down and watch my skirt go like a jellyfish.

One trend I remember well was the 2008 ~ late 2009/2010 polymer clay "kawaii" food and figures. Everyone and their moms were into it, while some looked horrible, some actually got really good and made beautiful charms and realistic looking too.

>>8705802
I remember the huge influx of Kipi.

>googling for some brand from a handful of years ago
>come across an old egl post

...Remember shiverling?

>>8705787
I was there yesterday as it happens and they seem to have taken the store in a more goth general direction but they still had a fair amount of lolita stuff upstairs - there is a big mark up though so be warned. They had a few taobao brands too and whilst the jsks were about £80-£90, when you rake into account shipping and shopping service fees etc, if you happen to be in the area it's not too bad for the convenience.

The GLP blouses though, my god steer clear of those they are horrific, I think their putumayo style jks are probably the best of the bunch and a few have a certain oldschool charm.

>>8706891
> when you rake
kill me now

>>8704814
>mfw i need to buy them in pink and white
>>8704944
I remember when i wanted to buy from Candy Violet but i was a teen and not disposable money to get stuff, also at that time not into girly stuff just a tomboy normie/mallgoth teen.
I would like to get these items but second hand are impossible, like the Candy Violet cutsews.
>>8705104
I'm here with you anon. My lace topped socks are from Bodyline, i don't feel to buy second hand socks lol, they are so cute. I can't wait to wear them with an old school outfit. I would like if the fashion would be again a bit more into the lifestyle part, we are few in this world of burando hoarding and efame.

>>8704829
I always thought their stuff was quite ugly, even by oldschool standards. Was it just the novelty of having access to a shop that made stuff that looked more like Lolita than the hot topic bullshit?

>>8706850
Ugh, unfortunately.

>>8705222
Link to her instagram?

>>8706850
looking back, and perhaps it's still true today but I'm not active on the tumblr community, it was always the girls with the crappiest wardrobes/style that were the loudest bitches on EGL.

>>8707118
LOL she deleted her last one again. Found her new one though. She almost always uses some variation of her name as a tag line (Patti - Trish, her name is Patricia Estrada). https://instagram.com/neptunepng/

>>8706956
combination of

-They were the only Western based shop with a large catalog, slightly cheaper prices (the skits were $35-40, blouses were $40, dresses were $60-70) and sturdy quality

-All of their items in the original store format could be ordered in just about every color combination under the sun, so you could get all black dresses, all white, blackxwhite, pink, red, whatever you wanted.

-All items were custom-sized in the original store format

>>8705222
>>8705227
>>8707127
Man, looks like she's still pro-ana as ever. Makes me almost feel sorry for her.

>>8705892
Omg yes!

>>8707127
the contrast between the kawaii uguu 'rl sailor scout~' aesthetic and what she did online is hilarious

>>8704829
I remember I really wanted that AiW skirt with the little pocket watch charm on it. Honestly, I'd buy it now for nostalgia purposes. I kept my Hot Topic roflita jsk for almost 8 years before I finally sold it. I kind of regret it now. The feels.

>>8707228
I spent like an hour going through it last night. I loved it so much

>>8707324
We used to have the threads on here pretty regularly as a continuation of that comm, but I feel like we haven't had one in a long time. The last couple bumped off the board pretty quick because it's usually mostly reposts of the same things (the cone of shame bonnets, various penis-shaped items, etc). I liked the comm format because it only got a new post when there was actually something else to laugh at, but I guess the slowness was its downside as well.

This came up at a meetup today: anyone remember Unseelie? The first wank I ever saw before I even know what lolita was, was Unseelie asking if you can wear bloomers to the gym.

>>8704526
It resembled lolita dresses put out by certain brands but was in no way typical of the fashion that's for sure. I think people just loved it as a beautiful dress in its own right too - for the price it was pretty damn amazing, I bought one (sadly in pink) myself just because I thought it was so pretty.

>>8707720
Yeah. A part of me feels bad for her because she probably had an eating disorder but then I remember she uploaded pictures of people in her comm (including a minor) to a doll fetish forum, saying that they were all 'dollies looking for masters' as part of her 'jump into every fetish and post wishlists to try and get money' scheme and I don't feel bad anymore.

>>8707720
oh god, not that (shitto) again, was brought up in another 'remember the old days' thread not so long ago - even if you avoided all the lolita wank type communities from lj, for once you genuinely couldn't avoid Unseelie drama if you frequented egl.

>>8706942
I still wear my Candy Violet cutsew once in a while. Shit, I guess I've had it for like....8 years.

>>8707730
>had

She still does, anon. She's moved on from lolita to Geek Girl cosplay (after figuring out that she was shit as a financial "dominatrix"). I can't remember the name of the site she started, but she was posted here quite a bit in the last year with her shitty sexy cosplays.

There were also photos of her sans shoop from conventions, and even though she's only just turned 30, she's starting to look fucking haggard as hell.

>>8707720
I really wish I could find the old secrets about her

>>8704572
YESSSS this. I still have this solid black jsk that was like $130 shipped to my shit currency at the time. It's got a shirred back and I sometimes wear it for art openings.
>>8705661
I went through uni in a uniform of $20 bodyline skirts and candy violet cutsews. >>8707720
I was thinking about unseelie and the picture someone drew on lolitaburger of her wearing bloomers on a treadmill.

>>8708157
Bloomers, high heels, and a corset. Because she never goes ANYWHERE without her corset and heels.

>>8706850
>>8707720

thanks for reminding me.

>>8707760

Dang. I wish I still had mine.
Speaking of (nearly) defunct indie brands, it still saddens me that In the Starlight is through.

>>8704580
Underrated post. I do miss the LJ days sometimes just because it was easier to have a discussion.

>>8706759
I hope someone else has it, anon! I have every volume from October 2006-July 2009, but I'm missing the March and April issues from 2007...

I don't have time right now but I'll try to look through my volumes and look for any other lolita stuff!

>>8705228
>>8705231

These are dreadful but I still miss Shojo(u) Beat terribly. Getting it in the mail was the highlight of my month. I was heartbroken when it was cancelled.

>>8707760
Good, anon!I love when people has older lolita pieces they still wear.

>>8705787
That's where I got it lol, but they didn't have Infanta then. All I had was Camden, Hell Bunny and Cosmates, I didn't even know there were lolitas online, FB sales, auction sites or even about 'comms' until two years ago... I feel destined to be a perma ita because my idea of the fashion is so damn dated

>>8704572
Related: Getting your first overpriced 'lolita' dress from etsy.
I have a solid scarlet red dress with no details at all. It's so impossible to match, but younger me didn't think about coords, just kind of bought whatever 'lolita' dress I liked and then had it sit in my closet while I tried to match it with something. At least the red one is an alright normalfag dress.

I remember the endless discussions about whether or not bloomers were necessary. I feel like they have stopped being a part of lolita in the past few years

About to go SUPER OLDFAG.

I really miss lolita_fucks (which became lolita_fucksmkII), wtfburando and lolita_wank. I miss Tropigalia and the MissMeganMaude being an adult baby wank. She is still pretty much exactly the same, though from what I can tell she has stopped selling dresses and just lives off of her husband's rich family's money now.

Do you guys remember how hard it used to be to order from brands? They wouldn't ship overseas so you needed shopping services even for Bodyline. There were sooooo many indie (handmade indie, not taobao) brands, designers, and commissioners back then because brand stuff was just so much harder to get.

>>8710023
>Tropigalia

Memories. I still have this random picture of her wearing some In the Starlight dress.

>>8706202
I feel this so hard. I started when I was 13 and every time I put together a coord that I really love I just feel the same way I did when I received my first lolita coord. It was shitty but that feeling of joy is something that is still one of the best moments of my life.

Unseelie is now a photographer/model for a softcore cosplay porn site called Geek Goddess. She married this terrifying neckbeard (who she used to refer to as her "puppy"). She fortunately stopped doing teribble art and her photography has improved a lot, and SOMEHOW she makes like $2500 a month off of patreon but still always complains about how broke she is.

And yeah...she looks super haggard without photoshop. Years of literally never taking her makeup off have done a number on her skin.

>>8710032
I think that was when she modelled for them at NYCC or Otakon, right?

>>8710046
My guess is she lies about how much she gets from Patreon, just like she used to lie about how much her "worms" gave her when she was a financial domme. It's a ploy to encourage people to spend more, like saying "see! Other people are giving me cash, it's not a crazy thing to do!"

>>8710032
>Burgerlita
Ah, memories.

Remember lolitaburger? And wtf burando? And lolitaf*cks?
Also i miss how there used to be forums and such it was much more interesting than facebook and tumblr...I miss livejournals comms too. There was so many in a biiiig list.

>>8710043
Same here. I felt 14 all over again it was such a nice feel.
I will never forget the excitation on that summer afternoon when i received my first lolita stuff from Bodyline.
The cheap chinese fabric thing smell makes me nostalgic.

>>8710188
I don't think you can lie about how much you get from Patreon, the numbers are displayed on the pages.

>>8710023
Ugh yes it was a pain to have lolita brands. But now that you talk about it i noticed brand was much cheaper back then...200$ for a BTSSB OP...ahh. Good times.
I remember i was there when In the Starlight and Candy Violet and even that Swert Rococo thing where you could make your own dress for a huge price were around. I couldnt afford anything but made me feel like a true lolita to make dresses on SR.

>>8704631
Oh god, I had ordered a bow and it took him 6 months to ship it. A simple bow.

>>8710023
Aw man, lolita_fucks. Muh nostalgia. Adding on, I miss the days of fandom_wank and stupid_free before the sjws took over.
>feeling old, damn.

>>8709870
I still wear my bloomers, anon... *sniff*

I wonder if there's another platform for Lolita discussion, like there used to be on livejournal? I'm kind of sick of the transition to facebook, to be honest.

Does anyone else miss daily_lolita? And how it used to be, you know... for actual daily coordinates?

>>8710329
Some people have been trying to revive daily_lolita. It's still pretty much dead, but I'm going to keep on posting.

guess what she did with all that money she scammed

>>8710023
>Do you guys remember how hard it used to be to order from brands?
Yep, my first lolita purchase was a bodyline ita outfit I ordered through a SS in 2006 that was marked up for like 100%. But I didn't even care, back in the days bodyline was the shit and almost treated as brand.

>>8710329
Do people still do the yearly wardrobe posts on LJ? Or is that also dying?

>>8710362
I'm pretty sure quite a few people posted their wardrobes in January. We'll have to wait until 2016 to see if that's still a thing.

>>8710220
Oh, ok. I've never used it, so I know that.

>>8710023
that's actually a damn cute skirt. I can't say I miss the wank communities although unlike back then, these days I give less fucks about what people think or where my photos might end up if I ever take them.

>>8710362
I hope it's not dying! I always really enjoyed them.
Last year they seemed to have quite a bunch of wardrobe posts though but compared to how large the western community is, there were very little posts.
Maybe people don't want to take the time to photograph all of their pieces? Or just simply don't have the time?
Or even feel ashamed because they have a small collection compared to others?

I think we'll still have wardrobe posts in 2016, just not that many.

>>8710326
Me too

>>8710362
I think that's actually literally the only thing people still use egl for. When it finally croaks for good, I wonder where wardrobe posts will go... Tumblr? People are already crossposting them there, but then commenting will be almost impossible.

>tfw tried so hard to do a post last year for the first time since being a newb but camera fucked up all the photos

>>8710032
Awww I remember her!!! The feels!

>>8704893
That was my introduction to lolita. I legitimately thought they were the only lolita brand in the world, and that they invented the fashion. Brings back memories...

>>8705231
> Wear this shirt and skirt UNDERNEATH a petticoat!

????

>>8705042
do people not use 'wank' anymore? god I'm old

>>8710998

>>8709870
People don't wear bloomers anymore?!!! I always wear bloomers even if they're cheap Bodyline ones.

This thread made me think of buying my first glb. I had no intention of wearing lolita at the time, but was a baby weeb in the local kinokunaya and saw the cover of vol.5.
>wow those clothes look cooler than my hottopic wardrobe!

>>8709870
>I feel like they have stopped being a part of lolita in the past few years
I don't know where you get your info, anon. Bloomers may not be considered absolutely mandatory these days (some people don't like them and that's fine, they're usually advised to wear shorts instead, at the very least) but people definitely do wear them. I wear mine outside of lolita as well, I feel naked without them.

>>8711238
>>wow those clothes look cooler than my hottopic wardrobe!
aw.

>>8708839
Etsy? How many years ago was that, last year? Are you old enough to post here, kid

>>8711294
Not that anon but Etsy has had "lolita" stuff since at least 2008.

>>8711294
Not the same anon, but I bought shit from etsy when I was like 13/14 and I'm 22 now.

>>8711211
I find only those old enough to have started in the LJ/forums era still use that. And RPers (so, some overlap there).

>>8711294
I was thinking the same thing, but I think etsy just didn't get huge enough to be noticeable til the turn of this decade.

>>8711294
>18 when i first tried selling on etsy
>24 now

>>8711294
Diff anon here. My first purchases made on etsy were in 2009. I remember browsing it earlier than that but never making any purchases. I'm also an oldfag. Wikipedia says Etsy was launched in 2005.

>>8711377
Well I stand corrected. I don't remember hearing about etsy before about 2010. In 2008 I used to scour Japanese sites for lolita even though I couldn't buy anything for lack of money. I didn't know lolita was on normalfag US sites besides 4chan at the time

>>8710355
>back in the days bodyline was the shit and almost treated as brand.
Lol no.
Try again newfag.

>>8711246
That's good to know. I recently got back into the fashion and remembered when bloomers were an absolute must back then. It doesn't feel that way now. I was waiting in line for the fashion show at AX 2015 and sat down because the wait was taking longer. This lolita across from me bends over to get something off the ground and I happened to turn my head in her direction and had cooch pretty close to my face. I was too embarassed to tell her.

>>8711503
Seriously, what are they on. Bodyline was despised as they only sold costumes and lace monsters. It took me 8 years to get over the stigma and buy some shoes from them.

>>8711581
I still haven't gotten over it and don't own anything by them. It's hard for me to respect them as a legit lolita store lol

>>8711581
>>8711503
>>8711588
remember the fruits parlor replica debacle?

>>8705111
I remember being at a meet up with my comm where we were at some mall and we popped into the hot topic and were looking at these on the display monitors... and laughing

I fucking hate Facebook and how it organizes posts in a group, so the fact that EGL and LJ died out is seriously depressing for me.


I was hoping the lolita subreddit would rise up because it's the closest thing to the layout, while also being streamlined, no clunk, and still having a like/dislike feature. Reddit also allows for multiple subreddits so r/dailylolita and r/wtfburando could totally be things.

>>8714287
It's been more actively lately, just full of annoying beginners and a surprising amount of brolitas.

>>8714287
I believe you can get a css theme made for the subreddit that will 'disable' likes and dislikes unless you click a specific button so you don't use the CSS theme (I think that's only with reddit enhancement suite)

>>8714308
>>8714310

Since egl is clearly dead, and Facebook groups can be hard to find, I think the lolita subreddit is the next "easily findable" thing for beginners. Hence the annoying newbies.

I like the fact that it has the up/down vote. Gets rids of trolls by the community rather than waiting on mods.

And something on topic, I remember sweet rococo, I was saving up money for a year right before they closed down back in my high school days. Ordered overpriced bodyline from cosmates after that devastating news.

And ifwinterends, man that was always guaranteed drama in the EGL comments.

>>8710440
I believe because they have few items compared to the usual wardrobe posts with big wardrobes. For example, i have still few items and i don't think i would post my wardrobe.
>>8711246
I wear always safety pants also outside lolita, it's not good to flash your underwear even with tights, bloomers or some shorts must be mandatory with lolita to avoid flashing!

>>8714467
You'd have to behave like an idiot to flash someone while wearing a knee length skirt tho

>>8710440
Probably don't feel like taking a photo of everything and then loading them up.

>>8705661
When Bodyline was still mostly a sex costume shop.

>>8714314

Anyone else feel egl died partly because that crazy critter Tiffy was always up in everyone's business with her gratuitous advice?

>>8714651
...I'd actually been wondering about their name and that pretty much explains it perfectly.

>>8714725
Tiferet? Nah, who ever took her advice at all, especially once they saw her photo?

>>8714619
Except when you have petticoats on and your skirt is bell-shaped so it swings and if you aren't super careful bending down or if you're walking down stairs and someone is walking up, or if you trip.
Do you even lolita anon?

>>8714748
It's not rocket science, do you even skirt outside of Lolita? We don't wear bloomers and we miraculously manage to keep our asses from hanging out. Not that I'm against bloomers, I love them but I don't ~need~ bloomers or shorts under a skirt.

Sometimes when it's hottest part of the year, I wear a thong and garter belt/stockings with my Lolita.
Nice and cool.

>>8704583
Now I want to see what you are talking about! Like long bo-peep costume bloomers, maybe? I don't remember these...

>>8714748
Lol wat? Do you lolita? You're not gonna flash anyone by bending down in lolita and going up the stairs all anyone is going to see is a peek of petti maybe.

You're ridiculously paranoid to be honest.

My introduction to lolita (c.2008) it was through being obsessed with Mary from Godchild and I used to use google translate and go through the MMM website (even though I had no money).

>>8714651
That stuff reminds me of the strange sex clothes from older japanese porn.

>>8714755
>>8714756
Reading comprehension please anons
I was just pointing out to this person that it is possible to wind up flashing people your undies or bloomers without doing anything crazy. I never said once that you ~need~ them.

>>8705663
?
I don't remember the details but it seemed familiar enough for me to go dig for this

>>8714756
See here:
>>8705228

>>8714762
Are you me anon? Oh my god... Mary from Godchild is what originally got me into Lolita.

Also, for the people who don't wear bloomers.. I guess it just makes me feel more.. Lolita to wear them? I just feel too bare if I don't have them on. I'm a loser.

Remember when someone posted a tutorial on how to make accessories out of a water bottle?

>>8715557
oh my
It doesnt look as bad as half of what you see on etsy sometimes though

>>8704513
I absolutely love this dress

>>8715727
Yeah, it's pretty good for being from Hot Topic. It's no worse than anything Bodyline puts out.

>>8714314
What happened to ifwinterends? Her posts were always entertaining (for all the wrong reasons)

>>8714762
>Mary from Godchild
Cain from Godchild (and Count Cain) primed me to love ouji when i first saw it.

many people like CLAMP's fashions but Yuki Kaori has a special place in my heart for fashion inspo.

>>8715727
It's actually really rather nice with decent cotton lace, it's about on a par with some of the items Japanese brands like Maxicimam and Cornet put out.

I was actually thinking of selling mine as I need some funds. I feel ok parting with it since I've worn it a few times and got to enjoy wearing it.

>>8714651
this was about as sexified as it got though, it's not like they ever sold dildos etc, just underwear and skimpy 'bedroom fun' costumes.

>>8715786
Kaori Yuki is a fucking master for fashion inspiration.
>tfw Cain was your first crush

i dunno if it was just me but i used to scout ebay for brand thinking i might get lucky (lolno) i always got that weird jazz cd when searching for BTSSB.
just looked now, still over 10 different sellers selling it??

not quite a remember when, but does anyone find it kind of weird when you see an old print that used to go for a crazy amount go for barley retail or something? Its still strange to see sugary carnival go for under 200

>>8714619
What about wind anon?Or if you bend down to pick a object accidentally fell down?

>>8714748
>>8714798
I think you need to check your reading comprehension. Anon literally said:
>bloomers or some shorts must be mandatory with lolita to avoid flashing!
like some madman

>>8719396
Oh it's VERY weird. Once upon a time I used to pine over Magical Etoile and Fruits Parlor, and seeing them going for absurdly cheap is surreal. More than once I've actually felt tempted to get them, though obviously I never will because I've long since moved on from sweet and would never actually wear them. It's an oddly bittersweet kind of feeling, knowing that my younger self would've lost her shit about my once-dream dresses being entirely within my reach.

>>8719396
I saw pink polkadot A la Mode goes for like 12,000 yen and it was so bizarre. I was so tempted to get it. I nearly bought the blue gingham OP off eBay for $50 but was outbid...I'm not even sure WHY I bid. It's totally not my style I'd never wear it but oh 17 year old me wanted it so bad!

>>8719393
The brand is named for the album, I'm pretty sure.

>>8719396

I got into lolita just as a friend was getting out of it. So I'd spent my early years with her going "omg wonder party is so popular it goes for a lot" and I was going "nope, not anymore lol". I actually did try to pick up dreaming macaron yellow OP just because she said "dreaming macaron was everybody's dream print!", and that's where I found out why a lot of the prices drop so much. It's only half about the print, the other half is that after 6 years most of the dresses you can find for sale have been worn many times, been through multiple owners, have been modified, have stains or marks on them or faded, and so on. After looking through 10-20 auctions I gave up finding a new-ish dress for a low price.

It gives some perspective when I see trending pieces go for double their retail price on auction. On the one hand, you know the prices will probably drop to retail or below in 5-10 years time. On the other hand, 5-10 years is a long time to wait for a dream print's prices to drop.

>>8719461
>Fruits Parlor
Oh boy oh boy that was my shit back when I first started. My first dream dress was the heart apron version. I finally bought it wore it once then sold it, but I have never felt so strongly about a printed dress since.

>>8715761
I know she had a Japanese blog, can't remember what it was, though.

>>8719396
I've been tempted to jump on some of those cheap black Sugary Carnival JSKs, but stopped because I know I'd never wear it. Which is a same because the me from a few years ago would have lost her shit being able to get it.

>>8719973
*shame not same

>>8719406
You hold your skirt in the wind just like any other skirt and you learn to bend your knees to gracefully lower, pick something up, stand up. Not bend over at the waist like a field worker picking turnips.

I love bloomers with Lolita. I wear them often. But they are not mandatory to protect your modesty in a skirt if you know how to move gracefully and correctly in your clothes so stop trying to perpetuate that myth.

>>8714725
I don't like her as much as the next lolita, but I wouldn't put all of the blame on her because people still do that shit on the fb comms.

I remember someone pointing out that LJ didn't keep up with the world going mobile, so by the time they've developed an app, people have moved onto fb and tumblr.

I think it doesn't help that a number of prominent members have left lolita and that many images are deleted/broken, so it's hard to see older posts, and some of these people used to run places like Hellolace and the comm sales which we know is out of date and being used less and less.

>"wank"
>Candy Violet, ITS, Momo's, Sweet Rococo

Bless this thread.

I was just leafing through my friend's English GLBs and had all of the feels.

I miss the original comics people used to post on egl. Does anyone have one saved about the girls representing a gothic, sweet, and classic lolita and how they responded with a mouse in their presence?

>pic unrelated

>>8715761
She left all her brand in Japan with some rando guy she was hooking up with and went back to the U.S. where she's from (despite the fact of her constantly bragging she's half-French so rococo desu). Probably because she was in a shady visa situation what with her working in a maid cafe and all. The guy sold all her Lolita to secondhand shops.

>>8720229
Huh, I wonder why she left it behind

Does anyone remember batty chan's skirt pattern? I think everyone had a handmade skirt using it back in 2005. It's still up.

http://www.feorag.com/gosurori/skirt-pattern.pdf

>>8707729
Is this the same H&M dress?
Damn I want it

>>8720117
I miss when drama was referred to as wank. It makes me imagine a Lolita masturbating while reading particularly delicious drama.

>>8720302
It is. It occasionally pops up on ebay. Try searching for 'H&M grey lace dress' but remember to check the 'include description' box. You may also find it listed under 'party dress', 'cocktail dress', '50s dress' etc.

I just had a quick look and managed to find one for sale under 'H&M full skirt dress grey', item number '281857933844'.

It's not all that shiny in person either, it just always looks that way in harsh lighting or when a flash is used.

>>8719994
I behave like there is no class (eh i know) when i bend my knees to pick stuff and having bloomers or shorts inside make me feel safe. I hold the skirt of course but sometimes isn't enough if the wind is stronger.
>>8719815
Idk man, i bought mint condition items for less than 10000 yen (i found Toy Fantasy skirt in mint condition for 7000 yen), not every print or solid dress for cheap is faded and worn off, i'm glad my dream prints aren't popular enough (AATP Marionette in my closet and Royal Princess Alice Sweet Grave) in few years they can drop their price or lot, i hope. Sweet Grave seems a pretty rare print to find or i'm wrong?

>>8720117
>>8720503
Wank as a term is more of an old fandoms thing which is why it was used so heavily in LJdom. I feel like back in the day if you were on egl on LJ, you already had an LJ, so you probably were already fandom-y in some way or another (before lolita spread in popularity to more normalfag levels). That probably explains why it doesn't really get used anymore.

>>8720684

Ah, I didn't mean to imply they were all worn to the point of "worn out" or "always damaged". At that time I had two prints I was looking for, Memorial Cake and Dreaming Macaron, and the difference between the much older Dreaming Macaron, and the newer Memorial Cake was really obvious. It was still possible to find Memorial Cake that was brand new with tag, had never been worn, worn once, or a mix of these. But Dreaming Macaron, without fail, they all said that the dress had been worn many times, nervous buyers please do not bid.

I'm pretty sure most of the Dreaming Macaron dresses would still look good, maybe they even look mint or near-new. To most of us, dresses being 6 years old, worn often, and still looks good means it's still a bargain, but to many people, the difference between "worn many times" and "only worn once" is why the price for the former would be much lower than the latter when pricing an auction. The dress itself may not have any issues, but buyers would be less willing to shell out a lot of money when they're bidding on it over the internet. So the prices of dresses that have been worn a lot tend to be lower than those that are new with tags. And most items that are 6 years old tend to have been worn a lot. It's not always just the popularity of the print that makes the value of the dress go down.

>>8705621
Not bad anon, not bad.

>>8709870
I wear spankies. Works better and are more comfortable imo.

>>8711521
She wasn't wearing anything!?!

The constant awful bittersweet debate

>>8714755
Seems itchy desu

>>8721879
6 years isn't that much but if a person has washed the item many times, unless it's dry clean the print would fade a bit, usually the prints start to fade if washed otherwise not but we can't wear dirty dresses, ew. I hope in future there are some tips how to recolor or make again brillant these prints or online services to fix faded/worn out items, with solid items you can dye them again but prints no.
Weird, usually from the pics you can see if they item is faded. One day i bought a Dreamy Dollhouse, it had a internal yellowing in one of the straps and a slight fading (not sure if was the print itself or just a fading), overall the condition was pretty good but i sold it because it didn't fit me.

>>8726556

Actually, considering a lot of the older dresses were on cotton, it's more common for them to start pilling and get fuzzy, rather than for the print to fade. They're also prone to becoming, how do I say this, a bit "loose". Like the seams aren't as tight as before, the fabric seems a bit floppier (so bows might have trouble standing up, or skirts have trouble draping on a less poofy petticoat), that kind of thing. These things are harder to see in most photos.

Although I guess you can make the argument that if it's not visible in a photo then to some people it doesn't really matter if the dress doesn't have the crisp, new feeling.

Just an additional note btw, fading mostly happens in direct sunlight, for eg if you were displaying a dress in a spot where sunlight hits it often, but another thing girls often overlook is laundry -- if you hang your clothes outdoors, they're exposed to the sun and they will fade. The few hours of drying does add up over six years. So dry your clothes indoors/in shade instead, it helps to keep the colours from fading.

>>8725181
flirty lolita
Frances

>>8726713
FRANCES

>>8726713
DO YOU HAVE PICS OF PANTYHOSE COSPLAYERS THO?!?!?

>>8726595
My room is pretty dark and my items are outside, usually they are just illuminated by artificial light is that dangerous as well?Yeah, it's hard to see about the fabric damage or the losening in pics of laying flat the items. I didnt know about the drying method, usually checking the care tags i can see the symbol "drying in a shaded place".
Thank you for the useful tips anon!

>>8726713
>>8726751
>>8726780

Frances is one ghost of /cgl/ past that I would rather forget.

>>8726780
>>8727362
Frances?? Anon-senpai, will you tell me a bed time story about the olden days of cgl and this person, Frances?

>>8727434
I'd tell you to lurk moar... but I actually haven't heard people talk about Frances in ages.

Whatever happened to Brolitajenny? I miss his ugly 80's floral dresses.

>>8727434

Alright anon I'll tell you about Frances.

Long ago, there was a tripfag by the name of Frances who was a Mary Kay saleswoman interested in cosplay. She would shitpost every day, typically making threads to discuss pantyhose for cosplay. The original Frances left at some point but anon(s) continued to shitpost as her until eventually fading out when the sjw takeover happened.

>>8727022

Even if your room is well-light with many artifical lightbulbs/tubes, you should be fine. You should also be fine if you tint your windows with one of those UV-cutting film.

Nothing's really as destructive as the real, direct sunlight. That's the killer for a lot of pigments, it'll even bleach colours out of plastic.

>max 2 colors
>blouse HAVE to be tucked in to skirt
I'm glad times have changed

>>8727486
frances was the best troll in the history of egl. i remember a year or maybe 2 ago "she" popped up on rufflechat or some other comm and the best part was watching newbies respond to her seriously.

i remember raging for like a good 3 hours in a thread the first time someone started posting flirty lolita. then it clicked and it became the best thing ever.

>>8711221
Me too, that way petticoats don't itch as much

>>8727434
Look up Fuller Figure Fuller Bust on fb, it's her new facebook page/tagline. She's a plus-size blogger now.

I miss her coming around to shit up threads.

>>8709870
That's because tights became more of a thing - bloomers and socks were initially the standard, but once people started accepting tights into the fashion more then the "you need bloomers" thing vanished a bit

>>8728032

I'm pretty sure a 25 year old British plus size blogger isn't Frances.

YEARS AND YEARS

I miss all the Coscom threads where people would just post the newest antics from the Sunshine Brigade. And Asherbee.

>>8730166
What ever happened to her?

>>8730218
She gradually phased lolita out of her shop and focused on rockabilly/retro clothes. About 2 years ago she closed the shop 'temporarily' while she moved, but hasn't opened it since. She hasn't updated any of her social media (twitter, blog, etc etc) since April, but that was just to say "I'm not dead!" and not much else.

Am I the only one who remembers La Carmina?

>>8730849
Definitely not. I still correct it to La Sardina in my head and it never fails to make me laugh.

>>8727454
Still around, still creepin'. He mostly posts on google+ and leaves comments on lolita YouTuber's videos.

>>8730849
She's still active.

>>8730911
Is she? Does she still lolita?

>>8705621
sauce of shoes

>>8704526
>>8707729
Holy shit, I want this dress.

>>8732611
They are Demonia's somewhat infamous gothic and lolita shoes 'CHARADE-23' painted black. They were on the market for years but have finally sold out pretty much everywhere, they do appear on ebay from time to time however and I think there is still one seller on there selling them new with a few sizes left.

They were actually banished to the attic for many years before I finally decided to give them a makeover to get some more use out of them.

>>8732616
It just ended with no bids but there is a chance they may re-list >>8720596

>>8732626
There's also a white one available here

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/H-M-Black-Velvet-Overlay-Lace-Sleeveless-Cocktail-Dress-Size-8-/151867615548?hash=item235c03e93c:g:B-YAAOSwGWNUV8gv

>>8732622
thanks anon, btw you are really cute in that pic

>>8732622
I have these! But they're a diamond pink/ black pattern. The nostalgia...

>>8732519
Well... i never saw her wearing lolita, just ita shit or outfits that were just gothic, punk.
Btw, i remember when she was a Bizarre Foods, i dislike her yes for making Lolita fashion looking ita but i really enjoyed the show and the horror themed restaurant, i also liked a lot the guy with the Cheshire kigu if i remember correctely.

>>8704814
>tfw I just got a bunch of horizontally striped OTKs in the mail that were supposed to get here before Halloween
>tfw I unexpectedly and unironically love them
>tfw seriously considering wearing them to the next meetup
I already know some of the girls are going to call me an ita behind my back but fuck 'em, this shit is kawaii.

>>8728032
That isn't her. Frances stole her pictures. Frances is actually still on facebook. I had her as a friend for keks but she got a bit weird/creepy so I deleted her

>>8732519
I think she does general jfashion/altfashion blogging still, don't know about lolita specifically.

>>8727486
You forgot her origins as "Jennifer's best friend", who tried to defend her when "Jennifer" was called racist for threatening to beat up a Chinese muslim girl in the Midwest.

Oh. And Riji_pon's phone calls being successful at getting "Jennifer" fired from the drug store she worked at, while Mary Kay provided "sensitivity training".

>>8732857
I always thought that was her. Weird.

>>8733096
Nah. One of the things the real Frances said that stuck as an on-going joke with her imitators was that "being a lolita over 40 is possible!!"

At one point, someone found what they thought might be a real photo of her in her LJ gallery, but it was deleted before anyone thought to save of cap it. Some woman in leopard print with huge hair, in a 90s style glamour shots photo.