![]() Sailor hats, anchor motifs, or pirate attire are popular.ĥ Guro-loli – more common in photoshoots than in public, this substyle juxtaposes the sweetness of Lolita with horror-inspired fake blood and medical supplies.Ħ i – incorporates traditional Japanese clothing into Lolita co-ords. Think Insta-worthy cottagecore, then add more petticoats.ģ Shiro/kuro-loli – monochromatic Lolita co-ords (outfits) without patterns or prints.Ĥ Nautical-loli – inspired by all things seafaring. ![]() Inspired by the shōjo manga Nana.Ģ Country-loli – lots of gingham and strawberry prints accessorized with straw baskets and hats. The three most common substyles are classic (a more mature, subdued Lolita look, with longer skirts, muted tones, and subtle patterns), ama (as cutesy as it gets, with sugary pastel shades and childlike prints abound), and Gothic (incorporating traditional goth fashion darker colors, heavier makeup, and spooky motifs), but Lolita divides even further to include:ġ Punk-loli – incorporating typical British punk elements like plaid, safety pins, and leather. That’s not to suggest that creativity and experimentation are discouraged-on the contrary, the list of Lolita variations is as long as your arm. In fact, Lolita comes with guidelines to follow if you want to avoid being labelled an ita-a pun on itai, translated as pain-and with several online communities poised to point out mistakes, it can be a notoriously intimidating subculture to newcomers. Lolita might be ostentatious, but it is not a costume, and whether handmade or store-bought, high quality is the name of the game-you’ll find no cheap, shiny satin or fluffy cat ears here. Historical accuracy is never the goal we’re talking pure romantic fantasy here, dreamy ideas of aristocratic femininity and old-timey innocence. ![]() Characterized by the sorts of petticoated dresses you might otherwise have seen only on porcelain dolls and more ruffles, ribbons, and lace than you can shake a stick at, this style takes inspiration from Victorian and Rococo (think Marie Antoinette) fashion and combines it with a cutesy, childlike aesthetic. These subcultures have waxed and waned in popularity as trends anywhere do-but perhaps the most enduring has been Lolita. ![]() Of course, I was far from the first gaikokujin to fall in love with mid-2000s Japanese street style-its distinctive subcultures are world-renowned. I’d had precious little prior exposure to Japanese culture-my hometown of York, UK probably didn’t even have a sushi restaurant back then-and now I was falling fast down a Google rabbit hole of Harajuku fashion photos. OK, hands up-who else had their first exposure to Japanese street fashion via Gwen Stefani’s ill-advised “Harajuku Girl” backup dancers, circa 2004? I cringe now, but as a 13-year-old unfamiliar with concepts like cultural appropriation and racial fetishization, I was intrigued. then for the look overall I went with a white black red color palette since that’s a common color palette for tuxes.This article originally featured in the December 2020 issue of Connect. For the jacket I used a small blazer instead of a suit jacket because I didn’t fit into any of the guy’s jackets at the men’s warehouse department □ but it looked better with something that fit me anyway. If anyone else wants to make a tux dress, I recommend getting a skirt that best compliments your body type (for me, that was a skirt that hit me at my tiny waist and a high low skirt is just really fun!) and getting a tux shirt with a cummerbund,then putting the cummerbund over where the skirt meets the tux shirt. It’s a button up with ruffles on the front bro? And this was for Prom bro. Here’s some snap chats of my tux dress □ I designed it myself! □ as a genderfluid I was really worried about wearing a dress but wanting to be in a tux yet nothing about the tux excited me. ![]()
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