Loli Noob
Today I think I shall talk about when I was a Lolita noob!
I've been into the Lolita Fashion for,oh,over 2 years now. And I think I have grown soo much!
Lets see,people always talk about how people new to Lolita wear stuff like Lolita inspired costumes,bad or "fake" lace,cat ears or some other kind of animal head/tail piece,short skirt,knee socks over stocking,or just a flat out maid outfit.
I don't think I've ever done any of that(thou I will say I have come across some short skirts) Really,I think I just haven't even *thought* about trying your normal lolita noobie mistakes.
The worst I have ever done is this :
And I still don't think this is all that bad.This jsk's skirt length is right,my legs and shoulders are covered and the lace isn't even bad.
Whats bad here is my headdress. THAT IS A FULL BLOWN MAID HEADDRESS! XD
haha I didn't realize what I did at the time.A friend gave me the headdress when I wore this out and she noticed there was nothing on my head.X3 I have a real black and white Lolita headdress that I wear with it(and soon a Alice Bow) The outfit was the very first Lolita item I got.It included a jumper skirt,a blouse with detachable shelves, and a fress petticoat with it. (The stockings and boots both came from hottopic.) I still really like this jsk and just couldn't make myself part with it.See the jsk always had a zipper problem.First off it was on the side of the dress(I hate side zippers now cuz of this) and then the zipper it's self had a kind of "crook" in it.I could zip it up until about almost to the bust and I couldn't zip it up anymore.In fact the "handle" of the zipper broke off one day cuz I was trying soo hard to zip it up. Some people thought I was just too fat for the dress and this was just not the case. A 24 inch waist friend of mine tried it on and she couldn't zip it up either.So I know it's not me.Besides that the waist of this dress stops at about a 37 inch.I'm only a 33. Anyway After not touching this outfit for like FOREVER I bring it out to see how I fit it again.At this point I had decided to become a lifestyle Lolita and wanted to make sure I could still wear this.Of course the whole zipper trouble came up again. I was soo frustrated and upset the thought of throwing it out actually came to mind.But I just couldn't do! I couldn't!!! First loli items can't be thrown out! X3 And I thought selling it would be out cuz technically the zipper was broken. Well after messing around with it and thinking I could just sew up the zipper part,I turned it inside out and it zipped up! O.O
I was soo surprised and happy I wore it out two days later. XD So it's a happy ending with this jsk.
This jsk I got from Rakuen fashion which I recently heard was not a good place to bad lolita.But then again I also heard Anna House wasn't a good place to buy Lolita either. So really,I think I'll be the judge on where I think is a good place to go. I will say Rakuen's dresses are extravagant.(not all of them thou) and are a littie better for parties or convention then for everyday life. At least it's not a Lolita costume shop.I really think this seller is trying to sell Lolita CLOTHING not costumes mainly because when was the last time you saw a lolita costume store selling bloomers,petticoats,and headdresses? Every dress inculdeds a free petticoat and headdress. Plus since I bought from them I know they don't use satin or other martial that makes it look costumey. And I think it's a nice place to get cute little accessories. :)
Going back to the noob thing I did run around a convention in this :
Oh course the martial my dress was made out of was different then pictured. Mine was made out of cotton,it was just as short as pictured and I went bare legged! *le gasp* I did have on boots thou! So I saved my legs a little! haha
But sense this is more of a cosplay the Lolita does this count?
I think maybe I learned early on that cat ears and other stuff like that is really a bad idea so I never ended up doing that stuff.We can thank Lolitafashion.org for that!
This journal turned out to be more about my first jsk then being a noob at Lolita. I guess really I didn't have much to say. Back then I only wore my lolita at cons(which wasn't but once or two a year) so I had less chances to screw up and more chances to educate myself on the matter. So I never did too bad. And now that I've decided to become a lifestyle Lolita I can go out in my outfits with confidence and not worry if I'm doing right or not.
I've been into the Lolita Fashion for,oh,over 2 years now. And I think I have grown soo much!
Lets see,people always talk about how people new to Lolita wear stuff like Lolita inspired costumes,bad or "fake" lace,cat ears or some other kind of animal head/tail piece,short skirt,knee socks over stocking,or just a flat out maid outfit.
I don't think I've ever done any of that(thou I will say I have come across some short skirts) Really,I think I just haven't even *thought* about trying your normal lolita noobie mistakes.
The worst I have ever done is this :
And I still don't think this is all that bad.This jsk's skirt length is right,my legs and shoulders are covered and the lace isn't even bad.
Whats bad here is my headdress. THAT IS A FULL BLOWN MAID HEADDRESS! XD
haha I didn't realize what I did at the time.A friend gave me the headdress when I wore this out and she noticed there was nothing on my head.X3 I have a real black and white Lolita headdress that I wear with it(and soon a Alice Bow) The outfit was the very first Lolita item I got.It included a jumper skirt,a blouse with detachable shelves, and a fress petticoat with it. (The stockings and boots both came from hottopic.) I still really like this jsk and just couldn't make myself part with it.See the jsk always had a zipper problem.First off it was on the side of the dress(I hate side zippers now cuz of this) and then the zipper it's self had a kind of "crook" in it.I could zip it up until about almost to the bust and I couldn't zip it up anymore.In fact the "handle" of the zipper broke off one day cuz I was trying soo hard to zip it up. Some people thought I was just too fat for the dress and this was just not the case. A 24 inch waist friend of mine tried it on and she couldn't zip it up either.So I know it's not me.Besides that the waist of this dress stops at about a 37 inch.I'm only a 33. Anyway After not touching this outfit for like FOREVER I bring it out to see how I fit it again.At this point I had decided to become a lifestyle Lolita and wanted to make sure I could still wear this.Of course the whole zipper trouble came up again. I was soo frustrated and upset the thought of throwing it out actually came to mind.But I just couldn't do! I couldn't!!! First loli items can't be thrown out! X3 And I thought selling it would be out cuz technically the zipper was broken. Well after messing around with it and thinking I could just sew up the zipper part,I turned it inside out and it zipped up! O.O
I was soo surprised and happy I wore it out two days later. XD So it's a happy ending with this jsk.
This jsk I got from Rakuen fashion which I recently heard was not a good place to bad lolita.But then again I also heard Anna House wasn't a good place to buy Lolita either. So really,I think I'll be the judge on where I think is a good place to go. I will say Rakuen's dresses are extravagant.(not all of them thou) and are a littie better for parties or convention then for everyday life. At least it's not a Lolita costume shop.I really think this seller is trying to sell Lolita CLOTHING not costumes mainly because when was the last time you saw a lolita costume store selling bloomers,petticoats,and headdresses? Every dress inculdeds a free petticoat and headdress. Plus since I bought from them I know they don't use satin or other martial that makes it look costumey. And I think it's a nice place to get cute little accessories. :)
Going back to the noob thing I did run around a convention in this :
Oh course the martial my dress was made out of was different then pictured. Mine was made out of cotton,it was just as short as pictured and I went bare legged! *le gasp* I did have on boots thou! So I saved my legs a little! haha
But sense this is more of a cosplay the Lolita does this count?
I think maybe I learned early on that cat ears and other stuff like that is really a bad idea so I never ended up doing that stuff.We can thank Lolitafashion.org for that!
This journal turned out to be more about my first jsk then being a noob at Lolita. I guess really I didn't have much to say. Back then I only wore my lolita at cons(which wasn't but once or two a year) so I had less chances to screw up and more chances to educate myself on the matter. So I never did too bad. And now that I've decided to become a lifestyle Lolita I can go out in my outfits with confidence and not worry if I'm doing right or not.