Day 1 – 10 things about your lolita bubble.

1. Lolita is so addictive, and since I’m always strapped for cash, I end up making parts of my outfits, such as skirts and dresses and accessories.

2. Since I ended up making my accessories, I began to sell them on Etsy and at boutiques. :D

3. I don’t really have any friends in person that wear Lolita clothes. One of my friends will occasionally borrow my clothes, but no one I know actually commits to the fashion. :/

4. I think I really started wearing Lolita in 2008. My first dress isn’t what is stereotypically a brand dress, although it’s a brand of Gothic clothing in England. After that, I’ve never owned any brand items, except for one dress by Bodyline. I have made everything else or bought secondhand items or bought from offbrand shops.

5. I actually own a lot of wigs, but it isn’t because of Lolita — I actually have Trichotillomania! :[ After getting into Lolita, however, the style has really influenced my choices of wigs later on.

6. I am so thankful that 50’s fashion is coming back because when I do alterations or recycling of clothes, I am able to alter a lot of dresses into the Lolita style. Whew! That just saved me hundreds of dollars! :D

7. I love to see all the different interpretations of Lolita fashion, and I’m generally really open-minded to everything and anything, but I’m going to be opinionated here and say that I believe true “itas” are the cosplay Lolitas. Everything about their expensive costume seems so cheap to me, and I feel bad that they had spent money on it. :[ I don’t like the thought of mixing cosplay and Lolita. I feel like that would be equal to mixing Halloween costumes with your daily clothing, which can work sometimes, but most of the time, people can tell.

8. I love it when I do a boutique somewhere not near my hometown at all, and someone immediately recognizes me or my stuff as Lolita. That is probably the best feeling in the world, next to the feeling I get when my dogs see me when I get home. :D

9. Even if I was not a Lolita, I love everything about it… The clothes, the culture, the tea parties, the dessert, the mannerisms. It really does feel good to be a nice and proper person.

10. I have never really been inspired by anime or the OTT kawaii culture. While I do make and sell jewelry and accessories that seem to be inspired by it, my personal sense of fashion is basically Victorian-influenced, with a little bit of Rockabilly and punk and some colors thrown into the mash. In my extreme Lolita outfits, I love classic and sweet lolita, but when I’m casual… anything goes! :]