Bring out your dead, seagulls.
Show me the crazy shit folk used to do in the name of Japanese fashion. I'll start.
>this fucking hair
>decora lolita
>ero lolita: "all you need is bloomers!" edition
>>8740482
Wow. I love this hair. I must have missed it.
>emo/scene visual kei hair
>>8740487
Tbf Mitsukaz Mihara made it look cool, but it never really translated IRL.
>>8740485
rip decololi, you were always my favorite clusterfuck
>>8740491
>everyone and their RP gay lovers making visual kei makeup tutorials
>>8740492
I think it could work if they were more like knickerbockers with lace trim instead of actual bloomers. The way she draws fabric looks a lot more structured than what most bloomers can actually be.
>>8740500
>EVERYONE
Remember when everyone and their dog owned and wore these?
>ringlet wigs
>>8740506
Remember when everyone and their dog tried to make them with pre-cut plastic canvas shapes? So many ugly fucking hairclips.
>visual kei and lolita going together like chocolate and strawberries
>>8740514
whatttt this is cute
>>8740499
>fucking visual kei scene kid hair
>>8740517
dead trends aren't bad trends. they're just dead.
>ball-jointed dolls as a status symbol
>>8740522
Not even wearing a matching outfit. Absolutely disgusting.
>everything in this picture
![070[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Lg03Tz2.jpg "070[1].jpg")
>>8740523
There was the one where girl and the doll were wearing a matching red dress and bonnet that I loved but can't find it for the life of me.
>>8740525
it's weird because it seems less costumey to me than current lolita trends. i think goth, punk, and even scene elements feel more like alternative fashion than lolita alone does. perhaps i am betraying my age: alternative scenes and subcultures are not as dark as they used to be.
>>8740506
i just bought one of these off of closet child recently kek
>>8740535
A decade or so from now the new generation of alternative fashion kids will probably say the same thing about what they'd be wearing and lolita trends right now.
That being said, I missed the days when it was more acceptable to wear bits and pieces of bondage gear with lolita.
>>8740535
I've never thought about it like that but you're right. I'm not carrying around a fucking scepter so I'd probably look normal.
>>8740482
How do I do this hair
My pigtails are always curly and flufy at the bottom, not the top?
>>8740534
This one?
>>8740508
I remember this trend, I used to style my own hair like this with lolita. I kind of miss it.
>>8740552
clip in ponytails.
>>8740534
this one maybe?
>>8740588
Yes!! Thank you! I know it's Baby but I can never remember the dress name.
>>8740506
B-but I really want this...
>>8740593
it's something with rolled rose I believe, but I just googled 'elisabeth onepiece dress bjd', because I thought elisabeth also had a bjd set, haha
>>8740534
speaking of which...the maxi-pad shape headdresses. everyone wore them, now no one does
>>8740508
Nobody will ever convince me to hate ringlet wigs. I used to curl my hair like this, it took 3 hours but damn did I feel fine.
>>8740485
Only seen this style done well once, pic related.
>hime wigs
>>8740508
I still wear one of these. No fucks given.
>>8740711
On the contrary, they've been trickling back into the fashion for a long time. You see quite a lot of people wearing them.
>>8740527
>toothpaste wigs
good riddance
>>8740535
I think it has to do with the fact that goth, emo, punk etc. has always been more of a subculture and lifestyle than lolita; there's a very specific set of values, musical tastes, interests, etc. attached to all of them in a way that lolita lacks. Clothes were always kinda second, and it's more about a general style and feel than specific coords and outfits. There's no wigs, either, which I think is rather symptomatic - if you're a goth, that's your standard mode. You're always a goth. Compare with the past five-six years of wigstandard in lolita.
There's also the fact that darker styles like goth and punk have been around for way longer, putting groundwork for other dark styles. I can't think of anything filling the kinda nische of lolita before lolita.
>>8740750
Me too anon, me too
>>8740527
Half tempted to get my hair dyed like this for not much reason.
I miss
>FRUITS
>punk lolita
>visual kei hair
>ringlet wigs
>broken doll poses in lolita
>"lolita in their natural habitat" pics
>early fairy kei
But its nostalgia talking.
>>8740527
I miss that OTT himegyaru look so much. cirrent himekaji just doesn't do it for me like this stuff does. But the candy colored wigs like that I am glad to see gone.
>>8740482
lel still do it!! will never stop. kek
>>8740508
Anybody knows a place to get good ringlet wigs? I really, really want one to use with classic and old school lolita.
>>8740822
I was about to ask the same. The ones I've had becomes messy really fast
For a brief period gyaru were all over these flowery all-in-ones / salopette / abominations. Glad it's dead and buried.
>>8740822
Bodyline did one up til recently, still pops up unused second-hand occasionally. That's the one whatsernane that posts all the old school to CoF uses (pic related). In Japan, Maple Wigs do one that's not too expensive (I bought one but haven't tried it yet) and Prisila do one that's stupidly expensive. I think GLW still do one (the one in that pic is GLW)which is a pain when you're boycotting them.
>>8740482
Man I miss this hair. It's so good with Gothic.
>>8740825
i just woke up so at first i thought you were talking about maxi dresses, then i saw the pic. shit's ugly. atleast the floral is better than the shitty 'tribal'/native print shit we have over in the US now...
>>8740825
Instantly reminded of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq33tXCB6y8
>>8740902
I kek'd. Thank you, anon.
I just want straight up Ganguro to not just come back, but to come back with a bunch of it's sub-styles like Yamanba and Centre Guy. I have no idea why it disappeared. The current gyaru look just doesn't cut it for me. I just love the reverse panda look.
>tfw you're sad it's probably for the better it's not in style right now thanks to fucking tumblr
>>8740925
me too anon
>>8740925
Ugh. Bring everthing back froom 2000/ 2001 ganguro. I want para para and tropical flowers. Give me it all.
>>8740541
>I missed the days when it was more acceptable to wear bits and pieces of bondage gear with lolita.
Well, thanks for Yeha and Menhera it's becoming normal in fairy kei etc, so it's probably not that hard to get away with it.
>>8740822
Post in the oldschool threads, those girls are still wearing them.
>>8741214
>probably not that hard to get away with
Sadly it is. I remember not long ago HelloBatty was wearing, I think a heart collar and so many people got pissed because "lolita is not a fetish!!"
>>8741220
*isn't
>>8741169
Para para is what I lived for
>>8740725
The kawaii ass face masks were the best. I miss the decora days, back when it was all pink and strawberries
>>8740925
I think ganguro has just become kuro gyaru now
https://youtu.be/3F1zlADTTEc
>>8741169
>I want para para and tropical flowers.
Fuck yes. I used to get so excited to see Para Para Paradise machines in convention game rooms. I practiced routines for hours in my room.
>>8741169
what exactly is parapara anyway? I always thought it was a song with a special dance like caramelldansen to weebs
>>8741258
what the fuck are theses nails how does she not stab herself in the eyes with these? They look super tacky on top of that...And her hair is really gross. This whole look is tacky and gross.
Though i feel some nostalgia when i see the old magazines with the ganguro and hibiscus flowers all over.
>>8740482
Offtopic, but is this the shoot where the girl in the back was wearing the dress backwards?
>>8741258
wait is that fucking svastiskas on her fingers?! God fucking dammit that makeup application is so sloppy and everything is so ew
>>8740775
me too! I used to browse Jesus Diamante first thing in the morning.
>>8741365
>gyaru
>tacky and gross
no way?!
>>8741380
>thinking gyaru is gross and tacky
Ganguro, maybe. But fuck you if you think all gyaru is like that.
>>8740491
>>8740520
>>8740514
Rip in fucking peace, visual kei
For real tho, since it went butoh theater->glam rock->visual kei, does that mean it's the west's turn to create a music scene through which guys can actually dress in anything but jeans and shirts?
>inb4 western visual kei revival
Calling it fucking now
>>8741377
Welcome to Asian cultures where svastiskas have a very different meaning.
>>8740925
All the ganguro girls realized they weren't getting laid looking like reverse pandas so it toned down heavily
>>8741384
It's supposed to be tacky. Varying degrees of it sure but still tacky and sometimes gross. And while the makeup does look sloppy a lot of that is due to the HD camera and harsh lighting. The Oni colors are very cute btw.
>>8741377
Anon dear, swastikas are symbols of peace in Asia.
>>8741384
>>8741392
I can't think of a gyaru style that isn't at least a little tacky? Maybe rokku. But big hair, long nails, crazy OTT make-up, and the tan are all staples of gyaru, at least in my opinion, and in the west, all those things are considered tacky. But that's kind of why people love it? What gyaru styles are you thinking of that aren't tacky? Himekaji? Most actual gyaru I know are like "lol yeah it's tacky as hell, I love it"
>>8741406
Onee and sweet
>>8741311
If you ever go to Japan, play a game called Dance Evo. Essentially the same thing and there are crossovers with para para paradise.
>>8741359
Para Para came before the popularity of caramelldansen. It was a selection of songs (usually if not always eurobeat) that had a specific hand dance. Check out the routines for Yesterday, Night of Fire, Ultra-High-Heels and Sexy Sexy Sexy. I miss it so much.
>>8741492
This shit was my jam in the early 2000's. I miss the para para scene so much.
>>8741359
ParaPara is a dance style where it's very simple side-to-side steps and all the complicated routines are done with your hands. There was also different styles like TechPara (techno parapara) that was more popular with guys.
There were a set of arcade games for them as well and some ganguro/gyaru groups across Japan have an annual parapara dance competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Wi1GULbUM
My guilty parapara. First routine I ever learned.
>>8740925
Black Diamond gang are getting quite popular
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XqTxcu4hI2U
>>8741510
Pretty sure Black Diamond will exist until the end of time as the only group still sticking closest to the old ganguro style. I love them so much.
>tfw ginger and can never tan but I always wanted to join Black Diamond international
>>8740500
I actually followed this girl's tutorials back in the day. Ah, good old times.
Favorite Para Para dance share time?
This still wins for being the most hilarious video and the catchiest routine/song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj5NNNkGzj8
>>8741517
I love them too! I usually stick to jazz and classical but I loved this song when I found it.
I understand - I'd never suit it but would love to join the International group
>>8740482
I definitely missed this hairstyle but I love it. I love volumized ponytails and would love to rock one in lolita.
>>8741528
>jazz and classical
who the fuck listens to jazz music
>>8741528
I heard the one below but not this one. I love how they don't take themselves seriously and just like to hang out and have fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALF4Gb5EPU
>>8741536
People who have taste
>inb4 fedora jokes
>>8741536
Maybe I'm the only jazz listener left in the world!
>>8741536
People who like anime.
I don't see these too often anymore
>>8741536
Cowboy Bebop fans?
>>8741536
People who play it?
>>8741560
I remember when usamimi blew up so huge that even Baby started making them. That was wild.
>>8741526
i still like hinoi team night of fire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8or5JHu8_uU
>>8741560
Usamimi have become mainstream enough for you to see girls wearing them in big cities (NY, LA).
>>8741717
>koda kumi
aww yeah, mad nostalgia bomb! and like namie amuro back in 2000s queen of hip-pop days.
>>8741510
>https://youtube.com/watch?v=XqTxcu4hI2U [Embed]
That video is fucking great.
>>8741503
Checkout these babby weebs doing techparapara
https://youtu.be/fNysKPpeQdU
>>8741503
The girl on the right is so energetic and awesome!
>>8741562
I'm in a jazz band and I don't listen to jazz outside of it.
Hell, I hate it. I hate playing it. I hate the way we sound. The piano notes are the worst. Just chords, chords, bounce bounce bounce rhythm section shit
Then you get solos from hell
And the audience doesn't even realize it's a solo because you're always playing anyway
I'm sure some people can enjoy it, but for me, jazz is pain.
>>8741734
>Namie Amuro
She's still good though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7wRb9adQUc
>>8741220
Nobody outside of Tumblr SJW lolis will care.
Back when Moon Kana was THE lolita idol.
She got a Tumblr these days tho, still doing the usual ero lolita stuff and music:
moonkanamoonland.tumblr.com
>>8741925
It's a weak, commercialized bastardization of what it used to be tho
>>8741941
>used to think she was the shit
>then I saw one of her music videos
>noped and never looked back
>>8741941
Is she worth following?
>>8741959
Depends? She only posts once a blue moon, for fashion it is better to follow her IG.
>>8741925
not this specific look, that phased out when scene died. the hybrid scene-emo-vkei look peaked around 2005-2007 or so, in the LJ/DeviantArt age. it was also a major scene in the West back then, arguably more intense than lolita.
>>8741743
>skirt over jeans
how appropriate for a thread about dead trends
>>8741941
I love her so much, I hadn't thought about her in years and then she started following me on IG one day and I had this wave of nostalgia come over me, good shit
>jrock cosplay everywhere you look
>lolitas always being pissed at jrock cosplays everywhere they looked
Speaking of LiveJournal:
>rating communities
The obligatory, they had a little comeback with cult party but disappeared again.
>>8742102
I still wear RHS, but I can never get the ballerina type straps to stay up. So I just use the alternate ankle straps it came with.
>>8741389
I thought that was kind of the point of ganguro...? Like to rebel against normal fetishization of girls in japan and scare boys away
>>8741560
I still wear them in summer and I think they're pretty cute with casual or country Lolita. But I'm happy tho that not everyone and their cat wears it anymore.
>>8742102
fuck are those leg pimples
>>8742382
Have you never seen shaven legs in HD?
relatively casual cutsews with skirts, oh and tote bags.
>>8740735
Man, I'm glad these are gone. I have one that I never wore because it always just made me feel like a 90's housewife. Pic related.
>>8742421
>>8741503
Man, parapara gave me the best fucking arms. I need to start it up again.
>>8741992
Oh jeez. I remember the first Jrock photoshoot I ever went to. You couldn't turn around without bumping into someone cosplaying the Gazette.
>>8742429
>not wanting to be as fabulous as Peggy Bundy
>>8740534
to add to this - aprons!
I think they might make a bit of a come-back though?
>>8742569
>>8742537
This. She was actually one of the better looking people in the 90s.
>>8742421
I think it only became rare due to the lack of nice cutsews in the past few years.
>>8742570
>>8742569
Chinese brands make dresses with skirts quite often, never were really gone but they are usually without the chest part.
>>8742585
*apron skirts
>>8741967
Huh, I still see tons of japanese VK bands that look the same, only difference is circle lenses.
>>8742590
Plenty of people like Jazz, anon. Why wouldn't you?
>>8741365
There was more toned down versions of ganguro, you know. The style always came on various levels. Yamamba was the most extreme, but I want the tropical themed ganguro to come back.
>>8741389
>inferring the point of any female j-fashion style here is to get laid
I smell /r9k/ on you. Get out.
Also show you know nothing about the style because there was male versions of nearly all of these.
>>8741406
Same, it makes you feel 'That's outrageous, I want it on my body!'. I also think the tackiness gives it that gaudy kind of sex appeal.
Also all the para para links lead me down a Japanorama viewing spree that left me with only three hours sleep before work. So much nostalgia.
>>8741941
Finding out that she still plays tours abroad really warms my old little heart.
>>8742102
So sad. I will always love and wear my RHS..
>>8742590
i hate to tell you this, but the japanese did not invent jazz
>>8742627
show a pic of what you mean, i think we are focusing on different aspects.
>>8742645
>tropical themed ganguro
I'd give a non vital organ to have this come back.
>>8740552
Either clip-ons or teasing and hairspray.
>>8742834
At least the two girls in the front are obviously wearing half wigs
>>8741492
Shit, I still do Night Of Fire in my room sometimes. Do 5 or 6 para para songs in a row and you've got yourself a pretty good arm workout.
>>8742841
I have to get back into parapara for exercise then.
>>8741931
i stopped listening after a couple years ago, too much english and the beats sucked.
>>8743193
remember, if you're not sweating and if your heartrate isn't elevated, it's not an actual workout.
>>8743216
just finished listening to this, it just sounds like crappy kpop to me, all her newer stuff does. sage for no contribution
>>8740770
>early fairy kei
>old Fruits
Yesssss
I am desperately looking for the pic that got me in j fash back then.
It's an asian girl at a cafe(?) table or something, everything is filtered pale, she's wearing a shoulder lenght curly blonde wig, and a pink plaid "punk" dress and i think she has a headdress on. Looks like some cosplay or some cheap attempt at lolita i don't know. I remember it being kinda blurry too possibly from the massive editing. This pic was my portal to j fash and other stuff, i just wanna find it, print it and keep it somehwere like a magic nostalgia charm idk. It sounds stupid as fuck i know.
>>8743300
*maxipad headdress
>>8743300
it's not stupid, i feel the same way about certain images and people. i can't help you though, sorry.
>>8742722
Just look at the VK thread for fucks sake.
>>8743305
i posted many, if not most, of the images in that thread. this is why i suspect we're focusing on different aspects of the style. the scene trend had a defined look to it, adopted by some Western fans of visual kei. if you can't see it without me diagramming the differences i don't really know what to say.
>>8743316
Did you even read any of my posts? I wasn't talking about fucking scene and scene changes all the time as it is only preps wearing whatever alternative fashion is popular at the moment, last time it was Nu Goth.
>>8743324
all the posts anon is responding to talks about scene/emo/v-kei hair.
>>8743324
also anon, the term scene as in reference to posers isn't used like that anymore, it's been used for years to describe what can only be called colorful emo.
>>8743324
i think you are reacting without thinking.
you replied to posts about the dead scene/emo trend in vkei, so it's rather natural to assume that, when you say "that look still exists," you're responding to the discussion about that trend.
let's track the conversation.
>>8740491
>>emo/scene visual kei hair
^introduces the topic of a specific look from a specific time-based trend. you, or someone whose reponses you are piggybacking on, quoted this and the next image in the "emo/scene visual kei hair" sequence (>>8740499) to say the style still exists. so if that's not what you meant, be more careful about which posts you include in your response.
>>8740491
I remember they where all over MySpace then! I was "friends" with sooo many of them. It was definitely more popular and wide spread than lolita at the time. Only BABY and meta shipped overseas back then, there where no off brand lolita shops everything was so much more inaccessible. They made up the majority of the jfashion crowd.
>>8743338
See
>>8742627
Which part talks about scene hair? None.
>>8743329
I wasn't talking about posers but it is changing all the time, just look at everything tagged scene in the past few years, it's like 90% Killstar and the constant change shows best in how Drop Dead changes all the time to fit in with their customers changed tastes.
>>8743350
i'm gonna drop it because you are frankly not making sense.
>>8743356
>talking about VK hair being dead
>people saying it's not refering to Kera
>derailing with scene hair
Who are you to say somebody doesn't make sense when you don't yourself?
>>8743362
go home anon, you're drunk.
>>8743341
Speaking of fucking MySpace.
Does anyone remember DJ Sisen and all his weeby clones?
>>8743362
Are you serious? You lack serious reading comprehention.
>>8743365
>>8743365
You know, this thread is about jfashion so people were thinking the posts were about the popularity of VK hair which caused it to spread to scene.
>>8743367
He is living in Berlin these days and makes underground events with his Japaranoia thing but still attends Tokyo Decadance.
>>8740925
>reverse panda look
You think we could get away with bringing it back by describing it as "panda makeup"? and dressing up and posting pics and having gal meetups in the US? Maybe lolita comms could have gal days? They wouldn't necessarily need to go out for lunch, maybe stay inside and parapara.
I'm no lolita but I would love to dress in gyaru with a bunch of other girls and pig out at home/goof off.
>>8743367
Oh man, did anyone see the DJ SiSeN + Tainted Reality stream? Where Roger did nothing but insult vk and whine and bitch and act like the dick he always is? It was in his bedroom too and so unprofessional. Felt really bad for SiSeN. I think if he ever caught on to Roger's attitude, he hid it well, but probably just wanted to go home.
>>8743387
i think any attempt to bring it back would be met with the full force of Tumblr's SJW Army, Inc.
please come back
https://youtu.be/WjMWfmwNfaw
>>8743391
Well who the fuck cares, SJWs have no power over people who ignore them. They only affect the cosplay/jfash community when cosplayers decide to "publicly apologize" for "blackfacing."
Seriously guys, they have to go out into the big bad world eventually. Do what you want. Make things into the "norm" again or else these sensitive twats will start getting GI Joes banned.
Oshare-kei
>>8743417
~Panda-Eye Strega~ (︶ω︶)
>>8743341
>>8743380
>MySpace scene weebs
>Tokyo decadence
Aaaah so much nostalgia! I miss the days when lolita was part of the "alternative" crowd. With most Lolita's coming over from either goth or scene. Gothic was more popular at the time too and I remember lolitas hanging out at goth clubs and everyone's fucking dream was to attend Tokyo decadence and party with the alt Japanese crowd.
Now it seems the fashion is mostly made up of cosplayers, the fashion itself reflects that and is getting more and more Costume-ish. the emphasis on it being an actual working fashion is gone now too. We used to put so much emphasis on building a working wardrobe which meant casual wear to ott outfits and everything in between for everyday wear. But now people just put together specific outfits for meet-ups or cons but have no actual working wardrobe just specific coords. idk if I'm making any sense I've had some wine. But I miss Lolita's being part of the alt crowd but now its more like a nerd costume and I've never been much of a nerd so I miss that...I mean, Lolita's have always been a bit weeby don't get me wrong. But now it seems weebness, general "fandom" stuff and lolita REALLY go hand in hand now days and nobody really aspires to wear it daily like we used to, let alone fraternize with other alternative people.
>>8743451
things that didn't happen : the post
>>8741941
Omg i will never mot love Kana. That Hebi Ichigo song/music video was my shit back in highschool. Had it playing on my gaia AND myspace profiles!
>>8743464
I get what they mean about lolita felt more like it belonged to the goth scene in the early stages, wheras now it belongs more to the weeb/cosplay/con world.
I imagine that it would change a bit depending on the person though.
>>8743451
>everyone's fucking dream was to attend Tokyo decadence and party with the alt Japanese crowd.
So depressing when, as an adult, I finally got to go there and it was all topless plain chubby white guys wearing jeans without any styling and a few gogo dancers. Hopefully just a quiet night.
>>8741934
No, Hello Batty is tacky in general. I'm sure a better lolita could do it justice and people won't care
>>8743451
>We used to put so much emphasis on building a working wardrobe which meant casual wear to ott outfits and everything in between for everyday wear. But now people just put together specific outfits for meet-ups or cons but have no actual working wardrobe just specific coords.
this. i was interested in lolita when it was more alt, but when i returned years later and could afford it, the emphasis had changed. i like the newer styles but the approach people have is fake as fuck.
>>8741560
There were a lot on sale in Japan like 2 summers ago when I lived there, but people didn't wear them as dramatically as this. Still, I think it's around, just toned down.
>>8743524
If they wore Alice Auaa and not some no name taobao brand people would eat it right up
>>8743737
doubt it. nobody even buys alice auaa. it doesn't have a print or any resin elements on it.
>>8742421
i miss those!
>>8743387
>lolitas
>gal days
>to bring back ganguro
As a lolita, I can say that can only end horribly.
Knee socks are nowhere to be seen now days…
Why don't you guys try to bring back these trends if you like them?
>>8740822
Not a full wig, but I got ringlet hairpieces from a shop on etsy. Works for me because I don't like wearing full wigs.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FancyNancyHairUpdos
>>8743922
We do try but the newer generation is working against us. If I wear utks I get told to wear longer socks etc.. So I don't post coords online anymore.
>>8743931
Wait do people really say that what's wrong with them? That broke my little old school heart id like your coords anon.
>>8742421
Please let's bring casual lolita with cutsews and skirts back?
>>8743922
people always say you don't have to follow trends, then when you post a coord you get told by several people to follow x and x trend to make it more lolita or some other silly reason
>>8743573
I don't give a fuck and just wear it casually anyway.
>>8743573
This. I do think there are people who wear it daily tough I think if they would post their coords online they would get ripped apart
>>8743380
He lives with a friend of mine. He is super lazy.
>>8743502
that's where it belongs in japan. i was more referring to the community aspect.
>>8742421
What's happening with her legs?
>>8743451
Maybe it's just me, but I always get mildly confused when I see people posting about buying fifteen new accessories and a blouse and shoes for a meetup. Why do you need to buy all this? Do you not own any accessories? What about the stuff you bought for your last meetup, and the one before that?
>>8743300
Pls?
>>8740522
I thought BJDs are still status symbols. Idk why but I respect people with BJDs lie, "woah son you commited to this shitty musty weaboo lifestyle." You bought a 400 dollar doll and carry it around that's commitment.
>>8740535
This is the prettiest visual-kei outfit I have ever seen.
>>8741384
I thought gyaru was supposed to be tacky. I thought the point was to look like a spoiled brat.
>>8741311
oh my god anon, you just brought back some buried memories. I remember doing this for hours in secret too. Had a parapara paradise machine at a nearby mall and loved every moment
>>8742841
YES
Definitely did night of fire back in the day. Jesus i loved para para. I wish so hard i had any friends around me who would be into it too
>>8743903
I'm glad. OTKs look much better. Knee socks just look awkward.
>>8743903
It's kind of that wonky cute in an old school way. I still prefer OTKs.
>>8743396
God this brings me back, i definitely still have some nana kitade on my old ipod. So good
Mini top hats are definately the worst thing to ever have plagued the fashion.
>>8744398
the low quality ones whose bottoms stick out (as opposed to resting on the head) bother me, but i think after years of seeing lolitas put everything but a kitchen sink on their heads, a well-executed minihat is no worse than a cake headdress.
>>8744398
And let's not forget beaded crowns. So many fucking shitty tutorials and post about beaded crowns on egl. They where awful.
>>8744398
I agree for the most part. I have a really nice one from a bridal boutique which is well made, and had a net section, as well as being a good size for a mini-hat fascinator. But it works with Victoriana fashion/ aristocrat best. Not lolita/ouji. So many of the just look so cheap and tacky, even fairly expensive ones.
>>8744398
>>8744407
Eh, mini top hats have been a thing again for few years already.
>>8744234
There's a disconnect here. A lot of doll collectors don't even like anime/Japan. Some of us migrated over from collecting other dolls or are seamstresses who like sewing for them. It's also not super common to carry them around. I'm not denying their are sweaty hamplanets who love their yaoiboiz, but they're a bad representation of your average collector as itas are for lolitas.
>>8744046
It's true. I was posting my daily coords and more experimental coords. I got ripped to shreds and stopped posting for a long time. I'm thinking I should just stop giving any fucks and start posting all of them again.
Remember when these... bags? with weels (idk how they're called in english sorry) were popular in lolita? I used to see them in early street snaps. This is the most similar I could find because I'm not on my pc. Remembering them makes me feel like I've been in the fashion forever.
>>8744577
I remember hearing people had those because they were changing when they got to Harajuku. You know, parental disapproval and all that.
>>8744100
I was also mostly referring to the community aspect, too.
>>8744610
>>8744583
This is accurate. Same goes for visual kei concerts. it's not a dead trend, since it's not really a trend. It's a practicality thing.
>>8744444
I know they have. I was simply agreeing that they're awful most of the time, and wish the trend for them would die out.
>>8741220
That's probably more because HB can't dress herself though. I've seen loads of Lolitas wear similar style collars/chokers and nobody batted an eyelid.
>>8744801
>batted
kek
>>8744611
is choconyan still about doing her thing?
Also I only just realised that her boyfriend was THAT Junnyan. After all this time mind=blown. He was..actually pretty cute.
Fucking AP cork shoes! Everybody and their mom had them. I always thought they where all awful, I'm so glad we've moved on.
This thread is making me feel so out of style
>>8744934
It wasn't just AP, baby jumped on the cork shoe trend too. But AP was always more popular...
>>8744398
there were so many bad ones or poorly placed ones (such as just plonked on top of flat hair like in your pic) but I still love mini hats done well. I think they look especially good with up-dos and/or extra embellishments.
>>8744953
Cork shoes were just big back then, in all fashion, like when usamimi hair accessories were so big last year in overall fashion that btssb released some.
>>8744897
You just broke my mind! I think choconyan was mentioned not too long ago though, so going relatively strong. I miss clunky shoes.
Remember when everyone had Bou's fucking hair?
>and the sound of the cries of ten thousand weebs when he left An Cafe
>>8743903
I remember how not so long ago anything shorter than knee socks were a cardinal sin, and too baby-ish.
Now crew/ankle socks are all over the place.
>>8744989
>had that hair
>no clue about where it came from
Lol
>>8744989
I think I had a crisis last year when I suddenly remembered Bou and spent a week trying to find a legit real source reason of why he left or even what he looks like now. I think it was to look after his family or something, but I still don't know.
>>8745006
>and when Miku nudes surfaced
>>8745006
He stated as reason "to follow his dreams" but never explained what this was. Someone posted his real name and what he does now on his vkdb.jp page but it got bensored by the admin for privacy reasons.
>>8742102
I still wear my RHS with lolita and normie outfits, I love them. I never really see them anymore though, you're right.
Pastel wigs seemed to have finally died in the lolita community. It seems like the only ones who still wear them are itas.
I kind of miss the pastel rhapsody wigs. Always wanted a mint one.
>>8743737
No, that was not my point. Brand =/= better. I believe it can be done and look cute, but my point was Hello Batty is tacky and costume-y with a good majority of her coords so it looked bad.
>>8741560
I.. didn't even know these were a trend, I've been wanting some for casual wear for a while. Where can I buy some?
>>8744974
no way, are you actually supposed to just wear it on top like that? that looks pants on head retarded, it's too small, its like she tried to put on a hat that didn't fit. That's fucking silly looking.
>>8745328
aaw, I love it, could do with a bit of tilt action though I agree
>>8745245
>unpopular opinion
I really liked them for OTT sweet coords. I wish I could wear one without being seen as a huge ita
>>8740505
>pencile
>body lotion on face
>shitty liner looks like it's two seconds away from flaking off
>everything about the hair
Oh man, back in the day I'd have loved to see this, makes me so glad that I was so terrible at finding stuff online. This person must be so embarrassed by this tutorial now.
