Does anyone have scans of any of these books? Or any costume design books in general. I would be so genuinely grateful for any help.
>>8797600
>What is a fucking library
i intended to post this link in the OP: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/costume-design
>>8797602
i don't know of any libraries near me
Lets see what we all managed to get in our packs! Pictures requested, and not just of the lolita style bags.
and what's still available for sale?
AP USA will be up tomorrow, and there are some general J-Fash bags still on the kera webshop. Some taobao brands are starting to put out packs as well(pic related, infanta packs on my-lolita-dress)
Somebody's Listen Flavor pack from this year.
Shitty collage I made of somebody's BTSSB/AATP variety pack from tumblr.
Yet another collage of another btssb/aatp variety pack. I think it's safe to say the old school jsk and lace tops will be the common factor here.
So the new year is just around the corner, we might as well talk about 2015 and new years resolutions.
>What are your cgl-related new years resolutions? Losing weight? Buying less? More wardrobe staples?
>How did your wardrobe change in 2015?
>Favourite release in 2015?
A litte challenge: create a New Year's coord just with things released in this year.
>>8788394
As a new years resolution I want to make my lifestyle more lolita. I never talk about this with any of my lolita friends because I don't want to seem weird/tryhard/snowflakey, but I would really like to be able to consider myself a lifestyler. To me it's a self improvement thing, if that makes any sense.
I really want this to be a massive lolita year.
I want to refill my closet with amazing dresses, I want to take more photos of improved old outfits, new outfits, different variations. I finally want to take part in a teaparty outside of my hometown.
We have our first big TP in my hometown and I need a kickass outfit for that.
I want to make more hats for myself and other accessories.
>>8788394
I would like to get back down to 120 pounds, I'm at 135 now and the difference is huge. I need to stop buying so much lolita stuff until I can get a better storage area set up. I should also actually wear my stuff. I love buying it but I have never worn at least 2/3rds of my wardrobe.
I suppose my wardrobe changed mostly just in size, storage has become quite an issue. I got rid of most of my sweet stuff even though a lot of it was boderline, wish I could stick to just one style but I love them all.
My favourite release of the year is probably the blue rose OP Moitie put out this year.
Old one >>8778623
General lolita Threads:
Closet of Frills >>8785724
Price Check thread >>8768105
Coord help thread >>8738411
Lucky Pack thread >>8787154
Wadrobe thread >>8759616
Handmade thread >>8776803
Lolita Comms thread >>8776741
Dream Dress thread >>8786704
Indie accessories thread >>8765802
specific threads:
Old school thread >>8753341
OTT Sweet thread >>8763478
Brolita thread >>8713032
Bodyline thread >>8730712
good Bodyline coords thread >>8772478
>>8788492
You know when this dress first came out I never thought too much of it. Then the first re-release happen and I started to see cute coords of it, I considered getting it. Then the next re-release happened and the next one, and the MTO... Now I'm just sick of seeing it. AP please put this dress out to pasture.
>>8788492
Again?? Might have gotten it if it came in ivory but eh.
I have never seen a lolita on real life, nor fairy kei or anything like that, only on cons. Even tough I believe there's plenty of lolitas in my country.
Do you wear your cool fashion in public? Does it affect you?
I wear it sometimes, but I am not very confident.
No, I fill my bath tub with milk and rose petals and wear my burando there.
Of course I wear it out. They're my clothes. Even when I save my more ott coords for big meet ups, I still have to get public transport to reach them, and I might be going somewhere else after. What's the point on spending money on expensive clothes and just wearing them at smelly conventions?
I'm a daily lolita so I wear it every time I go out. My style is very simple compared to what you normally see online, mind you, I usually stick to classic and don't wear prints.
>Does it affect you?
Depends on how you look at it. I've been a daily lolita for a few years now, at this point I've gotten used to it and I don't mind the attention most of the time (even when people are rude, and sometimes they are) so I guess it's helped me stop caring about the opinions of strangers and how they look at me or what they think about me.
I actually have seen a few lolitas outside of meet ups from time to time, but mostly it was around Japantown/ japanese fashion shops.
I used to wear lolita daily but can't anymore because of my work and don't want to anyway because my style changed a lot, but you know, those are clothes meant to be worn.
After a while being into alternative fashion you just get used to the stares and comment. I don't notice them anymore, and mostly go on and about with some music on anyway. But I found that if the style suits you and feels natural, you won't get much criticism really.
Can we get a complicated/complex cosplay thread going?
I want to start a big sewing project this year but can't find anything that inspires me.
Is there a type of design you're looking for in particular ? Armor, big dresses, Sakizou-like stuff that is covered in details from head to toe ?
In the meantime, here's Dorothea from Avalon Code since she always pops up in these threads
Here is the queen of hearts from ever after high. She also did the hat party version of Lizzie, iirc.
>>8792670
I'm pretty open anon! I'm probably leaning more towards big dress and Sakizou like designs and I'm trying to avoid armor as I'm working on an armor project at the moment.
Last Thread: >>8737638
Hiatus ends soon! People will probably come back into the fandom when the show picks back up again, and there seems to be new homeworld designs that people will cosplay.
Anyone see any cool cosplays recently?
I'll do a tag dump in a minute
>>8779090
>>8779094
This is to clear out the clutter of people posting not-quite-dream-dresses in the dream dress thread.
What is a dream dress? It is your one or two most desired items. You search everywhere and can't find it. You will consider buying it for a scalped price because you saved for months, or will pay any reasonable price. It is your priority and you should let us know. Please don't waste anyone's time by calling all shit you want dream dresses.
What is shit you really want? Stuff you're looking for seriously. Maybe stuff you want but won't pay over a certain amount for
Just like the dream dress, leave contact info and we will email you if we see what you are looking for
I will make a collage later, but here's the top of my list for shit I really want: this cut only, I have seen plenty of other cuts I don't want but can't find this
Sage for double post, but if anyone wants to clarify my terms, feel free. I was just basing this on what people were saying in the dream dress thread
>>8796240
no one wants to clarify your terms because no one else here is this salty about this
someone reject your offer anon?
>>8796262
Not OP but desu I'm a little bit salty about this because it doesn't just happen on cgl. In my comm's facebook page people constantly post their 20+ "dreamdresses" I wish the definition of dream dress was included in the basic handbook we have up
I'm trying to explain to a friend how to coordinate properly but she doesn't seem to get it, she knows some normie fashion theory but it isn't really helping her in her coords. Does anyone have any blanket advice or maybe even infographics to help fledgling lolitas?
Pic slightly related, coord theory.
wouldnt it be the same as normie ? match shoes to bag and balance colour top + bottom?
Super basic fool-proof coording (at least to me).
Match headwear and shoes to the main colour of your dress/skirt. Blouse and legwear should be the same complimentary colour. Bag doesn't matter so much as long as it matches. So if your dress is mainly brown, your headwear and shoes should also be brown with perhaps ivory legwear and blouse.
That's two-colour coording. If you go three colours, you use the thrid as an accent. So if you have a pink dress with a lavender print, your headwear should still be pink and should your shoes but perhaps headwear is a pink beret with a lavender bow as an accent. Blouse and legwear could be a neutral white, but with a lavender pattern on the legwear and maybe a lavender brooch on the blouse.
That's my "you can't fuck it up" method of coording. It may be a bit basic but it works.
Anyone have pictures? Ignore the filename.
2015 is almost over. Post all the costumes/cords you completed for the year.
Quiet year for me due to college and subsequently job searching. Hoping that 2016 brings more opportunities for more cosplans after my work schedule stabilizes. Happy new year to all Seagulls!
>me
>having my shit together enough to start cosplaying
You're funny anon
>>8790332
I don't know any of these series but your costumes look p great.
Here's my own. Here's to 2016
So I'm currently in the preliminary design stage of working on a Laser Musket prop from Fallout 4.
I have a general idea of how to make it happen, but there are two questions which I need to answer before I can start making serious progress.
1) The gears linked to the crank handle before the glass ionizing chamber. The rearmost and frontmost wheels rotate in an opposite direction to the central wheel. Would it be wise to use a system of planetary gears (with the frame holding the "planet" gears fixed to the stock while the "sun" and "ring" gears would be left free to rotate) to invert the central wheel's rotation, or would be a simpler way to do this involving belts/rubber bands?
2) The lighting system. In Fallout 4, the energy in the ionizing chamber and the laser beam focused along the barrel of the gun gain brightness and intensity as the handle is cranked and charged more. Would it be better to just set up a circuit that has a dimmer switch built into the crank handle as well as a set of LEDs in the chamber (so that each crank raises the brightness slightly) and a reset switch in the trigger? Or would it be better to build a simple AC generator into the rotating wheels behind the chamber, link it to a lighting system in the chamber and actually have the brightness dependent on how hard I crank?
>>8789875
please use the help thread though
>>8789875
Maybe ask /diy/.
Is anyone on /cgl/ here?
I wanted to go but I have no cute friends to go or do cosplay with ...
Could have gone with /jp/ but decided to just stayed at home
>>8790052
>Could have gone with /jp/ but decided to just stayed at home
Do you live in Japan, anon? I would go with you for Comiket 90, if you're still there. Jpsies will just call you 3DPD and talk about their lolige.
Old one is long since dead.
Share your tips and tutorials, show off your own decoden and progress photos, and help others get started or find good deals on supplies/kits!
Dropping some bead decoden.
Anyone here did FoW cosplay? They have really cute outfits.
I'll might do Dark Alice or Valkyrie Alice
I play the game, I feel like youre gonna get alot of eyerolls and snarky comments like "Oh wow goth alice in wonderland, how original"
Id really like to cosplay Blazer but I feel people would just call me joker.
Is this the vickybunny game?
I wish. Doesnt seem like a lot of hype in my area for the game at all though.
