I Went to London for a Kawaii J-Fashion Rave

Styling an 18th Century Hedgehog Wig

I Made an 18th Century Pocket

 

Bettys Blue Tag Guide

I'm trying to work out when each tag for Bettys Blue was used, inspired by RaineDragon's archiving of when each lolita brand tag was used. I have quite the interest in vintage J-fashion outside of lolita, and always found it a shame there wasn't more archiving of none-lolita brands.

This blog is a WIP and will be updated as  time goes on if I find more information for tags. I'm going off information given on listings by Japanese secondhand sellers so this may not be completely accurate depending on their memory. If you have any information I haven't included, please do let me know!

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Old school lolita wardrobe 2021 │Wardrobe

 

Since I missed out on making a wardrobe post for 2020, the first time I hadn't done one since at least 2014, I really wanted to get one done this year. I decided this time to do a video as it makes a nice change to my precious posts.

You can also see my wardrobe on my webpage here, although as you can see I need to update it. On there you can also find links to my previous wardrobe posts over the years.

If you have any info on any of my pieces that I don't know, please let me know~

The Entire History of Lolita Fashion [timeline]

Ever wondered about the history of lolita fashion? This blog post covers pretty much the entire timeline of notable events in lolita~

If you want a slightly more in depth look at the earliest years of lolita you can read my blog post about it

Old School Lolita Tag

 

I collabed with Gravelvet, EmbroideredDoll, The Flufferdome, Candib3ar, SweetJosephine03 and TroubleInTheMessageCentre to create the Oldschool Lolita Tag! In the video you'll find out what the oldest piece in my wardrobe and what my dream dress is~

You can find everyone else's tag video in this playlist

Texture Lolita: The Forgotten Sub Style ∣ April Fools

The following post is satire and nothing written below should be taken as fact

If you were to ask modern lolitas if they have heard of a style called texture lolita, the answer would almost be unanimously "no". However, among the generation of ex lolitas from an era gone by, texture lolita is was a popular style for a short time. In this blog post we'll take a look at the style~

Animal Crossing New Leaf Oldschool Lolita QR Codes

I recently started returned to my village in Animal Crossing New Leaf for the first time in a long time, and it reminded me of the fun I had recreating oldschool dresses in the custom designs. Currently I'm trying to expand from the designs I already had and create a summer wardrobe, and a winter wardrobe.

So, I thought I'd share my QR codes with you guys so you can have them too without having to spend ages making them!

My Favourite Things In Oldschool Lolita

This is a simple post, just talking about my favourite things about oldschool, and my favourite pieces, styles, aspects of it etc. There's no real reason for this blog post other than because I fucking love old school lolita and want to gush about how great it is!

• Ringlet wigs (especially with black)
• Gobelin, anything that looks like a grandma sofa
• Especially if it's ugly. Love an ugly gobelin colourway.
• Big ol' lace monsters
• Peeking Blomers
• Hime cut

  

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† Wardrobe Post 2019 †

This year for my wardrobe post I wanted to do more than just photograph my wardrobe the way I've done most years. For months I've wanted to present my wardrobe as if it was the GLB catalogue pages. I really did try my best, so I hope you enjoy it...

How to Dress in Old School Lolita ∣ Pt.1

This blog post is hopefully going to be a comprehensive guide to how to most accurately and authentically dress in old school lolita. It's all tips and tidbits that I've picked up myself over the years of wearing and admiring old school, mostly just from observing things in photos. Perhaps you will find these points helpful, or perhaps you'd prefer to ignore it and just do your own thing~! I thought I might give some tips that I feel might help you wear the style in as authentically of-the-time a way as possible, and bring light to possibly forgotten features, without being too prescriptive.

Looking At The Roots Of Lolita - Pre-Oldschool

When I first discovered that lolita fashion had its roots in the 1970s and 80s, I was quite surprised to hear it, seeing as the oldest lolita photos we tend to see are from the late 1990s. I was about a year into wearing the fashion, and was reading fyeahlolita's blog post talking about lolita in the 70s, 80s & 90s. I recommend you check it out. However, her post doesn't include many photos to demonstrate the earlier years, most of the ones included are from the 90s. I have been very interested to learn more about lolita's roots, and expand upon the revelations made by fyeahlolita. 

I had come across a small handful of earlier pre-lolita looks, but last night I decided to dig deeper and find more information, and I ended up doing a deep dive until nearly 3am. Now, I will be including some information that is in fyeahlolita's blog, just so that I'm not missing any information, but I'm not trying to step on any toes or anything.

Just a warning that this post is going to be very image heavy, but I'm sure that's what you're here for anyway~

Traditional Lolita Vs Old School Lolita

Ever since we moved away from the era in which old school lolita was simply 'lolita', there has been a fairly stereotyped idea of what old school lolita was. Since the style has become more popular in recent years, this has become particularly clear. And as an ~evil old school purist~, this bothers me a little bit. Not because I hate these coords, because I don't, they're cute and always well put together, I just feel like they aren't old school.

It occurred to me that it might actually be quite beneficial to make the distinction between Old School Lolita and what I call 'Traditional Lolita'. I came across the term in this video where Misako wears a very modern interpretation of old school, but she calls it 'Traditional Lolita'. With this differentiation, people can wear the cute pseudo old school style without diluting or stretching the meaning of Old School Lolita.

Traditional Lolita

I would describe Traditional Lolita as a refined idea of oldschool. As if you have a vague memory of the most obvious features of Old School Lolita, that also fits the current rules and standards. It could even be described as the most typical idea of lolita, it's sort of what a basic and timeless lolita coord looks like. A neatened up idea of oldschool, using more accessible things and modern makeup styling.