Escaping reality?

I was thinkin' where did [lolita-culture] start::

As a lolita this is weird for me to think but all started just with dress up. And usually what ever they dress up they try to be someone else at least for a moment.

so i was thinkin' r they try to escape, are they trying to escape the reailty? And lolita has given me a feel that they imagineing a lot.So this imagineing is pretty much escaping?

then Alice in Wonderland? that definitely is, eventhough it's just a dream. I think most of the lolita's lover love it because of the story not just the clothes in some.

Vampires? well we don't actually know any facts about vampires or don't know even are they real. But still we live like vampires would be absolutely normal every day things.

Well these things show us that lolita-culture can be pretty much escaping our reality.I don't mean they'd all do that. but they/we can do that even without noticing it by ourselves.

so does it mean that people who wear unusal clothes that's mean that they are more likey to do that or recognize that?

is Lolita something they do to break away from school and jobs and people, but to seek their wonderland????

An article i have found on the internet, which is about the lolita/gothic***

Young people turn to neo-masochism, including wrist-cutting


A peculiar and disturbing current of "darkness" appears to have taken hold among some of today's younger generation of Japanese, writes clinical psychologist Yo Yahata in Sekai magazine.
He reports on some phenomena he has encountered among his young patients, such as exchanging email about wrist cutting (self-harm) and about their experiences of psychiatric treatment. He notes that those people tend to go for rock groups whose songs dwell on extremely grim subjects, like the group Mucc, which has come out with titles like "Despair," "To Shreds," "Heart Warped by Lies," and "After Death a Lump."

He also cites the fashion look called "gosurori," an abbreviation of the Japanese for "gothic Lolita," as a typical expression of this dark mentality. This look consists mostly of black, accentuated by bits of white, and in more extreme cases it clearly evokes an image of death.

Yahata uses the term neo-masochism to describe the psychology of these young people.
As he sees it, when they report on their wrist cutting and the like to others over the Internet, they are not displaying a sense of victimization, asking, "Who did this to me?" or anything of the sort; they are simply using these negative experiences as tools to establish close ties to others.
He offers his assessment that the neo-masochists' thinking represents no more than one aspect of the pervasive contemporary Japanese culture of dependency, in which people seek to avoid criticism and responsibility.

January 28, 2004

I recently read an article, and I have been thinking about it for a while now. The article told about a period in Japan, when they sold japanese school girls underpants in porn stores and vending machines! Kind of weird ey

?Well, anyway, this article said that Japan has a lolita-complex. That while in the west, a young woman are wanted because she in good shape, but she still is supposed to be acting like she is a grown-up, while in Japan, woman are supposed to seem as young as possible, even though she isn't that young. Therefore, things like giggling, tantrums, pouting and other child-like things are considered charming, on girls and woman. It also said that woman of Japan used to be seen as almost just a "sex-toy" and that is some of the reasons for womans behaviour there today.

In all this, is lolita-fashion a rebellion against this, ore is it a product of it?

Gothic Lolita is still going strong in Japan where every weekend in the Harajuku district of Tokyo sweetly dressed young women congrigate to chat and giggle and have ther pictures taken by beguiled tourrists.

Meanwhile, the society has been concern the act of [lolita], and people and psychologyist has started interview with those 'lolitaian' to investigate their move and acts. Yet, i have watched some of the interview and article or even opinion from those people who dress lolita, and i have watched a movie called "Kamikaze Girls" 2004 which has explain why that the main character dressed in lolita and what makes her love it.
















this is the trailer of the movie::http://www.shimotsuma-movie.jp/trailer/asx/tok_2_500.asx (is in japanese)

related website::http://www.kamikazegirls.net/news.html

Lolita to the Japanese

Lolita is a baroque tea party fantasy viewed through the eyes of a Victorian child played through the eyes of year 2000 Japanese girls. Started as a trend in 1999 and mixing a cornicopia of specific historical details Lolita turns out as one of the most unique genres of Japan fashion.

I thought a lot the other night and I didn't really come to a conclusion so I wanted to know other people's veiws. Of the few (in comparison) people outside Japan who know of Lolita, the style doesn't seem horribly rebelious. But how do people in Japan see it? I've read a few articles but they didn't really say anthing paticular. I know in some manga, Lolita is part of the gothic-like theme. But in others, the creator will have maybe a small drawing on one of the chapter dividing pages.

even the japanese lolita's themselves have very mixed opinions, some do it for fun but think its silly, some do it for cosplay, some do it because their friends do it, some are very serious about it (the people who excually wear loli nightgowns to bed).Some are very elitist about it and bash other loli's by catching them on camera and telling them how stupid they look (cam wars).I don't think (and I've read) that japanese teens see it as a rebellion, at least they don't solely do it just for that... You might know that japanese lolita's may not be so creative/original as the western lolita's... some of them see it as just a fun way to blow their money.then something about other people , and how they view lolita's in Japan,-you have ofcourse the mother daughter couples wearing lolita - lolita is sexualized there,, and sometimes you'll see men dressed up as loli's to get close to the girls, ofcourse there are men who just love to wear lolita just because they love the fashion.-also some businessmen sexualize it and try to take pics-there are the adults who are really against lolita,, but also evry other way of young people "rebelling" you know example " what is japan coming to...kids who do compensated dating and have a big mouth against us mature people.. you should just get married and contribute to our society,, get a job ,, bl bla bla bla" - there will ofcourse be people who really don't care or see it all as cosplay.well I guess thats all for now..

Lolita fashion is inspire by the 16th century, the elegant victorian fashion.






There are different type of lolita have classify today. Each of them shown a different styles and aim of them Gothic Lolita is one of the subcategories of the Lolita look which is sort of deadly feels and it has a relation with the bibles and a "Classic Lolita" more traditional, light-coloured,using details pattern and mature-looking, morover a"Sweet Lolita" is more look like a priceness, childish pastel-coloured clothes, lots of lace and ribbons, details sewing. While the phrases "Elegant Gothic Lolita/EGL" and "Elegant Gothic Aristocrat/EGA" are often used by westerners as categories, in Japan they refer only to the two lines of the brand Moi-même-Moitié.

Gothic Lolita (aka lolita, egl, gosu loli, loli goth etc) is a fashion from japan where sometime in the mid nineties fashion explosion young ladies took to dressing like Victorian Porcelain Dolls wearing cute voluminous frilly and lacey knee length dresses, frill top socks and Mary Janes the look was champion by J-pop and Visual Kei stars like Kana, Mana from Malice Mizer, Aya from Psycho-le-cemu and the author Novela Takemoto.

Gothic Lolita style is usually a combination of black and white, often black with white lace and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. Skirts are knee length and may have a crinoline to add volume. As in mainstream Japanese fashion, over-knee socks or stockings are extremely popular. Black fishnet stockings and white or black tights are also common. Shoes or boots with high heels- though not usually stiletto heels- such as Mary Janes, complete the look. Frilly, ruffled or lace-trimmed Victorian blouses are also popular especially with "EGL" types, who may also favour long skirts and jackets rather than the overtly "childish" designs of typical gothloli's. Apart from the occasional shortness of skirts, designs are usually modest, sometimes with long lace-capped sleeves.However, this is not everyday clothing for adherents. Worn primarily in public for concerts and on weekends, the style is mostly for show and not a practical fashion.



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Above, have shown different type of lolita, as they have significant type between each of them yet they have own their style's characteristic.


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