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lilly-chou-chou · 19 days

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Greeting,

Skincare post has been delayed because I got food poisoning :/

Sorry for the inconvenience 🙏🏼

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lilly-chou-chou · 25 days

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Greetings,

Skincare post will be made this weekend.

I am here to yet again seek an advice!! Today I just found out that while I was distracted with our university's event my crush's friends saw me and whispered to him "look at her she came!" My friend heard it and said it to me!! While I was waiting to talk to him like mustering up the courage he glanced at me and went away but near the car park he waited and stared back at me!! Tried to talk but we both didn't. We both wanna talk to each other but are too scared and shy!!

At this point I don't even know what to do. His while friend group and him know I like him... I am so red in the face rn!! Help?!

#tarot reading #relationship #crush #love tarot reading #gyaru #skincare #friends #dating

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lilly-chou-chou · 29 days

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are you still interested in tarot or lost interest

I am still very much interested in tarot readings and I still love doing it in the daily basis but I decided to quit because I realized that I deserve better.

When I used to make rules and add add them in every reading telling personal asks are closed yet people kept saying "omg pls open it" and if anyone got a negative reading that I had NO partake in it I got death threats and people were mad when I did kpop readings delulus would ask me very invasive questions like "how would xx idol feel about drinking period bl00d" 🤡 and cherry on top was when I was setting boundaries people accused me of being mean and bitter when as a matter of fact if you cross my boundaries i will definitely jump at you ion care because I have stated what makes me uncomfortable and you still do it whilst ignoring my wishes then I have no reason to be nice towards you and one of the tarot reading acc (which is still up) has done those list for tarot recommendations " and they had added me as well and then wrote (she is mean) when all i did was set boundaries, and when I called them out they sent hate towards me through anonymous asks as soon as I closed the anonymous asks the hate also stopped 💀🤡

so I just left the whole tarot community for my own well being because I come first. I now only do exchange tarot readings in this acc, only once in a while.

#tarot reading #kpop tarot #pick a pile #pick a card #free tarot readings #tarot pac #enhypen tarot

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lilly-chou-chou · 1 month

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Greetings,

I was wondering if you guys would like me to start doing posts about skincare? If yes then please drop some suggestions what would you guys like me to post about skincare? Feel free to comment, send an ask, reblog and such. Do let me know if you guys are interested in skincare posts or not.

Thank you.

#gyaru #jfashion #skincare #sephora #kpop tarot #kpop #anime

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lilly-chou-chou · 2 months

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lilly-chou-chou · 2 months

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Do you know her well? Like really well..? Cuz I made a frnd when I first joined University and a few days later we became roomies cuz i trusted her without actually knowing her. and she became THE GREATEST LESSON OF MY LIFE!! Turns out she's jealous of whatever I do cuz I like to indulge in myself and she would go to our other friends and bitch about me. Those 9 months were horrible 😭

Omg that sounds so evil and what's worse is the fact that I too had SAME thing happened to me before but the only difference was that we weren't roommates and I was in high school 😭

We have been knowing each other since last year and here and there we give each other moral support, our usual texts contain ❤💕✨💅🏼 🩷 and so on. We are in good terms and she said she only wants to live with me because she thinks she can only trust me so I think it is a good sign. We will soon make list of house rules and such but thank you for the heads up and advice!! ❤

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lilly-chou-chou · 2 months

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We got out grades back for exams (mostly revolving around thesis) and in the sea of A+, A, B+ and B i saw one F and now I want to kill myself!!

#phd life #phd #grades #college #university #studying #gpa

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lilly-chou-chou · 2 months

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Evolution of Gyaru

Hello everyone the long awaited post is here!! Sorry for the delay I has gone back to my he country to celebrate Lunar New Year.

As we all know Gyaru was and still is one of the most important fashion movement in the history because it's roots of opposing the "good girl" and "submissive" societal views of women that Japan had imposed into them.

During 90's with Namie Amuro being the first idol ever to popularize the Gyaru culture created a huge wave of community in all over Japan which eventually created many subcultures under it, over the years gyarus blossomed for 2 decades heavily but around early-mid 2010's the culture slowly died because people were now really trying to shun them out of the society, gyarus was losing it's popularity and old gyarus were getting to age of finding jobs or trying to get married yet the culture is still alive. There have been multiple support and love coming from international fans too.

Egg magazine, which is holy grail for us gyarus followers is still up and running to this day <3

Today i'll show you just a little glimpse of modern gyaru. Hopefully this will help new followers too.

Gyaru of the past:-

So let's start with how gyarus are usually seen, pictures below are gyarus from their peak eras so definitely from 90's to 2000's. They are all different subcultures but they all have one thing in common the eye makeup, gyarus were and are still known for their beautiful luscious eye makeup. They are what you call

They were our guide, our mothers and everything! Gyaru has always been the most supportive community to ever exist, over here women were allowed to cuss, they were allowed to be brash, they were allowed to have male friends without the judgement of two goody shoes with insecurities, they were allowed to wear clothes that liberated them doesn't matter short or modest.

People often forget that gyaru exists more than manba, agejo and kogal, few of the modest and lesser knows subcultures are amekaji and roma gyaru, although amekaji is is blue eyed perfect grass is greener on the other side take of American inspired fashion. Either way it is one of the most fun subculture to exist.

We as gyaru followers ow everything to these past mother figures, without them and without brands like alba rosa, D.I.A and MA*RS we and egg Magazine teaching us what? How? And why? We would never thrive in this era. We owe it to them all even after decades and decades the magazines, scans and tutorials on YouTube by the OG gyarus have done it all <3

Modern Gyaru:-

The pictures below are the present models of Egg magazine. The last OG gyaru issue was stopped in 2014 which was Egg last physical print of magazine but in 2018 Egg came back as online magazine.

A lot has changed in gyaru world. Long gone are the days of owning specific clothing brand or even wearing clothes that resemble even the least of typical gyaru fashion. The only key point which hasn't changed is eye makeup because that is utmost necessary thing for a gyal to have.

Over the years of almost dying to again alive fashion culture the meaning of gyaru has changed a lot, from dressing like the OG gyarus we have now evolved to the whole "gal is mind" mindset, now in this era dressing up as gyal doesn't mean that much because you can still have pointy acrylic nails, iconic eye makeup, wear casual clothes and still be a gyaru.

These days even the gyaru slangs have changed so much like instead of poyo, atonsu, pachikoku now we use yarirafi, kyun-desu, daijuobu-so?, tobu-zo and so on.

Although there are egg models that still somewhat follow OG gyaru fashion like @ / mahiroisme (left) and @ / kae. 06256 (right) on IG.

Conclusion:-

By this post I just wanted to show that as time passes it is inevitable that everything changes and fashion changing is a no brainer. What is hate is companies capitalizing and making their own rules for lure in newbies gyals who would do anything to "fit in" and ring the nostalgia bell for old gyarus and all I have to say is that no, you don't have to spend 100-500$ on eBay trying to find the OG gyaru brands because you can definitely wear your own casual clothes and still be a gyaru because if egg magazine who raised whole generation of x gen, millennials and Gen Z of gyarus then who are we to judge them?

Although if you still wish to dress up like OG then I definitely recommend finding clothes that match the subculture that you want to follow for example I follow agejo, Tsuyome and kogal so I shop in Amazon, local stores, Instagram stores, I order clothes fr abroad the most helpful and fast way to do that finding a vendor and my vendors are all from Instagram. Hope this helps.

I will meet you all in my next post bye gyals <3

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lilly-chou-chou · 3 months

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I am no longer in tarot community (just online I still do tarot offline) the reason why there are lots of love readings is because being in love is NOT a crime. Sure you are correct about other guidances but they don't do that well in terms of likes and reblogs.

everytime I did career guidance PAC Or even personal readings they were never that famous but love readings on the other hand would skyrocket. Tarot readers put a lot of energy and effort into their art, when they don't get enough support for trying something different it creates a setback that is often disappointing and when tarot readers find love readings doing extremely well, we stick to those because these are also the readings that give us MORE FEEDBACKS to improve and better our skills.

There are many amazing non love related pacs and personal readings in tumblr, you are just using wrong tags and not searching enough.

Other way for you to see more of non love related reading is by doing it yourself who knows maybe in the future others might get inspired by you and make their own pacs. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Genuinely unhappy about the amount of love readings on here... Nothing wrong but why is there no other topics ? People need other forms of guidance. Love is honestly the last step most of the time.... I'm just saying this life is worth more than JUST relationships and I encourage people to focus on other great aspects of life... Plus if you're genuinely called to help guide other people in this way you'll be able to understand that people need guidance in life in a lot of ways way more than that and you should be using your abilities to help with that. I mean it doesn't even have to be serious really though ,someone should do readings about hauntings in people's homes, world predictions , maybe random things people don't notice about stuff that goes on around them, something fun and interesting. Collectively I feel like it would be a good idea for everyone to take their minds off of love anyway. That's how love comes in and other stuff gets done. Ya knoww.

#pac reading #pick a pile #pac #pick a card #tarot pac #tarot #love tarot reading

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lilly-chou-chou · 4 months

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Not to be controversial but Riize's Anton's dad is so hot <3

#kpop #riize #riize anton #anton #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girlblogging #older men <3 #riize wonbin #wonbin #shotaro #riize shotaro #riize sungchan #sungchan #riize sohee #sohee

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lilly-chou-chou · 4 months

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After School for photo shoot of their debut song "Ah!" In 2009.

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lilly-chou-chou · 4 months

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Your 20's the adult "teenage" years:-

Greetings, as of today in few hours a new year will begin and 2024 the year of dragon 🐉will start, before a new year begins I had few things in my mind that I'd like to talk about.

I have been in my 20's for quiet a while now and I always see huge rave about when you turn 25 a switch in your brain flicks and you see everything differently because 25 is the age when you fully develop your brain... But why does no one talk about the stages that lead up to you being 25?

When I turned 20 life felt so breezy and laid back, I was ready for a new journey and everything seemed so pretty but 21 felt so unhinged, obsolete and scarring plus years after that weren't so pretty either.

I don't know what is wrong with me. I can be having the most normal and fun time but then all of sudden I feel like crying and my heart feels so heavy it might just spill out of my chest... I was hanging out with friends in my early 20's it was one of the most fun I ever had but as soon as I got home, I collapsed on the floor and started crying. I didn't know why I was crying or what happened but I just sat there and cried, I had such good friend circle and great family yet why was I crying? Why was I not happy? I felt so weird but tears wouldn't stop at all. That day I still remember I curled up in my bed and slept with a headache that came with crying a lot.

I fear so many things and one of them is never being able to do things ALL the things I love. I have always had a great and long list of occupations I wanted ro do before I die, I always knew want I wanted and how I wanted my life to be and when moving to another country was not in the option I cried and gave up, during that part of my 20's I never listened to encourage words because it felt like nothing could compare with my dreams, I was told I can still study in any European country but it wasn't about different country, it was about how for the first time in my life I had such a huge set back. My eyes we're locked in this one particular country and when I failed to make it there I lost hope. I didn't eat for days, I cried for 5 months straight, I never received sunlight so I had to live off of vitamin D supplements, my hair was falling down due to stress and no vitamin D, I broke ties with all of my friends and relatives, I only talked to my parents. I had no voice I was an insecure pathetic girl.

I always longed to be perfect, I think I might be slowly dying of having a blue heavy heart, I want to be the best but I also want to be unpolished and messy.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024, year of the dragon 🐉 please Chang E bless us with your infinite hope <3 💕✨ om mane pame om.

#writers on tumblr #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girlblogging #writer #20's #teenage dream #kpop #reader #writing #year of the dragon #home alone #alone with my thoughts #alone #creative writing #youth #sadnees #mental health #mental illness

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lilly-chou-chou · 4 months

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Money and privilege:-

Hello, it has been a while yet again. For this month today I come here ro write about yet another incident that occurred in my life that changed the whole perspective of my views towards life.

I am currently taking a break from posting my usual y2k themes (will post y2k from January of 2024)

Few weeks ago our university had declared that we had to pay some amount of money for exam so I had hone with my friends and the line was quiet long and we were waiting for more than 1hr so i suggested that we go to near by mall to eat and then come back and since my friend was in her periods suddenly I thought maybe we can go and buy her some pads as well but my friend said this sentence that I think I will never forget and will always think about this till the day I die, she said "I don't have money for that" and I didn't know how to react so i just said "oh it's okay we'll just wait here then, do you want me to buy you some pads?" And she said "no it's okay" I asked again to be sure but she insisted that it wasn't that bad then I told her our uni's washroom keep free pads so she can go but she still said she is okay so we waited in line and when we had to pay with all of our documents I went first and payed without a second thought whereas my friends were calling and asking all of their relatives to put some money in their bank account so they can pay for fees for exam, I kept quiet and patiently waited for them but as I looked around me a lot of kids were short on money and calling everyone or borrowing money to pay for the exam and it finally hit me.

My whole surrounding went pitch black and I felt so heavy in my heart, I thought "wow what a privilege person you are" I never experienced something like this in my life, I am little away from home due to education reasons and for the first time I am meeting people of all backgrounds. I hurt a lot to be honest, my friends are probably the kindest people of all and it hurt me that they had to live paycheck to paycheck, it made me tear up but I held back. I couldn't fathom seeing them like this. When my friend showed me her balance to say "payment went through" the amount that I saw in her balance honestly overwhelmed me, they only had enough to eat a small meal.

When I came back home I cried a lot, it really hurt to see such kind people suffering this much, it made me think of my privilege a lot, whenever I would go to hang out with friends they would look at let's say around 15-20$ for singular hair clip and I would say "wow so cheap!!" And their response would be "wow so expensive!!" And after that I got so embarrassed because of my stupid remarks I kept quiet even when eating out I would order pretty huge meal but they would order just small and I would always assume they weren't hungry but this one time I asked and they said "if I order then I won't have money to go back home"

Often when hanging out they would always call me "rich" for spending like 40$ on Starbucks and I used to think "but isn't that normal price for Starbucks" until I realized she had never been to Starbucks because she couldn't afford it, when shopping for clothes or anything they would ask me choices and I wouldn't think much because back then I didn't know about their circumstances so I used to say "they're both cute get both more the merrier"

But when I came to know the money situation of my friends circle group it made a lot of sense and I felt so stupid for not noticing this earlier, a friend of mine once bailed on me to go to the biggest mall in the town and now thinking about it, it all makes so much sense.

That day i cried a lot thinking of how privileged I am and the best people I know are suffering so much. I thought what a stupid woman I am because when we were having layover in airport while travelling I wanted to buy Chanel no. 5 and YSL. My dad and I didn't even think twice before exchanging our money to American dollars to buy luxury brands and other things. I felt so guilty because I am over here graduated from high school with air cons, going to concerts, watching movies in expensive malls, buying luxury brands perfumes and makeup, not having to think twice or look at labels sometimes to buy anything, willing to pay more for comfort even if it's for the short time duration. My friend's life humbled me so much, I was always thankful and greatful for the comfortable life I had but after making new friends and hanging out with them I feel for them so much, their experiences humbled me so much, I usually never really thought about those things but that week the moment I came home I washed up changed clothes went to washroom and cried my heart out, it hurt seeing and realizing good people having to go through hell.

I have so much love and admiration for my friends, I hope they flourish a lot. They came as such a huge eye opener for me that I even talked about this with my parents and they too sympathized with them and shared their own hardships, I already knew these hardships but that day it just hit me more deeply and it made me cry even more.

#writers on tumblr #privilege #spoiled #friendship #essay #money #writing #girl blogger #girlblogging #y2k

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lilly-chou-chou · 5 months

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Thoughts on dating:-

Hello guys, it has been a while. I was offline forna long time just trying to heal and think but i got myself thinking a little too much about dating and relationships, I'm not sure if anyone will ever relate to me or not but I am writing it anyways. This is a way for me to open up.

Even if I find a partner who is the biggest green flag I feel like I will always end up saying "but being a nice and caring partner is bare minimum, I am not going to praise them for being a good human being"

I feel like I will never date. I don't ever think that I am meant for dating. It doesn't matter what my partner might do I feel like I will always see it as a "it's bare minimum" even if they cook or bring me flowers I feel like I might reply back with "cooking is an essential learning for all people regardless their gender" or "I like flowers only when others have it, I don't like to take care of them thus you wasted your money on me" I am not even physically touchy person and very vocal about others not touching me.

Good morning and good night messages are something that I can never do because I dislike them, I don't see any point in it but I will never shame or hate other couples who do it because just because I hate it doesn't mean something or some routines are bad. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and likes.

I was never even into couply nicknames like "babe" and such because I find them so cringy, I don't think I can ever say "I love you" to my partner unless I marry them.

I never want to cook or clean for my partner, I never want to become a slave to anyone. I feel like even after being a couple I'd rather sleep alone because I need my alone time. I have seen way too many women give up so much and settling for something so less and even though they seem so happy I just can't bring myself to be happy. I love being independent, I love going out with my friends, I love going to my PhD classes and working on thesis, I love coming home to my cat purring on my leg, I love to travel, I am so used to doing everything on my own that I feel like a partner will just slow me down.

I don't have a single ounce of romance in my body. I feel so heartless and cruel and hollow and pathetic, when I see my friends and cousins posting pics with their significant other on SNS I just think "that's so cute" I never say "omg I wish I was also in that position, with a partner" I am so happy for them but I will also never understand them or be on the same level as them. My ideal types over the years have changed a lot but as of now I don't see myself dating or marrying anyone. I feel sorry for all the people irl who have a crush on me, there were few people and I could never reciprocate their feelings towards me.

#writers on tumblr #relationship #dating #girl blogger #girlblogging #writing #love #couple #writerscommunity #slay #studying #friendship #phd #cooking #cleaning #stay at home girlfriend

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lilly-chou-chou · 7 months

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TW: De#th threats mention

@angelsnaiils I have already apologized in my post where you commented this saying I'm sorry if I have offended anyone in the Lolita fashion community and I have already backed out of speaking about the culture due to intense death threats now please leave me to be I beg of you, I have NOT posted anything Lolita fashion related or anything as a matter of face since the apology due to still shock from receiving death threats that were really intense. I also said in that post from now on I will NEVER POST ANYTHING RELATED TO LOLITA FASHION so please leave me alone.

The whole reason I even added tags related to Lolita fashion was so others who disagreed with me could see my apology and stay relieved that from now on I will NOT post anything related to it.

The way you are wording makes it seem like I deserved those death threats. NOWHERE DID I EVER SAY that whole Lolita fashion community is to blame but when you get few death threats from people who were seriously pissed at my Lolita fashion post I had to step back because I am NOT strong enough to handle these threats, there were total 5 threats and 1 mean comment but not death threats so I had to set a boundary and let myself go from talking about Lolita fashion.

I am indeed talking about my experience I never said others are stupid, in my post and deleted post I repeatedly say "MY" guides "MY" opinion and such. I have always been talking about "MY" experience. Since I don't connect with other's views here all I could say and have said is "these are MY experience but you are FREE to disagree I don't mind" I have said this to multiple people in the replies and the post itself. Please read throughly before commenting little mean things like this.

Even now I still have NOTHING against the Lolita fashion community here. I still love them even though we have our differences but death threats is where is draw a line, instead of getting angry at 5 people and 1 mean person who sent those ask anonymously I decided to quit talking about Lolita fashion all together for MY peace and safety.

If what I said now also feels insincere to you all then I am apologizing again. I won't talk or post about Lolita fashion from now on, I am sorry to all the old followers whom I have hurt deeply but please don't come back and comment something like this under my post, it hurts a lot to read something like this. Please I am begging. I am yet again tagging this into Lolita fashion # so everyone can see it, please I am yet again apologizing for the fact that I may have offended you by saying certain things about the fashion rules within the community. Please now let me be.

Sincerely,

Lilly Chou Chou.

#lolita fashion #sailor lolita #sweet lolita #hime lolita #egl fashion #j fashion #gothic lolita

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lilly-chou-chou · 7 months

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Greetings,

Hello,

Few days ago and today I had posted about Lolita fashion and there was heat with it and I didn't mind because people are entitled to their own views, I knew some people disagreed with my posts but kindly stop sending de ath threats to me please, since then just now I deleted my guide to how to dress up in Lolita fashion in budget.

If I have hurt anyone with the post I sincerely apologize but please stop sending de ath threats, there was only 1 of them that I deleted few hrs ago but now it increased in numbers and I deleted all of it and will keep my asks closed for a while and will go offline until this dies down.

For future posts I will refrain myself from posting anything related to Lolita fashion be it magazines scans or even just talking about well known models within the community. This account in the near future will not deal or post anything about Lolita fashion.

Thank you for understanding <3

#lolita fashion #sweet lolita #j fashion #japanese fashion #sailor lolita #gothic lolita #egl fashion #angelic pretty #baby the stars shine bright #fashion #atelier pierrot #sanrio

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lilly-chou-chou · 7 months

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Lolita fashion: A guide for beginners and love letter to seasoned Lolitas (Fashion guide part ll)

Hello everyone!! Few days ago I had made a guide for people interested and doing gyaru fashion (interested people please visit my account to read about it <3) moving on I was intrigued and ready to take on the world of Lolita fashion as well, I hope this guides helps newer people and makes other old followers of this amazing fashion culture realize that it is all about fun and feeling pretty. Some may agree with this and some may not either way I am posting this <3

(Kindly please stop sending d#ath threads regarding this post. Kindly also refrain from sending comments saying I deserve those threaths please 🙏🏼)

My guides start from here on. So as a lot of people know, this culture of fashion was started by taking inspirations from Rococco and Victorian era. Over the years this subculture of Japanese fashion has definitely evolved and this subculture has given birth to many sub styles like most famous being sweet Lolita, gothic Lolita and hime Lolita.

So now that you know the gist of this style let me educate you further that the reason Lolita fashion exists is purely just for fun. People especially women wanted to feel that elegance and olden time beauty and dressed up in Lolita just for fun!! So no. 1 rule of Lolita is to have fun. Enjoy what you wear and buy.

Yes, when you first begin it is necessary that you browse through the summary but make sure to ONLY browse through the history of Lolita fashion. Never pay too much attention towards rules of Lolita because again just like gyaru fashion it was and has always been foreigners who police others and are way too anal about rules when as a matter of fact the whole reason Lolita and gyaru existed was to have fun! Of course but only gyaru had a backstory of opposing with stereotypes of women in Japan.

I am here to tell you that I have lived in Japan during the hype of Lolita and gyaru (also being an avid follower of both fashion culture since the age of 4) and having talking with foreigners and locals I suggest you to only LIKE ONLY listen to locals because they truly know what's up. My guides are filled with my experience and what they have told me.

So let's talk about rules like lace and materials and shit. What I have been told and have been doing my life is that pick any lace design that you feel pretty in because in the end even back then Lolita fashion magazines and shows would only tell you what a typical Lolita would wear like poofy dress and small details like pretty wigs and such but people in streets be it Harajuku or Shibuya or etc etc didn't follow these rules themselves and they were covered in latest Lolita trends from head to toe.

The magazines and such only give you an idea of what you can do or typical image of a Lolita fashion follower. That doesn't mean you have to do exactly that. Things like "stop wearing that" "your lace is ugly" "wow you purchased dress from Amazon? Fuck you" "that dress quality sucks you are NOT a real Lolita" is all doing of foreigner Lolita fashion followers.

I am so sorry if you ever encountered any of these people but Lolita girlies in Japan will never harass you like this.

Plus buying stuff from Amazon is OKAY because even though these days there are many affordable Lolita dresses and accessories, it is okay to still look for options and I understand that some people don't have budget and just because you are tight on budget doesn't mean you should be left out. YOU ALSO DESERVE TO FEEL PRETTY! Amazon might not be authentic if that's what you can afford atm then go for it please, enjoy and have fun because you were to meet other Japanese Lolitas they will say things like "wow I didn't know these days Amazon sold such good quality Lolita dresses" never feel guilty for buying off brand.

What people don't tell you is that these days even brands break some of the rules from Lolita fashion and honestly if the household brands break them then you also shouldn't feel bad about messing up. I just want Lolita fashion culture to be welcoming and I don't want beginners to be afraid and I don't want old members to feel the need to be always classic authentic.

Even the queen and ambassador of foreign affairs kawaii aka president of Japan Lolita Association Misako Aiko who has been doing Lolita fashion for 25 years also mixes and matches from different fashion and breaks so called rules like poofy dress shape, owning few dresses with no laces, hair usually styled in a simple way, not always wearing a blouse or a head wear etc etc.

In conclusion if the president of Lolita fashion and household brands are breaking rules then you should also not feel guilty for few little things here and there. Aim of Lolita fashion is to feel pretty and have fun. You are the prettiest person alive, embrace it and have fun with this style. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Do what makes you happy and don't ever feel guilty about buying off brands because sometimes food, shelter and bills is important and that is understandable.

I love everyone of you. Hope my guides help you a lot <3

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