List of Lolita Resources
Someone in my comm encouraged me to make this list of resources for new lolitas. We were talking about how hard it can be to find information from Google search and there's just so much misinformation out there. I have a list of links that I've bookmarked and read over the past decade for when I finally become a lolita. I organized the list by sections in a specific order. It goes from information about the fashion and then to where to buy it.
To any new lolitas, there is so much information out there about lolita fashion that is still available. Part of the fun for me was researching the fashion, looking at coords, and learning what makes lolita lolita. There's so much information out there for you to immerse yourself in and even more stuff that's not listed in this resource list.
What is Lolita Fashion
Fyeah Lolita - This is my favorite blog and I still go back and read it. The last post was made in 2016 and the fashion has changed a lot since then, but it's pretty comprehensive and provides a good base knowledge. Imo, I think these articles (1 2 3 4) are required reading for anyone entering the fashion
Lolita Fashion 101 - Bay Area Kei did several videos on lolita fashion during lockdowns. I recommend them for anyone that prefers video format.
Raine Dragon's Lolita 101 series - Raine is a lolita that still updates her blog and has a lot of information on the history of lolita fashion. And she has a really great article on Chinese indie brands that should also be required reading for anyone new to using Taobao.
Costs of Lolita Manufacturing - One of the first things you'll notice is that lolita can be expensive. This resource breaks down the costs associated with manufacturing and why brands charge what they charge.
Substyles of Lolita Fashion
The below links are for the three basic styles of lolita fashion. If you research more, you'll find that there are more than these three, but I recommend starting with one of the three above to make it easier for to build your wardrobe.
Classic Lolita
Sweet Lolita
Gothic Lolita
Where to get Lolita Fashion
Before even buying anything, you will need a tape measure to take your measurements. You'll need to measure your bust, waist, hips, and shoulder width in centimeters. That's how you will find out which clothes will fit you. Sizing can be different from brand to brand and country to country. I know many are used to buying using letter sizes, but it's best to go by actual measurements. Aim to buy clothes that are 4 - 6cm larger than your actual measurements to allow room for breathing/eating/etc. If you're brand new to the fashion, I highly recommend sticking to the sources listed in the videos below. It's very easy to get scammed if you don't know what to look for and I'd hate for anyone to lose their money on barely wearable clothes from Amazon/Ebay/Aliexpress.
Where to Buy Lolita Fashion
How to shop for Lolita Fashion online - secondhand is life for lolita fashion and there are so many options. PinkFakeFlowers goes in depth into the many ways to get it. I personally recommend 42lolita for anyone looking to buy from Chinese brands on Taobao.
Plus Size Lolita
Unfortunately, many of the Japanese brands and even some Chinese indie brands are not size inclusive. If you can't fit into the mainstream brands, don't worry there are still options. I always recommend Meta since they have a Plus Size and occasionally a Plus Plus size of their dresses and blouses that goes up to 160cm or even 200cm in some releases.
Plus Size Lolita Crash Course
Where to Start as a Plus Sized Lolita - This is a wonderful resource listing brands that are size inclusive.
Online Spaces for Lolita Fashion
Lolita fashion is pretty spread out now compared to the EGL (still recommend reading livejournal because its a cool time capsule of the lolita comm) days, but there are still groups on Facebook
BSoLF - Great for beginners to ask questions and be helped by others. It's hard to search here but I recommend looking through the group for info.
Your Local Comm (if applicable) - most are still on Facebook even if they still have a Discord. You can search for your local one on this list.
More Resources for New Lolitas
Lolita Tips for New Lolitas
Three helpful tips for coordinating an outfit
Lolita Tips Tumblr - I don't recommend Fanplusfriend anymore, but 42lolita is a good replacement. This tumblr is a great resource for inspo and there are many answered asks to reference. Unfortunately, polyvore is no longer a thing and many pictures are missing as a result.
Bonus
These are just a mishmash of links to resources/lists/blog that I like.
Lolita Collective
Lolita youtubers ask
Lolita tumblrs ask
20dollarlolita and her post on replicas
More plus size lolita brands ask
Japanese Wikipedia entry for Lolita fashion and list of brands
Azuki Mikan
Buttcape
Old School Lolita
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Academic research into Lolita fashion
Hello! I'm Alex, I'm an Art History student at university and I'm currently working on a paper about Lolita fashion. I just wanted to ask if anyone has any sources, like books, articles or anything of the sort I could use as sources, since I'm having some trouble finding stuff on the matter. I can also use videos, podcasts, documentaries and other stuff as sources, just as long as they're reliable enough.
I'm also looking for some testimonials of people who wear lolita fashion, since I wanna talk about the subculture and how the people who are into it engage with it. If you know anything related to that (or if you'd like to talk to me about it) feel free to tell me as well!
I'll be checking this post but you can also message me/send me an ask with stuff. I would really appreciate it!
if there's any interest i wouldn't mind sharing my paper after i've presented it of course!
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I just want you to know that I've never seen izombie and you are the only person i follow thats posts about it and everytime you mention the character blaine I immediately think of blaine from glee andnim very confused until i check whose blog it is, gets me everytime
This reminds of this one post from way back where someone was like "the day that asshole Blaine got murdered was the happiest day of my life but then he just came back ten minutes later" and it has several tens of thousands of notes of people going what the fuck is happening on Glee??
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I absolutely want to hear about the vampire au... I live for that stuff
Episode 1 of beast wars omg the ships are trying 2 kill eachother!! They duke it out way more and kinda almost end up killing eachother because it turns out megatron fucked up on going to the wrong era and went a little bit more to when humanity already started existing on earth for a bit and they crash so fucking hard where theres not alot of human civilization that it ends up destrouing both of their ships and almost eveyrone on it from both sides. And especially when optimus was almost on deaths door and when he scanned for life he fucked up on scanning a bat that had really bad infections with parasites and it ended up "turning" him into a monster. Theres less energon since they ended on earth at a later time and megatron still wants to kill the maximals because the golden disc they had got destroyed in the crash. (Not sure what happened to the other but probably lost to time it doesnt matter because theyre just fucked and dont have much means to really go get it if they could due to their ship being nearly fucking annihilated) its just like yeah maximals vs predacons and predacons except predacons are doing way worse off because its either tarantulas and blackarachnia fucking off somewhere mysteriously or terrorsaur being killed off eventually for wanting to overthrow megatron so bad. Or optimus having to rely on eating the protoforms so eveyrone else can have the energon they have so little of because optimus also has like. Multiple beastmodes because of the parasites so he needs more than usual. His morality gets more jaded but tries not to feel really fucked up about it for his crew and outside of fighting predacons when they just wanna pick fights with them they just try to accept their new home because thwy have no way of going back. Lucifer (dinobot) is pissed about this because his fate altered and now hes stuck on this dumb rock with a self centered leader and the only thing that really keeps him from leaving the predacons is his pupil quickstrike who he bonds with and kinda grows to be more soft like how in og beast wars he learns theres more to life than being a hardass basically and that hes a multifaceted person like anyone else. And then it allll changes when this is the part i think maybe one day I want 2 do a visual novel of this maybe if im still horribly fixated on beast wars when optimus does sowmthing that causes both dinobot and himself into a horrible depression and having to leave everythibg behind until they have no one left but each other. If i wasnt so obbsessed with my madoka au maybe this mightve already happened but i cant really control that but. Euh..
Edit from the next day: oh yeah i drew them recently i doodle them from time 2 time
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https://web.archive.org/web/20130326112400/http://press.blythedoll.com/
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Sweetheart Memory
Beautiful lolita personal website which is currently under remodeling but you can still access the old version of the site! I'm excited to see what the future brings for this site
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