The Origins of Lolita Fashion. (& Why You Should Never Say "Based on")

While Mastering the Art of Being Lolita I Have Noticed One Thing.

Many Lolita Blogs for beginners (not naming names, I appreciate the hard work of all these bloggers, for they helped me become a proper Lolita myself) will casually state Lolita is based on some sort of fashion (I.E. ROCOCO). However, which fashion that is, widely varies from style to style, and using the term based on, is just not accurate. So today I will be walking you through my explanation of Lolita. I will not be talking about how Lolita got it's foot hold in Japan, for it is my belief it would have eventually emerged in some form or other, even if Japan was the perfect culture to give it a jump start.

Classic Lolita

Classic Lolita, probably the most easily accessible sub-style of Lolita for me personally. However, not my personal favorite. 

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  Myself on My Mothers Porch In My Personal Favorite Dress Bodyline Has Ever created.
  
  
  What is Classic Lolita inspired by you may ask? Well for me it is quite simple, Classic Lolita is mainly inspired by Victorian fashion. However, some co-ords are not really Victorian, such as, Maid style, Sailor suits, & some School uniform ones.
  
  

  Sweet Lolita

  Ah Sweet Lolita My personal favorite!
  
  Myself in my favorite wig... can you tell I trimmed the bangs myself? FAIL!
  The wonderful sugary Sweet Lolita which has become the Icon of Lolita fashion seams to me to be inspired by the widest range of previous fashions. Why? Because their is a higher demand for it, and therefore a need to be more creative. Now the biggest contributor to Sweet Lolita has to be the french Rococo style. However, there is definitely use of Victorian styling in many of the Alice in Wonderland like dresses. (I.E. Angelic Pretty's Wonder Cookie.) As well as some older German influence (By German influence I mean Grimms fairy tales), like that you can find in my favorite indy brand Chess Story's works. (Find on Qutie Land.)

  Gothic Lolita

  Gothic Lolita is gothic... right? 

  

  Myself in My First Lolita Photo shoot, The Dress Was My Mom's at My Age, and The Hair Accessory Home Made.

  Well yeah, kinda. Gothic Lolita is of course inspired by the Gothic era in history, as well as some Baroque influence. Of course there are some who mix in Victorian, and German influences and it looks it's place, it's quite lovely actually but this is just a generalization of the inspiration.

  
  

   Prince style! Also known as Kodona or Quji.

  I personally love Prince style, it is so nice in winter, when you don't feel like shaving, or don't feel like bothering with Peticoats. Also if you are a tom boy like many of my friends it just works. All you do is take a normal Lolita blouse and wear trousers with it. Sooo freakin simple, and it doesn't really matter if the blouse has hearts, or is pink, because Kodona can be Classic, Sweet, or Gothic. Now the majority of the time I would say Kodona is either Classic, or Gothic, because it is a more adult sub-style, and sweet generally looks better with shorts, which defeats the no shaving of legs or warmer in the winter purposes. But pretty much the same rules apply to Kodona. However, I must say the best part of Kodona, is your boyfriend can wear it and you can look fancy together.

  

  Myself in Gothic Prince Style at The Local Mall. It Was A Nice Day.

  
  

  I realize I did not cover every single sub-style of Lolita fashion today, there are a lot of them and I actually plan on getting out of bed by noon today. However send in a request for a style not mentioned above. and I might just make it happen.