Lolita reacts to akidearest video about lolita fashion 

I actually wore lolita in public yesterday by accident. I had dressed in lolita in my house just to lift my spirits. My boyfriend came to pick me up. I thought we were just going to his house, but he quickly informed me that we were going to the grociery store to pick up food. So I ended up walking around Aldi in a full lolita coord.

Aki: Can i say "dope" as a lolita? Me: of course you can bro

“Bro lolitas” *brolitas*

I always felt like I was too "tomboyish" and not girly/dainty enough to wear this fashion. I felt like it wouldn't even fit me, and maybe lolitas would make fun of me because I was "elegant enough", so I just admired from afar. I recently got my first dress, and it fits well, and I feel pretty, confident and super happy. Now watch me fall down the rabbit hole 😂💕

"Don't wear little hats" me a little hat enthusiast: :(

As a girl who not only wears lolita but is plus sized, it took me so long to feel okay with taking up more space. Be present, babies!!! We exist so don't be afraid to be poofy! Also; you look like Claudia in the wig and bonnet! I love it!!!

"No one asked for my opinion... But I'm going to pretend like they asked for my opinion." That got me

doofenschmirtz: atelier atelier pierrot: puts on a bonnet doofenschmirtz: *PIERROT THE ATELIER!!!*

Every time Lor talks about how people shouldn't feel that they can't try Lolita fashion i get misty eyed. I'm about to turn 42, I'm overweight and am recovering from an eating disorder. I have always admired the fashion from afar, but thanks to Lor, I am going to give it my all to make 2020 the year I at least try on some Lolita fashion. I may not be able to buy any, but I am determined to at least try some on somehow. Thank you Lor, for giving me an ounce of faith in myself. (dagnabbit I'm crying).

Lor I just gotta help you with Atelier Pierrot. 😂 "Ah-tell-ee-ay Pee-air-row"

"I don't know if there's another name for a rectangle headdress..." A frilly maxi pad, duh.

I believe rectangle headdresses are usually just called ヘッドドレス (headdress) in Japanese. Hard headbands are called カチューシャ (Katyusha) which must not be from English.

12:03 I have a tail and I let my friends try it on and they all immediately started wiggling their butts to wag the tail. The swoosh is universal. Anything that goes swoosh must be swooshed.

I swear Safiya tried on that exact grey dress when she did this 😂 I’ll have to watch it again to remember lol

I was literally about to say "there is nothing to watch" and then I got this notification

The part about taking up space almost made me cry okay I've never heard anybody addressing it so it was great to hear that from you

When you own up to your own Little Bo Peepiness, that's called speaking truth to power. We're all part of Lor's flock. 🐑 And aww Aki looked so cute in the bluegrey jsk!! Even though the red one didn't fit, Atelier Pierrot has so many flattering dresses for different body types, it's nice! Also I snorted at "Alternate Parrot" so thank you lmao

*An exquisite rococo era marble bust appears* No one: Lor: Is that... me? Us: actually yes

Hey, a seamstress here! You're pretty spot on explaining shirring. It's basically just a series of straight lines sewn into a piece of fabric with elastic bobbin thread. And it is majestic and wonderful. It should be in way more pieces, lolita and otherwise.

Her video was release at the exact same time as Saf's, in the exact same store, and they also both "borrowed" dresses and accessories, so I'm pretty sure Aelier Pierrot reached out to a handful of youtubers to get more publicity.

The point of Lolita and every type of fashion is to express and celebrate who you are. Being a tomboy lolita or a plus sized lolita doesn't make you any less. You can play up or subdue whatever aspects of who you are or who you want to be at any point. You can wear coveralls and country wear one day and super frilly cords the next if thats what makes you happy. Fashion is there to elevate your experiences in life, not to deteact from them. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

I think Lor was really nice about Safiya's video, so I'm surprised to hear she got scary comments. Great video. I love this series and hey - it got monetized! I was actually happy about getting an ad for once.

That part about being afraid to take up space, and how you are allowed to is SUCH A MOOD. This is a topic that has come up a lot in some private feminist groups I've been part of, I do believe this is also something that comes with how women and girls are raised to believe that we need to shrink ourselves for the benefit of others, and how we are made to feel rude or impolite if we don't give up space to make others comfortable, as opposed to how there are many men do not feel this way, and are in fact happy/proud to take up space, or simply don't mind when they do. I can imagine this feeling is compounded in much worse ways for those who are plus sized, and those folks deserve better. Our bodies do not exist for anyone else's consumption, everyone is allowed to visibly exist without apology

thank you for the zipper rant!!! I hate invisible zippers so much, they're just impossible to get over a waistband because the thickness of fabric does not play nice with invisible zippers at all. but hey they're less obvious so I think that's why brands use them all the time :/ And yeah the second dress has... maid-chan vibes. (rant incoming) Idk, personally I don't feel like Atelier Pierrot is a great 'I wore lolita for a day' brand since they're much more aristo than the typical lolita you see. The standard lolita silhouette is knee length, super poofy skirt, with a bow/bonnet/maxi pad headdress on top. Ate Pie tends to have longer, much less voluminous silhouettes, and the mask headdress is very unconventional (it's very beautiful, just rather uncommon) for lolita. I get that they're very kind to work with her and let her wear a dress for free for a day, but I feel like it's not a great starter set. If cost is an issue, closet child and Bodyline would have very inexpensive things for her to try on and buy in person (like with the shoes) and you can find cheap lolita on Taobao and lace market as well, or she could partner up with a lolita in Japan and borrow from her wardrobe. I think Safiya did a lot better in this regard because while her end result wasn't the most typical lolita she did go to a few different shops and tried on the much more typical lolita silhouette that AP has, and she featured rinrindoll along with various street snaps and instagrams of other lolitas. Atelier Pierrot is beautiful and super elegant but when you're only wearing it for a day to showcase the fashion I feel like a more standard silhouette makes more sense, even if it's not the most 'original' or whatever.

I’ve been wanting to wear lolita for years probably since I was 12 and I’m 19 now, I finally feel comfortable in my own skin so I will start the fashion soon! I never bought anything because no one around me supported it and told me I would be bullied and should just stop talking about it. I’m finally strong enough to stand up for myself and can’t wait to buy my first dress! Because I have been learning about it for years I feel more confident buying anything and making coordinates. Your channel has helped me through all these years and you are a huge inspiration for me thank you making videos. Stay Lovely! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The cheap zipper thing is so true! I sew as a hobby and I’ve always looked at the zippers on my Lolita dresses and wondered why they [brands] used them. Recently, a zipper on one of my Angelic Pretty dresses broke and I was so excited to buy a better zipper and replace it! The bodice actually feels more sturdy when I wear that dress now.

Okay so since after a quick glance i didnt see anyone explaining shirring(?) So its basically just fabric sewn to elastic so when the elastic fully stretched out the fabric would lay flat but has the ruffle look when the fabric isnt pulled completely taut. The nice part of shirring in lolita dresses is theres different layers (top to bottom of the back of the dress's blouse section) so it adheres more nicely to the wearer's frame and doesnt squish boobs that arent AA cup

IDK WHY IM LAUGHING SO HARD AT YOU PAUSING AND BEING LIKE “is that... me?” AND YOU TOOK A WHOLE MOMENT JGKKEKVKEKC IM DEAD ICANNOT

That Sims 1 buy mode music just teleported me back to my childhood

Atelier Pierrot is the new Benedict Cumberbatch. I think the first way you said it was fine. It's not exactly how we say it in French but it sounds better than the French accent you did xD

I personally love glasses with lolita! I specially wear glasses when I dress up because I don’t really wear makeup and helps add decoration around my eyes~

I disagree with your opinion on little hats. They aren’t meant for animals and animals really shouldn’t wear clothes in general. My personal pet peeve is when people say that their pet should wear a hat or a piece of clothing when they know their animal is going to hate it. I don’t have a problem with people wearing tiny hats. They were made for people to wear.

yessss I haven’t been into Lolita fashion for so long because of college, but I’m so happy I’m getting back into it :0 thank you for making amazing content!! 💖💖

💖 love our Bo Peep

I've been remembering it as "alternative parrot". I can't say it either... I would keep in mind that Aki likely did walk around in Lolita, as well as likely take the train too and from the meeting with her friends. So I would say she may have done both, but not actually shown it.

I felt that the shoes made the coord unbalanced ;^; but the shoes are so cute!! Maybe if she wore wings as well? To bring that more into the coord??? I'm not sure, even though I've been a lolita for maybe like 6 years?? I'm still not the best at coording. I legit feel you on the zipper rant!! Granted, at the time, i was bigger than I was when I first got into lolita (I've slimmed down since then) but those damn zippers 😩😩😩 and then you grab and pull so hard, you think you're going to break the zipper! Then when it doesnt budge, you're just standing there with hot fingers and a dress that wont zip past the waist! I am very grateful for anyone who does a lolita fashion video and does it with the intention of educating others about the fashion. And not saying that its based off of the novel, or that its trying to look like a little girl As for the taking up space thing. I feel that. But I think mines is on a different wavelength. I get scared or something touching my dress, so I tend to squish down my clothes bcuz I dont want them to get dirty or scratched.... since a lot of AP dresses have chiffon material

so weird to hear people in Lolita telling people not to wear what they want like fishnets and little hats LOLOL

I'm starting to get into lolita and your channel really has been helping me in getting started.

Damn Lor, I adore the thoughtfulness of this video. your commentary is A+ in this.

Ι love how she is being so careful not to insult or offend anybody.

Ok, I am not a Lolita but I am a historical reenactor. I have a wardrobe of eras from Roman to Victorian and can tell you that those ruffled hair bands are called pinned or day caps. Also in other eras, to wear gowns with large petticoats/farthingales/panniers/caged hoops was a mark of wealth and importance. It was a way to show you didn’t need to work.

I feel like the tiny hat is Lor's form of PTSD

I like wearing lolita fashion not because I love anime it's cause I just want too but sadly my friends always keep on saying I look childish and I look like a big weeb.

Ok but the picture of Tyler looking judgemental at 14:58 got me wheezing

I'm late but thank you so much for retweeting my art! I'm M. D. Antoinette, it's part of my artist branding. I'm really glad you liked it though!

i used to wear jfashion. not lolita, but fairy kei. i actually found myself getting really insecure about my body, as im 5'10" and a size 8. i couldnt fit into a lot of stuff! i ended up leaving the fashion for my mental health but i still appreciate the aesthetic :) it's really important for people to vocalize the sizing issue, bc most people do not fit "one size" items! so i really appreciated the talk on shirring. :)

Thank you for addressing the "space issue" for plus size and/or people who are disabled. It sadly effects every community, fashion or not. Everyone is built different & people should be able to be comfortable in their own skin out in public 💞 I know that's something I'm still struggling with it as a body image issue. Its refreshing seeing and hearing it being addressed in a fashion/lifestyle video, since its not spoken of much in other communities.

Yeah, she won't talk about her experience with it unless it's her expertise/content or something unpleasant happened to her. Check out her "I Went to Japan’s “Extreme” Halloween Night" as an example; a drunk guy was touching her face. I really loved that dress on her though and that cafe~!

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING IM SICK RN AND THIS IS WHAT I NEED

Being German and so having experienced getting yelled at by a stranger because my jacket is touching him in a very full bus when I'm warning cusual clothes I feel the struggle of fearing to take too much place very much, especially when I'm in alternative fashion

the little hats are cute!!! But lol at Tyler's crazy face. REEEEE!

I know that this is three years too late, but the second dress, the top part where it's grey, is meant to mimic what's called a stomacher in historical fashion. It's essentially the front part of the corset that's actually held in place by pins. Sorry if someone else already mentioned this in the comments.

Your first prononciation of "Atelier Pierrot" was actually correct ! 🤗

can we get an F in the chat for all lolitas afflicted with the curse of being called little bo peep

Lor: saying Atelier Pierrot in different ways Me: Flipping out because you got it right the first time!! 😄😄😂😂

I saw the title and immediately went "oh boy this is gonna be a doozy"

love your videos ♡ i come back and watch them with my breakfast evey morning 🌸

OK BUT THE CORD YOU'RE WEARING IS SO CUTE AND I LOVE YOUR MAKEUP AND OMG ♥️

For the real name of the rectangular headdress, according to my sister millinery books, it would be a half hat. The more you know!

I live aki and I was honestly hoping you'd react to this 😊

I think she did a good job. She's also very kind and genuine in real life. I met her when she came to Finland two years ago. :D

LOR i love the warm milk choclatey tones of this coord & makeup!! it's the cutest dang thing

Don't talk to me or my tiny hat collection ever again! 😜

This is probably my very favourite coord of yours, it's stunningg!

I’ve been in Lolita for 4 years and I still love little hats in the big curly hairstyles or on fluffy pigtails.

Omg I’ve remembered you talking about the little hats lol I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA ROAST THE HAT

When you find a style that you can most relate to and are literally crying because you couldn’t find a proper style and are now going to join a community you know you can express yourself in. Also you look so amazing.

That bust was Marie Antoinette by the way

I don't know why but in the last month or so I've finally gotten on board with bonnets. I used to think they were silly looking. But I'm into them now (shrug)

They really just said "no" when she asked for a little hat lmao

tfw I exclusively wear snickers and boots to extravagant and formal wear (which includes my two lolita outfits that I have)

It was really interesting and helpful to hear you talk about the thing with shirring, because I'm a more plus-sized person and often times I can't find a lot of jfashion, lolita or other styles that would fit me, but looking for pieces with full shirring could help !!

Overall I love how positive you are and that you don't bash on her but I really disliked it when you went all " don't wear little hats". Like..at first you go" oh ,don't listen to society,make your style,wear what you want" and then " BUT DONT WEAR TINY HATS". I mean..maybe I am especially offended because I've always loved tiny hats and because I don't feel like it makes the head bigger at all,in fact I think my head would look twice as big if I wore what you wore in the video on my head instead but idk... going "do what you want but don't do that" just defeats the purpose of all the pep talk from before.

I know everyone hates those cheap zippers, but I've gotten dresses for amazing prices that had a busted zipper and all I had to do was 30 minutes of sewing to exchange them to a better one 😂

I got my first lolita outfit today and i'm so happy! I'm also wearing it right now hehe

I'm not plus size but being very tall (184 cm) I definitely feel a lot like I take up too much space so I always slouch and make myself smaller but I'm trying to not do it so much :/

15:14 Blasphemy! I like little hats. **Challenge accepted!**

On the topic of saying certain words while wearing lolita, it made me laugh bc I got so stressed about going to my first meetup that hearing the other lolitas swear like sailors made me decompress a lot lmao

I felt like I can't wear lolita bc it's nearly non existant in my country. It's still tough but I plan to order from DevilInspired when I can. It said in their website they ship to my country and I'm so happy you talked about them, I'm not from the US or Europe so it's harder to find this stuff. Right now I'm building my steampunk 'closet' and I hope to build a steampunk lolita one as well. I dissagree with you about the tiny hats thoXD I like both regular sized and tiny hats. The cool thing about tiny hats is that I can wear one and still show my sidecut^^

Never clicked on a video so fast!

i think little hats look better when you wear pants rather than a dress or skirt for your lolita coord..

Idk why but somewhere in the video I laughed so hard I snorted

The. Zippers. AHHG. The zipper for one of my fave dresses busted the day I was gonna wear it to my office party. I was so mad. But luckily some lolita friends gave recommendations on where to go to get it repaired. But please. No more crappy zippers that always get caught where the bodice meets the skirt. PLEASE.

Hey! Costume designer and lolita here. Shirring is when you take elastic and stretch it along the back of a garment sewing it down. You then do mutable rows of elastic down the back of the garment or around the midsection. This allows the dress to fit many different body types and they are easier to get into on your own. That’s how shirring works! 😁

well its not just not wanting to be film, for stores. designers dont want to risk having a copycat design of their piece out there, for various reasons.

That video was what introduced me to Lolita fashion 😊

I really love your makeup in this video!

When I first started looking at lolita fashion, most everything was one size or was either a Japanese S/M or M/L, which was all too small for me. Broke my chubby little heart.

I use Lolita elements in my wardrobe a ton, my style is a mix of Lolita, cottagecore, and croquet and i literally wear ball gowns out in public and people may give dirty looks but for the most part it brings people joy im autistic and nonverbal in public so giving joy via my outfits makes life worth living and makes me love my style even more

hi lor! im a seamstress and i have no clue if you will see a comment on an old video but shirring is done by using elastic thread with normal thread! because its made of elastic and on a bigger stitch it allows it so stretch out allowing it to fit more people!! the elasticity of the thread allows it to gather up :D

I have a beautiful blue gingham dress I bought from my friend Jillian (aka Pixielocks 🥰)and it has the same zipper getting stuck at the waist band problem, even though it’s not lolita (aka with a big skirt) so it’s probably the amount of fabric/ tension in that area

Yeahhh but this falls in like with her other videos. Aki Dearest likes trying things and hobbies, especially weeb/weeb adjacent things, and the videos are usually 'there's this thing, it sounds neat, I'm gonna try it, here's what I'm expecting, oh look we're doing it, this is fun, here's where you can go to do it yourself, that was fun here's some pictures bye!'

Lolita is alot of work and Aki is the type of girl that just wants to wear jeans and a hoodie and leave the house. So people that say they "can't" do lolita are usually people that just don't want to dedicate their time to it. I would love to wear lolita but it's already difficult for me to match me jeans and hoodie when I get up in the morning.

Little hats are adorable and I love them 😛 wearing them anyway 😂

Hi Lor! There are several methods of shirring one way is to sew with elastic thread in the bobbin (the bottom thread on a sewing machine) another way is to create channels and thread elastic through. And a third is to sew an elastic on one size of the material and you pull the elastic tight as you sew and keep the material flat (this way seems to be how a lot of bodyline dresses are shirred

I didn’t know I needed to hear a rant against little hats until you did it. Thank you

when "Kinda plain" was said, it somehow reminded me of "HIM" from the powerpuff girls xD.

The petticoat swaying is... the Ruffle Shuffle and shall always be the "Ruffle Shuffle."

I love your channel so much! You're so underrated and so is lolita

Okay I have always admired Lolita fashion and when I tried to show it to my mom she went on and on about how it is people trying to be like “childish” and that the term came from a little girl that wore the fashion and had something happen to her so that kinda lowered me into not trying to ask to try it. That and also that I’m a bigger girl with more of a tomboy look. But I’m going to be leaving for job corps and as soon as I can I want to by a Lolita dress because I really want to try it and feel pretty because most things I wear I don’t feel pretty in but I just have a feeling that in Lolita I’ll feel pretty. And seeing this video (first time I’ve ever seen you) is just making me more confident in doing it. So I just wanna say thank you for that. Especially since you kinda explained some things in this video it made me feel much better for wanting to try it