Somebody pinch me I must be dreaming! 😭🤩💕 Lor thank you SO MUCH for this, you are always so incredibly sweet and it was wonderful getting to watch this and hear your thoughts! ☺️ I would absolutely love to get to collab someday, here's hoping our paths cross in the near future! 🥰🙏🏻💕
I don't mean to sound annoying, but I have a idea! You guys should meet halfway so it's not so long for the other person! But this is just a suggestion and you guys probably already heard this in other comments.
Lately, I’ve seen more lolitas say that while solids are versatile, prints are *easier* for beginners, because it does the color theory work for you. Prints also help set a specific tone and theme which, as a beginner, can be useful. That being said, I am ride or die for solids, so if you are up to the challenge and have a good grasp on fashion skills go for it!
Oh man, I grew up in Texas, which takes like...a whole day to drive through, so when I hear about people driving from one country to the other in Europe I get really confused at first! I think it's pretty common to forget how big or small certain countries or other geographical regions are if you're not as familiar with them.
I'm just starting to put together my first ever lolita coord, I'm very excited! With the virus, I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to join a community or go to meet ups, but I'm in the Toronto area so watching you has made me feel like when I'm finally ready, there's going to be people out there for me.
@@margarethestrellas2504 Oh that's awesome! Good luck! I ordered some the majority of my pieces online with a specific look in mind and then I got an email saying that my dress was out of stock so I'm stressing but hoping I can pull it together with a replacement.
That's so cool! I'm trying to convince my mom to get me pieces for my first coord. Sadly I don't live in Canada so I don't really know what lolita community to branch out to for meet ups when covid is over.
I'm a veteran(I guess??) cosplayer myself trying to get into Lolita, and after nearly a decade of cosplaying and about 8 years of desiring to wear lolita and now I'm sort of starting since quarantine saved me tons of money from cons LOL
Watching them having a tea service makes me jealous. There is a museum/historical site near me that does tea service with lots of little pastries and finger sandwiches. Last time I went a girl (teens or early 20s) was having her birthday party there. She and all her friends were wearing Lolita fashion. All the other women there were complimenting the girls. My mom was like “you are all so cute and feminine.” It was then that I realized I could have dressed up a lot more.
Omg, i love Anya and I’m a big fan of your videos as well Lor! I’d be so happy if you ever did a collab! Edit: you both have such a happy and polite vibe, it brings happiness to me as a viewer ✨
I think something particular in seeing cosplayers get into diffrent fashion, is making it personal vs. Keeping a specific idea of how a character will look (in particular to specific cosplayers who specialize in replication of the character. Into real life that i would say she falls in) in the Sweeter pink cord at the end. You see how she was feeling herself, and with the Alice look. That had a lot of good elements, the choice of stockings were possibly based on the choice of emulating the formula of Alice's look. But it could also be the shoes were a miss match. Because the dress has some strong white and black But i love how she used her natural hair for some of the looks and i think it looks really cute with short hairdos.
I see where you're coming from but I'd like to mention she didn't even use her natural hair for any of the looks lol, she basically always wears wigs on camera
So excited to see this reaction, Anya is a great cosplay RU-vidr whose content I’ve enjoyed for a long time now! It’s so lovely watching her lolita style develop, she’s adorable and the direction she’s going really seems to suit her. I really hope you both get a chance to meet at a con once things reopen. Ta!
Lol I recently wore lolita when my husband and I went to eat for our anniversary. It was ott sweet and when we walked into the dining room we were being seated in I had so much trouble not laughing at all the double takes and how quiet it got. If it's something your not used to it would be intimidating. Which is funny cuz my husband is super shy so attention is uncomfortable for him but he is so supportive about me wearing alt fashions. Girls hold out for someone who respects you enough that they are okay with a bit of uncomfortable attention when you go out. It has made wearing it so much more fun and he is even supportive of our 6 year old wearing princess dresses out with me. It doesn't get any better than someone you can absolutely be yourself with.
Actually people in cosplay drive/travel in puplic transport in cosplay to conventions. And we go to restourants after or during convetions in cosplay because food at the cons is bad and expensive. We also hang a lot in the parks around the conventions. And when you stay at a hotel , people at the hotel see you in cosplay etc. People that are really into cosplay also go out with friends (that are cosplaying from the same franchise) to restourants that their caracter would go to, or hang in parks. We also have photoshootings in puplic. Some of us allso go to the cinema in cosplay , cosplaying someone from the movie.
Anna Blue yes! and when you’re doing photoshoots and stuff or when you’re on your way to events and whatnot you get seen a lot. i think people dont always realize how often we’re viewed from the public eye when simply going about our business, whether at events or not
Hi im a vancouver lolita member I haven't seen her in the community but we would mostlikely see her once things open up as I think she just started with her friends...
As someone who low key collects tea cups (only royal albert I have standards), I recognized the ones they drank from (I have some of them) omg I’m a nerd
Oh man got homesick super suddenly! Neverland tea salon in Vancouver is walking distance from my old home. :'( If you ever are in Vancouver, you usually have to book because it's so popular, but for sure go!!
1:26 For one second I read that the time to *literally get across the whole country by car* was 42min and I was like "Wtf???? It takes 40min for me to go to my job? What kind of car is this???" I had to rewatch that part because my brain went blue screen for a moment lol
Vancouver Lolita here, and it was wild seeing Neverland Tea Company on my computer screen. It was my local tea spot for years because it was ten minutes from my house by bus. And it used to have bottomless tea with the high tea option.
omg! Native just got a plastic free packaging, it's so cool they sponsored you!! Im crying that they love J fashion lol ohh that pink and yellow dress.....lol She matches the whole cafe tho omg
I didn’t know much about Lolita before now! I just wanted to say I love your style, it’s so fun, it’s sort of what I wish I could be brave enough wearing it! I also love your manner, it’s so lovely! Thank you!
I psychically know that those style clothes are coming hugely into haute couture soon. You are a fan of Vivienne Westwood too she is definitely the pioneer of fashion and highly ethical which in itself is already a leader in the haute couture world. The puffed arm shirts are so ultra gorgeous. I love snug fitting clothes so I do a lot of clothes alterations and also sew my own garments.
I also got into cosplay first, lolita second and it does require a bit of rethinking. Also, many of Bodyline's stock photos are quite bad. I have several dresses from them that look SO much better in real life!
Funny enough the bodyline yellow pink scalloped edge dress was my first official Lolita dress I bought also. I was struggling to find a dress in my price range and with my size and found it on lace market. I wanted something simple and less than $100 that I would wear casually as quarantine had just started where I live and just wanted to see if I liked it. After getting the dress and a quick try on with a old petti I owned I made some additional purchases to start a wardrobe to hopefully make a half decent coord one day. For now I am just playing with what I was able to get.
I actually started using Native this fall. They sponsored Strange Æons at the same time I was having a bad reaction to my Old Spice deodorant, so I said "Why not?" It's good deodorant.
I just wanna say this because I read a comment that said this and I wanna spread it. I WANNA SLOW DANCE IN A CEMETERY WITH CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND AT DUSK WITH A GOTH LOLITA GIRLFRIEND 😭😭😭
I feel her first two coords made sense coming from a cosplay bg tho. Something that could look a little costumey or is inspired by a character is a nice way to ease yourself into the fashion! I get wanting to make t he distinction between the two, but it seems to be a more eventual thing- which is already happening in coord number 3!
I also came from cosplay to lolita and I 100% agree with the non-printed dress. My first on was a non-printed dress and while I was so proud of it at the time but now when I look back on it it looks cosplay-y. Really thankful for the lolitas I meet that day that encouraged me and gave me conceit. Lots of love to them
The thing with cosplay is you experience strangers being weirded out because as you said travelling to and from the con, or when doing photoshoots outside of cons has you be around people in full or partial get-up with no context and you get a lot of staring and questions - for me at least, I got really used to strangers staring at me and friends when all suited up. Honestly it helps a lot when wearing anything out of the ordinary like lolita or J-fashion and may have people staring; I'm pretty oblivious to it nowadays it's pretty comforting haha.
I just started with lolita and I don’t even know where to begin finding a community in my state. But Lor really sets me at ease about my inevitable ita phase. It’s hard to remember that it’s ok to be a newbie and learning takes time
Honestly with cosplay you also do learn about yourself. For me I’ve been cosplaying for several years and the characters that always turn out the best are definitely the ones where I’ve worked to find pieces of the character that I relate to and then let those parts of myself shine through.
I know it isn't your specialty, but I would love to see an exploration of men in lolita! I'm a trans guy, and while I've always felt a draw to lolita style, it's an incredibly dysphoric concept to me nowadays, so seeing something maybe about ouji style and other "men's lolita" (though i know anyone can wear any style of lolita they want!) would be really helpful!
even though I do not wear Lolita I have been binge watching these videos. I was interested in it when I was in highschool. I love the dresses and such but the style is just not for me. But I do love looking at it and hearing people talk about the fashion.
I totally feel where Anyapanda is coming from. I didn’t try Lollita for years because I was afraid that people were going to come after me with knives and lemon juice in the comments of groups because I wasn’t doing it right. There are still videos and memes that I see of people being really rude to newcomers.
I was surprised while watching this video. Many cosplayers I know are into alternative fashion or J fashion when they’re not in cosplay. At some parts Lor made it seem like the two were completely unknown to each other lol.
I think some lolitas don't really have option to brands, here in Brazil its really REALLY expensive to buy anything brand and also items that an artist did all in the dresses like the last vid of black owned lolita brands, which was amazing to see but for a plus size brazillian lolita thats just too much, just saying because thats why i dont think any lolita with a plain fabric dress is in cosplay(and there's been controversy in our community too, of saying such lolitas are not really lolitas, lol not everyone has 2k or more(in brazillian money) to spent on a dress
Just when I was wondering about the brazillian lolita community I read your comment. Brazillian here, I'm not lolita, but I really like the style and have always wanted to try it out.(but I lack the confidence to invest on it) I was wondering how the brazillian community deals with how expensive our taxes are for foreign products, since I believe there are not many re-sellers around here. My guess is there might be a lot of improvisation to put coordinates together while still saving money.
@@milenartmeire2588 Exactly, as a lot of brazillian people can't buy on taobao for example, which is a huge deal for US, Canada and European lolitas, and depend on shopping service, along with the fact that a lot of western products get stuck and taxed, sometimes ONLY the tax is the same or more than the actual product cost, thats why i want more brazilian alternative fashion brands, like cotton candy shoes which i commented about on Lor's vid reviewing them
@@Lyuciferrr I'm not familiar with the Brazilian Lolita scene so please excuse my questions. I am a USA Lolita, and we too rely on shopping services from China in order to shop from Taobao. Alternative to Canadian Lolita's we do not have major customs fees / taxes in which they have to pay. My group regularly do thousands of US dollars in group orders from Japan while using a shopping service. Even with the shopping service fees and international fees it is still cheaper to order from Japan than to try to buy 2nd hand within the US normally. I do understand that the currency difference may make it very hard to afford brand, but maybe you can shed more light on that? Thank you for reading.
@@Saekaichan Yes, it is as you say, even with shopping service it's still more expensive, because of that there's a lot of reselling, but usually from person to person not someone who gets like 50 dresses and sells them here, but mostly lolitas i know end up buying them from brazilian handmade stores, which are beautiful but there's less options on the prints of the fabrics, and a lot of stores do replicas/inspire from of pre existing dresses, as not many are artists themselves, so there's been some discussions on replicas here but a lot of lolitas will stll get one if thats all they could get, also some could not get japanese/chinese brand because they are an unique size mostly, and it don't fit curvy ppl much, i hope i have helped, i'm not a lolita but i love the fashion and i have Lolita friends.
The Charlie shes talking about is from Hazbin Hotel. You need to see it. Also, I have definitely put on and removed a petticoat in a parking lot numerous times.
Not that I just bought an Alice themed jsk but I want that Alice dress from bodyline though I'm more into gothic lolita. I would really love to try something more classic or sweet one day. Also, I ventured from cosplay into lolita which is an exciting journey tbh. And I also got my first dress from a friend which has no print xD I see myself in her so much! Greetings from Germany
I sometimes like to wear cosplay (and or fancy outfits) to school just to spice things up and because I'm comfortable in it. I'm interested in lolita fashion, so I'm trying (I say trying because new cosplays are tempting😅) to save up to buy a coord, and people may look at me weirder than they already do, but oh well.
I miss dressing up, but I don't have any of my lolita dresses etc. with me .Almost all of my stuff I've bought the last few months haven't arrived yet. I should have bought my stuff with me, the last time I was at my apartment. 😭😭 Can't wait when quarantine ends.
The first (and only 😭) non-convention meetup I ever went to before quarantine, I had to drive 5.5 - 6 hours, through a blizzard most of the time, and then when I finally parked my car I realised that 1) I had forgotten all my makeup at home, and 2) I hadn't stored my petti well enough in the car and it had totally deflated. I somehow managed to actually put my petti on while staying inside my teeny tiny car, and while I didn't use the car's window for a reflection to put on my accessories, I did use my rear view mirror. Long story short, the rushing-to-a-meetup-with-half-your-coord-in-a-bag-in-the-back-of-the-car struggle is so real.
I love this!!! I'm a beginner lolita and I have wanted to get into cosplay for years, about the same amt of time as I wanted to get into lolita, lol! ^^' This was a very fun and sweet react and I have to say, i do also love these chill personal vlogs as well
What kind of teas and food do you Lolitas recommend for going on a picnic? I want to practice making those kinds of foods so once I get my classic Lolita dress I wanna go on picnics and such
While I don't doubt Native is a quality product, I have some concerns about the scare tactics they use in marketing their deodorants. Your ad read was very good without the scare tactics around aluminum and parabens, though! Thumbs up.
I went from being a judgemental closed minded prick that hated Lolita (mostly because disinformation) to love it and wanting to try it in the future (aka after the pandemic) thanks to you and your videos and I don't know if you already made on but I'd love to watch a 'lolita fashion for beginners' ALL THE LOVE FROM ARGENTINA 💕
ahh someday i'll be in a position to actually get back into lolita, i've been following the fashion since i was a teen (discovered the fashion in 2002, first dressed up in 2009, had to give it up a couple years later due to money issues) sometimes i feel like im getting too old but i'll figure it out cause i've adored the fashion for so long.
Thats It I' m joining Lolita fashion ASAP Even though I've had 2 ops since 5-6 years ago but im pretty sure those were réplicas and one Falls like 4 fingers above my knee But i want to go for a more jsk+blouse style and probably sew my own jsks, quick question: For those of you that have a partially/fully shirred back dresses, Is It made from Elastic tape or Elastic thread? Thanks a lot!
This is a genuine question: can i wear lolita in cosplay? Its basically a coord I already own, so its the same as a closet cosplay (Closet cosplay is when you use items you already own to recreate your favorite characters' outfits. It's a great way to get creative without spending money. It's great for turning anything and everything into a costume.) I was wondering because it might be considered ita or something else.
As someone who has a friend named Anya, she pronounces it "ahn-yah". If you need more help with how my probably terrible phonetic spelling is supposed to sound, watch Fox's 1997 Anastasia movie cus amnesiac Anastasia goes by the name Anya.
Hey, has she ever made a video for begginer/aspiring lolitas or a lolita vocabulary video? Because, I'm a bit new(have seen some videos before, but not a lot) and noticed there are a whole lot of terms in lokita fashion for duferent pieces of clothing. I think that it would be nice.( if she already made one or if there is other lolita youtuber who made one, pls someone tell me)
I feel like pattern is entirely personal preference. I find it odd that lore would dissuade newbies from a non pattered look simply because it seems closer to a costume. If anything it feels more wearable because a plain colored dress with frills is less shocking than one with teddy bears. I think it’s the perfect dress for a beginner and it presents more options in terms of styling and dressing down the look for non Lolita outfits
