*But remember Lolitas, if you do see someone showing off or wearing a replica, please dont attack them straight away, ask them if they know first, maybe theyre not aware!* ✨✨
As someone who isn't a lolita but would love to wear lolita style dresses, there is only so much reverse image search one can do, so it's pretty easy for a knockoff to slip through the cracks if the image search doesn't also show the original. If you're entrenched in the Lolita culture then thanks to cultural osmosis you learn to recognize a lot of iconic dresses even if you aren't ever interested in buying those specific pieces.
@@Call-me-Al Totally agree ( and i love the word osmosis). And don't let anything put you off from trying, the more people that try the fashion out the more it's normalised, accepted and understood. I hope you try it out!
@@Call-me-Al absolutely right. Just some tips for avoiding this. When looking at a dress listing try to find a brand connected to it. If the words 'costume' or 'cosplay' are there 100% avoid the listing. Listings by real brands will also often name a print name. For example, 'Dream Cat Go Round' by Angelic Pretty or 'Eternal Night' by YUPBRO (100% recommend this brand they're affordable and super cute) I also recommend OCELOT, To Alice, Alice Girl and Miss Point. I hope you're able to dress in the lolita style in the future! I'm sure you'll look great
-.- Someone needs to speak to her f***ing parish about how that wasn’t acceptable. Canon is strict and uncompromising as f***, and even it doesn’t refuse IVF kiddos.
I was contemplating giving him a different accent every time....but I'm not very good at other accents haha it'd be fun to have a different person voice him everytime too
hahaha thank you so much! I really have fun with them! Sometimes sponsors require you to be on screen so I can't do them all the time but when I can I have a lot of fun!!!
I spent WAY too long on the periodic table hahaha all the abbreviations stand for real brands and stores. I'm also running out of ideas for something out of something analogies. I've used balanced breakfast, tools in a toolbelt now periodic table if you have any ideas let me know haha
@@LovelyLor putting on the thinking crown for ya.👑 I'll let you know what comes to me but you are doing a solid job at coming up with quality content. I look forward to your vids.
@@LovelyLor A heading/section on your kawaii 101 syllabus? One of the things that makes your home a cat palace? But then someone might have to be the litterbox, so maybe not. Spice in your spice rack? Ingredient in your lolita cake? Paint on Imai Kira's pastel palette? Some of them might be a stretch, but that's where my brain went
The tale of schrödinger's replica: when I started wearing my mom gifted me a milky Chan op. It was beautiful and fit perfectly. I had no idea what brand or name it was at the time or even that replicas existed. It came with kc and cuffs, didn’t have pockets and bled a bit in the first wash. (It stank upon arrival and was washed 4 times). No stains. It had a petti installed and was constructed -almost- identically to my DBR op. the print and cut was spot on. Stupidly I never checked for a tag. When I looked up the original I actually liked the version I had more because it didn’t have the chest hair ruffle on the bodice. There was actually a lot of differences between what I owned and what popped up on lolibrary. I wasn’t sure if it was an altered piece or a replica but fear and peer pressure got the best of me so I impulsively sold it as a replica. I posted pictures wearing it and never got any hate but it didn’t look like the original and I was afraid of backlash because I was very young. I kinda regret it because it was a lovely dress. To this day I’ll never know if it was a real altered dress, or if it was a replica.
"Just skip ahead!" I usually don't skip sponsored bits, but I've always wonder if it was okay to. Like if sponsors wanted to see your analytics, and if they saw a skip in the ad they won't sponsor you anymore. So it's quite reassuring to hear a RU-vidr say it's okay to skip!
I have heard youtubers say that the sponsors cared about analytics and people skipping them was a bad look though, so I don't think either is universal. I've grown to appreciate a good ad-read!
@@Siriastimeflies Huh, I guess it has more to do with who's doing the sponsoring then. Interesting. But yeah, lots of RU-vidrs have mastered the art of making their ad reads fun, so I usually just stick around for them too
@@Siriastimeflies I think from the analytics I get that only matters if the read is at the end of a video due to it showing in average view time - correct me if I'm wrong
my brain went straight to tie dye when thinking of a white dress. I thought that because I know recently a youtuber called Morgan Donner made a white 18th century dress and tie dye that.
@@GirtheAlienGoldfish actually, that was another dress, lol, The white dress was considered even more scandalous because they thought she was wearing only her underwear!
Very interesting to see the differences between these two pieces! I love videos comparing replicas and knockoffs to original pieces, because it really showcases why the originals are worth what you're paying for and the imitations aren't. There's a very good video by Bernadette Banner where she had made herself a beautiful medieval dress that got ripped off, so she bought one of the knockoffs to compare the terrible quality and construction to her work.
I don't wear Lolita so I feel like my ideas for a coordinate might not fit into the style but I feel like a lily pad headpiece with maybe water droplet beads would look lovely for a lady of the lake. Theres also really fantastic sheer colored opera gloves that just look like your skin is tinted that might look really cool in a pastel blue or soft gray. But also that might be a bit too costumey
Lor, I think this would be a great dress to do- let's say 'contrast coords' with. You could pick a color or two and your accessories would stand out very strongly. This dress could go in so many directions! Properly done it could fit into any of the Big Three substyles.
Im just surprised that Walmart tried it in the first place. AND yes i agree with your opinion on replicas. I just got the Lirika Matoshi Strawberry Midi Dress. And the etsy community has started selling replicas and it is being ruined. I digress 😑 thanks for the video Lor🥰
Just to clarify, Walmart dot com is an online marketplace similar to Amazon. While there are Walmart-branded goods sold there, they also allow non-Walmart companies to host their stuff there. The dress Lor bought was from a 3rd party (scam) vendor selling the dress on Walmart's website
I agree unfortunately, I understand that people don’t have the money to blow on a single designer dress but lirika and teuta are really talented and it just makes me kinda sad.
this video might be the most perfect balance of cynicism and sincerity on the internet. the stuffed animal sponsorship bit? the catholic trauma? all wrapped up in a message about supporting small scale, well made fashion??? I don't even like lolita but this just hit the perfect spot.
usually if the price is too good to be true or is from an unreputable site, it's likely to be a replica! many resale sites, like lacemarket, have a strict no replicas rule, so it's unlikely!
i accidentally got a replica as my first three lolita dresses :( it makes me sad because i still think theyre very cute (though not the best quality, of course) so i wear them regularly, but i buy all of new dresses from reputable sources now so i dont worry so much about it anymore. the worst part is i didnt get them to cut corners with budget and stuff, i literally just didnt know better. i still wear them cause it feels like a waste to just get rid of them, but i will forever try to teach new lolitas to not make the same mistakes as me lol
Okay, so while I do agree that buying replicas is bad, I think that if you're going to personally make a replica for your own personal use and never sell it, that's probably fine.
DRESS IDEA: alright, the dress. You could chop the lengthy half of the skirt of (around the first tier) and put that fabric in the waistband to make the skirt bigger. Then I would remove the bows and add some colored ones (Maybe red) And then add some trims around the neckline and hem that are the same colour as the bows. Aldo this would take some time I think with a sewing machine you could make something lovely.
I like this idea except I have a real issue trying to understand sewing patterns and don't want to buy a sewing machine I might never use 😅 But I love and support handmade!! Good luck on your dress!!
Thank you for yet another great video. ❤ I'm a beginner "grandma" lolita 🤣 and thanks to your info on devils inspired just got my very first jsk and a blouse. So excited!!! Thank you!
Lor, I love your videos and your sponsorships are the only ones I actually watch because the stuffed animal plays are so cute. Proud of you for getting sponsorships and thank you for working to put out so much quality content!
🌻🌻🐞 I love the way you speak... and you are sooo pretty... And your coordinates are the real deal... keep loving what you do and you really are you really are an inspiration to lots of people out there... 😊
I get a lot of complaints about my sponsored videos and I don't understand why people don't skip that section haha I watch a lot of RU-vidrs and skip thru their sponsored sections haha so I just wanted to offer that advice
I would love to see this dress styled really over the top! Rachel Maksy on RU-vid did a video a little while back where she recreated a Marie Antoinette hairstyle that had a ship as a headpiece. While that may be a tad much I think going that hard with the styling, (maybe adding an over skirt/dress to bring in another colour and/or more mimic the rococo style?) would be really cool to see. Or just going really spooky like the clip you played from Bly Manor, that would be cool as hell (I'm reminded of the twining spooky clown look you did with cursed kaiser)
That replica has some possibilities. I'm sure its synthetic so normal dye is probably out. Maybe you could do a punk lolita and wear it with a leather moto jacket?? Water down acrylic paint so its like a dye, splash it around for a cool distressed look, dip dye the hem in the same paint solution, change the bows out to black? Maybe even stencil something around the hem using fabric spraypaint? I can see spikey matching head bow? Black velvet blazer and gauzy scarf? chunky boots? LOR I WILL TOTALLY DO THIS FOR YOU XD
I can't be the only one who's been watching Lor for years but isn't a lolita or interested in becoming one. I just love her personality and she's so sweet that I watch every video anyway🤗
Okay so I thought I’d check out devil inspired since they sponsor lor and I hear lots of Lolita creators mention them. I thought I’d check out their accessories and saw ‘plus size’ section, figuring maybe I’d look for a laugh assuming nothing would fit but HOLY HANNAH they have my size!!!????!!!??? It has been a revelation lol, thank you lor but also.... how dare you xD now all my moneys gonna be gone come tomorrow lol
Lor! Thanks to you i ordered my first lolita pieces ! I was always admiring lolita fashion from afar but watching your channel for so long it really inspired me to finally try it! So thank you for making videos!!!!
It's the first time that I really watch a sponsor in my life. First time here! LOL Congratulations, you got my attention! It was very cute! I didn't know about that! I'll keep my eyes opening searching for the real ones! I hope to make my own lolita dress someday!
Ffffff I saw this a day late and missed the sale - shipping to my country is like US$50 (idk if it's that much to every place but the exchange rate is horrific atm)
So wait, the free shipping promotion is live as of you posting this video? :o I'm checking out and it says shipping is like almost $100 :') is there some code to apply for the promotion? edit: they posted on IG and said it'll be live in 6 hours!
@@daisyball2338 Right, but Lor said the promotion would be live for the 24 hours after this video was posted? And what with time differences for the site, I figured it was already the 11th for where DevilInspired is based. At least I think?
I'm surprised you even kept the Walmart dress lol! Thanks for telling us about the Devilinspired sale; I will definitely be taking advantage of that (RIP my wallet). And test tube babies are 100% valid! My nieces are test tube babies and I love them with all my heart!
It's actually so fun to look for my dream dress and check the internet every week to get it. My boyfriend is even helping and he knows if he finds Silent Moon by MMM, he has to get it for me, no matter the colour and I'll pay him back haha 😂
As someone who owns a replica ( I got it maybe my first year of lolita before I really knew of any brands aside from To Alice and the big 3. Literally I'm scared to wear it. Its okish qaulity but it's kinda shiny. It makes me feel cheap. I've yet to wear it out
I got a btssb replica in my early ita years from amazon. Like you said its ok ish but it felt weird I gave it to my younger cousin for a Christmas play.
I know in the olden days (read: 2009) Bodyline had an actual replica of APs Fruits Parlor. I always wordered how they gor away with that without getting sued (considering Bodyline wasn't simply a random shop from China).
I don’t wear Lolita but I love you sm!!! Love your videos! I loved that you included that devil inspired has kawaii inspired stuff too ❤️ gonna go place an order rn
