Princess JessieKate
Waverlily Hime
Princess JessieKate
Waverlily Hime
I thought I'd add that the Lolita style has become more of a sub-culture as of today.
Like how Goth and Punk are considered sub-cultures, so is Lolita. Though definitely a much newer one!
It did start off as simply a street style in Japan, but has definitely evolved into a way of life and large social community for many girls including myself.
Do you mean only more recently in its history? Because I feel like it definitely always was. For example, back in the late 90's people who visited Japan and met Lolita there would say that they would speak really stiffly/formally/strangely and that's part of why people thought Lolita were crazy. There were even guides on how a Lolita "should" speak written in the GLB.
I mostly mean more recently as compared to Goth and Punk.
But, I also think it's fair to say that, regardless of the fact that Lolitas may have thought they were a culture since the beginning, It's only more recently that outsiders are beginning to recognize this too, especially outside of Japan.
I don't mean to be rude, but I think you're mistaken. When I got into the fashion about 8 years ago, there was considerable clashing between the strict "lifestyle Lolitas" and the others. Some girls even made communities just for the purpose of making fun of the lifestyle Lolitas.
I guess this is unless of course you mean that to also be recent since you're comparing to goth and punk fashions.
Took me a while to respond because finals and I wanted to think about the post a while, sorry
I think we misunderstood one another~
I was comparing Lolita to the lengthy histories Goth and Punk have, but, see, I also consider the late 80s-early 90s to be recent.
I definitely think since then Lolita has been a culture.
What I meant before, is that prior to the late 80s and early 90s, though I'm sure some girls took their style very seriously, but from what I've researched the style/culture was not as developed/still developing that long ago and the term Lolita may not have even been used, so I don't necessarily consider Lolita to have been an established sub-culture prior to about the late 80s.
Does that make sense?