Clothing – Lolita Fashion Lolita Fashion is fashion sub culture which is based on the Victorian era of clothing, this fashion movement came out during the 90s in Japan as a form of radical street style, with the taste for the Hello Kitty cuteness like a doll with head gear, make up, ribbon & frilly skirt and lace. Lolita fashion is believed to be partly created as a movement against this growing trend. Followers of this fashion movement simply like to express themselves using the terms of cute and elegant rather than the usage of the term “sexy”. (This is commonly associated with woman in fashion.) With the Lolita dress a woman looks like child or doll. It express the more girly side with its eye popping candy corn and cupcake shaped knee length skirt accompanied with petticoats which also expands into corsets’ and flour length skirts as well. Although Japan is credited as creator of Lolita fashion and the origin of the trend the real meaning of it is complex. It was started during the 1970s by labels such as ‘Pink house’ and ‘Angelic pretty’ by selling garments considered having the ‘Lolita Standards.’ It became main stream during the 90s in Japan. The popularization of Lolita was more due to the ‘visual kei’ movement which is a fashion trend among male Japanese musicians which featured Flam boy and costumes, elaborate hair styles and heavy make-ups. Harjuku is internationally known for been the youth cultural and fashion hub for Japanese people. Harjuku is a small area with boutiques and shopping malls.
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Harajuku is the place where few of the Lolita sub style types originated. Gothic Lolita Gothic Lolita originated in Harjuku during the 90s. Often called as Gothloli. It is a mixture of Lolita fashion with Gothic. The dark makeup and the dark clothing are the elements use to characterize Gothic Lolita. The defining characteristics of this style are the red lipsticks and smoky or neatly defined eyes that are created using black eyeliner. Sweet Lolita The Victorian and Edwardian influenced clothing known as Sweet Lolita which is also referred as Ama Loli in Japanese focuses on fantasy view of Lolita. The pink, peach or pearl make ups are common throughout and are highly sweet and used by many sweet Lolita’s. Pink, red lips tick is commonly paired with this as well. Lice in Wonderland, candy classic fairy tales are common references to the sweet Lolita theme. Punk Lolita Punk Lolita emerged by adding the punk fashion elements to Lolita fashion. There are some punk items like screen printed fabrics tattered fabric, safety pins and chains, ties, and plaid can be seen in the Punk Lolita. And Jumper skirts were worn. And used footwear like boots and oxford with platforms. Different types of Lolita have different futures in their dresses, make-ups and accessories. Whether the Gothic Lolita use darker make-ups and clothing, sweet Lolita use light color dresses and pink pearl make- ups. Gothic Lolita use black eyeliner and red lipsticks. They don’t look sweet. But sweet Lolita looks cute with their dresses with Lace and flowers. Punk Lolita and Gothic Lolita use similar colours in their dresses. But Punk Lolita’s dresses have safety pins, chains to show the punk style. Lolita fashion subjected to many changes when it comes to the
Harajuku is the place where few of the Lolita sub style types originated. Gothic Lolita Gothic Lolita originated in Harjuku during the 90s. Often called as Gothloli. It is a mixture of Lolita fashion with Gothic. The dark makeup and the dark clothing are the elements use to characterize Gothic Lolita. The defining characteristics of this style are the red lipsticks and smoky or neatly defined eyes that are created using black eyeliner. Sweet Lolita The Victorian and Edwardian influenced clothing known as Sweet Lolita which is also referred as Ama Loli in Japanese focuses on fantasy view of Lolita. The pink, peach or pearl make ups are common throughout and are highly sweet and used by many sweet Lolita’s. Pink, red lips tick is commonly paired with this as well. Lice in Wonderland, candy classic fairy tales are common references to the sweet Lolita theme. Punk Lolita Punk Lolita emerged by adding the punk fashion elements to Lolita fashion. There are some punk items like screen printed fabrics tattered fabric, safety pins and chains, ties, and plaid can be seen in the Punk Lolita. And Jumper skirts were worn. And used footwear like boots and oxford with platforms. Different types of Lolita have different futures in their dresses, make-ups and accessories. Whether the Gothic Lolita use darker make-ups and clothing, sweet Lolita use light color dresses and pink pearl make- ups. Gothic Lolita use black eyeliner and red lipsticks. They don’t look sweet. But sweet Lolita looks cute with their dresses with Lace and flowers. Punk Lolita and Gothic Lolita use similar colours in their dresses. But Punk Lolita’s dresses have safety pins, chains to show the punk style. Lolita fashion subjected to many changes when it comes to the