What is the most ass backwards advice you've ever seen someone give a new or inexperienced Lolita? From encouraging buying on SHEIN to suggesting Argyle with a pin striped JSK and good ol' defending replicas, let's hear it'
"Don't worry about looking ita" feels like really bad advice because you should still want to try styling something well even when you're starting out.I think the biggest problem that a lot of newbies have is that many new Lolitas don't even do basic research before trying to get into the fashion. /r/Lolita gets flooded with the same basic "I know literally nothing" newbie questions that can be answered by a basic google all. the. time.
>>10974674i hate it when someone tell a starter to buy replicas or taobao instead of telling them to find a well made piece they love and save for it
Literally anything these fucking crazy ass looking "influencers" say. Left is her talking about how poorly made the AndRomeo replica from the threadpic looks, right is her glazing some Devilinspired trash that looks even worse than the replica. Do not watch these people for any real advice.>>10974699>>10974716People who say these have to be bringing some kind of cosplay community mindset over to lolita. They see lolita as some kind of social hobby to participate in first and foremost.
>>10974719lor is so fucking annoying
>>10974726kinda miss Tyler though, at least she was funny
>>10974734she didn't look as bad as some of these women do but imo tyler was even more annoying. never liked her sense of humor, by the end she was just another virtue signaling-dickriding-handmaiden who made a video about how males should totally wear beards with their coords, funneling more circus freak looking moids into the fashion. the mean-girl bully leftist supposed feminists make fun of women's face, makeup and bodies they don't like over the craziest nitpicks, then act like they don't see actual visual trainwrecks for what they are just because they identify with some kind of trannyism
>>10974726I remember many years ago seeing Lor at some SoCal meetups before she became an e-celeb and she looked normal and somewhat cute, I dunno wtf happened that she morphed into a turbo-ita with fugly drag makeup. I think being an e-celeb screws people up mentally, too many hours spent talking to themselves in front of a camera.
to be fair though what Lolita influencer wouldn't be annoying af to other Lolitas since their appeal is largely to newbies wanting to learn about the fashion, seasoned Lolitas don't really need "What I Would Have Done Differently If I Started Out In Lolita Now" videos
Telling newbie that lolita can be "affordable". I know it comes from a place of good faith, and bc we don't want the community to die out, but let's be real. In the state lolita is atm, the only "affordable" lolita is whether low to mid quality Taobao (which is still ugly), low quality handmade, or just low quality anything. I don't even want to recommend Taobao to anyone even tho that's what I bought the most when I was starting PRECISELY bc I saw how mediocre it looks compared to the brand I got later - I mean even the most expensive C-lolita 99% of times still looks tacky ASF, is made in fabrics that are annoying to wear, and has that weird construction that would make it "fine" to wear even without a petti (tho it wouldn't be considered lolita anymore)While I'm still pissed at the scalped prices on the second hand market, I still see a lot of pieces that are sold at an acceptable price. However I want the newcomers to understand that it's a hobby that WILL get expensive if you're really serious about it and don't just want to look like a cosplaying clown. People will call us classiest for that opinion, and that's fine. Lolita shouldn't be for people who aren't willing to spend the $ to look good
>>10974751>oh the troons!!!!
>>10974818I think there are plenty of good quality handmade pieces though.
>>10974818>"low quality handmade">>10974848>"good quality handmade"low quality handmade and good quality handmade... are different categories of handmade... good quality handmade is not going to be "affordable", which was their point
>>10974837unironically yeah but just the hons and the ones that look polyamorous, if they look good it's not a problem. influencers are cheering the uglies in the name of wokeness
>>10974850>Anonymous 08/14/26(Fri)07:51:33No.10974850▶>>>10974818It's a lot more affordable than brand, so in comparison it could be an ok price. I stated that bc there are lolitas who are against handmade and think you should wear exclusively burando.
