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Theme for September
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egl features a monthly theme, in which everyone is welcome to participate!
Not all community posts have to be on theme; the themes are just to give people inspiration and excuses to post! Everyone is welcome to submit theme ideas in this post. If you want to submit artwork for next months layout, please check this post.

October's theme is Lolita Communities
At its heart, lolita is a social fashion. From our online communities to our real-life meetups, we're always getting together to chat about our clothes. This month, it's your chance to share about your lolita community. Give us your latest meetup report, or post your best tea party recipes.


• Please familiarize yourself with the list of banned sellers/scammers over at egl_comm_sales right here.
Okay, this is my first review! I felt that if I didn't write it now I would never get around to it and since I'm trying to avoid writing a paper for my class I thought "hey I can do this." So let's hop right to it shall we?
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Hello, all,

I just post a large, very detailed and image-heavy Bodyline review up on my blog. I wanted to share the link to it here in case anyone was looking to also buy any of the particular items I got: ACC1234, L348, L474, L489, and SHOES 194. I know there are a ton of Bodyline reviews out there, but I had a hard time finding much information on any of these pieces (besides the rocking horse shoes). Hopefully this will be useful to someone.

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6th-Dec-2014 11:35 pm - Help with first lolita outfit !
Hello ! I am very new to this comm so please be gentle.
I believe this kind of topic is allowed, I've read through the rules.

Anyways, I have finally enough money to join the lolita fashion, but I don't want to end up spending a lot of money on clothes that might look bad together, so I decided to first purchase from bodyline and see if I can make it work.

So I have three small sets here

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The shoes will be decided upon after I get some feedback as to which set might be better to buy first.

As for accesorizing, I am not very good at it nor would I know a good store with quality lolita accesoiries, so maybe someone can help me out with this ?

So thanks in advance if you can help me !
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Unoffical December Theme

Lolita Spaces



Okay I admit I'm a huge lover of the EGL theme each month, but honestly more often than not one doesn't get posted. So I motion an unoffical December theme of lolita spaces

Do you deck out your room in decora or more into a gothic nightmare? Are you older and have a whole house to spread out or just a room. Do you use your clothes to cover your walls or are you more into posters. Well now's the unoffical month to show EGL your lolita spaces. Take photos or make a room/house tour video. Share links or show us your inspirations.
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5th-Dec-2014 12:50 pm - Chess Story Sizes?
I'm thinking about buying my first JSK from Chess Story but someone in the Lolita community on Gaiaonline said that their sizes run small. What do they mean by that? Are the measurements wrong or something? I really like this JSK but now I'm afraid to buy it. Will it not fit someone who is an 80cm waist after all?
Does it require a shopping service?
Do you recommend any?
I'm from Canada, if it helps.
Thanks! c:
4th-Dec-2014 11:15 pm - Lolitas Behaving Badly

I ran into a young lady on FB who utterly despised the rules surrounding Lolita, and there was some palpable bitterness in her words. It came to light that she had been publically assaulted by her local comm, because her Wa-Lolita coordinate was made of 'shiny' material. Apparently, she had eggs thrown at her by the other girls back in 2009, and hasn't gone near the comm, or Lolita, since. You read that right, eggs. It sounds too outlandish to be true, but considering I've read stories of having paint dumped on people, I can't be sure. I've read about white-out, tea, jelly, and paint, but eggs is a new one.

Dealing with issues within your own comm is one thing, but when one sees injustices or terrible behavior in a nearby comm, is there anything you can or should do? Have you heard of a person being bullied like this? Have you been personally harassed like this?

http://www.amazon.com/M4U-Polyester-Lolita-Skirts-Sweet/dp/B00LIP2W7U/ref=sr_1_8?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1417730810&sr=1-8&keywords=lolita

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_4?rh=n%3A7141123011%2Cp_4%3AM4U&page=4&ie=UTF8&qid=1417730957

http://www.amazon.com/M4U-Hime-Polyester-Lolita-Skirts/dp/B00LHWBR2A/ref=sr_1_51?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1417730949&sr=1-51

Hellooo EGL.
I'm buying from amazon, an aunt gave me a shitton of giftcards for it. I would have preferred a prepaid card, but oh well.
They have little reviews on their stuff, and the fact that they sell costumes makes me nervous.
I hate to add to the OH GOD A NEW LOLITA ASKING FOR ADVICE, HOW ODD thing.
But I want to know if it's good stuff, and I can't find a guide for it, maybe I'm not looking hard enough.
I'm verrrry suspicious if It's just a resell or it's costume material, because they also added a hideous lace-monster dress and called it lolita, and now I'm really bothered. The skirts for the most part look cute.

I'd also like advice on good amazon sellers of lolita, and how to tell if it's costume material or not.
It's just that the skirts are cheap, and I'm starting out, and it has alot of sizes, so I want to experiment.
Sometimes they label their stuff as
lolita AND cosplay.
Euugh.

tl:dr Tell me good amazon sellers, and tell me if those skirts are good pls.
I'd also really appreciate if people didn't complain about whether or not this is a stupid question.
tomie
Dear EGL,

This time, I feel like I need your help.
Recently, I finally saved up for a "big" dress. So I want to give the next step.
I'm totally in love with this dress. Any colorway would make me happy. It is sold out and for the first time I'm considering starting the crusade for finding it.
I don't know what to do! I just know closet child, and the concept of shopping services (SS). I don't know any person/company who is actually a SS.
At least, I understand e-bay auctions, but not where are the "Lolita auctions". Furthermore. apparently I need a SS for those auctions.
How does that work? Where are the "Lolita auctions"?
Furthermore, I need a SS able to mark down my packages, otherwise I have to pay almost the 50% of the original price.

Thanks a lot!
Hey guys, recently I fell in love with Metamorphose's Magical Starry Sky series, specifically the Chiffon Dress version. I really wanted to get the Wine version becasue I had a cooard planned for it, but it sold out before I was able to get the money for it. My question is, do you guys think it's a good idea to get the dress in another color with only the intent to trade it for the color I love? Also which color do you think would be more popular/I have a better chance of trading for? I've never bought brand from the shops before, only through second hand, but I'd really like to get this dress in wine so any advice would be greatly appreceated!
3rd-Dec-2014 07:27 pm - New to Lolita
Hey everyone,

so I'm gothic and I want to get into gothic Lolita however i'm not sure if the website lolitadressesshop.com is a off brand site. they do have Lolita clothing so are they? I'm also dying to met some Lolita's in my area (DMV) how do I find out about meet ups if there are any in my area?
3rd-Dec-2014 04:28 pm - CEL new series, Heisenberg!


Lolita Collective will be handling the reservations for CEL's new series, Heisenberg!

Reservations Close December 5th, at midnight.

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3rd-Dec-2014 07:23 pm - Rectangle headdress
Hi, I'm new to EGL and Lolita :) I haven't really got any Lolita things yet, I'm hoping to get some stuff with Christmas and birthday money, but I have been trying to make some things.
I made this rectangle headdress, but I was worried that I might just end up looking like a bit of a poser... What do you think?

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Thanks!
3rd-Dec-2014 10:57 am - Best Lolita Links! Dec. 2014 Edition
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Sharing time! Sharing time!
What are the best websites you've found over the years in regards to Lolita fashion?
A lot of link lists are out of date so I'm hoping this thread can become a more current / updated list of resources that we can refer people back to. A good idea might be, though no one has to use it in their post, is to list links under some categories like; (Click for category suggestions)Collapse )
2nd-Dec-2014 10:39 pm - Is QutieLand reliable?
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Hello! I just wanted to ask if QutieLand is reliable, or if I should just use something like TaoBao Spree, since I know that most of the items on QL are from TaoBao from what I've read. Heres the rest :oCollapse )
I'm fairly new to the Lolita community and I mostly just know to avoid Milanoo and their many other sites they own 'v'; Anyways, back to QL. I was hoping to get this JSK (http://www.qutieland.com/product.php?id=1613) but Ive heard that sometimes the shipping is outrageously expensive (like 1/2 the price of the item/s or more). Either way, I would love to own this for a mini-panel I'm going to be doing at my libraries first teen anime convention they are doing next year, depending on if ordering from QL is a good idea or using a SS is better. I've searched in the search function, but the reviews it brought up for me were from a few years ago, and they could have changed since then. (sorry if my spelling or grammar seems bad I've had a lot of issues with writing things recently;; Also I am sorry for if I posted in the wrong tags, I just joined the community on here today)
2nd-Dec-2014 01:16 pm - Cristmaspacks from Ergi
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I just bought from Lolitabutiken, a fortunepack. I never tried this before, I actually only buy a Petticoat, but then I saw them. The only thing I only got conformation email from Paypal, not from Ergi. It is more than 10minutes ago, how long does take to get one(I have checked the spam box and printed the order conformation out from the website).

I can't wait for the pack from Ergi.
1st-Dec-2014 08:03 pm - *Monday FFA*

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Welcome to the EGL Free for All! Now also on Mondays! Yay!

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A lot of Lolitas are shopping through Japanese auction sites to find Lolita clothes and dream dresses. If only searching with brand names, some auctions might stay hidden since Japanese Lolita often write those names in ways we aren't used to and even invented nicknames for their favorite brands. So here's a table containing the most known Lolita Brands with their Japanese writing and nicknames. If you think any should be added to the list, PM me or express yourself in the comments:

The main auction websites in Japan are the following:

- Yahoo! Auctions Japan
- mbok
- Rakuten Auctions

Japanese Brand Name Translation Table

Brand name Japanese Nickname(s) Categories
Alice and the Pirates アリスアンドザパイレーツ アリパイ (aripai) (look through mbok Baby's)
Angelic Pretty アンジェリックプリティ プリティ (pretty), アンプリ (anpuri) Y!Auctions / mbok
Atelier Boz アトリエボズ - -
Baby the Stars Shine Bright ベイビーザスターズシャインブライト ベイビー (baby) mbok
Emily Temple Cute エミリーテンプルキュート エミキュ (emicu) mbok
Innocent World イノセントワールド イノワ (inowo) mbok
Jane Marple ジェーンマープル - Y!Auctions / mbok
Juliette et Justine ジュリエットエジュスティーヌ ジュリエット (Juliette) -
Mary Magdalene メアリーマグダレン - -
Metamorphose メタモルフォーゼ メタモ (metamo) mbok
Milk ミルク - Y!Auctions mbok
Moi-même Moitié モワメームモワティエ モワティエ (moitie) -
Putumayo プトマヨ - mbok
Victorian Maiden ヴィクトリアンメイデン メイデン (maiden) -


Other Japanese brand names are translated here. It also includes translation of general item names like skirt, coat, blouse, etc.

If you found something you want for auction, you need a shopping service operating in Japan to get it and send it to you.

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