rayenae wrote in egl

Poll #1758796 (First time doing a poll, bear with me if I mess this up)
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 400

Assuming it is done well, how short can a skirt be and still be considered Lolita?

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No more than a couple inches above the knee
202(50.6%)
Nothing above mid thigh
138(34.6%)
As long as it can hold poof, it's ok
50(12.5%)
Other
9(2.3%)
I've been around Lolita for a while now, though I am not the most active. It seems to me lately there has been some confusion over acceptable skirt length in lolita, as evidenced by the most recent loli_secrets. While debating it with some other users over there in the comments, I decided it would be better if I actually asked here instead.

I don't think there's any sort of magical loli-guru who gets to decide what is or isn't lolita, but it's really more of a consensus from the community. When there are any cultural changes, from fashion to language, it's usually because it has an influence over the majority in that culture.

My personal belief is that anything more than a few inches above the knee would be considered more ero, but anything above mid thigh should be right out. What do you guys think?
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