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Today's temporary J-fashion wearer is Kim Pine from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World! She once wore old-school gothic lolita!

A lolita at Fanime 2006 wears Suppurate System’s rose petal orb necklace (unknown).

Robin-chan in Myojo Magazine, December 1994.

So-En - Tokyo Brands To Watch 1997-1998

Follow me on Instagram for weekly new magazine scans! So-En's Brands To Watch (Autumn 1997-1998 Season) Featuring the runway shows of some of the most popular emerging labels coming out of Tokyo at the time, So-En listed these as ones they had their eyes on and included the exclusive collectibles sent out as invitations by brands such as Undercover, 20471120, Shinichiro Arakawa, and Tsumori Chisato.

I love incorporating things from my non-lolita (punk/goth) closet into punk or gothic or old school lolita. Here are some of my favorites. Most of closet is cheap secondhand finds including the brand pieces (not shown here). Prices converted for reference :D

1. Various thrifted jewelry, most are ~1-2 USD

2. My favorite lace cardigan, i love the raschel lace and how well it goes with old school meta pieces. Thrifted with no tags.

3. Axes femme bag for ~3.50 USD

4. More thrifted accessories

5. And more including my fav Victorian hand belt ~7USD

6. Thrifted suede pumps for ~6USD

7. Thrifted offbrand mary janes for ~3.50USD

8. My Super Lovers bag from a secondhand store!Super spacious. Probably the most expensive thing here ~15USD

9. Local brand skull bag i got at a discount ~5USD

10. Various thrifted belts (<5USD), a chain from a hardware store, handmade can tab chains.

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Would any lolitas mind sharing their favourite offbrand lolita pieces? I want to show that you don’t have to drop a lot of money on brand to have a super cute coord.

Hand-me-down shoes, a vintage blouse, legwear from a lingerie shop, a novelty bag from the children’s section, a jacket that you cut up and repurposed into a skirt, hair accessories from Claires… whatever you have in your wardrobe.

Christopher Nemeth collection in Tokyo coverage in STREET magazine no. 69 / April 1995

Magician Shokyokusai Tenkatsu and her Flower Heaven Troupe wearing a strap-on hooked into a 300,000 volt Tesla Coil to shower bolts of artificial lightning on the girls below holding conductor rods, part of the Japanese artistic movement called Eroguronansensu (literally “erotic-grotesque-nonsense”)

lmao

"vintage facist fishnet top" via the lip service archives

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