A community portal about Gothic Lolita Fashion with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Gothic Lolita or " GothLoli " is a subcategory of the Lolita fashion, a street fashion among Japanese female teenagers and, to a...
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A community portal about Gothic Lolita Fashion with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Gothic Lolita or " GothLoli " is a subcategory of the Lolita fashion, a street fashion among Japanese female teenagers and, to a lesser extent, men and young women.
Ok, you would never think to go to old timer Butterick Patterns for your Steampunk or Goth needs, but they are now issuing vintage and classically tailored patterns in recognition of different wardrobe genres. Today and tomorrow, they are putting ALL of their patterns on sale for $4.99 (usually up to $25). This includes the corsets , gloves , wrist bracers and gowns that crafty DIY types like you can create for your ultimate ensemble.
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What started out as a small music festival of only ten bands in 1992, the Wave Gothic Festival in Leipzig Germany, is now one of the biggest gatherings of Goth, Cybergoth and Steampunk fans worldwide. The four day festival which ended last week. showcased over 100 bands. The event was more notably, a stunning exhibition in the most elegant, creative Gothic fashions of every genre. Everything from precious vintage items to meticulously crafted accessories made by the wearers themselves were... Read Full Story
Japanese Goth Hitting the bookshelves this week is a gorgeous book displaying a range of our favorite looks in Victorian, punk, anime, lace, and vampire-inspired lolitas. While the mainstreaming of Gothic fashion and culture keeps getting bigger and bigger, here is a book that presents it as the diverse artform it really is. "Gothic culture in Japan doesn't mean listening to Bauhaus and wearing all black," says author Tiffany Godoy, a Tokyo-based fashion writer who co-created the book with... Read Full Story
Are you interested in Fashion? If that's your thing, then you'll definitely want to check out this series of downloadable e-books. Fashion-era contains over 730 pages of content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History. Starting in the 1800's and up to date 2009. This package has it all, everything from Fashion Tutorials, with Fashion Design Body Silhouette outlines, Tips, Fashion Drawings, Free Fashion... Read Full Story
Kokusyoku Sumire is a music group that combines opera, rock, classical and electronica via its two musicians Yuka and Sachi. The talented pair are also gorgeous poster children for Japanese Goth and the Goth-Loli fashion style. They are also the models for Lolita-inspired "Angelic Pretty" collection. Their live shows and music show a multi-disciplinary range and are often cute and unsettling at the same time. Of course, each appearance and video is a beautiful showcase in elaborate Gothic... Read Full Story
Does Gothic Fashion always need to be dark and somber? Designer Michael Lau proved it did not at Hong Kong's Spring 2010/Summer 2010 fashion week. The designer took two of next season's most important trend directions, (pale, neutral colors and surface texture embellishment) to a new, innovative level. Michael Lau's background is quite diverse, his resume includes toy design, painter and artist in addition to his skills in fashion. The collection came across as The-Mummy-Meets-Phantom (or... Read Full Story
There are many genres of dark and Gothic styling. Most of the divas out there can accept and crossover their fashionable wardrobes. However, the Courtesan has learned that if there was any group out there in the Gothic universe that is very particular about the proper style etiquette, it would be the Lolitas. For the uninitiated, the term "Gothic Lolita" should not be used lightly to refer to any cute, lacy or vaguely Victorian costume fan. There are apparently many rules pertaining to... Read Full Story
Here are some more dolls; these were not made by me, they are from the archives at The Doll Palace, from their Greek Goddess Collection. These are the ones I like best from their files.
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I have just come back from testing Dress Up Games . Yep, I have decided that I do like this site, and you may not see me posting anything but these dolls for a while! LOL! Here is my first creation: Sir Roderic's beloved Salt Water Sirean wife Lady Melneva Liore. Read Full Story
Japanese Goth Hitting the bookshelves this week is a gorgeous book displaying a range of our favorite looks in Victorian, punk, anime, lace, and vampire-inspired lolitas. While the mainstreaming of Gothic fashion and culture keeps getting bigger and bigger, here is a book that presents it as the diverse artform it really is. "Gothic culture in Japan doesn't mean listening to Bauhaus and wearing all black," says author Tiffany Godoy, a Tokyo-based fashion writer who co-created the book with... Read Full Story
