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I think you're being a *wee* bit harsh about mutton-dressed-as-lamb, but it really depends on the person and how they can carry it off :)
Good article, as per usual!
-- A <3
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I love the idea of screen printing clothing with interesting images; I just haven't sat down and researched how to go about doing it.
P.S. I hope you're doing well. You've been in my thoughts a lot recently.
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. o O ( Must wear GCS t-shirt to big ravey thing at Pacific Science Center. )
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(Eye plasters. Man, I tried wearing a stripy eyepatch with a pirate-y outfit once, and spent all night nearly walking into things. I admire the people who have that much dedication to A Compleat Look.)
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1) a white lolita outfit.
2) a large white apron (preferably self-made or cheap since you're going to kill it)
3) bandages
and 4) (most importantly) theater grade costume blood. I must stress THEATER GRADE because what tanks most guro outfits is that the blood looks fake and crappy and kind of pinkish or orangey once it soaks into the fabric. You want something that'll give you a nice, creepy stain. Like a botched surgeon's gown.
So okay easy guro outfit construction:
1) Apply blood generously to white apron in whatever stain pattern you like. Let it dry thoroughly.
2) Put large white (bloodstained) apron over white lolita outfit (see? your white lolita outfit comes out unscathed with my plan!)
3) Have a friend wrap you in bandages, smear those with blood, possibly put some bruises on you with make-up, give you a bleeding lip, you know, wherever you want to go. The keep is making it look real. That's what makes it creepy. When we dressed our gurololita for the lolita fashion show I ran last year she looked INSANELY scary and f'ed up and all we did was just that simple outfit. Like I said, though, you can totally take it to Japanese horror movie levels with some of the amazing costume elements you see in really good, elaborate outfits, but for a starter outfit, a bloody apron and some bandages will totally work!
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Yes, a wardrobe of elaborate and sumptuous finery does proclaim one’s gothy-goth status, but unless that outer representation is backed up with an appreciation and understanding of the Goth mindset and asethetic, then that finery is merely the costume of someone playing dress-up.
Because it goes both ways! If I see one more sweet lolita pretending to be, well, SWEET, I am going to shove a large jawbreaker into their throat and shut them in the trunk of my car like that one movie!!! If you are a naturally cute, sweet person then sweet lolita look normal for you, but if you are just NOT that person and only wearing it because everyone else is doin' it then you're going to look like a giant fluffy moron. Everytime I see a question on EGL about "how old is too old for sweet lolita" I think "NO, that's not the right question! The question is "what mindset is the wrong mindset for sweet lolita!" You most likely won't ever fully grow out of a cute mindset (even if you do stop wearing the clothes for whatever reason) if you're truly a cute person! And might I add, my wardrobe was mostly pink long BEFORE I started dressing in lolita and my everyday clothes are pink and sparkly as well!
/sweet lolita ranting.