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Of Gothic Lolita Fashion and Lifestyle.

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[dykestar.livejournal.com]

Guro lolita is fantastic! It can go to WAY AWESOME extremes (like the person above mentioned) but the easiest way to put a decent outfit together (without killing a good white dress) is to get:

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!