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Lolita originally is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955. The novel is famous both for its innovative style and for its controversial subject. The novel's narrator and main character, Humbert Humbert, becomes sexually obsessed with a pubescent girl.
Lolita Style, a form of cuteness is a basic element of Lolita fashion, another major trend represented in FRUiTS. Lolita style relies on a childlike innocence but is differentiated from kawaii/cute style in part in that it is not childish. Lolitas do not carry toys; instead they dress in clothes that are simultaneously childlike (pinafores and somewhat formless dresses such as a young girl of an earlier era might wear, quite often in rather subdued colors or pastels) and elegant in their delicate attention to detail. Novelist Novala Takemoto, whose characters are often Lolitas themselves, describes Lolita fashion as being “as much a way of living as a fashion statement,” going on to say, “Lolita is a form of aestheticism. I think Lolita is a condition in which two conflicting elements co-exist without contradiction, for example, something grotesque as well as cute” (Miyuke Kondo).
Gothic Lolita, as a more specific subset of Lolita fashion, has a great deal in common with Lolita style, in particular the nostalgic drive. One Lolita writes, “Personally, I like the Gothic Lolita fashion because it’s complicated and elegant and a return to an older time. . . . It is not about being shocked or sinister. It is about being cute, sweet, elegant, or refined” (response to Pinckard).
Loli's Three Types: Sweet Love Lolita, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Classic Lolita.
Lolita Preliminary Contest
MoreCosplay: Japanese term short for "costume play." The act of dressing up in costume as favorite characters from anime, video games, movies, music.
It basically dressing up as animé and manga characters. Cosplay competitions held at conventions allow fans dress up as their favourite characters, pose for pictures and win prizes. Hardcore fans can treat cosplaying very seriously, sometimes spending months making their costumes. In Japan Cosplay Cafés - where the staff (and occasionally the visitors) dress up as animé and manga characters - are quite popular too, and many merchandise companies have twigged that making replica costumes and accessories for Cosplayers is a useful source of extra income.
Cosplay Preliminary Contest
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