Lolita Clothing and Lolita Fashion

Since 1980s, there emerged a group of people on streets in Harajuku district. They wore in clothes different from the normal people. And among these clothes the lolita is the most representative style.

Black Short Sleeves Gothic Lolita Dress

Pink and White Bow Sweet Lolita Dress

It is some special and unique features that make lolita clothing representative. The sweet and cute look is what lolita pursue. The use of colors and lovely elements are great. The styles,design and decoration play essential role in lolita style clothing.
Whenever the style has stepped into the fashion world, it means it has reached popularity by a lot of people. And so does the loltia fashion. No matter in Japan or wester world, an increasing number of ladies and women are fond of this style. Within the fashion, some sub-genres has been developed which include gothic lolita, sweet lolita, classic lolita and rococo lolita etc. They share lolita look but with different tones.

Types of Silhouette in Lolita Dresses

As the lolita style clothing increase its popularity in nowadays clothing field, it is necessary to know some basic patterns of lolita style clothing. In the following part, I will focus on the different types of silhouette in lolita style dresses.

Bell Shaped
A skirt that starts at the waist, and flares out into a very full design in bell-shape at the bottom. This is a very common and favored lolita style dress.

Vintage Black Classic Lolita Dress

A-Line
A dress in A-ling design means the dress looks like a letter A. Unlike the full skirt design, it is a more mature and fond by women. It is fitted around the waist area than other forms of lolita skirts or dresses. And it is most applied into the classic lolita style dresses.

Pleated Skirt
Pleated skirt design is probably the most easily recognizable type of skirt.The pleated skirt is that the pleats running around the skirt that start at the waist.

Black and Red Gothic Lolita Skirt for Women

High Waisted Skirt
A high waisted skirt is a skirt that have a fitted design around the middle of the waist. It is also could be called the underbust skirt that has a long strip of fabric running around the top of the skirt that outlines the figure of the wearer.
Although most Lolita dresses and skirts look like a cup cake, there are many types of dresses and skirts available. The above are some of the styles that you may come across.

Gothic Lolita Dresses

By far gothic Lolita has been one of the most well-known Lolita style, and used to be the term that would refer to lolita styles.
Though there is a gothic in its name, gothic lolita is rather different from the usual thinking about goth. As with all lolita styles, it's not very revealing, usually cute or elegant.

Black and White Lace and Ruffle Gothic Lolita Dress

Black and White Removable Sleeves Gothic Lolita Dress

There are mainly two types of gothic lolitas dresses: one is the traditional one which has come to symbolize the style as whole, and the other one with more visible gothic influences. In most cases, the traditional gothic lolita wears plain black clothing with white lace.Another type is not as cute as the first one. It places much emphasis on the gothic elements from the popular western gothic fashion. It also breaks out from purely black, revealing colors such as wine, royal blue, deep plum, white, silver and gold.

Dressing in Lolita Style

The lolita style has become very popular among the girls. Within the lolita style, there are also some different kinds. Here I would like to introduce three of them: the classic lolita style, the sweet lolita style and the gothic lolita style which are the most classic and popular in the lolita style.

First of all, let’s come to the classic lolita style. Classic Lolita is a slightly more mature version of lolita style. There are a few frills and less cutesy. Generally speaking the decoration on the classic lolita dress is less than the other kinds.

Pink and White Bow Sweet Lolita Dress

Secondly, it is the sweet lolita style. The dresses in the sweet lolita style are more likely to be in the color of pink and the blue. And there are also some colors. The most characteristic in the sweet lolita style is the sweet decoration which includes the bow, the ruffle, the flower accents and the lace detail. They are key to make the dresses sweet.

Black and White Crossing Strap Gothic Lolita Dress

Last but not least is the gothic lolita. It adds the gothic element to it. Though the black and white are mostly recognizable, not all the dresses in the gothic lolita style are in the black or white. This style incorporates the darker colors and themes from goth into the more adorable Lolita style to produce a very unique style. For those who are favor in gothic style and still want to reveal the sweet side.
There are also some other variations in the lolita style. The above three kinds are the most popular and commonly wore on the street or the parties. I hope it is helpful for you to choose the lolita style you love most.

Dress Up with Gothic Lolita Style

Lolita is a clothing style which can also be divided into classic lolita, gothic lolita and sweet lolita. Whatever the style it is, lolita is far more than a trend of clothes, but a way for young people to express emotions or a defense for self-protection owing to lack of confidence. Lolita is popular not only because its unique look, but also the attractive effect to the males.

Black Sleeveless Bow Gothic Lolita Dress

Red and Black Ruffled Gothic Lolita Dress

The mixture of gothic style as well as Lolita features is called gothic Lolita. It is an important branch of the lolita dress and a wider expression of lolita by the fashion world. Compared with sweet lolita, this kind owes less innocence but with more horrible elegance and delicate temperament. The dresses in this style are featuring in black and white colors which gives an impression of a combination of both angel and devil. Besides, it also has the bow, ribbon and lacing embellishment to achieve its lolita look.
In a word, gothic lolita style is a sub category of the lolita style. It is welcomed by most girls for its combined look of both sweetness and the darkness. If you are fond of the lolita style clothing, you can think about dressing up in gothic lolita style.

Gothic Lolita Dresses and Looks

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel, but in fashion world, it is not of a title of the novel but also a fashion clothing trending that often worn by teens girls. As Lolita clothing is very cute and lovable young ladies who are not teens girls any more are also dressing in Lolita style. In Japan, Lolita clothing is hot, maybe the Japanese culture places a higher value upon extremely youthful appearance and behavior than Western, and some adult women are also longing for lovable things, such as Lolita dresses and Hello Kitty goods. While the gothic culture and dress style are very hot in western countries, and thanks to the culture globalization, Gothic and Lolita styles combine together perfectly.

Black and White Gothic Lolita Dress

Gothic Lolita style is in black and white and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. The delicate accents like bows, lace and ribbons show the sweet feeling of Lolita dresses, while black and white speak the other feeling of gothic cool. At the same time, to have a perfect gothic Lolita looks should pay attention on accessories like pocketbooks, hatboxes, and handbags; sometimes, the makeup is also an important part to complete the gothic Lolita look, white foundation, black eyeliner and red or black lipstick. To dress yourselves like this, you will have perfect gothic Lolita looks.

Criss-Cross Bow Gothic Lolita Dress

Introduction of Gothic Lolita Clothing

Just like sweet lolita and classic lolita clothing, gothic lolita dresses are a branch of lolita clothing too. It is even more popular as its mysterious and dark look.

The feature of gothic lolita dress is black or white dresses, dark make-up and sparkly large-sized silver ornaments.

Gothic lolita clothing is a perfect match of gothic style and lolita design. Modest color of black or white, knee-length skirt with abundant lace trims. Compared with sweet lolita clothing, gothic lolita dresses adds more terrifying elegance and makings rather than innocence. Dresses mainly in white or black express a mysterious and elegant look, which is a mixture of gloomy and dead feelings.
Gothic make-up is dark, such as black fingernails, eye shadows and lips, which expresses terrifying, hopeless and pessimistic feelings.

red and black ruffled gothic lolita dress

How to Be a Beautiful Princess with Lolita Dress

I still remember the sweet moment that dear mother told me fairy tales before I fell asleep. Snow White, Cinderella, Princess Pea…they are all elegant and beautiful girls which are full of sunshine and love. As long as I fell asleep, I would dream that I turn into a princess wearing nice lolita dress. In my world, every girl wearing  nice lolita dress is an elegant princess!

I like wearing lolita dress since I was a little girl. Elegant ruffles and shirring, delicate bows, nice lace trims and dreamlike colors, all these mean lolita dresses! As long as I dress it up, I think that I can fly in my dream world.

sweet lolita dress

In my opinion, women can wear lolita dresses regardless of her ages, that is, lolita dresses belong to all women instead of only little girls. Nice lolita dresses on various female bodies can create different beauties. You can turn into a fashionable girl, or a cute maiden even a mysterious woman with a classic gothic look.

gothic lolita dress

What do you think? Just wear a lolita dress and turn into a beautiful princess in the modern world!