Thanks to the internet and popular Japanese street fashion magazine FRUiTS, Lolita fashion spread worldwide in small alternative communities, such as the South Florida EGL community documented here (EGL = Elegant Gothic Lolita).
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A Meeting of Lolitas
Lolita is a type of fashion originating in post-war Japan and gaining popularity and more focus in the ‘90s and early ‘00s by youths in the Harajuku district and visual kei music. The fashion is a subculture inspired by elegance, goth, the Victorian era, and cuteness, however it also exists as a rebuttal to dressing for society’s expectations. Thanks to the internet and popular Japanese street fashion magazine FRUiTS, Lolita fashion spread worldwide in small alternative communities, such as North American “Western” versions of Lolita. Despite its name, Lolita is a retranslation back into English, having no associations with pedophilia in Japan as it is often mistakenly interpreted as in Western societies.
Lolita community (“com”) meet-ups are usually a high tea, a visit to a local place of interest, or a more informal house meet. With the artist as a member of their local com, this series documents the intentions of Lolita dress and communities as more than just looking pretty where its underlying theories exist as a rejection of mass-produced inattention to craft and rebuking the gaze of the other.
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Welcome to the Com N. wears a classic Lolita headdress at the local community meet. Silver gelatin print CVD, 2021
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M. wearing a small North Carolina-based brand jumper skirt and scarf.
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R. trying on her homemade chapeau during clean-up.
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Demonic Pretty
B. put on her Victorian boots after being in socks all day just for a few photos.
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B. posing with her lovely tea pot.
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La table
J. introducing themselves during an icebreaker at an informal tea and swap meet.
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Behind the scenes
S. using her phone as a mirror to flatten her bonnet to achieve the right shape for photos. Silver gelatin print CVD, 2021
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Just because I look pretty...
Macabre posing after a Halloween meet with B., the com "mother" and moderator of members and events.
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R. Wearing her newly-crafted boater hat to match a secondhand Innocent World jumper skirt at a DIY meet.
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"Who the f*ck are you?" Ice breaker game to introduce old and new members in B.'s Florida room.
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Rilak S. wears an old school gothic coord, relaxing as an elder member of the comm. Silver gelatin print 5x7 CVD 2021
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