#glb scans

[dinololita]

[gasstationlolita]

some lolita street snaps from my magazines I thought looked cute together

[strawberryteabunny]

transparent version of the art in this post 🖤 by mitsukazu mihara from the Gothic and Lolita Bible

[rainedragon]

Misako in Baby the Stars Shine Bright Gothic Lolita Bible Volume 23 Winter 2006

[annaxmalina]

{2023} mothlight

3d scan: https://teia.art/objkt/833905

[witchrealms]

gothic lolita bible, vol 2

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[espejodejade]

Inspo for my next handmade project

After my first handmade skirt I got excited and now I want to make a full OP ▼⁠・⁠ᴥ⁠・⁠▼

This is something that made me fall in love with lolita since the very beginning: the strive for creativity and experimentation. I once again want to use the fabric of a garment that I no longer use to create a new and unique piece!

Maybe I'm getting a little too excited, after all I've never done a full dress from scratch before, so I'll be kind to myself if I make some mistakes and learn from them. (⁠✪⁠㉨⁠✪⁠)

I'm still new to lolita, so getting brand pieces and filling my wardrobe has been hard since I don't have a lot of money (I work selling my art and it doesn't pay off much lol). I've been buying clothing from local lolita brands since their more accessible for me, but I think that learning to sew it's gonna save me from bankruptcy :⁠,⁠-⁠)

I'm gonna follow some instructions that I found on the internet, I plan on documenting the process so I will share the tutorial that I'm gonna follow when I finish it in a future blog. Wish me luck! (⁠♡⁠ω⁠♡⁠ ⁠)⁠ ⁠~⁠♪

[sainte-melasse]

While I do often resize human patterns to fit my dolls, this one is indeed specifically a doll pattern (though it could easily be scaled to human size).

Here it is on it's little fashion model ^^ I wish they'd given us the pattern for the dress too ;-;

Working on a doll size bonnet (pattern from glb 34). It was supposed to be for Léopoldine but her head is too big so I’ll have to remake her one. It fits Valériane well tho so nothing is lost ^^’ (I kinda want to make her a 1830 dress or a lolita outfit now)

I still need to add the decorative bows and the ribbon ties but I have nothing in that color in my stash so it will have to wait.

[moth-n0ises]

I think giving newbies a list of EGL fashion guidelines isn't the best way to help them. With the popularity of old school, many of these guidelines clash with what is actually worn by experienced lolitas.

Knee length? Many models in GLBs have skirts that are shorter than that

No blouse under the jsk/ tank top? can look great if styled properly

Clashing patterns? Tartan skirt with a printed cutsew is very common

I think the best way to learn as a newbie is by exposure. Exposure to as much EGL content as possible, machine learning style, give them a very large dataset. Even if the content isn't a perfect example of the fashion it's still learning material. Send them GLB / KERA / FRUITS / Alice Doll magazine scans. Send them the links to online communities where people post coords with both experienced members and new ones.

Give them a wider horizon than the ~10 new lolitas they're mutuals with on tiktok or the subreddit where half the coords use the same 3 taobao dresses, it's ok if these remain in the dataset but they shouldn't be the majority of the content they see.

[oldschool-lolita-archive]

hi! I have a couple of very old brand pieces that aren't on lolibrary. where would you suggest I look to hunt down additional info and maybe add them to the database? thanks!

Hello! I’m very excited by this question.

I have a few suggestions depending on how knowledgeable you are on the item- if you aren’t sure where to start at all you might have some luck with narrowing down the general era or release date of the item judging by its label or wash tag.

Various tag guides have been published- this one by How To Become An Angel on neocities and this one on Raine’s Crimson Reflections blog.

But since you have checked lolibrary and it isn’t there, i’m assuming you have some information already (release year or print name or something along those lines). It’s possible to access old versions of lolita brand’s websites through the wayback machine and adjust the year to suit your best guess. From the homepage you can go to the brand catalogue and see the dresses / jsks / undergarments / ect and see if any have descriptions that will match your mystery item (even if there is no stock photo available). For example:

- Angelic Pretty 2002- present

- BTSSB 2000- present

- Metamorphose 2000- present

- Victorian Maiden 2001- present

- Innocent World 2001- 2004

- Innocent World 2005- present

- MmM 2001- 2010

- Atelier Boz 2001-2003

- Atelier Boz 2004 to 2017

Lolibrary is an extensive database, but it doesn’t cover every single piece in existence. If I haven’t found it on lolibrary and I haven’t found any information on the brand’s original website, I will usually turn to my lolita magazines and see if I can spot the item anywhere. Lolita History is a great resource that most of you are already aware of. It’s great for GLB scans and even other niche publications that have been kindly submitted. You can filter by Keywords to narrow down your search.

All of the advice above is if you are the kind of person that likes to take your time with research and look into the item personally. If you don’t have time for that, i’d just post it on social media and ask if anyone knows anything. U can post it here on tumblr or u can send it to me! There will always be someone happy to help, and if it’s something I can’t do myself I will volunteer to submit it to some senior lolibrarians and see what can be revealed.

[dinololita]

[gasstationlolita]

Gothic-leaning Snaps — GLB 34, GLB 62, KERA 214, KERA 225

[fuckyeahkailan]

Two Moon Kana glb scans i found n likes n WANT (=^ェ^=)

[rainedragon]

Baby the Stars Shine Bright Gothic Lolita Bible Volume 23 Winter 2006

[lilyinwaiting]

Wasn't sure what to draw today so I just did a study from this scan of Mana-sama in GLB #13

[lilac-nites]

Moonbow

Before I was able to become a lolita, I loved browsing online scans of GLBs and Kera. It was a great way to keep up with releases and see street snaps. By the time I figured out that I could buy GLBs in Kinokuniya, it had already gone out of print (you can find scans of them at lolitahistory.com). I'm always looking for lolita magazines and found Moonbow.

I saw this on IG and bought a digital version of their magazine. I'm so happy I did. I bought vol. 4 which has indie brands and even a section on lolitas with tattoos. I'll definitely be following this magazine. It reminded me of old GLBs but more international.