Couture & Lolita

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I was browsing the Galliano runways on Style.com and ran across this Lookbook on modern Victorian looks. I thought it was really funny that the girl thought the first dress was very "Gothic and Lolita" ,which I suppose is the new fashion buzzword, but I actually love it. The high neck, the puff sleeves and the empire waist is very translatable. The looks that follow are, what I think, very high fashion versions of dandy, aristo, and gothic lolita.
http://www.style.com/community/lookbooks/view/mylookbook631913?iphoto=1
What do you think? Can lolita be high fashion? Do you think its inspirational? Would lolita styles being seen in Paris or Milan hurt the community or help it? I personally would die if I saw a Galliano X Baby, The Stars Shine Bright collaborative. I would DIE. Chanel x Metamorphose maybe? Or Alexander McQueen x Alice & the Pirates? Imagining a lolita dress covered in swarvoski crystals, hand stiched by Valentino himself, probably worth over $5,000 gives me little girly chills.

Here's another, larger lookbook > http://www.style.com/community/lookbooks/view/mylookbook114121?iphoto=1