>_< What the hell is happening?

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

On E-bay, I found a halter top, a "punk" striped baby T, an Espirit knee skirt, a Lip Service straight skirt, a turtleneck, a short sleeve dress you could find at Hot Topic, and two maid accessories also labelled under 'fetish'. What's wrong with this picture? These are all under the keyword of 'gothic lolita' and are very clearly not. >_< All right, how many people understand what Gothic Lolita means and how many people are just trying to sell their crap?

While I'm at it, my apologies for those who are offended, but why are square dance dresses qualified as EGL? Honestly, it's cheap and not elegant at all. It's like buying a Prada bag from one of the street dealers in Manhattan for $10 and saying it's the real deal. I'm sure if you changed its appearance and modified the look, it'd turn into something quite nice, but until then, it's like saying a cow is a horse just because it also has four legs. (For the record, I love 'em both.)

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[thelastsong.livejournal.com]

You're not alone in using Ebay 'cause you don't feel like/can't use a Japanese webpage. :D

And I think square dance dresses can be altered up and made pretty if you take the time on them. ^_^

[ex-pantheria458.livejournal.com]

Personaly I wish I did own a whole wardrobe filled with Metamorphone, Baby & Moi-Meme-Moitie clothing but unfortunately what with shipping, Language & not many places such clothing can be bought I can't really afford to be elitist & Ebay is my only hope of owning anything remotely EGL-able! I can't sew myself so Ebay it is unless someone opens a shop that would sell affordable EGL clothing outside of Japan. I wish I could open such a shop, how amazing would that be...

It is a great shame that there isn't realy anywhere else to buy the nice GL clothing that we see featured in the GL Bibles, also I'm sure other girls have this problem where even if we wanted to buy something from the official websites most things would be too smalll, personaly I find this a ig problem as I am larger in the bust area which seems to be a problem with a lot of authentic GL clothing.

I am also getting a bit annoyed when so many people become elitist to the point where they look down on you because you does not own Gothic Lolita clothing from the original brands, I do wish I could own such clothing but alas as I have previously said I am doomed to Ebay & the like as I'm sure a lot of followers of GL fashion are also doomed to! It is a sad fact that there are simply not many resources available for those of us living in Europe, within adequate amounts of money to fund such an expensive Hobby/Lifestyle choice...

Again just a few thoughts that were swimming in my head so feel free to ignore...

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

*giggles* The only people who could be that elitist also must have 30" busts. ^-^;;;

Myu... I've found a few rare loli things from eBay. (Um. Actually just one absolutely darling dress -- it was a square dance dress, but it was amazingly elegant, and not marketed as G&L.) ... I bought a black petticoat, several years ago, before the trend hit here (read: when you could get them cheaply) ... yeah... I can't think of anything else I've bought from eBay, as far as loli gear goes. (It supports my Takara Jenny doll addiction, though!

I've gotten a few pieces from seamstresses. The only "real brand" thing I could own would be a bag, or maybe socks. *weeps*

[ex-pantheria458.livejournal.com]

Jenny Dolls, cool! Yup, Boohoohoo its so horrible that there's nowhere to buy the big brand names! Thats why I like Ebay so much because for me personaly its the only way I can get hold of anything remotely EGL, ah we really need a shop that sells GL clothing thats not in Japan! Yeah its amazing what people now charge for Crinolines, seriously, whats up with that? Socks, thats another thing I find incredibly hard to find, EGL-able knee high socks, boohoohoo! *Hugs*

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

T_T ::weep:: Damnation! Why can't Japan and Canada have the same exchange rate in America? Everything would be so much cheaper!

That's one of the majour things that sucks. Bust size. ::looks down:: You just HAVE to be there, don't you!? Is there anything for chesty people?

[ex-iku616.livejournal.com]

I don't think there are a lot of people who aren't japanese who DO own full wardrobes of "authentic" EGL clothing. We are more getting angry on the people wearing a black t-shirt and black miniskirt with ruffles at the bottom and calling themself a gothic lolita. It's just stupid. And yes, there are people like that.

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

We are more getting angry on the people wearing a black t-shirt and black miniskirt with ruffles at the bottom and calling themself a gothic lolita. It's just stupid. And yes, there are people like that.

I've seen a few people do that before and it's so cheap. >_< They're running around giggling and acting like morons too. Y'know the "Orli" fangirls who think anything related to Orlando Bloom is from the hand of god? Multiply that by 10 and you're somewhere near where some of the idiots I've seen act. Have some dignity, for feck's sake.

[ex-iku616.livejournal.com]

People scare me/anger me. e.e;; Especially since most people have really simplistic outfits, when egl is all about complicated and intricate dresses and such. e.e;

[ex-pantheria458.livejournal.com]

Thats really bad aswell, I wish people would understand what certain styles are meant to look like, Obviously like you said a mini skirt is not very GL-able, D'oh!