Gosurori

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Gosurori

What do you think of this article?

Comments

[serenevalkyrie.livejournal.com]

Why can't people just LIKE something without there being some dark, disturbing underlying reason? People say that about ANY fashion that is different from "the norm." (I guess the 'norm' is dressing like Britney and J-Lo? *gag* I think that indicates more problems than EGL, but hey, thats just me) I dyed my hair pink when I was in high school. Not for attention. Not to rebel. Not because I had some problems with my parents. But because I LIKED THE COLOR. lol. People have a hard time understanding that.

[itoshi.livejournal.com]

I disagree with that... I have a stable background and I have no problem with growing up, I just like the style! It may be true for some, but it's not right to say "All people who dress like this are empty inside".

[chuppie.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I think the Weekly Playboy is a men's magazine or something in Japan. That site had a lot of porno type stories on it.

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[zenya-sama.livejournal.com]

I noticed that too

[ex-pantheria458.livejournal.com]

Thats a somewhat hollow interpretation of the Gothic Lolita movement, neh! Just a tad negative also, not the sort of representation that is needed right now to bring EGL into the light... Urgh I really hate people who write stuff when they know nothing of what they are writing about! That article buts all Gothic Lolita's & those who enjoy the fashion into one melting pot when in fact not all EGL-ers are dissilusioned (SP?)! Someone needs to write a descent article about Gothic Lolita fashion...

[itoshi.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... the thing is, those who are in the middle of it (The girls who hang around Tokyo getting their pictures taken) aren't likely to write an article telling the world why they dress this way. It's hard to explain... maybe - are there more positive articles published in Japan?

[atelier-alice.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't think the article was all too bad. I think they way the explained the lolita part as "Lolita, the word the Japanese have adopted from Vladimir Nabakov's novel of the same name to label anything childlike," is pretty positive, because it points out that it is not inherently sexual.

"Lots of (gosurori) are too shy to even look somebody else in the eye when they talk to them," the sales clerk says. "But then they're perfectly happy to ride around on trains wearing their gosurori costumes."

I don't know about many around here, but I am very very shy, quiet, and at many times overly polite. However, when i'm dressed in clothes that I think are beautiful and represent me, I don't care as much what other people think. After reading the article, it would seem that I am the Gothic Lolita stereotype (minus the parent problems, because I have wonderful loving parents), but I definitely became interested in Gothic Lolita because I wasn't happy with my life revolving around school and fitting in with everyone else. I wanted an escape from normalcy and I found it through beautiful clothes and living. Go Go Lolita-Chan!

:S

[tanky-g.livejournal.com]

....BLEH! MEDIOCRITY!
:P

[uglylittlewhore.livejournal.com]

Seen it, actually. And I don't take anything that comes from Manichi Wai Wai too seriously, since it's just excerpts from Japanese tabloids. It's mindless entertainment.

I second the bit about Lolita semantics, though. Hooray for making it clear that loanwords in Japanese often mean something totally different from the English root.

[vanillagackt.livejournal.com]

My best friend in Japan was a Loli. And 2 lolitas randomly asked to take purikura with me.

That artical sucked. Most Lolitas are regular people.