Excuse me, why is one series in lolita called the death series?

1. "Gothic" is a homophone of Gothic

Gothic Lolita is a clothing style that belongs to Lolita.

Similarly, there are "Punk style", "109 Hot Girl style" and "Boardsuit", which are all different clothing styles.

2. Introduction:

Gothic Lolita

The main colors are black and white, and its characteristics are to express mystery, terror and death. Feel.

Usually decorated with crosses, silverware, and more intense dark makeup, such as black nails, eye shadow, and lip color, to emphasize the mysterious color.

Gothic is the favorite accessory of Lolita girls, and it is also the various small objects that best express Gothic’s unique atmosphere of “religion” and “death” (such as black nail polish, crosses and Skull silver jewelry, etc.).

Extended information:

The three mainstreams of Lolita (clothing style):

1. Sweetness

Sweet Lolita (Sweet Lolita) - Mainly in pink series such as pink, pink blue, white, etc., and a large number of lace materials are used in the clothing, in order to create a doll-like cuteness and romance, and it is not too ostentatious when walking on the street.

Today’s status in the Lolita world: mainstream

Sweet Lolita, as its name suggests, belongs to the sweetest category of clothing design among all Lolita categories. The fabrics of sweet dresses are mostly in cute and pink solid colors such as pink, pink blue or white. In addition, in order to create a cute, sweet, innocent and innocent atmosphere like a doll, Sweet style dresses usually use more lace and fabric pleats on the clothing than other styles.

In recent years, probably because the styles and designs are often copied, various sweet dress brands have abandoned single-color fabrics and instead used various kinds of fabrics printed with candies, cakes, and small animals. Or a printed fabric that depicts a certain fairy tale scene (because the pattern is special and difficult to copy, this kind of fabric is often not available in a single store, so it can be a good way to nip problems in the bud).

Generally speaking, Sweet Lolita dresses are often more favored by girls who enter the Lolita world for the first time than other dresses.

Representative brands of Sweet Lolita dresses: BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT, Angelic Pretty, METAMORPHOSE

2. Classical Lolita (Classical Lolita) ——Mainly use simple tones, focus on tailoring to express elegance, and use unobtrusive colors, such as brown and white. The lace will be reduced accordingly, and the ruffle pleats are the biggest feature. The overall style is relatively plain and suitable for novices.

Today’s status in the Lolita world: mainstream

As its name suggests, the Classical Lolita dress is the most elegant style among all Lolita dresses. The dress design is like that of an aristocratic British girl in the 19th century, which is both classical and elegant, yet innocent and lovely.

Although the fabrics used in Classical Lolita dresses also tend to be mainly solid colors, the solid color materials used must have tones that are elegant, decent and not dazzling. In addition to the four basic colors of white, black, pink and blue, a variety of beautiful floral fabrics are also a popular choice for Classic dress fabrics.

Different from Sweet Lolita dresses, apart from classical lace, Classical Lolita dresses rarely use a large amount of lace with plain shapes and average texture on clothing. In every place where lace is needed on the clothes, Classical Lolita dresses will basically use original fabric pleats of the same texture as the clothes instead of lace. The fabric colors used in Classical dresses are also very elegant. In addition to the four basic colors of white, black, pink and blue, a variety of beautiful floral fabrics are also commonly used in Classical dresses.

In short, the characteristic of Classical Lolita dresses is "simple but not simple". Due to its simple and elegant style, Classical Lolita dresses are more suitable for daily wear than other Lolita dresses, and are more easily accepted by parents and the public. When girls are tired of the overly exaggerated Sweet style Lolita dresses and the very unusual Gothic style Lolita dresses, Classical style Lolita dresses naturally become their inevitable and final choice.

What’s interesting is that the people who can best wear the Classical Lolita dress are not the young and lively high school and junior high school girls, but those over 20 years old who have it because of their work and experience. A young woman with a calm temperament. It seems that in reality, there are only a handful of examples where "temperament" and "youth" can perfectly coexist.

Representative brands: Mary Magdalene, Victorian maiden, JULIETTE & JUSTINE, Innocent World (also part of Sweet Lolita)

Lolita is not Cosplay: the former represents attitude towards life, while the latter emphasizes the role more imitate.

3. Gothic

Gothic Lolita - the main colors are black and white, and its characteristic is to express the feeling of mystery, terror and death. It is usually decorated with crosses, silverware and other decorations, as well as more intense dark makeup, such as black nails, eye shadow, and lip color, emphasizing the mysterious color.

Today’s status in the Lolita world: mainstream

The first thing to note is that Gothic Lolita is completely different from pure Gothic. Gothic Lolita only borrows some style elements from Goth clothing. The real Goth is not the dark "non-mainstream" popular in contemporary China and even Asia, nor is it the J-Goth created by Japan, which combines Goth, Victoria, Alice in Wonderland and French Maid.

It is a study of medieval Gothic architecture, some medieval music, and the wave of Gothic revival music that emerged in Europe and the United States from 1960 to 1970, with Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley ("Fran"). Gothic literature, the author of "Kenstein"), and Stoker (the author of "Dracula") are the first writers as a hobby, far away from the world and indifferent to the world.

Secondly, those who think that all Lolita dresses made of black and white fabrics must be Gothic Lolita dresses are also wrong. In fact, even if the exact same fabrics are used to make the clothes, those Lolita dresses made by different factions will still have obvious differences in look and feel that are easily distinguishable.

Even though the models in the picture are all wearing black dresses, people can still easily identify who is wearing the sweet and cute Sweet Lolita dress and who is as cold and aloof as the god of death. Gothic style Lolita dress.

Almost 97% of Gothic Lolita dresses only use black and white single-color fabrics. Cute colors such as pink and bright yellow are completely insulated from this series. In addition, Gothic Lolita dresses are also the genre that most commonly uses leather materials among all types of Lolita dresses. No wonder that in some parts of the country, wearing a corset made of fine lambskin has become the only criterion for laymen to judge whether a person is a Gothic Lolita girl.

In addition to the monotonous fabric colors, Gothic Lolita girls’ favorite accessories are also the accessories that best express Gothic’s unique atmosphere of “religion” and “death”. Small items (such as black nail polish, silver crosses and skulls, etc.).

4. There are two more special branches of Gothic Lolita dresses - EGL Lolita and EGA Lolita.

The full name of EGL Lolita is "Elegant Gothic Lolita". Its style design generally tends to be traditional and classical. Although it is very close to Gothic Lolita, it has a bit more of a vampire feel.

The full name of EGA Lolita is "Elegant Gothic Aristocrat" (ie "Elegant Gothic Aristocrat"). Its clothing styles are generally men's clothing, long skirts, trousers and shirts and jackets with buttons at the collar.

Compared with other types of Lolita dresses, Gothic Lolita, which combines elegance, gorgeousness and darkness, can be said to be the Lolita style that is most loved and fascinated by Europeans and Americans. Perhaps this is because the design of the Gothic Lolita dress is full of mysterious and seductive ascetic colors, so it can arouse the screams of people who are deeply influenced by Christianity.

Representative brands: Moi-meme-Moitie, Mille Fleur

5. BLACK LOLITA is a sweet series rather than a gothic series

Generally many people are just starting to buy Lolita or People who have been wearing it for a while often regard black and white lolita as Gothic Lolita. In fact, many people make a beautiful mistake - Sweet Lolita can also be black and white or black.

Because according to the book "Lolita Clothing and Music", black Lolita is a branch of Sweet lolita. The color is black but the cutting is cute, and the makeup is mainly cute, such as using light-colored cosmetics and matching cute accessories. Black/black and white lolita with a warm and friendly girly flavor is called black lolita.

The difference between black and white Gothic lolita and black lolita is that it does not express the sweet taste but the artistic conception of death, terror, mystery and mystery. Makeup generally uses dark colors, and the shooting techniques (if photography is required) will try to express this artistic conception as much as possible.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Lolita (clothing style)