Специально для моего критичного котика - статья про "ненатуральность" лолит)
Источник тот же - miss Victoria Suzanne.
Be real, dear!!!

The Beauty Myth: A Lolita Redux
The Beauty Myth: A Lolita Redux
We as lolitas often strongly feel the unspoken, society-wielded 'control' over our individuality: the continual rejection and dismissal of the lolita is in hopes of making her get back in line and behave. The people staring, the man asking if it's Halloween on the subway, and the rows of raised eyebrows. As I've previously discussed in Why Must My Public Be So Tiresome, the mainstream is constantly adjusting and hemming at the edges of society, trying to homogenize everything from fashion to politics. So when the Beauty Myth hit home in an unusual way - fear of being considered inadequate to society's beauty standards controls women in much the same way we as lolitas are afraid of being ostracized.

To bring the idea home: how many times have you felt like you'd rather stay home than go out with that monster pimple on your chin? The days you dread going out with hair that won't obey? What about days you find yourself constantly adjusting your petticoat and not meeting people's eyes? Are they different? Or as a lolita, even as we try to rebel from the mainstream, we can still be held under the spell of the Beauty Myth. Movies and television insist that only beautiful people deserve to have their stories told, or even more strictly, that stories only happen to beautiful people. And as we primarily consume magazines as a culture, we are shown that only beautiful people are lolitas - perhaps, to an extreme, that only beautiful people should be lolitas.

Now, on a logical level, we all know that's not true. Lolita is a wide fashion movement involving women from all areas of the globe, spanning the entire spectrum of appearances. If lolita fashion feels like the right way for you to dress and express yourself, then you shouldn't be barred from that just because you're not on the cover of magazine. But despite being rebellious, enlightened ladies of the 21st century, we're still taken in by the Beauty Myth. As we've seen through online confessions and secrets, it's obvious that the lolita community still has the many symptoms of the Beauty Myth: eating disorders, shapism, body dismorphic disorder, fear of aging, and competition rife with lookism everywhere. Is there any backing to this? Is this cultural structure impossible to escape, or do we have an added factor?

Lolitas chase the doll or princess ideal, at the very least that of an elegant lady. In our clothes, we strive for perfection - perfectly layered ruffles and buttons, perfectly lined-up knee high socks. In our appearance, we look for perfection also: perfectly brushed-out bangs, turned-out curls, and exact liquid liner. Hair perfection has been chased so much that wigs have been introduced to the scene, almost consuming natural hair; natural hair switches in the wind, bends out of shape, and can't hold a curl, whereas the wig always looks perfectly shaped and shiny. Photos and tutorials for natural hair are becoming fewer and farther between. False eyelashes are becoming more prevalent as well; and some lolitas never show their real nails. Perfection has made us hide our real selves in order to fit into the lolita version of the Beauty Myth. In a himegyaru documentary, one girl admits that she feels happiest when she feels 'completely artificial'. There is safety in being artificial, a complete construct of product and perfection meant only for photos and sculptures. Artificial things are perfect, and even if they are judged to be imperfect, it is something that can be fixed. Souls that are laid bare are much more vulnerable.

And what about when you are unable, for any reason, to achieve the look you crave? There are periods in lolita when girls retreat from the style, discouraged that they're not measuring up to the competition or their ideals. "It's making me depressed," I've heard friends say often. "I don't feel like keeping up with it for a while." Some return, some don't. Even I have experienced thoughts like, "I'll never get this coordinate to work," or "My hair won't do anything today, I just want to give up." There are times when you feel you aren't worthy of even the image in your head, let alone the image out there. Which is the stronger? Which holds you back more?

Is there an answer to handling the Beauty Myth? Well, yes and no. On the one hand, playing into 'being artificial' - being someone else - is a lot of fun, and perhaps some of why we like lolita and other extreme alternate fashion. You can be pink-haired or blue-haired or both with wigs; have crazy curls your own hair would never master; make your eyes look dramatic or cherubic with soft lashes. I love the artistic side of lolita - something I'd never want to give up! But on the other, not being aware of the Beauty Myth and its possible side effects has dangerous consequences. The Beauty Myth says that women are only as smart, funny, talented, or successful so long as they are beautiful - despite all else. All worth comes after our appearance. The antidote? Keep that in mind. It's easy to get trapped into that thinking as we watch the world go by, obsessed with beautiful people (celebrities, models), their fall from grace (so-and-so celebrity massively gains 55 lbs! other-celebrity gets not-so-secret nose job!), and the constant revolving circus of beauty products, anti-aging, roots, weight gain... the list goes on and on. Know that no matter what your hair, nails, clothes, skin, or body looks like today, you still have so much to offer the world. You don't have to be perfectly beautiful or even be a perfect lolita. If it's an ordinary day, I wear my real hair. Sometimes my bangs will blow around, sometimes my hair will uncurl - and it won't look perfect. But don't let this stop your from living your life. Dolls are beautiful. But they are hardly real.

Fight the myth. Be real.

@настроение: философское...

@темы: копипост, флудераст - не педераст!, лолитдыбыр, Позитив

Я увидела новый принт Инносента и потеряла дар речи.
Даже в груди стало больно от восторга.
Господибожемой, как оно прекрасно!!!!!!


Джамепер. Этот его воротничок, и кружево по подолу.... Is totally love!!!



Кружевной хеддресс в форме сердечка...



И наконец, самый мега-кавай: сумка для бенто и мини-скатерочка!!!!




А вот принт детально:

@настроение: потеряла сознание от восторга!!!

@темы: флудераст - не педераст!, лолитдыбыр, Позитив

@настроение: эммм... *чешет репу*

@темы: вариабельные странности, Жизненное

@темы: друзьябельное, я - бёрд этого мира!, Мысли вслух

@темы: флудераст - не педераст!, Жизненное

@темы: я - бёрд этого мира!, флудераст - не педераст!, пятиминутка ненависти, Жизненное, Позитив, Приколы

@настроение: Вы все говно-говно-говно!!! А я - принцесса! (вот так я поднимаю себе самооценку, хотя получается фиговенько)

@темы: я - бёрд этого мира!, уныль-сан

Только что приехал лакипак от Инносента.
Что же там лежит???
фотоаппарат затерян в процессе ремонта, так что "живые" фотки будут только на ближайшей лоли-встрече))

Инносент оказался как всегда прекрасен и внезапен)
Например, вместо оплаченного мной лакипака с юбкой, пришел джампер(!!!).
А конкретно, Chelsea JSK в голубом цвете.



Он милый просто до безобразия, хотя меня немного напрягает его длина. В коротких юбках/платьях я чувствую себя менее уверенно, чем в длинных. Но это уже личные задвиги.

Стоковой фотографии блузки я не нашла. Но это как-всегда-божественно-кружевная белая блузка, от которой у меня замирает сердце и подкашиваются ноги) И она даже хорошо сидит в груди! Несомненная удача!

Также в коробке лежали бежевые носочки Nicholas Fruit.
И как маленькая плюшка-сюрприз - платочек с таким же принтом))))

Ну и расчеты примерные расчеты на комплект:
27,000+14,000+2,625+1,000=44,625
Цена лакипака была 12,600.
Т.е. за весь комплект получилось 32тыщи йен экономии!!!
Теперь понимаете, почему я сверкаю как начищенный чайник =)))

@настроение: WOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!

@темы: я - бёрд этого мира!, лолитдыбыр, Позитив

А вы бы хотели такую детскую???

Уже целую неделю не писала сюда.
А стооолько всего произошло.
много словПришла посылка с носками от АР. С ними пришла наклеечка, которую приклеила в офисе на комп.
В пятницу очень клёво посидела в Нияме с клёвыми людьми. Пиццы не было, зато было вкусное пиво.
В воскресенье съездила в гости к сестре. Обновленная квартира - это ахренеть!!! Детская ванна с водяной меленкой и дельфинчиками на стенах, взрослая - в японском стиле, раздвижные двери-ширма в спальню... Даже не верится, что всё это придумала сестра, безо всяких дизайнеров!!! Танюшка - просто чудо!
Ремонт начался и у меня в комнате. Позавчера-вчера меняли двери. Пыль столбом, адское нагромождение вещей и т.д. Но к 1 ноября обещали с моей комнатой закончить. Жаль, шкаф останется тот же( Хочу новый шкафф!!!
А вчера я наконец дорвалась до пиццы, о которой мечтала целую неделю. И съела 3/4 всей пиццы!!!! Жыыыыр!

Ну и напоследок: сходила вчера к врачу за результатами анализов. Она была в восторге и сказала, что мой анализ мочи - это эталон!!!
Повод для гордости?

@темы: Жизненное, Позитив

@темы: Мысли вслух