/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9138837
So the killings happened when Milk and JM were on the rise? Here's the thing, I don't believe Misako is trying to make people think of otome brands as lolita, because people in Japan have been thinking that for a long time already. Hardly anyone tags their coords with soft lolita, but if you look for casual lolita you'll see loads of ETC coords. Including shops calling ETC (casual) lolita.

I'm not saying all otome kei brands are secretly lolita. I'm mainly talking about JM, ETC, Milk and LG. They are unique and different from lolita brands yes, but so are lolita brands from each other (usually). I don't really think of them as lolita brands either, they obviously release many things you can't use for lolita. Just that I've noticed lolita's in Japan use their main pieces for lolita coords and have been doing that before Misako came up with it.

From the way otome kei is described on here, it just doesn't seem like ''soft lolita'' would pass as otome kei. It just looks like toned down or casual lolita to me. That's just my opinion and it's coming from someone who got into this fashion when it was okay to have an ETC dress as your dream lolita dress. And like I said, I don't wear otome kei so maybe I'm wrong about what it's supposed to look like.