/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9536107
I don't think you get what "artsy" lolita is and what "cookie cutter" lolita actually is.

A blouse, jsk, headbow, and legwear are not "cookie cutter", it's literally the items required in the lolita formula, just like a petticoat. Having a cookie cutter coord is wearing a full set, or wearing things in a basic overdone way, such as holy lantern jsk/op + holy lantern socks + the bat headdress.

Pic related is a more creative approach but it still has all of the staples that meet the requirements of the fashion.

If you are going so "creative" that people can't even tell it's lolita fashion, that doesn't mean it's good. If that's how you like to dress then good for you, please enjoy it. There's no need for you to try and shove it into lolita though. If you are doing it to get hundreds of likes on CoF then idk you clearly care too much and sound like a cosplayer.