/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9224802
>>9224853
What the fuck am I reading

>>9207354
why

>Boyfriend just messaged me "Hey! Friends are all going to Japan in February. Let's go for a week too!"
>Super grateful that he's willing to pay for the return tickets and stuff, just told me to save up some spending money.
>Can absolutely guarantee that he's not going to listen to me about anything whatsoever and act like I know nothing while we follow his friends around.
>I make a living out of making and selling J-fashion-related items. About as close to a weeaboo as anybody can get while disliking pop-culture.

I know that it's just gonna be a fun, short shopping holiday, but I just know it's going to be frustrating 'tagging along' behind him the whole time when he doesn't give a shit about Japan and I've been planning a proper holdiay for years.

tfw
>most of my weeby friends have turned into pathetic losers who dropped out of college and are working part time jobs, the other few bit are RIDICULOUSLY successful

the girl that introduced me to anime and manga in middle school added me on fb a couple months back. i finally added her and want to talk to her but feel weird as last time i saw her she left middle school because our friend group bullied her out after she bullied me, though it seems it was a misunderstanding. and now im still trying to finish college while shes super accomplished

what do???

>>9054738
they must be a midget or something, holy shit

>tfw I'm pretty sure I offended my new (potential) cosplay friend
>we'd only met like a day ago and she unleashed the full extent of her weebiness on me with no warning when I was surrounded by my normalfag coworkers
>I got embarrassed and tried to distance myself without hurting her feelings
>she's now refusing to speak to me and keeps giving me the stink-eye from afar

I realize she probably just got really excited to find someone to share her anime/cosplay hobby with, but I work so hard to have people take me seriously and there she was yelling random phrases in high-pitched Japanese and expecting me to do the same thing back. I still want to be friends! But please learn to contain your powerlevel when we're in public!

>cosplaying with friends dressed as Spice and Wolf
>pass a mother and kids
>mom gushes at Wolf, "Ooh! Wook at da pwetty kitty!"
>Wolf swarmed by kids who want to pet the "kitty"

Next day of con...

>visit Hot Topic dressed as Ryuko Matoi
>hot goth cashier thinks I look cool
>instacrush
>"Is this a costume or something?"
>"I'm Shadow the Hedgehog."
>didn't bang

>>8948752
>cosplay friend died in September
>want to wear one of her outfits to a con next month

>hotelmates may not want me in their room because one wants to bring her new bf
>have had secret gay crush on this friend for four years, so the fact that she got a bf is saddening

>may not even go to con now

>laptop broke
>using inappropriate reaction image because it's the only one on my tablet

>>8952092
I was in a navy sailor dress and the postman asked me if I was Bo Peep.

Oddly enough, Bodyline and some Taobao pieces. They're so cute worn on others (the tumblr dedicated to good coords are a trap), but everytime I get something that's other than shoes (though, sometimes those ended up running too small), I'm always dissatisfied with the quality even though I tell myself that I shouldn't expect much for the price.

I also regret my early years of buying sweet lolita. Another thing that suits other people more than me. I wish I had stuck with gothic before transitioning to classic. It would have been way easier than purging my wardrobe.

Wow, sorry for the blog post.

>Work in retail & wear whatever the fuck I want
>Wearing an Axes Femme outfit that includes a pair of culotte shorts
>Boss asks me to clean outside windows and asks me to be careful because of my skirt
>Chuckle at her and do a crab walk to demonstrate my superior shorts
>A few minutes pass and I'm outside cleaning the windows
>The shop is right outside of the food court so we always get people staring when we change the windows or clean outside
>Notice a man in front of the store with his phone out and a woman staring at him a few steps away at a booth
>Shrug it off
>Few more minutes pass and my boss asks me to come back inside
>Woman who was standing at the booth rush past us when I go to greet my boss
>Boss tells me that the lady had just informed her men were leering at my ass and taking up skirt pictures of me
>Lady had even claimed she could see my bum
>Mfw I'm wearing mid-thigh length shorts
>That guy that was supposedly taking photos of me was in front of the store wasn't even looking at me, but typing on his phone
>Boss just nods her head and says "she'd probably just jealous of a young skinny girl since she was fat"

Not entirely /cgl/ related, but I thought the whole thing was incredibly embarrassing. Don't know why the lady didn't bring her concern to me, but my boss. We also had the big bossu coming in that day and I was stressed out that he'd overheard the exchange.

>>8894199

>>8889895
i love this dress so much
i cant believe there are people that hate it this passionately

>>8797187
Her dancing is so awkward and cringey, I would feel less gross if she wasn't trying to be a "big deal kawaii aidoru" but knowing how much she needs attention... this is ew

>>8758461
>be not efamous, but known online for Lolita in my area
>do lolita panel at con, great crowd, goes well
>20 mintues in
>notice one girl at the very front in a cat meido furiously taking notes
>really exaggerated scribbling, but actually writing
>okay.jpg
>continue through, sort of forget about her during questions at the end
>chat with friends from the crowd outside afterwards
>cat meido follows us, don't notice
>"Oh anon I love your blog!"
>Seems okay, just immature and young, eventually turns out she's 20
>Start chatting, she talks about how she wants to wear Lolita
>Shows me wishlist album on her phone
>All the exact same dresses, in the same cuts and colours from my wishlist
>Try to laugh it off "You have great taste [cat meido]!"
>Feeling deeply uncomfortable
>Cat meido sticks to me after friends leave, keeps screaming random stuff, fawns over me as I'm walking around, is even freaking out weebs.
>Tries to pass it off as being "excited to see a real Lolita!!"
>She'd been standing in a crowd of about 5 of us and sat through a panel but w/e
>keep trying to lose her, con venue is too small to lose shit
>Go to cosplay masquerade to watch
>Surely there won't be two seats next to one another and I can lose her
>"We're bringing out more seats!"
>shoot me
>End up stuck in a corner of the hall next to her shouting unfunny shit and occasionally asking me if she'd "hot" in Lolita
>Escape after a long ordeal and find bf.
>Come home to a facebook request from her.
>Fucking no.

I've never had to deal with anything like that before or since.

>>8694484
>tfw 55USD is still 70ish dollars in your currency
>Life is suffering

>>8663352
Got my PepFox dress and the bust is too big. AT least I didn't get hit with customs.

>>8614513
>being this autistic

I'm sure that this is a really dumb question, but how long do brand reservations usually last?

The periods between
>When an item is announced to reservations opening.
>When reservations open to when they close.
>Reservations closing and orders being shipped out.

>>8557481
>Patterns.

Oh god, this. 99% of brand dresses use incredibly basic princess-seam bodices. You don't need lolita-specific patterns. They don't exist.

>Also people who want patterns for rectangle skirts.

>>8553376
Why do you assume that that is the OP's intention?

Stop fearmongering.

>>8549618
Those wigs

>>8506461
is that the Draco girl