What was your reaction to seeing yourself in your very first coord or very first lolita dress?
I was so excited and proud of my first coord! I felt like a real lolita when I got my first dress. <3But now I feel like words can't describe how happy I felt that day.
>>10626863Despite it being so hot that summer i couldn't stop looking at myself in my little bedroom mirror over and over again with a big smile. And for once despite my very plain, acne ridden face i felt pretty and like i belonged
>>10626863getting a boner
I loved how I looked. And that I had finally found a style that was fun but didn't show too much skin>>10626896fuck off troon
>this looks like shit because I don't have enough pieces
I really enjoyed wearing it for the first time but I didn't like how the photos I took turned out
>>10626863Back then I loved how it looked. Now I'm embarrassed to post it online.>ugly out of print Bodyline OP>striped socks>pink tennis shoes>no wig with frizzy hair>zero accessories
I felt like myself, for the first time ever
my heart was smiling inside
I cried because I was an ita in a ugly bodyline dress with no petti and I thought lolita didnt suit me, but i was actually just dumb as hell
I just felt so complete
>>10626863Thought it looked fuck ugly because no good pieces with it and no poof in my petticoat. I enjoyed it somewhat for the short time I had it though. It was sweet and I'm a classic but it's a specific kind of sweet that I just hate... it's hard to describe.
>>10626863I was so disappointed. I got everything off taobao like people recommended. When it came and I wore it, it was nothing like I wanted to look. I felt like I was dressing up for a photoshoot, rather than wearing a fashion. I thought I would never look like the girls hose style I admired.Looking back, there were a lot of mistakes I made. I bought the wrong petticoat and a blouse which was not as loliable as I thought it would be (the classic office blouse mistake). The JSK did not have the quality I was hoping for, the polyester felt rough and the print would snag. The JSK was also much sweeter than the style I wanted to wear. A lot of these impressions changed when I finally bought some IW (and got a better petticoat). I was much much happier with my second coord, that was when I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "These are the clothes I want to wear."
>>10627196I'm the anon above your reply, and I felt very similarly! Luckily I only got one dress from taobao, not a full coordinate. I immediately knew this wasn't what I wanted.
It was amazing. I felt like outside matched my inside. I felt magnified.
I felt pretty ugly desu until I actually got second hand brand pieces.
>>10627197Ayrt, it's comforting to see another classic lolita with similar experiences!
>>10626863I felt proud of myself since I handmade my first dress with some help from my mom. This was over 8 years ago and my sewing has gotten much better since then, but I still hold on to it.
>I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself.>It doesn't fit>I look awful>I will never make it>Nobody loves me>Everyone is disappointed in me>I hate myself
>>10627354is that different from how you usually felt?
I couldn't stop smiling and jumping around, it just made me feel beautiful and lovely. Also spinning because the poof felt nice kek
>>10626863I felt extremely self conscious and insecure. Girlfriend did my make up and I couldn't even recognize myself in the mirror. I was dumbfounded. I actually looked ... good! Apparently good enough to get hollered at in the street and have my ass grabbed by my fucking asshole roommate. We went out for coffee and pastries and the lady at the shop thought me and the gf were so cute she said it was on the house.To this day, I'm not sure if everyone was pitying me or if I was secretly a hottie. Never wore lolita since. Shit is expensive!
>>10627376Nope, but it was a slightly more intense moment of self-hatred.
>>10627436wait are you aware bodyline exists and that it has sales? Taobao has a bad rep but it has some okay brands and secondhand markets exist too. Theres like no reason to only wear AP if youre trying to keep it on a budget
>>10626867cute
The first time I tried the dress on I knew I needed a petticoat, since the skirt was all limp and sad. I wore my first full coord, with the dress, to a con about 7 months later. When I stepped in front of the hotel room mirror I couldn't believe how fluffy my skirt was or how pretty I looked. I know it's a cliche but I felt like a princess or like out of a fairytale.
It was a cheap OP from FanPlusFriend a decade ago. I didn't realize I needed a petti to make it poof so it just looked like a nightgown and was too big on me. Disappointment.Years later I try it again with a proper coord and styling and fucking loved it. Bouncing around in the mirror and taking pictures.
>>10627436are you a dude
>>10626863It was 2004 and my sister had just got her hands on some GLBs so she made us some lolita skirts out of Care Bears bedsheets.I was a bit embarrassed. My friends told me it looked cool but in my heart of hearts I knew they were humouring me. I’m sure photos exist, they may even be online somewhere because my sister liked to overshare on LJ communities
First dress was pictured Bodyline op set and I felt like I was wearing an ugly costume no matter how many people told me how cute I looked10 years later and I'm so glad I learned how to dress myself and buy actual quality brand pieces so I can be ecstatic and feel cute as hell instead of clownish
my first dress was wonder party and i was so happy i couldn't stop smiling for hours. it was so comfortable and modest but loud and crazy and I felt beautiful, plus the feeling of not being irritated by fabric for the first time in my life was amazing.
>>10626863I was so excited and thought I looked cute. I know now I was ita as hell and might even be on one of the old threads if you dig back far enough. I turned out all right in the end though.
>>10626863My first jsk was this one that I got on lacemarket and I was so excited and proud to wear it. Ngl I'm still in love with it
>>10630133god its gorgeous
my first burando was dreamy baby room jsk in sax, and i got a matching parka and OTKs from AP. my parents got it for me because i never asked for anything really and i was a pretty good kid.weird tidbit, walking back to our hotel room from the AP store we actually got mugged. somehow, they didn’t take my AP bag. whack. i would have just died if they had. they took our other shopping from that day, though...anyway, i felt adorable and i treated that dress like it was made out of cotton candy and fairy dust. like i was so worried about touching it even, like it would melt or something. i’m still extremely delicate with it now, despite having close to 100 dresses and knowing better. it’s one of my most precious items.
I was a bit let down that it didn't really fit me but it was still nice to see it on me
Shitting myself, because I never got it. Some fuck stole my package in my apartment. I never actually got my first lolita dress.
>>10630133>>10630133what taobao shop is this
>>10636190I want to fight the people who did that to you, anon. I had junkies steal my lolita stuff too back when I lived in a bad area so I feel your pain. I hope you own lots of brand now
My first dress was alice’s portrait pearl jsk by btssb about ten years ago. After years of dreaming about wearing lolita and scrolling all the forums, i felt very happy in my first dress, even better than i had dreamed.
>>10626863I used to be a pretty jaded fuck and would go to great lengths to not cringe myself out, but the first time I tried on a real lolita dress you bet your ass I was bouncing around my tiny apartment with a huge smile on my face. Lolita actually helped me get over my aversion to "cringe" (which was actually an aversion to outwardly expressing emotions)
>>10636221Omg I relate so hard to this, lolita has done the same for me — getting over my need to be sarcastic and fake-cool all the time has been good, I love that I can now gush about pink bunny dresses without caring
>>10636197are you seriously so dumb that you can't use google image search or are you just lazy
>>10626896AGP
>>10626863I felt really good about myself, in a way I hadn't felt before
My first dress was AP crystal dream carnival, my blouse and petticoat came at a later date i refused to truly try it until i had those to get a feel and it was magical. I finally liked what I saw in the mirror. Whenever I feel shit about my appearance (except when its hot out) I just slap a coord together and forget why I felt so gnarly. Lets me feel like a princess
I felt relief, i felt very ladylike and i couldn’t stop smiling. My dress was some classic Iw dress that didnt even fit me (too big) but i could see the potential.Before this i had some complex. and always felt i had to dress sexy to look good and get approval from people. I always felt a bit uncomfortable. Then i found egl and i loved how cute it was and how much more comfy it seemed to wear, and i didn’t have to worry about things riding up my ass or my top exposing my bra. After i discovered egl i also found i stopped posting to social media—i think pretty clothes makes me more happy than how many likes i get for looking sexy
It was just 2 years ago. It was a $50 taobao dress my brother bought from some reseller with a shitty aliexpress petti. I looked fucking retarded and I hated it. Didn't try again after that and just stuck to jeans and anime print t-shirt's from ali. Even knowing now that I would probably look better in something actually quality I still haven't gone and bought any thing..
Pain. My face will never be acceptable without lots of expensive surgery and seeing it attached to such a pretty outfit only made it worse.
It felt amazing. I had always wanted to look genuinely pretty, and a friend of mine did my makeup and is in the process of teaching me her tricks. It was a thin, black dress with a floral print and I covered my hairy legs up with some black tight. I bought the pieces myself, but didn't have the knowledge on how to wear them properlyMy only regret is not wearing my new dress to a recent con
>>10644447I want to say this in the nicest way possible, but you need some other resources as well. Your face is pretty close to passable, but that eye makeup isn't the best choice for your face. Watch youtube tutorials and try out a bunch of different shapes for your eye makeup, find ones that emphasize the inner corner and middle of your lid. Do itty bitty eyeliner looks if you must use black liner. Then move on to finding out the best way to do blush for your face.t. cis woman with a similar face structure
>>10644475Thanks for the adviceApperently I was able to fool some people my friend sent these pictures too though
>>10644447This dress isnt lolita at all. I think if you spend some time getting to know the fashion, that you could make a nice coord. Otherwise, I feel that you did a decent job accessorizing what you have, but this is not lolita in the slightest.
I bought my first dress on a whim because it was very underpriced and I was curious to try lolita but thought I could flip it if I didn’t like it.The first time I tried it on I was like “well shit….. this looks pretty good on me” and was surprised. Needless to say I did not resell that dress
>>10644447Fuck off sissy
I got so upset because I'll never look as good as @Mahou.Momo on instagram. She's so perfect and skinny. I wish I had her wardrobe, I think she must be so rich, and her boyfriend is really hot too. They make a perfect couple.
>>10644623don't be fucking weird. she shoops a ton also
>>10644447Smells like b8
>>10644623Bro what's your deal. Did she buy your DD
>>10626863"..these pastel colors do not go well with my own skin"
>>10644590This is my second dress, and with an improved makeup jobThe only thing I dislike is my hairy arms, otherwise this dress felt perfect
>>10644623can you two take your spat elsewhere please, no one cares
>>10644623Hi nooney I think youre lost? this is the "reaction to your first dress" thread, not the lolcow feels thread,
>>10644680what did this guy do to you that you're pretending to be him on 4chan
I felt like I was me for the very first time. I went through a lot of phases when I was young and victorian goth or dark inclined was closest. The first time I wore lolita, I was so emotional and ecstatic. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "This is ME." 18 years later and I still love lolita like I did the very first time I wore it.
>>10626863Regret, I got a In The Starlight dress back in the day and it was tailored so big despite custom measurments that I felt like wearing a trash bag.
>>10644669same
Moreso with my first ouji coord, because unfortunately I am a tranny, but it felt like seeing myself in the mirror how I want to be. My other thought was “these pants are way too big how the fuck am I gonna take them in” though.
>>10644623selfpost
>>10626863to be honest, i felt a bit unsatisfied. i knew i was ita, i couldn't afford all of the things i wanted because i was a kid. but beyond that i was so incredibly happy and i knew i'd be able to grow and keep getting better. my parents got me a BL jsk, some socks, a pair of shoes and a petti. I was over the moon, i even went to a meet looking like that. but they and i couldn't afford much more even when i got a job and had to help them, so i had to wait many years until i could get what i wanted.
>>10644817someone has been vendettaposting about her in multiple threads on multiple websites, i really doubt it
>>10644867I have a feeling it's selfposting bait to make cgl feel sorry for her. No way would a hater make a dumb post like >>10644623, it's way too obvious to be a vendetta, it was made so that cgl would think M.M has some crazy hater. And these shit momo baitposts only started up after the lc posts outing her as being insane. Shes just trying to manipulate our emotions about her.
>>10644976People troll similarly for CC and meow tan all the time. Also, most of the lc thread is in support of her because it’s obvious there’s one or two people who have a vendetta and won’t shut up about it. You’re really just pulling stuff out of your ass, probably because you didn’t like her in the first place.
