LBC: My 3 Favorite Hairstyles (combining other fashions with lolita)

When it comes to lolita hairdos, my general motto is the bigger the better. If you've seen any of my vlogs in which I enthusiastically dork out, you can imagine my reaction to Gothic Lolita Wigs' Rhapsody series. Thick, easy to style and maintain, and highly voluminous in an array of fabulous colors? I have a hard time being satisfied with just one.

Pictures taken from Gothic Lolita Wigs, pictures are of models Amara von Nacht and Alexa Poletti 

There's nothing wrong with the assorted lolita standards: curls of varying tightness, frequent straight bangs and the occasional dutch braid. I love these and will continue to use them off and on, particularly with wigs.

Magazine (GLB?) scan, hairstyle.com, and Rococo Soul

But I get tired of seeing the same things repeatedly, particularly with hair. I like big, bold, and vibrant variety. There have been a small handful of people who rock their alt hair with lolita, and that is heartening. There really isn't enough of it. There's not enough cross-over, not enough personal touches, and not enough crossing from "x-fashion" to "personal style." A rampant fear spread (partially, no doubt, due to internet bullying) about doing lolita "right," and it didn't stop at making sure you had a proper petticoat and a blouse under your jsk. If you stick to a single element in an aesthetic it will never grow or change. It will become stagnant and die. You know what hairstyles I'd love to see worn more with lolita? Alternative hairstyles.

I've gone to meetups to hear lolitas talk about their concerns of the fashion being diluted, as if somehow that will make the speaker's own clothes lose meaning to them. Certainly you don't want negative misinformation to be spread about something which you're a part of; no one wants to be judged inaccurately based on a wrongfully formed schema. The thing about schemas is that each individual's is going to be different. That's how it works. 

Gregory Graffin, Ph.D, lead singer and songwriter of the American punk band Bad Religion, said in Flavorwire’s article “What is Punk”:
Punk is: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions; a movement that serves to refute social attitudes that have been perpetuated through willful ignorance of human nature; a process of questioning and commitment to understanding that results in self-progress, and through repetition, flowers into social evolution; a belief that this world is what we make of it, truth comes from our understanding of the way things are, not from the blind adherence to prescriptions about the way things should be; the constant struggle against fear of social repercussions.

Based on that definition, if you take anyone's definition, personal style (not dictated fashion) is punk. Being a fashionista, doing your own thing, and choosing your own path after you've educated yourself thoroughly on the "rules" is punk. If in the end you decide that formulated coordinates are your jam, great. If in the end you break down some walls to make what you wear fit your ideals, great. If it no longer fits in the lolita box and become lolita-inspired instead, that's just fine. I hope that everyone who reads this is a little bit punk at heart.

This week's Lolita Blog Carnival participants:
Doll Life
A Little Bit of This... A Little Bit of That Too
Northern Star