Mutton Dressed as Lamb (I couldn’t resist!)

The next time you feel a little self-conscious about wearing Lolita style at your advanced age, remember that you don’t look silly for your age, you just look silly ::wink:: Lets face facts here, when people stare at us in our frills it’s not because of these little details that we nitpick amongst ourselves – it’s because they are randomly seeing a bunch of people wearing crazy clothes in public. People who are not familiar with our fashion will generally not be able to tell if we are doing it right or doing it wrong. They will focus on the outrageous details and not judge you on the quality of your lace and fabric, your coordination skills or your age.

Look at the two pictures below, which do you suppose your average onlooker will consider more “mature”?

Neither (trick question, since I’m wearing Lolita in both). You might as well dress for yourself first, for the greater Lolita community second, and forget the rest since they’ll probably think that you look like a lunatic anyway.