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Today’s Printable Paper Doll Inspirations: Patron Requests for and Sailor Lolita Styles
I have done a variety of Lolita styles before, but never Sailor Lolita as was pointed out by one of my Patrons. (Join here if you want to support PTP.) So, here’s my foray into that style.
Lolita is an alliterative fashion style from Japan that is heavily influenced by Victorian and Edwardian children’s clothing. It’s street fashion and like every genre of street fashion, there are seemingly endless variations. Sailor Lolita is the term used for Lolita dresses infulenced by sailor suits of the Edwardian and Victorian era. There is a nearly endless obcession with sailor suits in the 19th and 20th century.
Examples of early sailor suits include these designs from the 1900s, this version from 1905 and this version from the 1920s. I decided to base today’s Sailor Lolita outfit off of examples like this one and this one.
You can see a bunch more on my Lolita Fashion board on Pinterest.
I’m adding new things to the Paper Thin Personas shop on Etsy this week, inculding steampunk styles in three color schemes and black and white.Remember, the coupon called: READER2017 is good for 25% off an order of 4.00 or more through the end of March.
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The outfit is utterly adorable. My growing pile of Mini-Maidens thank you.
Although I also have to scrub my brain free of Nabokov. “Sailor Lolita,” huh? Ick.
Yeah, the Nabokov connection is hard for me too, but I have to remind myself that that styles are named for things in strange ways. Punk was a derogatory term for youth, but now we only see the fashion style. Gothic traces back to the Germanic tribe, but I would hardly call the style Germanic.