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Gothic Lolita (gosu-loli)

ゴシックロリータ(ゴスロリ)"Gothic Lolita" is a fashion style, born in Japan, that blends the dark gothic and the frilly Lolita looks.To see is to believe.In other countries, the gothic look is an expression of alienation, teen anger... ...full story at Japan Visitor

from Japan Visitor on Mon, Sep 22 2008

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19 May 08 visit Cute Japanese Girls: Lolita Fashion-Gothic and Sweet Lolita  »  YouTube videoMy Lolita Style video on Gothic+Sweet Lolita-with anime pics at the end. For more info on how to dress like Lolita click on the links Gothic Lolita: Sweet Lolita: To download the song "Tokyo Nights", by Puffy AmiYumi for free click I hope you like...
05 Aug 08 visit Quote of the Day › I think many Japanese women feel that they can never live up to the ...  »  Japan Today Designer Naoto Hirooka, whose brand h. Naoto is one of the main creative forces behind Gothic Lolita. He says the whole Lolita look — like…
31 Jul 08 visit It's more than 'Lolita' and too hot to handle  »  Japan Times In our anything-goes age, pedophilia remains one subject that makes everyone from film industry executives to ordinary fans nervous, to put it mildly. In "Lolita," Stanley Kubrick made the title character older than the 12-year-old in Vladimir Nabokov's...
04 Nov 07 visit Who'd trust conservatives to conserve the countryside?  »  Japan Times Farmers in many countries are icons of their nation's ethos. But "American Gothic," Grant Wood's famed 1930s painting of a gaunt, stoic-looking farming couple complete with pitchfork, is by no means... Read more . . .
09 Jan 08 visit Big in 2008: Gothic Lolitas and Godzilla  »  Japan Times
It may be 2008, but my head is still stuck somewhere in 1973. That's when Japanese journalist Ben Goto published his best seller "The Prophesies of Nostradamus," which predicted that World War III... Read more . . .
17 Jan 08 visit Demonic Depp leads dance of death  »  Japan Times Depp always cuts a strikingly authentic figure, reeking of Victorian decadence and gothic poverty, while most of the cast just look elaborately madeup. To this, Depp always adds a dose of... Read more . . .

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