The Gothic Lolita is till now the most well known Lolita style and this
particular term refers to the Lolitas of all styles. In the west, this fashion
is increasing its popularity in leaps and bounds. Sometimes, the Gothic Lolita
style is also described as the Elegant Gothic Lolita style. This name also
refers to the clothing line of the brand, Moi-même-Moitié.
Despite of the gothic label, this style is quite different from the
western Gothic version. Likewise the other Gothic styles, this style is not
that revealing and basically this style is very elegant or cute and lacks the
black lipstick and the white powdered lace, which are very common in the
Western Goth.
Mainly there are two types of Gothic Lolita. One is the traditional one
that symbolizes the style completely and another one is that comes to the
visible gothic influences. The former type wears a plain black dress with white
clothing and look like a cute darker version of the Ama Lolita. On the other
hand, the second one is less cute and it is more influenced by the western Goth
fashion. Here in this style the motifs like hats, coffins and bats are pretty
common. The colors used in the dresses are black and the revealing colors like
royal blue, wine, gold, white, silver and deep plum.
Let’s have an overview of the main features of the Gothic Lolita style:
- The style can be cute, elegant or dark
- The Gothic Lolita hair color is red or black and elegant hairstyles are flaunted either with curls or straight with the bangs.
- The colors mainly used to define this style are wine, black and white, royal blue, emerald green, gold, silver and deep plum.
- The common materials used to make these clothes are chiffon, cotton, velveteen and polyesters.
- Often the prints of the dresses contain the Gothic motifs like bats, castles and crosses.
- The Western influenced style uses less lace and ribbons than sweeter counterpart
- Different types of headdresses are used, including the Alice bows, rose corsages, headbands and bonnets
- Panniers are used in creating the Lolita silhouette, but in some cases, this style is quite less puffy than the Ama Lolita
- The skirt length of this style is of standard knee length or longer than that.
- Elegant high heeled or chunky platform shoes are pretty common
- Overknee tights and socks are used in this style and sometimes those are paired with the fishnet or lace.
- The most common accessories used with this style are the cross, lace chokers. Pearl or crown necklaces and lace gloves
- Often matching bags of bat or crown shapes or of any Gothic motifs are adorned with this style
