Lolinspiration

Oh Loyal Readers,

I have had a busy, busy week this week full of working long days in the hot, hot sun. But I haven't forgotten you, and to be honest I feel a bit of a twinge of guilt when I don't write here for a long time. So here I am with a new entry (that hopefully I can finish before my ride to work shows up..).

It's a new month and with new months come new beginnings. As of this month, I will officially abandon my old set up of updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with set topics...It was a set up that was more tailored to me being home and having time to sew, cook, and what not. Though I did make a delicious, healthy dinner last night...

...But I digress. I will update as much as I can, and try to keep my posts varied. If I don't respond to your comments in a timely manner, forgive me. I'm a bit of an absent minded lady and I forgot to set an email address for notifications of comments. But now I have, and I will be alerted as soon as I get your comments and try to respond at once.

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Sometimes in the daily hustle and bustle of life, I loose sight of my own elegance and my duty as a lady of lace and beauty. I get caught up in all the things I have to do, get grumpy, and my posture goes by the wayside. I forget to expholiate, I forget that I have this beautiful, elegant, educated, flowery, refined lady inside of me and it seems as though my life looses meaning.

To prevent this, I've collected lolita/classy insipred artwork in an easy to access folder on my computer. There is, of course, the mandatory Kira Imai who did a lot of art for Angelic Pretty. Her work is as versatile as lolita itself--she has a lot of sweet inspired pictures as well as darker, more gothic ones. She also has more classic works and some that are just quirky. Her work looks simple, and usually features one or two lolitas in fantastic dresses doing something like eating cake or carrying a doll, but at the same time you can see the amazing passion behind her paintings.


I also have Alphonse Mucha whose work is stunningly beautiful. He was a Czech painter who died in the late 1930s. There is something about his work, and the way he paints women in general that is both original and classical. It almost harkens back to stained glass windows, but he still brings a freshness to his paintings. Perhaps it is his themes? Perhaps the colors he uses? Perhaps the general looks of ease on the faces of his subjects? In any event, there is something about Kira Imai's paintings that made the link between the two artists almost flawless. Take a look at the above picture and this one, focusing on the linework and the simplicity of the backgrounds. Both Imai and Mucha have very little going on in their works, but at the same time there is still a lot there.

Lastly, of course, I have random paintings of Victorian women from artists who I do not recognize. They're all in the classical style of painting that makes the Victorian era look like it was covered in gossamer.

Whenever I feel like I've wandered of the ribbon lined path, I open my folder, turn on some music and set the pictures to slideshow. It works for me like an energy drink--a sudden burst of lolita energy that makes me want to drink tea and put on my best dress. I implore you to go on the internet and find pieces of art, or even items and people who inspire you to be the best lolita you can be. Add a bit of elegance to your everyday, even if you can't dress lolita at all times you can still be lolita at all times. If you have little reminders, little lolinspirations to help you remember, it will make constant elegance second nature.

~Y. McLeod