I've been wanting to talk about this for a while because this has become a big thing for me and it's just so aggravating to deal with. Due to the TLC episode of My Strange addiction: I'm a Living Doll,
(official pictures here) I've noticed a separation of opinions among people when it comes to Japanese fashion.
I live in an "urban area" so many people I am often surrounded by are very close minded and ignorant to these fashions as well as arrogant for no real reason. I know that not everyone is exposed to the same things. It's hard to learn about something you never learned about but COME ON. We have the internet at our full disposal and of course, the people around us that might know a thing or two. There is no excuse for ignorance and stupidity. It just doesn't make sense to me.
Over the past few decades people have been telling us, "Be yourself!" but when you do others find fault with it. To a degree it's always gonna be that way and you have to have thick skin when it comes to bolder fashions like Gyaru and Lolita because people don't know how to receive it. Some people get confused and think "these people are crazy" "something is wrong with them" but It just makes me angry that people don't believe that fantasy and real life can be the same thing.
People feel the need to tell me how to do my makeup and give me tips as if they don't know I can do normal makeup as well as dress "normal". When I was younger my mom dressed me. She bought me all the cutest stuff and she is fashionable herself. After a while she started letting me pick out what I wanted and let me tell you, even in elementary school kids asked me where I got my clothes. For the most part things haven't changed but now less about about "that's cute! where'd you get it" as opposed to, "Oh my gosh, were'd you even find something like that". It's not necessarily a problem but an observation.
I've been talking to people about how they got into it and stuff like that and I've heard horror stories like girls getting their clothes thrown out or destroyed by their parents. It makes me so angry to realize that some people will never learn how to accept others how they are no matter how "normal" they actually are. When it comes down to it, I don't care and I don't think it should matter much. But of course considering it's the real world, this isn't always acceptable.
While watching the tv special, Emily had gone to get a job in her loli clothes. Now my mom and I agreed that wasn't professional. After talking to the interviewers, it was obvious why they would have issues hiring her. "I have to think about how my customers would react and how that impacts my business." I find this to be totally reasonable! I know many girls of alternative fashion have to tone it down for work. i think this is fair as long as they don't feel stripped of their identity by taking the job. UGHH yeah this is just a long rant about why people are people and not something else >.<
Leave comments about your experience or your opinion on the whole thing! I'd love to hear about it :)
