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I have a quiet character, elegant like a little princess…! I love take tea with Lolitas
friend [sic]! I think it’s like in Versailles…! Loli clothes are the real me! A princess in
a modern world that loves history of the past time [sic]. Every girls dream to be
princess no [sic]? I realise mine and I live my life! *
“Marie Dauphine”, who has certainly nicknamed herself after the Rococo
Queen Marie Antoinette, chooses the Lolita style for the same reason,
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stating that she likes “the whole concept of looking like a… princess”.
“When I wear Lolita”, she says, “I feel almost royal…. I love the aspect of
being polite and ladylike…. Lolita is beautiful, therefore your personality
must [also] be beautiful”. ‡
“†Gothic*Lolita†”, an 18-year old from Harajuku, Japan, is also drawn
to the romantic past. When explaining why she is attracted to the movement
she claims it is “because I love the old ages like the Rococo and the
Victorian age, I like antiques… and I feel the Lolita fashion like a escence
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[sic] of the past in our days [sic]”.
* Personal communication between “Angelic Lolita” and “Tsukiyo” (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France)
on MySpace, www.myspace.com/botticelliangel_nz, 18 January, 2010.
† Personal communication between “Angelic Lolita” and “Marie Dauphine” (Los Angeles,
California) on MySpace, www.myspace.com/botticelliangel_nz, 16 January, 2010.
‡ Ibid.
She likes “the preservation of the elegance
and the beauty of the dresses” which make her feel “like a lady of the past in
§ Personal communication between “Angelic Lolita” and “†Gothic*Lolita†” (Harajuku, Japan) on
MySpace, www.myspace.com/botticelliangel_nz, 17 January, 2010.
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