What's your Lolita lifestyle?? Questionnaire!

[kaymarie7]

Hi!!

I am interested in learning more about the lifestyle of a Lolita, I am currently in my final year at university and researching the Lolita subculture in particular...I would be most grateful if you could spare some time to answer the questions below? You wouldn't be named and all answers would be used solely in my own work

Thanks in advance!

K x

Lolita Questionnaire.

1. What does Kawaii mean to you?

2. How do you feel about icons such as “Hello Kitty”?

3. Do you class yourself as a Lolita? If yes, what does being a Lolita mean to you?

4. When did you start wearing Lolita and who influenced you?

5. Do you participate in any conventions/events/meet-ups for Lolita’s?

6. Where do you go when wearing Lolita, or where would you like to go?

7. What are your hobbies?

8. Who are your idols?

9. What are your favourite brands? E.g. Baby the Stars Shine Bright, Angelic Pretty…

10. Do you dress this way for yourself or to receive attention?

11. Do you ever attract unwanted attention? E.g. from older men…

12. Do you feel that people create fantasies involving Lolita’s I.e. fetishise you?

13. Do you dress in Lolita clothing daily? Or is it your own fantasy that you live out only so often?

14. What image do you feel you portray? One of child-like innocence, or one of rebellion?

15. When not wearing Lolita what do you wear?

16. Do you socialise with any other subcultures? E.g. Goths, Gyaru…

(The following questions are more specific to Japanese born Lolitas, however please feel free to answer these, as a resident in Japan you may have opinions on these.)

17. How do you feel about Western Lolita’s? E.g. those within the UK, USA…

18. Do you feel Western Lolita’s understand the lifestyle? Or do you feel they are trying to copy Japanese Lolita’s?

19. Does it upset you when foreigners/tourists ask for photographs?

20. Do you feel Western tourists misunderstand the Lolita style?

[LolisanX]

Very interestng questions. I look forward to seeing some Lolita's answers! I would help out, but I'm not a Lolita... yet. I mostly do Decora/Cosplay.

[MMM]

Are you looking for Japanese natives who do Lolita? If so I would be very surprised if you find one here.

[LolisanX]

Originally Posted by MMM

Are you looking for Japanese natives who do Lolita? If so I would be very surprised if you find one here.

What do you mean? I'm sure there HAS got to be at least one Japanese native who does Lolita.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by LolisanX

What do you mean? I'm sure there HAS got to be at least one Japanese native who does Lolita.

On Japan Forum? Not really.

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by LolisanX

What do you mean? I'm sure there HAS got to be at least one Japanese native who does Lolita.

You couldn't pay me enough to do it.

Seriously, even if there were a hundred of us who did Lolita, OP still wouldn't get trustworthy results by conducting this questionaire in English, which is a foreign language to us. OP is already "speaking" only to a special group.

This is like trying to find out how Americans celebrate Christmas and asking questions in Yiddish in doing so.

[LolisanX]

Originally Posted by masaegu

You couldn't pay me enough to do it.

Seriously, even if there were a hundred of us who did Lolita, OP still wouldn't get trustworthy results by conducting this questionaire in English, which is a foreign language to us. OP is already "speaking" only to a special group.

This is like trying to find out how Americans celebrate Christmas and asking questions in Yiddish in doing so.

So what would you suggest OP to do? Re-type everything in the Japanese language?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by LolisanX

So what would you suggest OP to do? Re-type everything in the Japanese language?

If she wants to get answers from Japanese people who enjoy Lolita fashion, then yes. And then post it in a forum they participate in. I am sure there are dozens in Japanese.

[LolisanX]

Originally Posted by MMM

If she wants to get answers from Japanese people who enjoy Lolita fashion, then yes. And then post it in a forum they participate in. I am sure there are dozens in Japanese.

Would you happen to know of any forums they do participate in?