How To Wear Gothic Lolita: Night Tour On The Old Castle
Night tours are mysterious and romantic. You hear historical tales while following in the footsteps of kings and emperors.
The journey is full of discovery and exploration and enlightens you with myths, legends, and facts. With no tourists and huge crowds disrupting your royal experience, night tours to old castles are eerie and mystical.
So, when touring in such an undeniably magical atmosphere where you feel like royalty, you need to dress like a queen!
Your outfit must look like it was crafted by artisans who took great care to ensure that all the details were to your taste and of the highest standards. Sounds like too much? Not to worry. We have the best dress suggestion for you—Lolita dresses.
Lolita dresses have intricate details like ruffles, bows, laces, frills, and unique embellishments, displaying superior craftsmanship and a royal aura.
What Makes Lolita Fashion So Much Better Than Other Fashion Trends
Lolita fashion is a Japanese subculture influenced by Victorian Porcelain dolls. The trend started in the 1980s and quickly spread all over the world.
It is a street style that was born due to Japanese love for Hello Kitty cuteness. The dresses are cute, elegant, and modest and are inspired by the Victorian Rococo period.
Lolita dresses can be further divided into sweet, classic, and gothic, as well as other substyles like punk, country, sailor, and guro.
However, the most important feature common to all types of Lolita dresses is a voluminous skirt created by wearing a crinoline or petticoat underneath. It is topped by a blouse, which is generally lacy and long or short-sleeved.
Lolita dresses are worn with lots of accessories. These accessories are not your typical necklace earrings but something more personal, expressing creativity and individuality. Lolita dresses give the wearer the freedom to experiment and express themselves.
Lolita dresses are about enjoying dressing up for yourself, for the joy of it, and not for others. So, instead of dressing to impress, you do it to feel lovely and happy.
So, when you wear a Lolita dress, you have the freedom to experiment with different hairstyles, makeup forms, and accessories to create a look that’s entirely yours.
You can accessorize the dresses with headwear like bows, bonnets, and wigs. It is almost compulsory to pair them with ankle socks, knee socks, or tights, worn along with high heels or flats with a bow.
Indeed, Lolita dresses are about expressing oneself, your individualism, creativity, fashion preference, and independence. It is very different from mainstream fashion trends, as you overlook the “aesthetic policies” of the world and follow your heart.
Just wearing a Lolita expresses a person’s uncompromising attitude, self-awareness, and unapologetic preference for wearing what they love.
Features Of A Dress Suitable For An Old Castle
When dressing up for a night tour of an old castle, you want to keep up with the eerie royal vibe of the place, pay your respect, and, most importantly, feel confident in what you wear.
And we think we might have the best dress for you—the Gothic Lolita Long-Sleeved Coat Skirt Suit.
The dress has a coat with a classic lapel design, gorgeous Juliet sleeves, and an irregular hem with sharp corners. It comes with a detachable rose brooch that can be worn with the dress. The dress is paired with a light and fluffy skirt, a chiffon ultra-short cake skirt with five layers.
The dress moderately accentuates your upper body, and the flair of the skirt makes the look more appealing and anime-like.
The dress also lends itself to countless styling options. And what is a Lolita dress without accessories?
Dressing Tips
Accessories
Accessories with Lolita dresses are unique and gothic. They typically contain roses and crosses, making them perfect for a nighttime visit.
Here are some accessories that will look best with the gothic Lolita long-sleeved skirt:
1. Gothic Style Handmade Three-Dimensional Red Rose Decoration Cross Lolita Earring
The earring has a cross dangling from a beautiful three-dimensional red rose. It matches the color combination and vibe of the dress, with loud black-and-red colors and a gothic design.
2. Red Rose Embroidered Lace Mesh Asymmetric Pleated Gothic Lolita Headband
Headbands are a staple with Lolita dresses, and this one looks like it is made exclusively to complement the dress. Keeping up with the black-and-red rose theme, the headband has an embroidered rose on a lace mesh asymmetrically placed over a pleated black headband.
3. Hell Bear Series Black Plush Gothic Lolita Bag
This funky Lolita bag is all you need to stand out. The black gothic Lolita-style bag is a hell bear with an eye patch. The bag is spooky, funky, and classic gothic, with a pirate-like or pirate prisoner-like appearance.
Shoes
The gorgeous shoes are straight out of a Lolita anime series. It is one of those shoes that you can wear with any punk style, regardless of whether you are wearing Lolita or a different outfit.
The shoes have square-headed chunky heels decorated with metal chains and a rivet head skull design.
Hairstyle
Hearts Q Black Daily Air Bangs Princess Cut Long Straight Hair Red Hair Classic Lolita Wig
Changing hairstyles is more challenging than changing clothes. But Lolitas have found a solution—wigs. This air bangs, princess-cut, long, straight hair with red stripes perfectly matches the Lolita coat-skirt dress. It has a length of 62 cm, so it will fall just below the bust for an average-height woman.
A night tour of an old castle is about retracing the royals' footsteps. And what better way to do this than to dress like royalty! That’s why we suggest Lolita dresses.
Lolita dresses are elegant, modest, cute, and inspired by the Rococo period. They have a Victorian vibe that makes you feel like a queen and a punky style that keeps you trendy. Additionally, you can choose several accessories to help you define your style.