Gothic Lolita ( Japan's new hair style)

Gothic lolita, sometimes shortened to GothLoli , is a combination of the Gothic and Lolita fashion.

The fashion originated in the late 1990s in Harajuku and was promoted by Visual Kei bands such as Malice Mizer, which brought it to greater popularity amongst fans of alternative street fashion and followers of the musical style.




Gothic Lolita fashion is characterized by a darker make-up and clothing. Red lipstick and smokey or neatly defined eyes, created using black eyeliner, are typical styles, although as with all Lolita substyles the look remains fairly natural. Though Gothic make-up is associated with a white powdered face, this is usually considered bad taste within the Lolita fashion. Gothic Lolita usually uses dark color schemes including black, dark blues and purples, although black and white remains popular.
As with some Western Gothic styles, cross jewelry and other religious symbols are also used to accessorize the Gothic Lolita look. Other accessories in the Gothic Lolita style include bags and purses which are often in shapes like bats, coffins, and crucifixes.
Mana, a Visual Kei artist known for dressing in the fashion, created a style of the Gothic Lolita fashion which he calls "Elegant Gothic Lolita", most connected with the fashion label Moi-même-Moitié, which has grown to be very successful. To describe the designs of his new label, he encouraged the use of the aforementioned term Elegant Gothic Lolita (EGL) and Elegant Gothic Aristocrat (EGA).

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