alternative style inspiration from tokyo

all scanned from the book gothic & lolita, photographed by masayuki yoshinaga

on dressing up.

you know what makes me really sad? when people say that they LOVE my creations, but would never wear such clothing themselves out of shyness or whatever. & it’s not (just) that they’re not buying my clothes & leaving me poor, it’s that they’re too scared to wear certain things, however much they LOVE them, [...]