The Lolita List

[Carol]

Iwas in high school when I first learned that maintaining the freedom to read requires vigilance. I wanted to read Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Although Lolita received much critical acclaim, it was controversial, to put it mildly, because it dealt with a sexual relationship between an adult man and a 12 year old girl. After its initial publication in France in 1955, Lolita was banned for several years in France and Great Britain, as well as several other countries. Surprisingly, it was published in the United States in 1958 without major incident, although some local libraries refused to buy it. Lolita was on the New York Times best seller list for two years and sold over 50 million copies, possibly because of its controversial subject matter. It was not an obscure piece of erotic literature.

Sometime around 1959, I found Lolita in the public library and brought it to the checkout desk. The woman checking out books, who may or may not have been an actual librarian, told me that I could not check it out because it was on reserve. I thought it odd that a book on reserve was on the shelf, but I did not argue. I checked the shelf about a half hour later. Lolita had been replaced on the shelf. Again I brought it to the checkout desk. This time the woman had some other excuse for refusing to let me checkout the book. Again I did not argue.

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This post contains a list of the sewing patterns included in the Gothic Lolita Bibles, volumes of Otome no Sewing, and Gosu Rori. Additionally, there is a section of online resources. It is a work in progress, and as such, is NOT complete yet! If you own any missing volumes and would like to contribute to this list, please send me a message and I would be more than happy to add it to the list. (Note: This list includes sewing patterns almost exclusively; items that are very simple may be excluded [for example, a flower comb tutorial]. This also goes for items that are not necessarily "Lolita".)

A special thanks to shiroyuri and @dollyicu for providing some of the amazing content for this little project! The pattern list itself is under the "read more" section. Please check back every once in a while for updates!

"Immediately after presenting the list Humbert hints that 'mask" is the key-word for understanding it. I haven't been able to interpret this clue, so I don't know all the games Nabokov is playing with the list."1

In his postscript to the novel, "On a book entitled Lolita," Nabokov names "that class of Ramsdale School" among "the nerves of the novel," defining them as "the secret points, the subliminal co-ordinates by means of which the book is plotted."2 And Alfred Appel, Jr., who queried Nabokov extensively on a variety of issues regarding Lolita in the process of his explication of the novel, suggests that "the 'poetic' class list serves as a kind of magical mirror" which "prefigures and mirrors an extraordinary number of other things" (360-361), and specifically "the artist who created it" (454). In order to understand better what both Lolita 's creator and its annotator had in mind, I shall here examine the list closely, annotating it name by name.

Spoken by Malcolm, with regard to Macbeth's treacherous nature, these words are quite relevant to the novel, as Humbert ostensibly is a mild-mannered European gentleman and scholar, but turns out to be a nympholept and murderer. (For more allusions to Macbeth in Lolita, see Duncan, Walter and McCoo, Virginia.)

Austin, Floyd. The last name is a slight variation on that of Jane Austen (1775- 1817), whose Mansfield park (1814) Nabokov taught at Cornell University at the time of his writing Lolita.A The surname may also imply the English poet-laureate

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Lolita (ロリィタ) is a Japanese fashion culture inspired by girls' and young women's clothing styles from the Victorian and Rococo periods. It grew from young women's desire to dress for themselves in a way that disregarded other people's opinions and women's fashion catered to the male gaze. The style is characterized by a distinctive silhouette, achieved from wearing petticoats underneath dresses or skirts with a specific cut. Decoration associated with historical girls' clothing, such as lace, bows, and ruffles, are a mandatory component of the fashion, but there are different substyles that utilize variations on this to create a different aesthetic.

This fashion is heavily associated with certain brands specializing in Lolita and different substyles, and Lolitas must purchase their clothes through these stores and the secondhand market instead of typical fashion retailers, which would not have such clothes.

Lolita is a subculture that revolves around fashion, so only people who wear the fashion are considered a part of it. Like other fashion subcultures, the emphasis is always on the clothing and the visuals not associated with the fashion are based on other aesthetics, such as Goth. However, there may be a "lifestyle" component to Lolita, wherein some Lolitas participate in princess-like activities such as tea-drinking. Participating in lifestyle elements is less popular and considered unnecessary from 2018-2020 onwards, and the fashion has always been focused on collecting garments and coordinating pieces together.

In addition to wearing the clothes, there is a tight-knit community with a shared history, inside jokes, a strong criticism culture, and multiple discussions that take place both in real life through local meet-ups and on social media spaces such as Discord channels, Facebook groups, the now unpopular LiveJournal, and the 4chan board /cgl/, which also includes cosplay. Tradition and following the general guidelines of Lolita is mandatory, and low-quality garments and bad styling is highly discouraged.

Lolita as a fashion has a long history with more than a single true origin. While the sweeter side of the fashion evolved from the fans of Otome (maiden) style brands during the 80s, the darker side has its roots among visual kei fans that were also known as "Trance Gals" (トランスギャル) around that time. The style in its current form came about in the 1990s, where it was photographed on the streets of Harajuku and featured in magazines like Fruits, Kera, and eventually Gothic & Lolita Bible was launched with a focus on it in 2001. The movie "Kamikaze Girls" released in 2004 resulted in a widespread knowledge of Lolita as the name of the fashion among the general public within Japan.

Before it was given a name, the fashion was generally seen as a "shoujo" style and it is assumed that Lolita was likely choosen because it sounded like a fancier word for an innocent girl. In order to differentiate from the book and to avoid adult content to show up, the fashion's name is commonly written as "ロリィタ" with a long "i" in Japanese instead of "ロリータ".[1]

A person should also never come into Lolita spaces with the intent on sharing sexual feelings associated with DDLG, as the aesthetic is trying to escape sexualization and has had multiple encounters with daddy doms and sissy harassment. Much of this stems from a misconception that Lolita is related to Nymphet fashion due to the name, and that hyperfeminine presentation is equivalent to childlike presentation. The goal of Lolita fashion is to dress akin to a feminine doll, not a child.

Outside Japan, Lolita fashion has gained a strong foothold. Most lolitas gather together to form communities with other lolitas close to them. These communities gather together and wear the fashion in meetups, where they can enjoy the company of others who wear the same interests. Lolita communities also have a huge online presence, allowing people in rural areas to communicate, trade, and sell.

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