The Mediocre Enthusiast

My go to response when I'm on my own is to say that it's a Japanese street fashion, based on vintage and historical styles like the Victorians and I just dress like this for fun.

When I'm with others, I usually quickly explain that we are friends that dress up together in a fancy fashion to do fun things, that it's a hobby and the style is from Japan

Generally though, I don't like to stop and linger on these kinds of conversations, I don't mind it when I'm on my own schedule but at a meet up in particular it is frustrating to run into people asking the same thing several times a day

It's about politely setting down boundaries and telling people you don't have time to stop and chat, make it clear they are interrupting your day

I don't plan to use this blog solely as an EGL blog but I've thought about this challenge for a while and I'd like to complete it. I'm not going to stick to strictly posting once per week, I'll post when it takes my fancy

So for an introduction, my screen name is The Mediocre Enthusiast, I'm based in Europe and I wear mostly classic lolita. I've been wearing the fashion for 2 years and I expect I'll reach half of the prompts before I give up

Prompt 1: What is your favourite brand, and why? What's it's history

I don't have one sole favourite. My top two are Victorian Maiden and Metamorphose Temps de Fille for entirely different reasons.

Victorian Maiden produces the "ideal" aesthetic to me, I'd love to match the brand image and I think a lot of their designs could fit into a lifestyle lolita type of wardrobe, sipping tea out of vintage cups and going for walks through fancy parks. I love everything I own by Victorian Maiden, it's timeless and classy

On the other hand, I love metamorphose temps de fille for it's experimentation, there's something signature about meta's design, I feel like there's less of an ideal goal or aesthetic when I'm coording meta, I'm just doing it because I want to. That doesn't mean I like everything Metamorphose temps de fille makes, I pick and choose. I also love meta for size inclusivity, nice to know other people can also buy and wear dresses they love right off the rack

I'm not much of a history buff when it comes to lolita so I'm not going to make an attempt to explain the history of the brands, there's other great resources for that