Lolita Fashion Meets Romance

Two of my favourite things: lolita fashion and romance. Not that I think there is much demand in either our community or in the literary market for romance fiction for lolitas, but it’s fun to imagine what that could look like. This post is brought to you by Bibliotheca’s monthly theme of Romance and my own procrastination on working on editing my last romance novel.

FYI, I still make that face when the romance is good.

The Classic

Girl meets boy. She’s a lolita, he’s unaware of it, but her dress sense intrigues him, so he tries to get to know her. But she’s got a wall of thorns and parasol spikes around her, having been hurt by others mocking or misunderstanding her clothes ever since she started wearing them, so she projects that distrust onto him. Until one day he turns out to be the photographer at her local comm’s big tea party - and the worry of whether she’s pushed him away too hard becomes too real. Because suddenly she’s not that special anymore. Or is she?

The Bridgerton Fantasy

An alternative universe in which high society fashion developed to be lolita and ouji. He knows that he needs to settle down and ensure that his family fortune will not be lost, as he inherited it on the condition that he marries within five years. Time is running out and no prospective candidate has appeared at the balls and tea parties, when a new lolita arrives from out of town. Her gaffes and casual attitude towards the ton’s rules amuse him, but will she see beyond his strict ouji upbringing and realise that they could be not just the ultimate power couple, but the right match for each other?

The Chick Lit

She was not looking for love. She was happily single and frilly, enjoying spending her income on numerous shopping sprees with prominent lolita fashion brands. She found love in the least likely place: with her work rival, the new girl who is trailblazing through the digital marketing company they work at. They locked horns via multiple passive aggressive emails in the fight for the top spot at work. But when they bump into each other at the local branch of a flagship lolita fashion shop, a new bond of understanding develops into more than just a shopping trip buddy.

The Paranormal

The lolita fashion community loves to joke about its vampire memberships - and they were happily laughing along. Little did those frillies know that they have been travelling this world for a few centuries now, collecting all sorts of pretty things, which EGL fashion was just one of. Yet even the prettiest clothes cannot fill the void of their lonely existence. When an opportunity to start a mentoring group within the community comes up, they jump at it and get to know a young wannabe ouji. The line between mentorship and friendship is quickly crossed - how soon can they let themselves go and allow this newly created ouji into their heart? Apparently quicker than this ouji can turn from a newbie to a fabulous best dressed award winner, it turns out.


Please note that none of the above are on the plans for me to write in any foreseeable future. This is just my throwing some ideas out there and to celebrate romance as a genre by adorning it in the frilly, ruffly, lacey goodness that we are here for. So if any of you enjoy these, you have my blessing to take the ideas and make them your own by writing those stories. If you ever do, please, let me know!