The Good Eggs of Lolita Fashion

For those unfamiliar with British English (and this particular phrase is most commonly found in the North of England, such as Yorkshire), someone who is a good egg is a nice person. If you get called a good egg, that means the person calling you that is fond of you. It’s one of those phrases that I absolutely adore, partly because I totally love eggs (in pretty much any form) and partly because to me it’s an incredibly homely, heartwarming, honest-no-frills phrases.

Every community has its own good eggs. In my opinion, the goodest eggs are the people who often won’t volunteer to claim that label for themselves, but instead will humbly be nice in the background and may not even expect praise or reward (though absolutely make sure that they get the recognition and appreciation they deserve!). So I would like to spread a little bit of love for those good eggs in our wider community (so beyond just the mods for our local comms) and hopefully make you all aware of them.

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Connie from Atelier Pierrot

Picture taken from Atelier Pierrot's Facebook.

Whether you are Atelier Pierrot’s target demographic or not, Connie’s work with them is bringing so much good into lolita fashion at large. From as immediate as bridging the language gap and allowing more people outside of Japan to easily shop with Atelier Pierrot to all of the behind-the-scenes work he does that increases the brand’s inclusivity, international profile, and transparency. His post on Rufflechat about what goes into producing plus size pieces was the wake-up call that the Western community needed to put their money where their mouths are. All of that while rocking a killer style that’s inspiring loads of people – I’ve seen more and more newbies join the fashion as AtePie stans and it’s absolutely because of the work he does. A fully certified good egg!

Lolibrarians

Image taken from Lolibrary.org.

For most lolitas this fashion isn’t the only hobby and not the only hoarder hobby either. Have you ever wished that those other hobbies also had an equivalent of Lolibrary? I sure have. If you have too, then make sure to throw some money at them. None of us could imagine the lolita fashion community without Lolibrary and the dedicated work that the Lolibrarians put into it, from cataloguing and archiving down to coding and making sure the website runs. It is entirely volunteer-led, they have their own lives and full-time jobs, yet still find the time to run this resource for the community. When I say that we don’t deserve them, I mean it 75% seriously and only 25% jokingly. You know as well as I do how los we’d be if Lolibrary was suddenly gone. So get a fiver out of that birthday money and chip in to the upkeep of our community’s most valuable resource and the good eggs that run it.

Wonder Tea Party

Image from Wonder Tea Party's X account.

A well-written skit makes us feel seen and validated, our behaviours reflected in a humorous way that helps us maintain some distance towards ourselves. There’s been a gap in those in our community for quite some time until the Wonder Tea Party lolitas filled it. And the fact that they are all Japanese lolitas makes it all the better. We get a glimpse into the differences of how the fashion and its wearers are perceived in Japan versus other countries, but even more importantly – they show us the similarities. There is more that we have in common than what divides us and the Wonder Tea Party shorts are always so positive. Their catchphrase of “Lolita-tte honto ni tanoshii!” (“Lolita is really fun!”) always makes me smile. This is what it’s all about – shared joy over something that makes us happy. And anyone who brings goodness and smiles into the world is a good egg.


You know who else is a bunch of good eggs? The Bibliotheca bloggers and the Bibliotheca team at Bay Area Kei who run this amazing scheme. They make written content happen and then deliver a summary of this fantastic written content to your email (and only if you join, so nothing unsolicited). And then, like the good eggs they all are, they create a circle of inspiration whereby a silly theme such as this, egg, gets thrown around, taken seriously, and we all have a great time reading about all kinds of eggs in April. So if you haven’t subscribed to the mailing list yet, do that now. We can offer you some eggs in these trying times.