Taking a break from a book I am not so in love with, I have checked out So Pretty/ Very Rotten by Jane Mai and An Nguyen from my university library. And thank god, because the book is like 50 bucks on amazon.
I'm in a Japanese fashion sub-culture phase again. It really grabs the attention of both my anthropologist brain and my obsession with stuff. My favorite part of Lolita fashion is how it is so unapologetically for the love of Stuff. That is what this book is about, in a way. I found it while looking for any sort of interesting magazine content for a big mixed media project I'm working on (a last hurrah before I go back to poorly funded libraries and considering paying for jstor).
I'm only 98 pages in and a lot of the content are beautiful comics and art about self expression through lolita. Lolita is such an interesting culture to me, there was a short period where I considered really getting into it when I was much younger, but now the most important aspect is the unapologetic dressing for the self. Its all about beauty, but in the eyes of the wearer, not for men or conventionality.
I also love the essays explaining the background, the styles and the influences. Of course they must address the name 'Lolita' which has nothing to do with what the American mind thinks it does, at least not anymore. Its origin is a mystery. These are just the aspects that interest me, something I would love to read about more always.
For me right now, I am using this book to help me think about conveying knwolege in different ways, moving away from big bodies of text and incorporating art and design. I'm sure I am going to finish this within the week with more to say, I mainly starting writing this right now because I am between class and work, and this was supposed to be short but I'm realizing there is so much I want to say. Stay tuned!
*＊✿❀ Bye!! ❀✿＊*
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