Hi beauties! I have received a message on my
FaceBook page asking where to shop lolita. I just want to thank the person who ask me for advice! So first things first! If you live in the United States, you will most likely be purchasing lolita items from online! Most lolita items come from East Asia. Unless you live there of course kudos to you! I will be unable to name
EVERY store that sells lolita so I will mention a few big and small shops.
If you are new to lolita Bodyline is a good store to start. Bodyline is a Japanese cosplay/costume and lolita store that sells really good stuff and for cheap!The price range for Bodyline is between $30-70 but if you catch them while on sale then you save even more money and get more items! Since this store is in Japan, the shipping does take a bit of time. I usually get my order from a month and week. So if you do want to get items from here I suggest you order early especially if you want a piece for an upcoming event. Their payment methods are CC and paypal, here is the link:
bodyline.co.jp
Next place to shop lolita, are auctions! Japanese auctions such as yahoo have great stuff and you can get rare items for great or even expensive prices. Keep in mind these are auctioning sites so the items goes to the highest bidder. And that the types of sites are in the native language, in this case Japanese! But using you browser translator could be enough to get by. Below I am showing of what the site look like, all I did was type in 'angelic pretty' this is what is shows me! Link is here:
auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/
Now for some lolita items on the more expensive side of the spectrum. You night have heard of brand lolita items. When one mean 'brand' they do not exactly mean the logo of the item, but more of the greatness of the brand itself. Usually 'brand' items are very sought after. Angelic Pretty (AP) and Baby The Stars shine Bright (BTSSB) are considered 'brand'. There are more but for now I will stick to these two since these are very well known. (AP) & (BTSSB) are indeed expensive. BUT THEY ARE GORGEOUS. I call them the Tesla and Gucci of lolita fashion because they pretty much are in my opinion. with these dresses you will be spending money unless you can find them second hand or even on auctions like I mentioned above. These are both Japanese brands, and they do have US locations in NYC and Los Angeles
Angelic Pretty Site. Baby The Stars Shine Bright Site.
Another great place to shop is LaceMarket! On this site the expensive dresses (AP) & (BTSSB) you can get these dresses here for less. LaceMarket is a place where people sell their old or unwanted lolita items. Every brand is sold here. The expensive dresses you want, you can try to find them for less here! There are auctioned items and buy it now items so really you have look for whatever you want. Link to
LaceMarket Below is what is looks like when you go on their site! The items here have no central location be aware that you could be
buying from a n international seller and shipping rates are expensive. The great thing about this i that you can buy from soooo many brands, so lots of choices here.
Next I want to mention a Korean brand called
Lief. Their website is in Korean so using your translator if you do not know Korean will be helpful. From what I can tell you have to make an account to purchase their things. I am not very experienced with this store so I could be wrong as well. Here is their site:
www.lief.co.krFinally I will speak of a well known Chinese site name
TaoBao. The thing with TaoBao is that the site itself is not a store but more of a place where there are many stores. Similar to how ebay has many sellers and their stores.But if you do not know Chinese or use a translator you might have some trouble with it. Also you are not actually able to order directly from a store because they do not ship outside of China. You have to use a shopping service. A shopping service is basically a third party agent with going in to get your purchased items and ship them to you. Through this shopping service's website you give them the link to what you want to buy and then you purchase and indicate the correct item through them. You will be paying for the item(s), the service fee for using the shopping service and the shipping. This does take some time to be shipped to you so be wary of that as well. There are many shopping services but a few that I know of:
SpreeNow , TaoBaoSpree , Yoybuy, . There are many others and they each have their own perks.
Thanks so much for reading! If you liked this please follow me for more. This was a
VERY long post I know but this isn't even all the stores. I can not tell you all the stores for lolita but could only give you a few. I will be making a YouTube of this as well so feel free to check that out when it's out! Until next time!
