an essay on lolita

[elysion]

For my Japanese class, we had to write an essay on a topic of our choice; I did lolita fashion! I hope you find it interesting, and if there are any glaring mistakes, funny :) (but if there are, my teacher is forever misinformed!!) Umm there might be typos. The grammar should be very easy to understand, because I suck at Japanese LoL

ロリータファッション

最近アメリカでロリータファッションを知っている人が多くなりました。でも、たくさん人はまだ知りません。 ロココとヴィクトリアン時代の服を着ているファッションを「ロリタ」と呼びます。「ロリータ」の言葉はブラ ディミア・ノバコブの本から来ています。この本には「ロリータ」とは高嶺の花の少女という意味であります。 ノバコブの時代に「ロリータ」はセクシーなイメージがあったけど、今そのイメージがあるわけではありません 。今、その言葉をストリートファッションに関連づけることで、新しいファッションになりました。よくかわい いイメージがあるけど、暗いイメージやもっとかっこいいイメージもあります。

ロリータファッションのスタイルはパンク、スイート、ゴシック、クラシックの四つに分かれています。他の分 類もあるけど、その四つが一番有名です。ゴシックスタイルは暗い色だけを使う反面、スイートロリータはとて も明るい色を着ます。クラシックロリータは暗い色を使ってロココとビクトリアン時代の服を着るに対し、パン クロリータはモダン時代の服を使います。日本で原宿に行けば、たくさんロリータ服の店とロリータ服を着てい る少女が見られます。今、アメリカでロリータファッションの服が店にあまりないけど、少しはあります。でも 、ロリータファッションを知っている人口が多くなっています。

どうしてアメリカでロリータファッションが普及したのでしょうか。最近、日本のアニメと音楽が人気です。ア ニメは日本のポップ文化だから、色々人気のものが含まれます。よく音楽家とアニメキャラクターがロリータフ ァッションを着た結果、アメリカ人がロリータファッションを調べてみます。好きなら、そのファッションを着 てみます。その着ている人がどこかを歩いて、他の人がみて、「ああー、その服はかわいくて面白い、何ですか 」と聞きます。そうして、色々なアメリカ人はロリータのことを学びます。

[RifleRoses]

it came up all question marks for me. It's a good idea to write stuff on. I wrote an article in the school newspaper on Lolita. It was fun!

[vivien]

I'm still only hald way through Japanese 102 so the 20 kanji I know aren't much help :( I'll come have another crack at reading it though as soon as I get better!

[Kamikaze_Jen]

Wow! It looks great and...japanese!
Although I can't read a single sentence it still looks great!

-Jen

[elysion]

Haha ugh I'm sorry guys!! Here it is translated (it's going to sound really weird, grammatically haha):

Lolita Fashion

Recently in America, the amount of people who know about Lolita Fashion has increased. However, there are still a lot of people who don't know it. A fashion in which you wear Rococo and Victorian era clothing is called Lolita. The word "lolita" comes from Vladimir Nabokov's book. In this book, "lolita" has the meaning of a "flower on a precipice" (unreachable) young girl. In Nabokov's time, "lolita" had a sexy image, but now that image is not necessarily true. Now, the word is connected to street fashion, and has become a new fashion. Usually there is a cute image, but there are also dark and cool images.

Four categories in lolita fashion are punk, sweet, gothic, and classic. There are other classifications, but those four are the most famous. In gothic style you only use dark colors, and on the other hand sweet lolitas wear very bright colors. Classic lolitas use dark colors and wear Rococo and Victorian era clothing, while punk lolitas use modern era clothing. In Japan, if you go to Harajuku, you can see many lolita clothing stores and young girls wearing lolita clothing. Now, in America, there aren't really stores that sell clothing of lolita fashion, but there are some. However, the population of people who know about lolita fashion is getting bigger.

Why is lolita fashion becoming more popular in America? Recently, Japanese anime and music is popular. Because anime is Japanese pop culture, various popular things get included. Often, musicians and anime characters wear lolita fashion, and as a result, Americans search for and try lolita fashion. If they like it, they wear that fashion. Those people wearing it walk around somewhere, other people see it, and they ask "aah, those clothes are cute and interesting, what are they?" Therefore, various Americans learn about lolita fashion.

Wo~~~~~~w it sounds really bad in english hahaha. :nerd:

[vivien]

Wo~~~~~~w it sounds really bad in english hahaha. :nerd:

Haha not at all, and concidering you wrote in first in Japanese is rather good! (beter than my "yesterday I had breakfast essay" I wrote for class a while back!)

[RifleRoses]

Haha not at all, and concidering you wrote in first in Japanese is rather good! (beter than my "yesterday I had breakfast essay" I wrote for class a while back!)
I'm not sure why, but that cracked me up. yesterday i had breakfast essay...

[BubbleTea17]

So cool! I really hope I'm able to take Japanese in college

[Kamikaze_Jen]

Oooo now it's legible!
But it still looks great! :D

-Jen