First of all, I can't express how excited I am to find this comm, and how mad I am that I didn't know about this place sooner!
I'm 24 and live/work in CA, USA. I have a huuuuge sweet tooth when it comes to food, but not so much for lolita--aristocrat and gothic are more of my style. I'm not a brand snob so I often feel alienated from the general lolita communities. I'm all about DIY and bargain shopping, so I get much joy in hunting down lolita styles at Goodwill! I also don't dress in lolita daily because my fashion taste is too voracious to stick to just one, but I am a sucker for lace and accessories (I'm a neo-Victorian at heart)…When I do dress in lolita, though, it's very watered down because I'm too shy to attract attention to myself, thought I hope to get the courage one day to dress all-out. I usually use Halloween as an excuse to dress up, like I did this past year:

My question to you all concerns head covering. As I was reading some of the comments on
this post that people didn't like the look of the head scarf with the dress, I started thinking about hair in EGL. I often cover my hair (as in none of it shows) and find myself struggling to get it to "work" with my outfit. I often think "this would look so much cuter if I wore a headband/bow/etc instead of covering. Sometimes, though, I get my head scarf to go
really well with my outfit (and get compliments at work!) and it feels great.
Are there others out there who manage to reconcile head scarves or hijab with Lolita fashion? And if so, pics please ^^? Thanks!
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egl