●Loli (LOLI)
The full name is "Lolita" or "Lolita".
1. The novel "Lolita"
Story summary
"Lolita, the light of my life, the fire of my desire, my sin , my soul. Luo Li Ta: The tip of the tongue rises and falls gently on the teeth in three steps. Luo Li Ta. The Confessions of Professor Humbert. In 1947, Humbert came to the United States and taught at the University of Villas. He planned to use his free time during the summer vacation to write a textbook, so he came to live with the widow Mrs. Charlotte Haze in the town of Lanzhida, where he met the girl who had been obsessed with him all his life: Lolita. When Humbert came out of the restaurant, he saw her, half-naked, kneeling on a straw mat bathed in the sun, turning around with her knees as an axis, her honey-like shoulders and silk-like soft back were dazzling. .
He was captivated by the enchanting little goblin. She hung around him, distracting him from writing, and her mother fell in love with him at first sight. Mrs. Haze seems to have realized that her daughter is a threat to her position as Mrs. Humbert. When they went to Lake Tile for vacation, Mrs. Haze still issued an order in a consultative tone: let Lolita go to summer camp. She then writes a love letter to Humbert and proposes to him. Although he loved Mrs. Haze's daughter, he still married Mrs. Haze. After marrying Mrs. Haze, Lolita became his unrelated daughter. But the emotional confessions he wrote about Lolita in his diary were still hot, and after being discovered by his current wife, it triggered a fierce quarrel within the family. Charlotte rushed out of the house in a rage, but crashed into a car not far from home and died.
Humbert and Lolita finally come together. He drives to summer camp to tell Lolita the "unfortunate" news that her mother has died. He went cheerfully, though he felt a little guilty. He picked up Lolita and first lied to her that her mother was sick and admitted to the hospital. On the way, they checked into a hotel. In the lobby, Lolita met an old man with a bald head like a dirty pig, and his dog. At night, when Humbert put Lolita to bed, gave her sleeping pills, and went out to the white steps outside the hotel door, the bald old man said some ambiguous words to him again, but Humbert Bert didn't take it seriously. They consummated their affair the next morning, and he learned that he wasn't even her first lover. Then they drove home. Humbert felt more and more uneasy, feeling that Lolita sitting next to him was like a little ghost seeking his life. She asked to stop at a gas station. She got out of the car and did not come back for a long time. When she got back in the car, she asked Humbert to give her change so that she could call her mother at the hospital. Humbert let her get in the car first, and then confided the truth to her, "Your mother is dead." From then on, they began traveling throughout the United States. Among various types of accommodations, he quickly fell in love with "practical motels" - clean, tidy, safe and secluded, ideal places for sleeping, quarrels, reconciliation, greed and illegal liaisons. Although they were traveling, they actually saw nothing. Their long journey was just a circuitous and winding clay road that desecrated this charming, honest, and dreamy country. Finally, the journey came to an end and Humbert decided to send his "baby girl" to Beardsley School for Girls.
Everything seemed to satisfy Humbert. But one thing is fatal, Humbert cannot tolerate Lolita being with other men. When Lolita asked to appear in the school play "Dark Beauty," he flatly refused. But after Lolita seduced her with her beauty, he still compromised, even though he felt very unhappy. Humbert felt that she was escaping from his grasp. He could only use her weekly pocket money to buy her favor, but she became increasingly cold to him, and there was no real happiness between them. Humbert is addicted to sex games, and Lolita gradually gets tired of this immoral life. They started arguing non-stop.
Lolita saved the money she asked from Humbert. Humbert noticed it and had a premonition that this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy that would prevent him from seeing Lolita forever, which made him furious. Once, after a quarrel, Lolita ran away in the heavy rain. After finding Lolita, they decided to go out to relax and travel westward to various places. This might be good for improving their current cold war situation.
On the road, Humbert found someone following him behind him. An "Aztec red convertible" kept following them, and the distance between them seemed to be unbreakable. When Humbert got out of the car in a small town to buy glasses, he saw the owner of the car getting out of the car and talking to Lolita in the store. But when he rushed over, the man in black had disappeared. He asked Lolita: "What did that man say?" Lolita said: "He asked me for a map. He must have lost his way." Humbert Feeling bad, he immediately turned the car around and drove back.
Lolita got sick and was admitted to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed it as just influenza, which was nothing serious, but she had to be hospitalized for a day for observation, replenishing fluids, and getting a good sleep. When Humbert called the hospital the next day, the hospital staff told him that a man who claimed to be her uncle had picked her up and had a dog with him who seemed very kind. Humbert was shocked. He immediately thought of the person who had been following them these days. He felt that he was really too careless. He rushed to the hospital and had a big argument with the medical staff, but it didn't help. He broke through the iron shoes and kept looking. Even after several months of searching, he still refused to give up.
One day three years later, he received a letter from Lolita from afar, saying that she was married and pregnant and needed money urgently: "Please send us a check. Dad. We can handle it with three or four hundred, or less." As he read the letter, he desperately resisted the severe pain it caused in his body and mind. He set out on the road alone and followed the letter. Drive to the address. He came to his daughter's new home as a father, comforted them, gave them money, and then Lolita told him the truth. The person who abducted Lolita from him was the old man with a bald head like a dirty pig. Son, his name is Creed, he is a screenwriter and sometimes does some advertising. He is the only man Lolita has ever truly loved. He tricked her into taking some pornographic photos for him, but Lolita refused, so she was kicked out.
Although Humbert still tried to save the relationship, Lolita at this time was no longer the charming little fairy. Humbert pulled out the automatic pistol from his pocket, Prepare to vent all your hatred on the person who broke them apart. He found the man he had hated his whole life and put bullets into him like it was a damn rat. He had no mercy or hesitation. He only knew that he wanted to kill this man and avenge himself and this fatal relationship.
2. Loli and Lolita
The evolution of Lolita in Japan:
From the beginning, LOLI is the abbreviation of LOLITA, which refers to cuteness , an attractive young girl (mostly 7 to 14 years old), originating from the novel "Lolita"
to later cultural extensions,
lolita=adjective, representing the lolita shape , cute little girl
loli = little girl
Mostly used in movies and Japanese GAGAME culture.
Recently, due to the influence of Japanese and British and American film culture, loli-style clothing has become popular. LOLITA has evolved into
representing a service style, especially in Japan, LOLITA It has become a representative clothing brand and is respected by more and more girls, thus gradually replacing LOLITA as an adjective, representing the status of loli-like and cute young girls
3. Clothing style Lolita : Girly Dressing
The first Lolita we heard was the name of a novel and the name of a 13-year-old girl.
If you only understand the novel, you can simply understand it as a precocious sexy girl and her connection with pedophilia, and those who are exposed to Western culture will find that the "Lolita" girls that Westerners call are those Girls wearing miniskirts and mature makeup but with girly bangs are simply a case of "girls wearing girly clothes".
But when "Lolita" spread to Japan, the Japanese regarded it as a pronoun for innocent and cute girls, uniformly calling girls under 14 years old "Lolita generation", and their attitude became "Girls are forced to wear girly clothes", that is, mature women's yearning for young girls.
Almost all Oriental "Lolita" dress themselves according to the palace doll fashion in the movie "The Story of the Lower Wife". The Hong Kong version of "Lolita" comes from this, and the same goes for the Cantonese version of Lolita, which is accustomed to learning from Hong Kong. But the difference is that the age of players of the Cantonese version of Lolita is concentrated between 13 and 25 years old, and most of them are no more than 20 years old. Players who are 17 or 18 years old do not have the need to pretend to be young. More Sometimes they are pursuing a new attitude towards clothing and a different lifestyle.
The three major groups of "Lolita"
1. SweetLoveLolita - mainly pink, pink blue, white and other pink series, using a large amount of lace for clothing materials, in order to create a doll As cute and romantic, it is the most popular style in Guangzhou, and it is not too ostentatious when walking on the street.
2. ElegantGothicLolita——The main colors are black and white, and its characteristic is to express the feeling of mystery, terror and death. It is usually decorated with crosses, silverware and other decorations, as well as more intense dark makeup, such as black nails, eye shadow, and lip color, emphasizing the mysterious color.
3. Classic Lolita——Basically similar to the first one, but mainly in simple tones, focusing on tailoring to express elegance, and in unobtrusive colors, such as brown and white. The lace will be reduced accordingly, and the ruffle pleats are the biggest feature. The overall style is relatively plain and suitable for beginners.
Lolita is not Cosplay: the former represents attitude towards life, while the latter emphasizes role imitation
The cute "Lolita" people are all young, but they are very vigilant and face strangers I think more about protecting myself. When I asked for an interview, they all looked at me with wide eyes and frightened eyes. After thinking twice, they timidly asked if they could take out their press badge. When the press badge and business card were given together , they immediately took out their mobile phones to take photos of their IDs. After confirming that everything was correct, the "princesses" smiled sweetly and asked me to continue taking pictures.
Lolita style
Old school punk, Hip? Hop, Guru and other styles have taken turns to dominate in the past ten years
After the street fashion from Tokyo to New York, another clothing style that has nothing to do with baseball, skateboarding, sailor suits, jeans, miniskirts, etc.
"Modern fashion elements" has emerged, which has brought Harajuku to The streets of the Bronx seem to be caught up in a never-ending Halloween carnival: College girls aged 14 to 18 wear gorgeous velvet dresses or pleated skirts
Lace-embellished corsets bloomed from their balloon-sleeved tops, which were tied with ribbons and buttons, and were covered with wide
cloaks and high boots. Pairing these Grimm-esque looks were heavy teardrop black eyeshadow and pale Cabaret foundation.
A woman without Lolita complex is like an overripe fruit, losing the aftertaste of youthfulness. Realistic and safe,
But who cares about these? Therefore, those black lace skirts decorated with white and the straps on the chest bring us back to the bygone ignorant years. It is not just about pretending to be young in a simple sense, but also for oneself. The best reward is to allow yourself to live in an unrealistic world and encourage yourself to make those small mistakes, even a little cruel and evil.
The fashion industry will naturally not miss any opportunity to make a big fuss. What women want is nothing more than vanity, beauty, and youth.
Now, unbridled gorgeousness is added to it. In this era where Lolita-like "goblins" are rampant, John Galliano
abandoned the ever-changing and dizzying style at the Dior05 autumn and winter show, using gorgeous and mix-matching clothes from different seasons.
Create a precocious modern girl style, huge sunglasses, feminine fur paired with a mustard yellow pleated skirt and suspender top
Sexy and pure, everything is indispensable.
Fashion elites pay tribute to ignorance and rebellion. Together with the general public, they enter a game of refusing to grow up.
It is not difficult to dress young and sexy, so in recent years, lace and bows have been all the rage and continue to be popular.
French designers Josiane Pividal and Joseph even named their clothing brand Lolita Lempicka
(The movie "Lolita" adapted from the famous work of American novelist Nabokov and the work of painter Tamara de Lempicka (a combination of the two surnames
), its inspiration comes mostly from the clothing style of the 1940s, with a slightly playful attitude in the clever overall style
Balance of modern and classic Feel. Full of feminine tones, romantic and unique. In this spring and summer, they use bright yellow or
bright blue tones with soft and light fabrics, full of youthfulness.
Even Chanel, who has always been mature and elegant, also interspersed many cute details in the Haute Couture (high-end ready-to-wear) of spring and summer 2005.
Delicate little details, tutu skirts, straw hats and huge bow. Jean paul Gaultier brought the street Lolita style into his show, with a printed dress paired with a lace parasol. The same design can also be found on the white dress designed by John Galliano
for Dior. Japanese designer brand KENZO also performed outstandingly after many changes.
Interpreting girlish style with a strong sense of nostalgia, a floral skirt with a pink tone, paired with a wide-brimmed hat , the ruffled skirt is swaying.
In this world where good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere. How many people are willing to be a well-behaved lady?
Rebellion is no longer just for young girls. They use charming high heels, lace dresses, scarlet lipstick and Winnie the Pooh
as weapons. If you can live a colorful life, there's no harm in being a charming little vixen.
What is Lolita?
Some people think that as long as you wear a black and white top and a skirt, you are already a Lolita. Some people think that Lolita is not just a dress, it is actually a spiritual thought, which means that you ignore the world's norms and stand alone. grid. Basically, the concept of Lolita is based on the clothing of European palaces, princesses, and dolls. It was carried forward on the streets of Harajuku, Japan, and became a fashion style.
Three major groups of Loli
1. Sweet Love Lolita - mainly in pink, pink blue, white and other pink series, with a large amount of lace used in clothing materials to create a doll-like cuteness and Lanman. Girls generally tend to wear cute doll clothes, so those who play Lolita tend to play sweet love. The look in Kyoko Fukada's play falls into this category.
2. Elegant Gothic Lolita - The main colors are black and white, and its characteristic is to express the feeling of mystery, terror and death. An alternative choice for Lolita lovers who don't like cute dressing up. Usually paired with cross silverware, black nails and eye shadow, it brings out a mysterious and elegant temperament.
3. Classic Lolita - Basically similar to Sweet Lolita, but mainly in simple tones, focusing on tailoring to express elegance, and in plainer colors (such as brown and white). The skirt has less lace than Sweet Lolita, and the ruffle pleats are the biggest feature, showing a noble and elegant style. Because the design is relatively plain, it is especially suitable for fans who are new to Lolita.
The origin of Lolita
Lolita originated from the novel "Lolita" published by the famous Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov in 1955, and was later adapted by Stanley Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick) was adapted into a movie of the same name, "A Pear Blossom Over a Begonia", which describes the entangled erotic relationship between a middle-aged professor and a 12-year-old girl. The heroine is named Lolita. Since then, the Japanese have made "Lolita" synonymous with innocent and cute girls, and girls under the age of 14 are called "Lolita generation", or "Loli" for short. In 1997, the movie "Lolita" was remade and became very popular in Japan. The fashion trend of palace doll look began to emerge on the streets of Harajuku.
Lolita is by no means equal to Cosplay!
Gothic & Lolita is a style of clothing, Cosplay is a role-playing activity and must not be confused. In fact, this misunderstanding occurs because many comic characters wear Gothic & Lolita costumes, such as Sakura Kinomoto from "Crowd Magician" and Shiba from "Chobits". They are all very popular characters, leading some people to misunderstand them. Gothic & Lolita are confused with Cosplay.
Is Lolita a noble lady?
In the play, Taozi spends huge sums of money to buy Lolita shirts, but it’s actually just because she loves famous brands like ‘Baby’. In Japan, these Lolita brand skirts easily cost thousands! But in fact, there are many Loli in Japan and Hong Kong who can make their own shirts. The cost is only about 0, which is cheaper than buying a shirt from Zuoji. It all depends on whether you are willing or not.
Advanced Lolita
In Japan, in addition to teenage fans, Lolita also has the support of many mature women. Loli moms in Japan often wear the brand ‘Pink House’. ‘Pink House’ fashion originated from a Canadian movie “Anne of Green Gables”, but in recent years ‘Pink House’ has been Japaneseized and lost its original pastoral elegance.
The psychology of Lolita
Lolita is not only a clothing trend, but also a way for young people to express their emotional needs, or a self-protective weapon to make up for their lack of self-confidence. As developmental psychologist Allison pointed out, young people are in the stage of "self-understanding and confusion". They often have innocence and dreams, a desire to escape from the constraints of reality, and need to find themselves, so they challenge themselves with unruly and wildness. Tradition, expecting to be noticed, understood, recognized and truly accepted by others.
In 1966, Kenmochi Kazuo launched the Loli photo album "NYMPHET·The Myth of 12 Years Old" (NYMPHET: originally refers to the young goddess of mountains, forests and rivers, here refers to a sexually attractive girl), which was born in the same year There is also the Loli magazine "Girl Alice", and "CYBELE", which was launched at the comic doujinshi sales meeting in 1979, is Japan's earliest Loli comic doujinshi. Affected by this, the Loli whirlwind began to blow in the 1980s, and had a great impact on the future animation OTAKU culture.
In the 1990s, a large number of Loli characters appeared in animation and game works. The most representative one is "Heaven and Earth are useless!" Sasami in "Mobile Battleship NADESICO", Ruri Hoshino in "Mobile Battleship NADESICO", DEJIKO in "Di·Gi·Charat" and Sakura Kinomoto in "Cardcaptor Sakura", etc. These characters can almost be said to have dominated the mainstream market of the Japanese ACG industry since 1995. As a result, almost every subsequent Japanese animation work has a Loli character, and even the entire series is filled with Loli. This "grand occasion" makes animation Fans' consciousness gradually changed from "a little girl is not equal to Luo Li" to "as long as she is a little girl, she is equal to Luo Li", which is really speechless.
On the one hand, Luo Li has become one of the indispensable elements in animation. The cute image spares no effort to take money out of the pockets of readers and viewers. On the other hand, Luo Li is associated with There are still some outrageous incidents. Following the inhumane "Miyazaki Tsutomu incident" in 1989, the "Kobayashi Kaoru incident" broke out in Japan in 2004 because he was overly obsessed with Sakura Kinomoto in "Cardcaptor Sakura" and kidnapped and murdered. The victims in both cases were Young girls, also known as "Lori"... Due to the negative impact of the Miyazaki Tsutomu incident, Japanese comics at that time were subject to a certain degree of restrictions in depicting young female characters.
Of course, it’s not enough for a crazy pervert to die hundreds of times, but that doesn’t mean that everyone who likes girl characters looks at them with an obscene eye. Those who call them “Lori Luoli” ” are actually expressing their love for a certain person or character. Whether you only take the younger meaning of "Lori" or accept the full meaning of the word, you can say this - today, Loli, budding flowers have spread all over the world. Corner, as long as people still watch anime, the market for "Lori" will never disappear.