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Elegant and classy. Oh, and Les Yay away!
One Winged Angels aside, everything can be a cute girl.

The Elegant Gothic Lolita wears an outfit that makes her look like a Victorian doll: lots of frills, bonnets, huge ribbons, mostly black. There's also shades of Alice In Wonderland, though with the aforementioned dark motif. On occasion, her hair may be in Princess Curls. She may also employ arcane symbols. Named more for the famous expression, although these are characters usually well below adult age. It's worth mentioning that Elegant Gothic Lolita is only a sub-style of Lolita fashion in general, though the style most well-known in the west.

Although fundamentally unrelated to the Western sense of "goth", it's popular to dress characters who are villains or have icy personalities in these. Or characters who seem to have supernatural powers. Or just as random cute cosplay. Or even giving a girl Age Inappropriate Dress.

There's a subculture in Japan of people who dress up in Elegant Gothic Lolita fashion; it's often referred to as simply "gothic lolita," "gothic and lolita," "GothLoli" (gosurori), "loligoth", or "EGL". Some older individuals who are uncomfortable with the word "Lolita" refer to it as "Antique Cosplay." Our goths' stylings are referred to as "goth punk" there.

There's also a subculture of Westerners trying to imitate the Japanese look, and prone to attacking each other about how everyone else in the community is doing it wrong.

Not to be confused with Original Gothic Lolita or "OGL". See also/compare Awesome Anachronistic Apparel.

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