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Starting from head to toe for the most part. A lot of this advice does not apply to aristo or boystyle though I may add some stuff later, and often punk has a lot of exceptions. For more on the different styles, see here. I apologize that most of the pictures are of sweet lolita BTSSB, but they have the most variety on their site. Click on the little pink hearts in the descriptions for examples.

* Hair accessories *

There are many different types of hair accessories to help pull your outfit together. The most obvious is the headdress * , which is either a round or rectangular piece that is decorated with lace and bows that ties around your head with a ribbon. This is worn best with bangs but beware that no matter what hairstyle you have it can easily look like a maid’s. A less maidish and more casual but still very lolita hair accessory is the hair bow * , which can attach either by clips, a hair comb, or a headband (such as Alice bows * ). If you don’t want such a large bow you can also opt for mini bow-clips * . Old-fashioned hats and minihats are also common styles but are harder to make at home. Tophats and mini-tophats are often found with punk and boystyle, but some of the more feminine hats * are suitable for any style. Mini-crowns * and tiaras * are a must for himeloli and can also look very good with punk styles. Mini-straw hats * go perfectly with country style and are usually decorated with ribbons as well as small fruits such as cherries or strawberries. Possibly the hardest hair accessory to pull off is the bonnet * which can easily look too childish. Look for a bonnet without an overly wide or floppy brim and never tuck your hair fully underneath. Some less common but still elegant hair accessories include berets * , caps * , rose clips * , hairbands * , and cute earmuffs.

* Jewlery and other accessories *

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IT did not take long for Twinkle Lam to realize that she had a problem on her hands.

For the past 10 months the 23-year-old Ms. Lam has moderated an online discussion group about Gothic and Lolita fashion, a style of dressing imported from Japan featuring Victorian-era calf-length skirts, bloomers, aprons, lace bows and ruffled petticoats that has attracted a following among high-school and college-age girls in the United States.

For the most part, discussion on the Web log (www.livejournal.com/community/egl), a forum of about 2,500 ardent adherents to Gothic and Lolita fashion that Ms. Lam manages from her home in Dallas, revolves around questions like where to buy chunky high-heeled Mary Jane pumps or how to fashion Bo Peep collars. But over the winter, the usually polite exchanges gave way to angry, often profane declamations.

At issue was Gwen Stefani’s Alice in Wonderland costume in her ”What You Waiting For” video. Alice, with her prim white collar, poofy sleeves and bell-shaped skirts, is an informal muse for many G.L.’s, as they call themselves, and the sense was that Ms. Stefani had bastardized the look by exposing blue ruffled panties and laced-up high heels, making the look more dominatrix than demure.

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Back in 1983, Styx had us thanking Mr. Roboto. Now blond rocker Gwen Stefani has introduced North America to her version of the Tokyo-based fashionistas known as harajuku girls.

Japan — it’s the land that brought us karaoke, Dance Dance Revolution and wide-eyed cartoon characters. It seems almost inevitable that Japanese fashion and music are in line for mass consumption in the West.

Or not.

“Trends move so quickly in Japan that it doesn’t have time to catch up here before it moves on,” says Ian Horner, spokesperson for Animethon, a huge convention held in Edmonton each August celebrating the Japanese cartoon form known as anime (pronounced ah-nih-meh).

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