東京のファッション事情 2 ゴスロリ編

みなさん、こんにちは。
ユリのオーディオブログです。

今日は東京のファッション、「ゴスロリ」についてお話します。

ゴスロリは、ゴシック アンドロリータの略で、日本のサブカルチャーとファッションには今や欠かせない存在のひとつです。

ゴスロリは、フリルやレースがふんだんにあしらわれた黒や白のメイド風のワンピースに、ヘッドバンドを付けて、同じくフリルのたくさん付いたハイソックスに厚底のブーツを履くのが定番スタイルです。中には、目の周りを真っ黒に縁取るメイクをしたり、フランス人形のような金髪のかつらをつけたり、パラソルを持ち歩く少女達もいます。

ゴスロリファッションに身を包む少女たちの多くは、１０代後半から２０代前半で、原宿の竹下通りなどでよくみかけます。ほとんどの場合、同じような装いをした少女たちが数人でグループをなしていることが多いです。

アーティストの間でもゴスロリファッションは人気で、一般の少女達のゴスロリ熱をさらに煽るカリスマ的な役目を担っているようです。ALI PROJECTのボーカル、宝野アリカ（たからのありか）や北出菜奈（きたでなな）、香奈（かな）などが代表的です。香奈のように、日本だけでなく、フランスやスウェーデン、ストックホルムなど海外での活動も盛んなゴスロリアーティストも多く、今やその人気は世界に向けて発信されているようです。

私自身、原宿に行く度、必ずといっていいほどゴスロリファッションの少女達をみかけます。着心地が良さそうだとは決していえない衣装のような格好をして、堂々と歩いている姿は、世の中に対して何かメッセージを発しているような気さえします。

あなたの街に、ゴスロリファッションの少女が来る日もそう遠くないかもしれませんね。

Sorry this is not the correct place for this post i am quite sure

But if i sign up for the $10/month for 2 year subscription…what happens if after say 3 months or maybe one month i decide that it is not really working for me, can i cancel it at any time and stop paying?

To be honest I am only a 15 years old sudanese high school student .

but life here is so tough so there will be no part-time jobs and no paypal acounts …. that means its 5 days for me … .. .

any way I thank you so much for the chance to learn and study this great magical language. and love japan so much. since i was 5 years old.

I live in England and im a lolita ^^ ive seen tv programmes about english designers employing people to take photos of fashion in harajuku , now in england i’ve noticed many frilly things and skirts are getting poofyer , its extremely similar to this fashion it definatly effects the rest of the world
People think that lolita is strange even though its based on europian clothes, in japan i think people still wear kimono , id like to see lolita introduced to the uk , you can already see its effects in the shops here but it hsant quite caught on.

Tysonさん＞ Hi! Please send your question to contactus@japanesepod101.com - they can help you with billing questions there

Hassan jewallyさん＞ Thanks for your comment! Hmm, at 15 years old, I think san or kun could be used for you. For example, your friends might use kun to you, but your teachers might use san to you… it depends on the person!

Atolm_Dragonさん＞ I think that the audio blogs are fairly high level! I would say that they are Upper Intermediate/Advanced level. But I think learners at any level can listen to them - even if you don’t understand everything that is being said, it will get you used to the sound and flow of the Japanese language!

magic Toasterさん＞ It sounds like designers around the world are taking notice of Japan’s goth-loli style! It would be interesting to see how this fashion trend develops around the world

Amenatさん＞ Interesting to hear about the different reactions! I’m sure a lot of tourists that come to Japan are surprised when they encounter the goth-loli fashion in Harajuku too.

i’m a graduate student in China and i’ve noticed a lot of similar fashion trends to Goth-Loli here, especially among young people. Loli has also been coined as a fad word on the internet and used a lot to describe cute, flamboyant school girls who have the guts to sport unusual, flashy outfits

however, to me and my peers who are hitting 30 in next 6 or 7 years, the word Loli has a sort of negative connotation. i don’t know the exact reason, but my guess: i’m gettting too old to appreciate their taste and secretly resenting the fact that i will never be able to pull off this particular fashion style and be as fabulous as they are~~

トロントではゴスロリはまだ着いていないのです。せめて私はここで見た事がありません。ゴシックは何年間前に人気がありましたが今はあっまり見かけないのです。ロリータは、まあ、ちょっと、あんまり
良くない感じをする（させる？）から、ゴスロリに変化されたらどうなるかしらね。

Also in Italy there are Goth-Lolitas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq2o6P_78QY and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB3Tkv9Bwc4

Yuri’s blogs are definitely upper intermediate/advanced level, although it would be nice if there were also really advanced lessons available. Yuri’s blogs are more sophisticated than Miki’s and are very useful, but they train you only in listening and reading. When will your program begin to offer real conversational Japanese (not the artificial kind you presently provide), with intensive drills? The upper intermediate conversations are not very satisfying, and they often contain silly humor that serves little purpose. This lack of conversation training continues to be 101.com’s major weakness.