>>10915402nayrt, but I also vastly prefer overweight and obese lolitas buying brand that was produced to cater to their size instead of them buying from the 2nd hand market and altering those pieces. The 2nd hand market is difficult enough as it is with increasing prices and decreasing amount of interesting pieces. Some sections of the market are worse than others. I cannot help but groan inwardly when a visibly overweight person says "I recently got into old school, I want to start building my wardrobe" because they're going to have a hard time and they're going to give the rest of us a hard time as well. Only thing I can do is point them in the direction of items they don't have to alter (fully shirred dresses, skirts with fully elasticated waists, shirred blouses) instead of things that they do have to alter.
I don't mind well done alterations as a concept, and I wouldn't mind them if there were plenty of nice pieces to go around. But we're all competing with each other for a decreasing amount of pieces and skyrocketing prices. The best thing we have going on is trades and inter community sales. Most people take good care of their stuff too. It's completely normal for someone to have a dress for 5 years, sell it within the community, the 2nd owner then enjoys if for a few years and sells it within the community, etc. I would hate for someone to break that cycle and make irreversible changes to these pieces. I know, I know, "dresses aren't community property". That is 100% true. But I have the right to be annoyed with people who make the 2nd market more difficult. "but what if it's a slim lolita who just lets that dress rot in her closet for 20 years and it never makes it way to the 2nd market",,, well, that's a false dichotomy.
