Lolita fashion
A Japanese street fashion inspired by Victorian and Rococo clothing, featuring frilly dresses, petticoats, knee socks, and bonnets. The term is wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English).
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English)
She likes walking around Harajuku in Lolita fashion on weekends.
Many people gathered at the Lolita fashion event.
Variant with a middle dot; both spellings are used.
Wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) from 'Lolita' and 'fashion'. The term 'Lolita' is borrowed from English, likely influenced by the novel 'Lolita', but in Japan it refers to a modest, doll-like aesthetic rather than the novel's connotations.