I know it's been a bit quiet in here lately, but for good reason! The "American Lolita" crew took the summer off (everyone had a lot of stuff going on) and we are now putting the pedal to the metal on this project!

Our *new* revamped website will open soon, and on that website you will be able to view "LoliGirls' in it's entirety.

Let me repeat that, you WILL be able to watch "LoliGirls" online in a matter of weeks.

No matter how many times I try to explain the situation with our short documentary, I still get the same questions;) Oh! Also, LoliGirls will be screened at CT's Silk City Flick Fest in October. I know I said the festival circuit was over, but a friend of the crew is running the festival so I couldn't resist.

Besides the new website (launch TBD), the American Lolita crew will resume filming for the funding trailer this month. Also, we will be present at this years NYAF/Comic Con. Be sure to stop by Victoria's Lolita panel:) There's also a fabulous exhibit opening at FIT Sept. 17th called "Japan Fashion Now". Of course we will attempt to film there as well.

Deadline for the funding trailer (target length 5 min) is November 4th.

Stay tuned!

Hello everyone and I hope you all had a safe and happy New Year's celebration!!

With the arrival of 2010, and also with the chaos of the holidays past, the LoliGirls team are getting back to work! Our goals for this year:

1) Get LoliGirls: The Story Behind the Frills and Bows into as many festivals as possible!

With each festival, our documentary isn't not only viewed and enjoyed, it's recognized. We're not only interested in feedback, but we're looking for people interested enough to invest money in the development of a feature-length documentary. Which leads us to our second resolution-

2) Develop and shoot LoliGirls: The Movie!

First step: create a funding trailer that we can use to approach potential investors. I'll admit that this is my first time raising money for a film (I don't think the fundable site for LoliGirls counts) so it will be a learning process. Fortunately, my associate producer is well-versed in this area of film making, so I'll be relying on her expertise to get us pass this crucial part of the film making process.

Now, I'd like to take this space to clarify a point. With the LoliGirls short, some folks expressed concern over us filmmakers making money off the film. They felt we were, in theory, exploiting them in order to make a buck. I completely understand this sentiment, however I have to explain something: in order to make a movie, you need money. And, you need to make money to pay back those you took money from. On top of that, you want to make a profit so you can apply that towards making your next movie. During the filming of our short LoliGirls, we made a negative profit. I financed most of the film out of pocket. Here's something for a little perspective- during one afternoon of filming I spent xxx. Have of that went towards drinks and food for the crew (it was blisteringly hot that day and we didn't want our talent to faint!), the rest went towards gas and camera equipment. That might not seem like a lot of money for a big production, but for this small project that started out as a weekend activity, it's quite a bit. Of course it was totally worth it, but my bank account took a bit of a blow last summer.

If you have any questions or concerns about the money raising/spending part of the filming process, please don't hesitate to contact me via our contact form:)


So here's a call out to all you lolis! Please let me know of any big lolita events and/or any film festivals in your area! We're still on the lookout for festivals to send LoliGirls, and we're currently searching the globe for lolitas and lolita communities to possible include in LoliGirls: The Movie! If you're at all interested please get in touch with us. You'll probably make it into the credits of the movie for your assistance:D

LoliGirls is now officially in postproduction! This means that I must capture all the tapes (over 20 miniDVs) and attempt to organize all the chaos. At the same time I've been organizing promotional material for the guests attending the September premiere! I know, it might sound like I'm getting ahead of myself planning for the premiere, but it's going to be a huge event with (maybe) a mini-fashion show and some other little events (they're a surprise) along with the first showing of the finished documentary. I've designed and ordered some special gifts for those who generously donated to our fundable site (they just came in the mail today, they look awesome!), which will be given out on the big day.

So when we started this project we estimated the documentary to clock in at 7-10 minutes. I'm still working on the editing script, but it's looking more and more like the finished product will be somewhere between 10-15 minutes (maaaaybe longer!). It's tough cutting down the footage, since I love it all, but I know in order to keep the attention of those who are new to the fashion I'll have to keep things tight.

I'm sorry I can't divulge any more info, but you can get your loli fix by visiting Victoria and Aly's blogs daily (you can find the links on the right-hand side of this page).

The fashion show, and Connecticon are now over. Thanks you everyone who attended or participated in the Lolita Fashion Show! Audience numbers were topping 1,000!!!!

The models and the film crew had an amazing time. The Show was the last shoot for our short documentary, so now I've got to wade through all these tapes and put together an epic movie. It might be a quiet month here on lolitfashionmovie.com, but don't fret! I'll keep on updating and there are some little videos to keep you occupied until the September premier:)

Here's the commercial that played during CTcon's opening ceremonies promoting the Fashion Show (edited by yours truly!) as well as the longer teaser trailer:)