Yeah, all the BRAND-store staff think they're gods because they get to wear BRAND every day and bless the lesser lolitas with the gift of BRAND. I quite often get my 'irasshaimase!' with a nasty sneer. There are a couple of stores with polite and helpful staff, but they tend to be the lesser brands that are still trying to earn customer loyalty.
Go ahead and wear your outfit, it's totally acceptable. Even though the lolitas are total snobs, the Japanese public at large doesn't judge the appearance of gaijin. You can get away with wearing damn near anything here if you're a tourist. You're already 'foreign', so nothing you can wear can make you any weirder in Japanese eyes.
Wandering around getting lost is the best way to find cool things in Japan. Seriously, don't be concerned about staying oriented, because it's impossible. But you'd be surprised how easy it is to find stations again. So give yourself a few hours, let yourself wander and explore, then when you're ready to head home, just start looking for a station as mentioned in the previous comment. The stations in the Tokyo central area are so close together, you can walk between most of them in 15 minutes.
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Date: 2008-03-17 02:34 pm (UTC)Go ahead and wear your outfit, it's totally acceptable. Even though the lolitas are total snobs, the Japanese public at large doesn't judge the appearance of gaijin. You can get away with wearing damn near anything here if you're a tourist. You're already 'foreign', so nothing you can wear can make you any weirder in Japanese eyes.
Wandering around getting lost is the best way to find cool things in Japan. Seriously, don't be concerned about staying oriented, because it's impossible. But you'd be surprised how easy it is to find stations again. So give yourself a few hours, let yourself wander and explore, then when you're ready to head home, just start looking for a station as mentioned in the previous comment. The stations in the Tokyo central area are so close together, you can walk between most of them in 15 minutes.