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I haven't had much to talk about here until now. This is something that has been kind of bothering me recently.

The issue of wearing lolita (or expensive brands in general) to concerts.

Many people seem to have a problem with it because those wearing it complain about the 'rowdy-ness' of others who are ruining their clothes. They don't understand why people wear it to a concert where they know everyone will get all sweaty and squished together.

Why do people wear these nice clothes in the first place to concerts? They have different reasons. Some want to show off their money and/or style or think it's cool just because Japanese fans do it. Why do the Japanese fans do it? Because they can. They can because concert audiences are a bit different there.

Most concerts that aren't all standing are done by ticket number, meaning everyone has their own seat/standing area. For concerts that are all standing, everyone pretty much stands in their own space bubble. NO ONE tries to push to the front. NO ONE rushes to the stage. Sure, the concerts for the heavier bands can get pretty crazy, but still everyone respects other people's spaces. Naturally there are exceptions, but they are typically far and few between.

Due to this fact, people can dress up to the nines and can come back out still looking awesome and be intact. Of course they get a little sweaty and their hair might look a bit disheveled if they were head banging, but no tears or smeared makeup in sight.

If you don't believe me, I have seen it first hand. I have EXPERIENCED it first hand. I went to a Moi dix Mois concert and many people in the pit area were dressed up in EGA/EGL and a couple were even cosplaying. None of them moved out of their general area and everyone came out without a scratch.

So if you're going to a concert in a Western country all dressed up, unless it has assigned seating, expect to get rough and covered in sweat other than your own. Feel free to dress up, but don't complain if you're bow gets caught somewhere or your rocking horse shoes get stepped all over.

P.S. Something that was just pointed out to me...this complaining about dressing up situation isn't really an issue here in L.A.. Lots of people dress up and no one has a problem with it. Interesting how things vary within regions.