The Lolita Level Up Quiz is pretty much a classic now. But ever since doing it on camera, I wanted to give it an update. I used the spare time I had, making this a project, and I took the quiz from FYeahLolita and the Parfait Doll one that it’s based upon, and worked my way from there to create this. I present to you the Lolita Level Up Quiz version 3.0!
What was wrong with the Lolita Level Up Quiz 2.0?
That’s a fair question. I wouldn’t say that it necessarily had things wrong with it – but between 2014, when it was originally posted, and now a lot has changed. The 2.0 quiz contains some questions that are now outdated – either were outdated already for some time or became so over the course of last year – and it also doesn’t include anything that became a thing since its conception. Lolita fashion and its community constantly evolve so what was current in 2014 is fairly old by today’s standard. I wanted the updated quiz to reflect what life in Lolita fashion is like in the latter half of the 2010s. Or at the very least what it was like as of 2017/2018 – no doubt in a few years it will need another update!
Moreover, when doing the quiz on camera last year, I thought it was a little bit chaotic. Putting things into neat groups bound by some sort of category wasn’t easy, but I feel like it made the whole quiz flow in a more logical way. It’s almost like a journey through Lolita and its most common experiences, even if not everyone does things in quite that order. What I originally had hoped to do was to have each little sub-group go from things that are easiest to most difficult to achieve, as well as the whole quiz to be ascending in difficulty, but that wasn’t always possible and retaining the more logical sequencing of statements was a priority.
Finally, I had some issues with the end results or the grading, if you wish. The original quiz tried to stick to a more or less equal point boundaries between categories. However, I don’t feel like this is a fair representation of what our community is like, especially not these days. The original distribution of points per result band assumed a linear progression path: it assumed that being a beginner was as long as being an intermediate or an advanced Lolita. Which, in my opinion, isn’t true. Especially with certain things being easier now compared to the early days of the fashion, some becoming nigh impossible nowadays and some crossing over to/from things like cosplay or other J-fashion (which are common routes to becoming a Lolita), the 2.0 version made it very easy to amass a lot of points and boost the final score, even if one still didn’t have a solid grasp of the fashion and made plenty of newbie mistakes. I would argue that these days it’s easier for beginners to learn, that the experienced phase is the longest one and that it takes an extra push to break beyond the plateau and reach the next level, so the ratio of points per category needed to reflect that. Additionally, six categories seemed a bit unnecessary. The differences between the original upper-middle ones (Experienced Lolita and Top of Your Game) were quite subtle and as I assumed that we are experienced Lolitas for longer before we advance, narrowing the final categories down to five felt like a good thing to do.
That’s all as far as the explanations go, which I hope make sense to you and you agree with my way of thinking. As you can guess, the 3.0 version of the quiz has gotten longer with plenty of new additions, as well as revisions to prior questions, so make yourself a hot drink and a snack because you're in for a long ride. Long but fun. Think of it more like a road trip.
If you would like to view and download the quiz as an Excel Spreadsheet which will automatically calculate your result, click here!
If you would like to view the quiz as a blog page, click here!
If you would like to view the quiz as a blog page, click here!
Once you’re done and have found out your result, let me know how you did. What did you think of the updates? And do you feel like your result is accurate? I’d love some feedback and I hope that you have enjoyed yourself doing this quiz!
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