Lolibrary FAQ

What is Lolibrary?

Lolibrary is a lolita fashion archive, and a 501(c)(3) non-profit (Lolibrary Inc) in the United States. Our mission is archiving street fashion and preserving culture. See https://lolibrary.org/.

How can I donate/help?

Donations - You can donate easiest at our Patreon. Or, if you want other ways to donate, see https://donorbox.org/lolibrary or you can support us via AmazonSmile

I want to help out with development. How can I do that? - First up, check out our GitHub: We're always on the lookout for developers, and if you think you can spare some time, we'll absolutely help you get up to speed with contributing. If you can spend a significant amount of time on the site, feel free to reach out to us on our Discord server, and we'll get you access to the developer channels and set you up with a dev account. Our stack is in PHP, Go and JavaScript (Vue.js/React). We run on Kubernetes (GKE) on Google Cloud, behind Cloudflare and Fastly.

How can I contribute to the site? Head on over to https://lolibrary.org/register and make an account! This login will grant you access to both Lolibrary and the wiki. For new contributors we recommend joining our Discord server as well for announcements, to ask questions and get feedback as you begin your Lolibrarian journey ♡ For more information on contributing to our archive please see these important pages, and for more information or to get started on contributing to this wiki, see our Contributions Guide here!

I've noticed an error/omission in the archive!

Please see Lolibrary Entries - Submitting Corrections.

Do you have a physical archive of items?

Lolibrary is primarily a digital archive. While many of our lolibrarians have personal collections of lolita fashion which they wear, we do not have any sort of central archival program for physical clothing. We do not accept donations of physical items.

Where can I buy these items?

Most items listed in lolibrary are limited edition items from boutiques or individual designers. If the item is recent, we recommend checking the website for the brand. For items that are sold out, secondhand sites, auctions and thrift stores are recommended. We are only an information archive and do not have any items for sale.

I own an item not listed in lolibrary, is it fake?

We are a crowd sourced resource, and most of our information is not directly submitted by the designers of the items. Therefore, it is totally possible for there to be gaps in our archives. We recommend posting to our item identification area in discord if you have an item you can't find in the archive.

Do you authenticate items?

We do not professionally authenticate items. Users on our discord can give you unofficial opinions based on personal knowledge, but we suggest asking the brand directly, or a professional authentication service if you need an official verdict.

My photo was used without permission, how can I get it taken down?

First of all, our apologies, this shouldn't have happened, but occasionally photos borrowed from sales listings and wardrobe posts slip through as we are a crowd sourced archive. Please see Lolibrary Entries - Submitting Corrections and submit your request via the "Other" option. Please allow some time for a human to review and remove the image.

Can you add stock information (in stock / sold out) to lolibrary?

All of our entries are made manually by volunteers and tracking live stock information would effectively require at least one person physically checking item stock all day every day which is not feasible. Because of this, we are not currently pursuing this.