An Interesting Idea

Whilst researching fashion photographers and Lolita fashion I came across a similar pose within two images. The top image was taken by the German-Australian fashion photographer Helmut Newton and the bottom image is what I found on a blog about Lolitas. .

This pose to me seems to suggest pride and freedom. I like how the two models are happy and look as though they're ready to take on anything. Lolita fashion is very striking and stands out from the normal everyday fashion we see on the streets so people who follow this fashion would need a good mind set to overcome the negative comments and reactions that come with 'being different' and 'standing out from the crowd' and I think this pose suggests they've taken on this mind set.