Japanese festival

Hi guys & gals!

Last sunday there was a small festival in my city, to celebrate the visit of the Japanese emperor some years ago. Ever since that visit, the local Japanese museum holds a a yearly festival filled with Japanese art, food and other cultural aspects. Some friends of mine performed a dance, and a lot of my classmates were there as well. I ate some delicious things, met many nice people (and a few annoying..), and had a lot of fun :)
On my way to the city, I encountered a group of lolita's in the train, the 'elite' of the national community. They were, of course, decked head-to-toe in brand and attracted a lot of attention. Of course all of them were wearing OTT Sweet. They were talking with a Japanese lady, and because I was sitting in the same train, I overheard their conversation. It was funny to hear them talk about Japanese things, and realize how little they actually knew. Of course knowledge about Japan isn't obligatory for lolita (in fact you don't have to care about Japan at all and still be a fabulous lolita) but it's funny when people pretend to be experts when they are really ignorant.
I was not wearing lolita at that moment (although I did wear a rather fabulous hat), and it was strange to see these people that I knew from the internet, knowing that we shared so many things and yet they didn't look twice at me.

At the festival, after I changed into lolita as well, I saw them again. They were posing for pictures a lot. One of them notice my Baby skirt and smiled at me. I smiled back, but that was all.
Would they realize I have encountered them numerous times before? Once at the Animecon, twice at the Elf Fantasy Fair, and probably more times. I always recognize them because they're 'famous' and blog a lot, so I know their face from pictures. But would they know me? I wonder...

I still don't think I'd fit into the national community. It would be nice to have some friends with the same interest, but I always get the feeling I wouldn't really get along with those girls. Of course I won't know till I try...

Anyways, here's what I wore:

I went for a casual, summery look. It was very hot and I really wanted to wear pink. Summer always makes me want to wear sweet (or classic-sweet or country or whatever it's called). I doubted between this and Sugary Carnival, but because I knew the 'elite' would be there I didn't want to wear a replica. That's actually kinda funny because I didn't wear socks or anything, so if they are real snobs they'll still call me ita. Oh well.

Talking of ita's... There's always SUCH a clear distinction between the 'elite' and the 'ita's' that I feel a little lost in the middle. Here again, there were a few girls with fishnets, bad lace, bad replica's and horrible wigs, the usual ita-tastic things like cat ears etc. And then on the other side there's the elite. But what about me, where do I go? I don't feel like I fit at either side...