[coord] a simple Kuro-lolita

I just put together a quick comfortable outfit for selling fanart at an artist alley (for the first time, yay!) No jewelry to get caught up anywhere while drawing, and flat tea party knock off shoes for transporting my suitcase into the hotel conference room. (I had an evil megane glint in the first photo, lmao.)

Metamorphose jumperskirt, Innocent World blouse, Bodyline shoes, off brand hair accessories and fuzzy socks. Not pictured - black peace now jacket

All black is the way to go: a lot of people said I looked nice, and black matches a lot easier than any other color, that's for sure. If I were wearing this out to a real meetup, I would add my black Innocent World purse and some black jewelry.

[coord] redoing a previous outfit

Sometimes I go back to my older outfits and see if there is anything I can do to improve them, whether with new accessories or shoes or jewelry, to create a better and more cohesive look. No one starts off perfect in lolita fashion, not even if you buy an entire top-to-bottom coord from a brand, because something might be off with the fit or the hair or shoes, and it takes a little time to see what can be done to improve.

So here is my original outfit from last year; not offensive, but not particularly flattering either. The socks were off-white and gold, which only matched the pearl/gold crucifix, which itself wasn't the best accessory for such a simple look. I later wore space-themed socks with white calf-high boots, but even then I felt it made me look chunky.

Here is my re-wear (to a recent J-fashion staff meeting), capitalizing on the comfort of the baby doll style of the dress, with 2 slightly different looks.

Alice and the Pirates jsk, Innocent World blouse, Angelic Pretty barette, Bodyline shoes, Forever 21 socks and hairclips, Metamorphose necklace, off-brand purse and rings

I wore a new pure white blouse instead of the now ruined off-brand blouse, but kept the same bow tie and purse. I added plain pearls and a couple of barrettes to decorate the beret, and switched to cute nautical socks and shoes that made for a cute, almost sailor lolita style. I even contemplated wearing the sailor hat I made, but it falls off my head and didn't want to look too costumey at a staff meeting, lol.

For this outfit I wore the rose clips on top of my head instead of clipped to the jsk, and also a thrifted jacket (which I brought anyway because it was cool and rainy). I forwent the jewelry at the actual meeting because seriously, who am I impressing lmao. But I like how this coord appears classic/sweet instead of just sailor. Anyway, it turns out even though the shoes fit my foot and are the size I normally order from Bodyline, my toes felt pinched and cramped after walking just a little bit, so I think new shoes a half size up may be in the future...