[coord] Summer International Lolita Day - sailor

Heyo, my BFF came up to Dallas for a graduation party, so we had brunch and did a sailor theme for summer International Lolita Day on June 1st! I finally got to wear out this tricolor Alice and the Pirates military theme dress but as a sailor dress. Now I don't feel so bad about looking at it in my closet every other day lmao.

[JSK: Alice and the Pirates; socks: Angelic Pretty; shoes: Bodyline; blouse: Innocent World; hat: handmade; jewelry and accessories: offbrand, Forever 21, Claire's]

A miniature sailor hat is harder to wear than you think and this wig was way too tight on my huge head despite my thin hair. Either you need a big fluffy hairstyle or just wear a regular size sailor hat. But anyway, I wore this outfit out on theme and I'm proud to have partially matched the reds and blues and that's that!

[coord] Holiday European Tea at Alexander Mansion

I finally got to visit the Alexander Mansion sumptuously decorated for the holidays and serving European-style tea for the month of December. It was a cold and dreary day when we went out, but the setting was beautiful even if my makeup and hair weren't. I had purchased some red dresses online, but nothing looked as perfect for the holidays as this random Bodyline dress I got on clearance lol.

Dress: Bodyline; bolero: Victorian Maiden; shoes, book purse, tights, headband: off-brand; jewelry: H&M, Forever 21; corsage: handmade; coat and collar not pictured are also off-brand

Simple but effectively festive and a perfect classic lolita look right out of the Victorian Maiden or Mary Magdalene catalog (rest in piece.) I had a cute cream wool jacket with a detachable fur collar that I wore, I left the collar in for extra warmth once inside. My favorite part about this outfit is that the bolero actually fits (unlike most Victorian Maiden clothing lol) and it came with detachable trim and lace cuffs. My least favorite part is that my false lashes and lipstick weren't looking so great in photos, but that's what photoshop is for!

[coord] Halloween gothic coord

Hello! I managed to fit in a spoopy post-Halloween tea with my lolita friends and wanted to show off my gothic coord while I'm still feeling productive! I was quite happy to be invited and wear my new, never-worn Taobao dress.

[one-piece: Dear Celine; tights: Grimoire; shoes: Innocent World; headdress: Taobao, handmade; jewelry: Forever 21, H&M, off-brand]

I also made some gothic black blinged-up fake nails which I really liked but were silver themed instead of gold to match the dress. The actual headdress I wore to the actual party was the same Baby the Stars Shine Bright headdress I always wear for gothic coords, my original idea was to attach it and the veil to the horns, but I stayed up late doing my nails instead so I didn't get around to it lol.

[coord] My Melody x Liz Lisa hime gyaru

Heyo... I should have another lolita event for Halloween and I do have the beginnings of a coord for that one, but the weather is still a bit warm and humid, so here is a hime gyaru outfit with this Liz Lisa My Melody one piece I got on clearance! I also bought these My Melody shoes from Taobao and I do have a My Melody purse and socks but the pinks didn't match so you are spared from that travesty.

[dress and purse: Liz Lisa, headband: Angelic Pretty, necklace: Daiso, bracelets and socks and shoes: off-brand, rings: H&M and Forever 21 and handmade]

As you can see, I love wearing hime gyaru and fairy kei in Texas summers, I hate sweating in my lolita clothes, getting gross armpit and collar stains on my somewhat expensive blouses. No way. Plus you could layer on fairy kei and gyaru in the winters, although the spontaneous breeziness could get lost under the coat and sweaters. Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter.

[coord] white ouji redo from A-kon 2017

I finally had the strength of will to redo my white ouji coord from A-kon last year. I was not feeling wearing so many layers in summer, but I missed my chance to do it in the one week it was cold in the winter lol. I changed the wig and socks to white and switched to the gold crown I had ordered from China which came in after A-kon ended. I think this is the best possible coord I could have created, so here it is!

[jacket: Dear Celine, blouse: off-brand, shorts: taobao, socks and shoes and cuffs: Alice and the Pirates, stole: Forever 21, sash: Pier Imports, brooches: Angelic Pretty, jewelry: H&M and Forever 21, crown: ebay]

Anyway, I managed to fit in some Alice and the Pirates stuff which is the intent. I will need to buy a new white wig someday, this wig is getting a little ratty, but I just really love how it looks with my white outfits. My ultimate goal was to add a cape, and I do have a white cosplay cape but I was not going to iron it and wear it when I'm already sweating bullets lmao.

[coord] Alphonse Mucha for New Year's

Sorry it's been so long, I haven't had the opportunity or desire to wear lolita anymore, so I have been selling more than wearing. But here is a recreation of my New Year's tea coord from 6 months ago. The theme of the day was "Fancy as F/ck" as we were going to a tea house meet (there was no Btssb tea party at Ikki-con this year.) I ended up driving home in the hail and ice for five hours instead of attending the new year's eve festivities because I had work the next day, at least the tea earlier that day with my friends was so nice!

[JSK: Quaintlass; blouse: Innocent World; tights: Grimoire; shoes: Taobao; purse: Angelic Pretty; headbow: Baby the Stars Shine Bright; jewelry: Forever 21, H&M]

I love the print and silk and lace textures of this Mucha dress but sadly this Quaintlass (a Chinese Taobao brand) dress just did not match anything in my wardrobe. I was lucky to find a deep green hairbow on sale from Baby, but otherwise everything, especially the off white (more like a golden cream) did not match. I originally wore this with a mori-kei sweater, but I was sweating into a bout of heat exhaustion wearing this coord in a Texas summer indoors so no go on the winter layering lol. If I could redo this coord, I'd attempt to find more emerald green necklaces or hair accessories, but otherwise, I felt pretty good with this simple classic coord. I may sell this dress later if I don't find anything else to wear with it, but I felt out of all of the Mucha print dresses, this was one of the better designs, Innocent World's was too simple.

[coord] Happy Balloon by Meta

Hmm, I have no readers of this blog, but oh well, it amuses me to write the entries, so I will keep doing so. Last weekend, I did a test coord of this Happy Balloon jsk I got in a lucky pack. Instead of that ouji coord from early summer lol. While I didn't mind getting this print and style and colorway, bright blue was not a common color in my wardrobe and I didn't want to get new accessories and jewelry just for it when I have a fellow local lolita who loves ducks.

JSK, hairbows, blouse, socks, necklace: Metamorphose; shoes: Bodyline; rose pins: ShoujoMonsta

This pink wig I got at a con actually looks really awful on my skintone in real life without heavy filters, but I just wanted to wear it one last time before I attempt to sell it. This is a simple mostly Meta coord, with a lucky pack blouse I may also try to sell. I think I could have abandoned the pink wig and socks and went for more red and gold and white to bring out the colors of the balloons and clouds, since I don't own a lot of bright blue stuff. But as it is, it's not too bad.