2018 Wardrobe Post

Hello bats, and welcome to my wardrobe post! This is my first time participating in this time-honoured EGL tradition. It's difficult to take photos indoors in winter where I live, so please excuse the questionable image quality. I'm finally at a place where I'm pretty happy with my current wardrobe and I'm eager to start diversifying what I have a little bit.
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Last Coords of 2015

Just wanted to share a few of my old coordinates from last year! It feels so weird to refer to 2015 as "last year". These are in no particular order...I just happened to be going through my phone and came upon all these pictures I forgot to post. It runs the gamut from casual to OTT.

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Dress: Atelier-Pierrot

Blouse: Atelier-Pierrot

Socks: Metamorphose

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Antaina

Headdress: Antique Beast, offbrand
Jewellery: Alchemy Gothic, Offbrand
Wristcuffs: Offbrand

My friend Stacy was kind enough to take some really nice photos of my coordinate! Right now my camera is my S3, which is my most of my coord photos look like they were shot with a potato. 

This was an absolutely wild day! We were pretty tired after a lovely tea party at the Royal York. They gave us SO much food...had to loosen the back of my corset a bit. Anyway, we were hanging around a park downtown, relaxing and taking photos. A big baseball game was going on, so it was really busy and many of the passerby were totally wasted even though it was pretty early. It was pretty much a constant barrage of harassment /creepshots/annoying people until we just gave up and hit the bar.

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JSK: Moi-même-Moitié 

Jacket: Atelier Boz 

Blouse: Ista Mori

Socks: Metamorphose

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Bodyline

Headdress: Antique Beast

Jewellery: Alchemy Gothic, Offbrand

It was absolutely freezing that day, but I wore Underarmour and frilly bloomers underneath my outfit. The Boz jackets look a lot warmer/thicker than they really are...on the subject of this jacket, I find a lot of people really dislike it when you wear a Roland with a print underneath since it blocks the print. I really like how it looks, though. I love all the metallic gold in this coordinate! Next time around, I want to pair it with a gold and black purse, and a big bonnet.

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Dress: Atelier-Pierrot

Blouse: Atelier-Pierrot

Tights: Abilletage

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Demonia

Collar: Antique Beast

Hat: Offbrand 

Wristcuffs: Offbrand

Jewellery: Restyle, handmade, offbrand

Halloween party coordinate! I basically recycled the outfit from the Royal York tea party and added a hat. I thought my poofy black and blue hair would be appropriately witchy, so I didn't bother with a wig.

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Jacket: Atelier Boz

Blouse: Ista Mori

Jabot: Marble 

Brooch: Offbrand

Boots: Bodyline

Pants: Offbrand

My first shot at masculine aristocrat, I guess? I would love to purchase some better-fitting pants and a proper hat. I felt very elegant in this coord! I honestly think men's styles suit me better than lolita - I have a muscular figure, broad shoulders, and no boobs whatsoever.

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OP: Moi-même-Moitié

Blouse: Moi-même-Moitié

Socks: Moi-même-Moitié 

Shoes: Antaina

Headbow: Handmade

Jewellery: Alchemy Gothic

 I tried to find the loosest, comfiest pieces in my wardrobe because this meetup was for the sole purpose of eating pancakes and ice cream. Maybe not my best coord, but it was nice to be able to eat without worrying about popping a seam. I did manage to totally crumple my petti, though.

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JSK: Sheglit

Blouse: Offbrand

Jabot: Marble

Socks: Moi-même-Moitié 

Boots: Demonia

Beret: Offbrand

Jewellery: Restyle

Just a comfy, simple coord I wore to school. 

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JSK: Moi-même-Moitié

Blouse: Moi-même-Moitié

Socks: Moi-même-Moitié 

Boots: Bodyline

Headpiece: Offbrand

Another simple and comfortable coord for school!

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That's it for 2015. Hopefully 2016 is filled with even more coordinates and opportunities to wear lolita!

August Coordinates

Like I mentioned in another post, I didn't actually get a full coordinate together until July, but somehow between then and now I managed to get a sizeable collection of pieces (R.I.P. wallet). Now I can actually wear lolita or aristocrat reasonably often! I'm so excited. I'm looking forward to wearing it at least 2-3 times a week.

That said, I was not excited about it being August. As a goth, I'm already used to the suffering that is a Toronto summer, but not while wearing layers of frills. Granted, it hasn't been too unbearable this year, but still...

Anyway, onto the coordinates!

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JSK: Moi-même-Moitié (Frame Cross Lace-Up JSK II)

Blouse: Ista Mori

Socks: Metamorphose

Bag: Offbrand

Shoes: Antaina

Beret, Hairband, and Jewellery: Offbrand

This is my first-ever coordinate! I still feel like it could use some work, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it even though I could use some more gold accessories on top - maybe I'll wear gold hairpins or something.

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Jacket: Atelier Boz

JSK: Sheglit (Gracious Flare Underbust JSK)

Blouse: Ista Mori 

Socks: Moi-même-Moitié

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Antaina

Jewellery: Offbrand

 

Just a simple, comfy outfit for walking around town. It was strangely cold even though it was the middle of August, hence the jacket. I feel like the jacket works best with long layers, but I like how it looks with a shorter skirt.

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Skirt: Moi-même-Moitié  (Gothic Arch)

Blouse: Offbrand

Socks: Moi-même-Moitié

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Bodyline 

Jabot: Marble

Fascinator and Jewellery: Offbrand

I had a lot of errands to do that day, so I put together a simple, comfy coordinate. Skirt coords are so underrated - a lot of people hate coordinating skirts because it's a little trickier than coordinating a JSK or OP, but they're also more versatile.Way more comfortable in summer, too. It was pretty hot out so I couldn't stand wearing a JSK.

Side note, I love it when my hair matches my outfit! As a sign of devotion to our lord and savior Mana, I've dyed it Moitié blue. Mostly because it was purple before and it kept clashing with my outfits.

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Bolero: BPN

OP: Moi-même-Moitié (Royal Gate)

Tights: Offbrand

Bag: Moi-même-Moitié

Shoes: Antaina

Hairband and Jewellery: Offbrand

Had an awesome meetup with my comm that day! We rented a photo studio and practiced posing and taking photos. I've never been very photogenic so while I definitely improved, I'll still never photograph well. Who knew it was so hard to pose? Jojo poses, while awesome, are not exactly the most elegant/humanly possible (or comfortable in 4 inch platforms).

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Thank you for reading~ and of course any constructive criticism is welcome! I'm still new to lolita. It's one thing to lurk comms and look at outfit photos, but putting together a coordinate on your own is something new entirely and I'm still not that good at it yet.