Miss Filigree

So, sometime back, Juliette et Justine came up with a dress that in their head probably sounded very French. Sunset orange and a waving French banner. (I also remember it having rabbits and tulips but considering I haven't been able to find anything like that I'm starting to think I just hallucinated that part...) The end result looked pretty...Dutch. So, I figured it'd be fun to make some super Dutch-looking lolita coords! I tried to draw from all different sources to get some super different looking outfits- I could've done 100% orange, but that would be boring (and eyesearing). Straight Up Just The Dutch Flag Super creative? Not really. But it's cute, dammit! I couldn't not make a sailor coord for a country that's half below sea level. Plus, that hair clip. Usually when brands want a horizontal French flag they make sure to put the blue side up, but AatP seems to not have gotten that memo. Oh well! When wearing this, I'd remove the whit...

Oldschool lolita has had a rebirth a while ago, and a lot of new faces have started to wear it. After all, it's an easy style to get started in, all you need is a white blouse and socks, black or white shoes and you're pretty much set for any dress you might pick up afterwards, be it blue, pink, red, black or green with orange polkadots. It's cheap and convenient, but it can also lead to some very samey coords! Of course there's nothing wrong with that, but if you wear oldschool a lot, you might end up wanting some new ways to make a simple coord more interesting. If you do, then this post is for you!   An unusual headpiece/Unusual hair  What's the first place peoples eyes go when they see you? If you're a lolita, probably the petticoat. But the second place if your face. If you do something interesting with your hair, it'll immediately make a coord seem more interesting as a whole. You can simply go for a more intricate hairstyle like tight ringlets, but...

I consider myself an oldschool lolita. Even outside oldschool, the dresses I tend to favor are simpler pieces with simple prints or no print at all. That being said, I do have a deep love for one sugary sweet print: Whimsical Vanilla-chan! Back when I was still trying to figure out what style I was most into I happened to stumble upon someone selling the round jumperskirt set. Being the crazy cat person I am, I bought it and fell in love with it! In the roughly four years since I've gotten quite a collection of Vanilla-chan pieces, and in this post I'd like to share them with you! My whole collection! I had issues getting it all nicely on one photo, so please excuse me for the wonky picture! As of April 2018, I have: - the houndstooth Vanilla-chan coat in mint - the Vanilla-chan JSK in mint - the Whimsical Vanilla-chan round JSK in mint, pink and black - Ladder Ribbon OTKs in black and mint (thank you Cupcake Kamisama!)- technically these aren't part of the Vanilla...

So the next topic in the 52 lolita posts challenge is what my own lolita lifestyle is like. Before I start on that though, I'd like to touch on lolita lifestyle as a whole, or the lack thereof. Lolita doesn't have a strict lifestyle like many other alternative subcultures. Ask a goth what the gothic lifestyle is like and they'll probably tell you something along the lines of "listen to gothic music, visit goth clubs, wear a gothic style and have a spookily decorated house". As a lolita what the lolita lifestyle is like, and you might get answers ranging from "there is none" to "living in a cottage in the woods and baking cookies in your Angelic Pretty finest". There is no defined lifestyle, made more difficult by the vast differences between sweet, classic, gothic and the many little substyles of lolita. Because of this, I'll be looking only at things in my life that I think fit with a lolita lifestyle. Maybe you'll agree with me or...

  I love oldschool. You only need one look at this blog to see that! It takes up a good half of my lolita wardrobe, while four other substyles get smooshed in the other half. They're my most precious pieces, looking at a nice oldschool dress or blouse gives me a kind of fuzzies hardly any border print can hope to archieve. But why? The lace Oh the lace. Don't get me wrong, I think the modern tulle lace is absolutely beautiful. Thick cotton lace, though, is my absolute favourite kind. I love the sturdy feel of it, I love the clear details, and I love how it pops against a dress in a way tulle lace doesn't because of how thin the base is. The ease Oldschool is possibly the easiest substyle to get into and to wear daily! Building up a wardrobe is easy because there's no need for a bazillion matching pieces or careful planning on what theme or colourscheme your wardrobe will have. In oldschool, you can undoubtedly pull a perfect coord out of your existing c...

It's the beginning of March, and in the Northern hemisphere, spring is about to hit! Personally, I can't wait to stash my knits, scarves and gloves away and bust out the florals, so I decided to make a  post about dressing for the season, stylewise as well as weatherwise! I picked dresses for this post because they're the prettiest option and the easiest to find, but of course you can follow these suggestions in a less drastic manner, by adding accessories instead.  Dressing for spring stylewise Spring = florals!  It was in The Devil Wears Prada and it isn't wrong: florals are EVERYWHERE in spring and I love it. Flowers are possibly my favourite kind of print in lolita, and what better time to wear them than the time of the year when the real ones pop up everywhere around you? It's like wearing the cutest camo ever! Egg prints The rarer variety of print, but they do exist! While eggs might not be the most versatile print to own, there's ...

Here it is, the first post in the 52 lolita posts challenge! The topic is 5 things every lolita should have regardless of style, but I ended up with six. Not a problem, I think! 1. A white peter pan-collared blouse This is just such a staple! There's something undeniably lolita about a peter pan-collar IMO, and white is a super versatile colour as it goes with just about any other colour you can come up with. Especially in oldschool I consider a nice peter pan blouse to be a total must-have. Of course in gothic lolita you might be better off with a black one, but a white one is still very usable for when you want to lighten up a coord a little, or for days when you feel like wearing something that's undeniably lolita rather than goth. 2. Pearls  Be it bracelets or necklaces or strings to pin into your hair, pearls are ubiquitous these days, especially with the whole mermaid trend that's going on. They're super versatile and classy and they come in...