/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8178818

If it's just "pleated skirts, cardigans, and a neck bow in one outfit", then it's actually not that hard. Just pick pleated skirts, cardigans and net bows that look like the furthest thing from anything you'd find in a schoolgirl outfit, and coord them together. Pic found off image search for "pleated skirt cardigan neck bow".

If you like the schoolgirl look and simply want to push the envelope a bit, then you can keep the majority of the schoolgirl feel while changing up something else. Most schoolgirl outfits have the following things incommon:
- colour schemes are usually: bordeaux/red, navy, black, cream, white
- Plain(ish) design, decoration is usually just stripes
- A formal feel, with stiff pleats, crisp construction.

So, in order to change things up, take one or two of the above attributes and push it to the complete opposite, eg, still using pic related, you can see how she's wearing a sloppy, casual cardigan over a skirt with loose pleats. The "stiff formal feel" attribute has been flipped over to "sloppy and casual". Then there's the whimsical prints on her cardi and the checks on her inner shirt, which flips the "plain design" attribute as well. So as a result, this doesn't look like a schoolgirl outfit anymore.

Now, on the other hand, if your real question is "How do I buy a nanchatte seifuku and wear the whole "just kidding" schoolgirl uniform while letting everyone who sets eyes on me know that I'm only wearing a "just kidding" schoolgirl uniform without actually being a schoolgirl"... that, I don't have an answer to.