/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Just thought I'd add a review. Picked up l188 'pik' in the 1000yen sale and I'm really happy with it. The sold out red version is by far the nicest colourway in my opinion but for the price, you can't really complain. The materials are decent and the lace is lovely, soft and made of cotton. The detachable bow is very large and whilst the construction is fine, I prefer how it looks without.

The thing that really struck me that wasn't apparent from the stock images, is just how versatile this jsk is. If you ignore the slightly odd (but not unpleasant) base pink shade and work with the other colours, there are plenty of options - it looks good with black, tan, off-white, cream/ivory, beige, teal blue and the various green shades depicted in the leaves. You could even make it work with wine red shades. Pretty much any tan/brown leather shades for accessories would work as well. As far as jsks go, I honestly don't think there are many that you could pair with either black or brown and make it work.

I'm probably going to make some minor modifications to it, such as pick up some decent quality thick satin ribbon in black and wine to use as waist ribbons depending on what colour scheme I'm using. I'm also probably going to alter the halterneck ties to make them regular straps, pretty easy to do even for a sewing novice like me.

All in all, It may not be the nicest bodyline jsk out there but it's definitely one of the better ones quality-wise and for the versatility alone, I think it makes a great budget addition to any lolita wardrobe.