/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10538899

>I’m 178 cm
>mostly wear sweet with some classic
>Innocent World fits me the best since all of the JSKs I’ve bought from them have longer waists. Angelic pretty can be difficult to wear since the waists hit me at my ribs.
>anyone who says underskirts are always ugly is probably shorter than 160 cm. Also people are typically less aggressive towards me when I wear lolita because I’m usually taller than the person who’s being a dick.

>>10538899

>how tall are you?
5'10/178cm
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
I wear classic and sweet. For other jfashion, mori kei.
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
I'd say IW is best because of the long versions of dresses. Depending on the dress, AP tends to be a little short on me.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Tights are a big help if you feel like you're showing too much leg.
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
I do sometimes have problems where the lace OTKs become knee highs on me because of my twiggy legs. That and long sleeved blouses never entirely cover my arms.

>how tall are you?
177cm / 5'9 and some change
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
ouji & classic, as for non-lolita stuff i like late 90s/early 2000s japanese punk street fashion
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
IW's ouji pieces are great-- i tend to have gripes with AP like others said, especially older AP which sucks since those are the only pieces i like from them lol
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
tights > OTKs, don't be afraid to look at indie/taobao stuff, esp for longer dresses if you want more options than just IW, JetJ, etc.
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
the most annoying thing is seeing a piece i like at a great price on LM and then checking the length and knowing it'll be up to my mid-thigh. also idk if other tall lolitas have this problem but i have big feet and therefore cute burando shoes are a pipe dream

>>10538979

I have the shoe problem as well. I'm 25.0 cm/size 8.5 US and there's not many LL brand shoes or they sell out right away.

>>10538979
>>10539037
Me too, me too. At least I wear classic and can get away with not-lolita shoes as long as the rest of the coord is decent. I can't imagine how miserable it is to be a tall sweet lolita.

>how tall are you?
175 cm
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
grandma's couch classic
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
I also mention IW because of the long versions of the dresses. JetJ looks great on me but I'm not too fond of their current style.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Just give up on brand blouses other than IW and invest in better taobao shops and indie.
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
You all are always saying just buy your tights from taobao but I've had miserable luck with finding tights that actually fit on me. Legs too long, wrong brands, bad luck, who knows. Tell me all your secrets because I'm running out of tights once again.

>never going to look good in oldschool gobelin dresses

>>10538899
>how tall are you?
183 cm / 6'0
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
Mostly sweet lolita, with some sweet-leaning classic and gothic.
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
Angelic Pretty JSKs with adjustable straps work well for me. I absolutely love the fit of my LIEF pieces.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Underskirts suck, just wear skin tone tights under socks. Only buy dresses with adjustable or elastic straps, unless you're getting something custom. Short sleeve brand blouses/cutsews are ok, but only get long sleeves that are adjustable or custom length unless you want to look silly or you think you can layer wristcuffs under.
When buying large shoes, sizing can be weird so your best bet is to go by that brand's specific size chart and compare to your foot length, not your normal shoe size.
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
Being overweight and tall is a nightmare, I need to diet so I'll only have to focus on having things fit me height-wise. I fucking hate when the more size-inclusive dress in a release is the OP. AP is driving me up a fucking wall. I just made a large Angelic Imprint order for shoes, fingers crossed there are no size issues!

>>10538899
>how tall are you?
178cm/5'10
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
I wear mostly classic sweet,. I also wear Menhera daily.
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
Jsks without adjustable starps tend to be an hassle obviously. As the other said I dislike long sleeved stuff from AP because it hits me mid forearm. I enjoy Meta because bodice and sleeves are longer (god bless they make sleeves longer on purpose to look more dolly or something). Most of their stuff is shirred, which is good for my giantess bone structure.
I also love Listen Flavor for casual. Since they go for this oversized look, everything fits me, lol.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
For oldschool, lace OTKs look better with a shorter dress than UTKs. Don't be afraid of modifying your tights into OTKs, it'll look so much better.
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
I'm tired of having to look out for so much stuff when i buy pieces while smol chans live on easy mode, lol

>>10538903
>Also people are typically less aggressive towards me when I wear lolita because I’m usually taller than the person who’s being a dick.

Being a tall woman is such a comfy feel. Nobody fucks with you ever.

>how tall are you?
174cm
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
I mostly wear classic and gothic but I sometimes dabble in more mature or retro looking sweet stuff
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
I love the cut of Meta's tea-length dresses it's super flattering on me but unfortunately there a only a few designs/prints that I like. I love IW but since I'm also a bit chubby I can't fit their new releases at all. I'm right at the max measurements and in my experience you have to be around 10cm smaller than the max for IW to look good. I actually really like a lot of their newer releases and I'm so salty that I can't fit into any of them since none of them have shirring. I bet whenever they release a piece with shirring again it will be some highwaisted bullshit. Oh and the MMM Catherine OP is super flattering on me I think.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Unpopular opinion: I love underskirts! I feel like OTT classic really ruined their reputation but nice quality underskirts (IW!) can help so much. Just one layer of lace peeking out from your dress can make such a difference and I think people often dismiss underskirts cause their mind immediately goes to several rows of ruffles making a normal dress tea length which looks like shit. I think sometimes you can even get away with wearing an underskirt with AP but it's harder to coord and only works with pieces that don't have a built-in-petticoat and the underskirt needs to match the color of the bottom lace.
I personally also started to sell most of my blouses and switch them out for boleros. Especially IW's boleros are just beautiful and fit me way better than blouses. I make sure to wear a big necklace to balance out my bare neck or I just use detachable bibs under the dress+bolero combo to give the illusion of a blouse.

Ludwig's holy blade is the best quality weapon for a mixed STR/SKL build, but you can try some other choices out like the saw spear + evelyn if you're curious. In general the moveset on LHB is superior to almost everything else in the game unless you're just a really big fan of heavy weapons or katanas. You'll run into far fewer situations where you feel like the weapon you're using is just not suited to the content when using LHB.

>>10539054
unrelated but anyone know the name of the dress she's wearing? looked on lolibrary but didn't have much luck

>>10538899
I don't think cryptkasper is tall, she just has a lot of oldschool that's really short

t. 160cm anon who has bought oldschool that was uncomfortably short on me

>how tall are you?
180cm/ 5'11"
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
I wear gothic and old school and wear nanchette casually.
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
Love AtePie and Physical Drop and recently bought a Meta plus size piece given its length. Hopefully that works out.
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Old school pieces tend to be pretty short. Most of mine are from MAM and BtSSB. Invest in 2 good pairs of bloomers, black and white.
I'm probably not the only person who has OTKs become UTKs on them.

>>10539054
>Just give up on brand blouses other than IW and invest in better taobao shops and indie.
Do you have any specific shops/indie brands to recommend? The only one I know off the top of my head is Strawberry Witch, but they're more on the sweet side.

>Tell me all your secrets because I'm running out of tights once again.
Seconding this, even just Western tight designs/brands that might be loliable because all I've had luck finding is solid colors.

>>10538899
>how tall are you?
170cm, but I wear size 10 US shoes so I know some tall struggles...
>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
Sweet, classic, some combination of both
>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
Best: Metamorphose, IW
Worst: AP... fuck AP
>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Don't buy shit that doesn't fit you. Its hard when you like a print or dress but you will feel and look nicer in something that fits you comfortably
>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
I don't think I'm tall enough to gripe, but my kingdom for brand shoes

>>10539054
Red Maria on taobao for tights. Very stretchy and decent quality. Has lots of classic style designs

>>10539037
>8.5
im size 10 US... pain.... at least antaina and angelic imprint exist
>>10539054
>You all are always saying just buy your tights from taobao but I've had miserable luck with finding tights that actually fit on me.
seconding on red maria, i've also heard good things about yidhra but i haven't tried them yet
>>10539105
>I also love Listen Flavor for casual. Since they go for this oversized look, everything fits me, lol.
this but H+N stuff, i have two H+N pieces and was really impressed that they actually fit me but i also have no tits so that probably helps
>>10539199
TYSM for the old school tips, love this. same with OTK socks which is why i tend to stray from them

>>10539242
I have some of their tights, but while they are forgiving, I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone above 175cm. I am 177cm and while they can stretch up just long enough, it is not comfortable. I have had Angelic Pretty tights that stretch better/are more comfortable to wear.
I found Komachi and Violet Fane to be the most stretchy, but their designs aren’t the most versatile.

>>10538899
>how tall are you?
167cm/5'6" which is right at that borderline of what works for lolita (pic related, Meta says >5'3" is Plus Size)

>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
sweet, liz lisa, axes femme

>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?
IW has the best length otks, but they don't release white ones much, it's all ivory or black. AP, BtSSB, and Meta OTKs all slide down under my knee. But even IW blouses are short in the sleeves.

>best tips or advice you might have for others?
Adjustable straps only, embrace UTKs, buy loliable normie tights (for example I got sheer polka dot ones from Amazon), short-sleeve tops, IW and Axes Femme cardigans. For Liz Lisa sweatshirt/sweater OPs that the models wear as-is, add a skirt for length; sakupan are good for not flashing people.

>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
tfw moe sleeves never

>>10539622
also, here's a pic I saved of Fujiwara-san with her own blouse design riding up to 3/4 length sleeves on her and her just taking it like a champ

>>10538899
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>>10539622
I’m tall but 10-20 cm under the listed bust and waist for plus size. I assumed it would look bad despite being longer but it sounds like meta is recommending it?

>>10539869
that pic says plus size, but it's actually the plus-plus. It does look kind of baggy on the model. You could try the plus size inbetween or go for the plus-plus anyway and get it taken in if you need to.

>how tall are you? 171.45cm or 5'7.5

>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear? Classic and sweet. I enjoy some more casual brands as well like ETC

>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience? Best IW because apparently all their shit is 50000feet long now. They also have long sizing. AP isn't bad either but I'm not in the too tall range for them.

>best tips or advice you might have for others? If you're not thinner at this height it's going to be hard to fit into a lot of things. 36' and sometimes 35' bust is pushing it especially if you have a long torso.

>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
I tried on a pair of AP OTKs and they go to knee. I have huge fucking calves even when I only weighed 100lb. Shit fucking sucks.

>how tall are you?
171.45cm or 5'7.5

>what substyle(s) (or j-fashions, if you wear multiple) do you wear?
Classic and sweet. I enjoy some more casual brands as well like ETC, axes femme, etc

>best/worst brands for tall people in your experience?

Best: IW because apparently all their shit is 50000feet long now. They also have long sizing. AP isn't bad either but I'm not in the too tall range for them.

>best tips or advice you might have for others?
If you're not thinner at this height it's going to be hard to fit into a lot of things. 36' and sometimes 35' bust is pushing it especially if you have a long torso.

>feel free to gripe about being a giraffe-chan
I tried on a pair of AP OTKs and they go to knee. I have huge fucking calves even when I only weighed 100lb. Shit fucking sucks. Also I need to lose like 30lb to be able to fit well into all my brand. I'm 37 bust 29 waist. The height isn't so much of an issue as the fat and torso length is. Ree