/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Will you post?
Yes, this will be my fourth year.

>Has your wardrobe changed?
Not really in style now that I've settled pretty well into what I like, but definitely in size and colors. I've gotten a lot more basics and branched out into new and more unusual colors.

>Whose wardrobe would you like to see?
Mostly just looking forward to various friends on Facebook, but also hoping for xylia and jahrhundert.

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do the photos. I was thinking of doing flat group pictures to include everything, but then also throw on one or two coordinates for variety? I also have a dressform--do you guys think it's worth the effort to use it?

So sick of looking at the bad wrist cuff thread not put under a cut correctly. Someone post something!

>>8028897
laila_astri's shoe collection. hot damn.

>>8029021
I like her collection but at the same time I feel the photos look off. Like she doesn't actually own any of it? I know she does, but the cutting out of a background throws off the cute homeyness of the wardrobe post. They look more like cold stock photos.

>>8029033
It's Lauran, she does her outfit shots like that too

>>8029033
She always cuts her backgrounds even in outfit photos. I like the style. Nice and uncluttered. I wish I could let things come in and go back out like she does, just keeping a beautifully edited wardrobe.

>>8029033
this >>8029052
and also she said she was re-using her poupeegirl photos. i remember being really careful to have nice simple consistent bgs when i was on there.

This is my first year posting. I've followed the fashion on and off for ten years, but I bought 95% of my burando in the past year and a half. I have one rack in my closet of just burando. It's really nothing compared to a lot of wardrobes I've seen, but I'm super lazy and organizing and photographing that much stuff is kind of daunting to me.

Speaking of being lazy, my SO and I are pretty bad about keeping our apartment clean, I've been using this as some motivation to get everything straightened up. It's really distracting to see messy backgrounds.

>>8028897
I though classic girl's post was half-assed, but damn why can't people try to picture there wardrobe their best ? Duplica post could be way better, same for tgis acidrain chick. Spending time doing that, why won't you try to polish it a bit ?

>>8029125
sorry, not acidrain (thi one's pretty ok) but knochenfaust.

>>8029125
It might be because they don't have good lighting, bad camera, and no knowledge of photoshop.

So who is everyone's favorite so far? There really hasn't been too much sweet lolis up yet. I like Mintiemii

>>8029273
Also dirty carpets.

>>8029948
I like bunnyhuns
All other posts have either bad photography, a messy set up or pictures for ants. Lots of potential wasted there.

I haven't checked out the new ones yet but I love wardrobe posts where they give a few short sentences about each dress. It makes it a lot more meaningful than random pictures of dresses.

>>8029273
You don't even have to have a nice camera, a phone camera can work if you can do some simple editing and have nice, natural lighting and a simple and clean back drop. I took all my pictures on my iPhone and they look good.

>>8029948
I admit I liked the girl with the all sweet wardrobe who did detail shots. It's not her fault LJ's format is terrible.

>>8029968
Yay! This makes me really happy. My old wardrobe posts had turrible photography and backgrounds. I tried my best this year and shooped everything all to hell.

I am soon done with mine. This has been a nightmare but I am almost done. Just need to take the last pictures of skirts/underskirts, blouses and boleros... And the new bags/shoes I received home after I photographed the first ones. Afraid the post will be to big though.

>>8030264
don't worry about how long it is. Also love that dress by Krad

>>8030264
Ugh, you got a bit of the lamp shape going on. Why the weird bell shape? Are you using an a-line petti?

Honestly, the dress would look much prettier laid out on a sheet instead of what you got now.

>>8030272
Its to be honest one of the best constructed dresses I own. The pattern matching in the seams is a dream.

>>8030274
It's the lightning from my soft boxes yes. The dress can't handle much bigger petticoat without looking over stuffed and the doll don't have that much hips to help it out.

Started to Photoshop the skirts to give them more poof but it takes way to much time and when you have 80+ dresses the time isn't really there.

>>8030291
ignore them. Most of us have seen these dresses over and over so we get the idea, especially if you're adding detailed shots.

>>8030291
>It's the lightning from my soft boxes yes
?? I was talking about how the petticoat gives the dress a weird silhouette, nothing about lighting? Pic related, it looks like "jellyfish."

It's not about being overstuffed, the problem is that either your petti isn't really a-line or it's not long enough.

But yeah, like I said, it would have looked much better if you just laid out the dresses on a pretty sheet. Less work, since you don't have to dress a dress form every time for pics.

>>8030500
>>8030291

Probably should have attached this too. If I'm not mistaken, that's the long version of Mozarabic Chant, correct? Their product photo of the long version has a wonderful silhouette. The perfect a-line shape.

So Jahr made a post but it shortly vanished after she published it. Did she delete it? Is livejournal broken? Or is it just me?

>>8030714
Nope, it's still there, just f-locked.

>>8030714
66 dresses sooo many...

>>8030053
Yes, this. It's so much more fun to read. Gulls, please do this.

>>8028897
I have a really small wardrobe, should I bother posting? I'd like to because it would be fun, but I'm worried people would just laugh because I have a tiny wardrobe. Its all brand but I have like 3 main pieces.

>>8030995
I saw go for it more for yourself than anyone else. I love looking at my old ones and thinking 'I own nothing from my first year still but those offbrand blouses.' You won't get as many comments but do it for you anon

>>8030995
Yes, it'll be fun to look back next year and see how far you've come. Everybody has to start somewhere.
Maybe try and come up with an interesting way to stage your photos. Since you have few items you could add a few detail shots or something.

>>8030995
I agree with >>8031011. I made a wardrobe post last year when I had 6 main pieces (3 brand, 1 bodyline, 2 handmade), and it's a great reference point. Not to mention I've expanded my wardrobe in every area as well as increasing the quality of photography. It's another piece of invaluable proof of my growth in this hobby.

>>8030053
>>8030993

What do you like to read about the dresses?

>>8031011
>>8031017
>>8031019
Thanks anons! I'll do it later in the month since I'm planning on getting a few more things.
Any tips for taking good photos? I don't have a dress form or anything.

>>8031020
Anything, really. It could be something you like about it, a story that happened when you wore it, how long it took to find it.
It's more interesting when there are personal things attached.

>>8031021
natural light and a clear background are your friends, and if you can adjust the levels in a photo editing program your photos will look much better. I took all my photos with my phone and they look fine.

>>8031028
I have a fairly nice camera, so clarity won't be much of an issue. Maybe put a quilt thing I have on the living room floor where I get good lighting? It has a pretty nice color.

I really hate the new posting format. Everything is tiny and looks so much worse.

I really hope Akira makes a wardrobe post.

>>8030870
Haha that's just a small part of her wardrobe.

>>8031333
I logged into LJ yesterday after a 2 year hiatus, and holy cow everything looks awful and I have no idea what I'm doing.

>>8031356
Well, she did post all her main pieces though.

>>8031356
i think you're exaggerating, anon. she doesnt have that many main pieces

>>8031352
I want to own everything that he is wearing.

The Moitie girl has some dresses I would kill for. And her accessories, and that coffin bag. I'm envious.

why can't people learn to group things together. I don't want to see one ring then another one ring then one pair of socks. Group the smaller items together

The post with all the IW embroidery pieces but the badly sized photos is killing me. Fucking LJ and their fucking formatting issues.

Loving lyalinn's wardrobe the most so far.

>>8032263
Can we just all request to the egl mods to change the journal setting so that when you click into a post, it doesn't format it based on the custom layout they have, but instead show it in regular LJ format. Like on behind the bows?

>tfw want to post right now but also want to wait for the two dresses I've got in the mail

>>8032267
EGL mods are slow as hell. It would take a year before they would give the okay on that

The chick with the UNBUTTONED BLOUSES ON THE DRESSFORM IS PISSING ME OFF HOLY SHIT.

Apologies. I normally don't do all caps but this rustles my jimmies to space.

>>8032267
i requested it but nothing happened. i hope that they will change it for next year's wardrobe posts.

>>8031426
I'm pretty sure that she has 10 or more additional main pieces that aren't pictured. I agree that what the other anon said is an exaggeration since what she showed is the bulk of her wardrobe. If 66 was a small part of her wardrobe, would that mean that she would have an additional 200 dresses? The thought of that is pretty cool because I like the idea of someone having more than 200 main pieces.

>>8031352
I enjoy seeing tiny wardrobe posts!

>>8032285
Which post?

>>8032558
spidersona

>>8032285
I'm pretty sure they are unbuttoned because they don't fit the mannequins bust, calm down.

>>8032267
EGL mod here. Fixed it for you! The format changed automatically a while back and I was too derp to figure out how to change it back. Asked the almighty Google and voila - there you go. Enjoy the wardrobe theme!

>>8032609
They look like they fit, since they're just hanging loosely on the dress form. It just looks like she got lazy and didn't bother.

>>8032264
Yeah, I'm IN LOVE with hers. Holy shit looking back on her last two posts it's so much better.

>>8032325
There's someone in this thread that claims to have 200+ main pieces. I'm sure Wonderfinch is over a hundred.

>>8032617
THANK YOU. It looks so much better.

>>8032617
Thank you!

>>8032665
I hope 200+ anon posts.

>>8032617
Thank you mod! I sent the suggestion via ARC so please ignore that.

>that annoying feeling when someone delays shipping your item because they wanted to take a photo for their egl wardrobe post first

>>8032648
Holy shit why does this bother you so much?

>>8032648
They fit ok, the mannequin is much smaller than I am (32" bust and something like 23" waist? compared to my 38"B and 29"W) but you're right I was being lazy because I figured no one would care. Apparently I figured wrong. I'm truly sorry that my choosing not to do the last three buttons on each blouse offends you so much, but I really don't see it as that big a deal. It's not like I'm trying to sell them.

>>8032822
It also annoyed me that one wardrobe post had items they already sold. If you don't own it, don't post it!

>>8032947

Agreed. Sold items don't belong there!
If I made a wardrobe post I wouldn't even include things that I'm selling but haven't sold yet, just makes no sense.
I guess those people care more about the quantity in their post?

>>8032947
I don't care if you have a huge wardrobe and took photos of a dozen dresses at a time and sold one of them between starting and completing your wardrobe post (pyro_42's dress donuts spring to mind) but this shit right here >>8032822 is not okay, and posting a separate photo of a dress you sold a month ago is not okay either - it's not in your wardrobe any more.

>>8032983
yes! I put items I want to sell totally separate place away from my 'in use' clothes

>>8032941
Well, some people take pride in presenting their pieces (and themselves) in the best light possible. I'm quite honestly shocked that you're a seagull, I've seen you here before and your coordinates are every bit as sloppy and lazy as your wardrobe post.

Damn right lolita is serious business.

>>8032941
What a bitch.

I should post my wardrobe crumpled up in my drawers, I'm sure people would love to see that!

So I started laying out all of my pieces to take photos, and I realised that I am actually deeply embarrassed by my collection. I have some really awesome main pieces (around 22 in total) and lots of rare/ desirable dresses, but I only have two blouses.

Will people judge me hugely for having next to no blouses?

>>8033284
you could just take pictures of your main pieces? say "I'm showcasing my favorites" or something like that.

>>8033296
I think I might do that, thanks anon. Although the two blouses I have are really pretty, so I will probably include them and use the "just my faves" line.

>>8033284
after socks/tights I found blouses the most boring to look at. Skip them and really no one will notice.

>>8033284
Are most of your main pieces OPs? Is that why you have few blouses?

>>8033284
I hated duplica_chans post for all main pieces and nothing else. I think everyone is different though

>>8033378
Most of my main pieces are JSKs. The two blouses I have match with everything I own because my wardrobe is super duper cohesive.

>>8032941

It's your wardrobe, your choice. But honestly, coming here, you're going to see a lot of nitpicky cunts like me, so you should deal with it or stop coming to sandy cunt central.

Kind of on topic though, I'm getting bothered with a lot of wardrobes. Kind of baffling since it's easy enough to do flattering angles with a consistent background with a simple bedsheet on a floor and good lighting. I'll forgive bad lighting because of living situations, but I'm seeing a lot of wrinkly looking blouses and dresses literally just thrown on a bed or tiny surface with no arrangement whatsoever.

>>8032617

Thank you based mod. You're awesome!

So far my favorite wardrobe belongs to the girl who posted the bear coord. That cardigan is so cute.

I wish that there were more otome wardrobes posted, though.

>>8033522
Agreed. But I guess that'll make those who put effort into their photography have better looking posts, no matter the size.

>>8033685
>those tags

Does she not wear her clothes or something? Why are the tags still on her items?

>>8033725
Relax, she probably hasn't worn them yet. I don't take tags off as soon as things come into my home, I have to wear them out in public before I"ll do that.

I love wardrobes with gorgeous hats and tons of jewelry a lot more than those with rare prints. I also love ones with lots of solid pieces. I guess I'm just not a big print fan.

>>8030053
How important is this on larger wardrobe posts? I know LJ has a limit to how much text you can put in a post and while I want to identify and talk about everything I'm planning on posting over 100 pieces and I don't know if I'll be able to fit it all even if I combine multiple photos into strips...

>>8033732
Iyalinn, amytasukada, and Kagome_no_yume had the best jewelry collections.

>>8033757
please anon don't put a sock a photo. Group smaller things together. If you got 100 bigger things then try posting them normally and if not link to them.

>>8033773
Oh god, I'm imagining taking photos of single socks and I can't stop laughing. No, No, I'm not taking photos of single socks alone. I'm going to lay out as many socks as will fit in the frame, snap, repeat. Same with accessories. I'd be here a year if I put a single pair of socks in a single photo.

Anyways, I have over 100* dresses and skirts right now. Last year I hit the limit when I paired two dresses per photo. This year, I'm taking photos on a dressform, so I figure I'd line up 3-5 photos in a strip and save them as a single image to save on how much text is put in the LJ post. I can totally write a little about each piece; but I'm not sure if it would fit. What I'm wondering is if people would rather seem more text with smaller photos, or larger photos with less text.

* I'm taking photos of my stuff and my girlfriend's stuff at the same time; I think I have roughly 100 main pieces on my own, and then she has maybe another 25, but I'm not 100% sure. So I'm looking at maybe 100-150 dresses and skirts? She's too busy sewing to make a post of her own this year, but wanted to share.

>>8033798
there's been a few post where it's just one item per picture.

>>8033896
Well, yeah, there always are. It's more common when people are re-using pupegirl photos or sales photos and/or have smaller wardrobes.

LJ posts have a max of 65,535 bytes (trivia: in mySQL that's the length of a 'text' field type). It's roughly something like 21,000-22,000 characters.

A single linked image when I upload them to my webserver is ~167 characters. Each item name & brand typed out without links is something like 50 characters on average. A short two sentences about a piece is another 250 characters.

So that means if you photograph things separately, it comes out to you hitting the limit at roughly 96 photos with just the names.

If you write two sentences on each photo, you can only post like ~45 photos. So it's physically impossible for me to post all my socks separately.

>>8033923
You could also photoshop individual photos into collages so that it looks like sperate photos but it's all one big image.
I can't imaging writing about every pair of socks though, hahah. I don't think anyone would expect you to do that.

>>8033284
I only have 3 blouses and about 30 main pieces, I won't judge you. Most of mine are OPs though so that's my excuse.
I'll probably skip shoes and bags though, I don't have many and they're not very interesting, as I usually go for plain ones.

>>8034062
Yeah, I'm gonna have to if it's going to even come close to working; that's what I meant by making little strips of 3-5 images in a row. I'm taking the photos in front of a white double door. It's not super fancy / pretty, but it's relatively plain. IDK if I want to take the time to cut each thing out though; I'm pretty worn out and I don't think I've done even a third of the photos yet.

>>8033923
wow, I never knew all this information!

>>8033258
Damn girl, you need to chill, go outside, take a breather, etc. Don't get so worked up!

>>8033522
the lighting in my apartment is nonexistant, idk what to do, I've put every lamp in existence in my room and it still looks like shit on my camera phone (obv)

Guess just wait for natural lighting, but it's not really enough

>>8033258
>Damn right lolita is serious business.
no, its not.

>>8029052
She just posted on tumblr that she's changing her photos in response to the criticism. Looks like she's already changed a bunch so they now have backgrounds.

>>8034245
You sound ita.

>>8034254
Can't believe she listened to seagulls.

>>8034254
i HATE those shoes.
>>8034295
haha, whatever.

>>8034254
She's desperate for approval

>>8034254
I thought she was wearing air max.

Would anons prefer to see coordinates or just the items by themselves? Still tossing up what to do.

>>8034295
you sound like you need to dig the sand out of your vag

>>8034368
I'm doing both

>>8034368
>>8034378
to follow up on this, my wardrobe is pretty all over the place, so Im doing some coords to show why I've got the colours I do in my wardrobe

>>8034185

It should not matter what I or any seagull for that matter thinks, it's just me being my nitpicky cunty self. But as for lighting, I find it to be a pretty understandable situation since I live in an apartment with crap lighting as well. You should go for it, because in the end, if you're proud of it, that's all that matters, and not some bitch (e.g. me) on 4chan.

>>8034397
>>8033522
>me being my nitpicky cunty self
>not some bitch (e.g. me)

why do you keep talking like that

ragequit at airyu's post, fuck having to look at a separate photo for every single item

I thought it would never end tbh, oh my god.

Has anyone found this a great motivation to clean and clear out? I'm currently cleaning + reconditioning + polishing all my shoes because I'm taking my photos inside which is usually a shoe-free environment, so even the soles are getting at least a wipe-down if not a scrub with a shoe brush. I'm also contemplating a sales post since I realised how little I've worn some items.

>>8034459
true dat

>>8034185
Natural lighting really is best, just try and get it at the best hours and close to a window.

I hate it when people post wardrobes I like but the pictures are shit
>ladyelowen
>acidraiin
Why is everything fucking pixelated.

>>8034532
Elowen has a lot of photos that were just taken out of focus; maybe auto focus on her camera was turned off or focusing on something weird?

>>8034333
Yeah but if she doesn't change people will just keep talking shit. Easier to give into criticism.

>>8034640
I think she saved the images in low quality or something. Even her text is pixelated.

anyone pissed by the pastel wardrobe post (i think the user name is something like minti-something) and the shitty instagram filter look? makes the pastel dresses look even more faded than they already do.

>>8034981
At least it was neat and tidy. Some people can't even manage that.

>>8034981

Agree. While I think the filter is neat, it distracts from the print details, which I usually like admiring. The pictures are nice too, but the filter washes our all the colors.

>>8033313
I'm the complete opposite, like >>8033439 said everyone is different. I really think there's very little judgement over wardrobe posts anyway. Some nitpicking, sure, but I haven't ever seen much actual hate or derision over them.

H...how does she kep those purses floating in the air? I wanna do that too.

What's the advantage/disadvantage of uploading the pictures directly to livejournal rather than using flickr or similar? Does it matter?

>>8035485
-set up a tripod
-take a picture of the dress without the purse
-take another picture of the dress with the purse
-layer them in photoshop and shoop out the straps

>>8035679
Holy shit that's a lot of work. It took me so much effort just photographing my dresses on my dressform, and I didn't even coord them and my wardrobe is 1/8 of hers

>>8035891
I believe she used a stand or stool actually but same gist.

>>8035679
I was thinking something involving pins or clear fishing wire, but photoshop makes more sense

I wonder how a wardrobe post of just bags, or just socks, or just jewelry would go over? (I have a really extensive sock collection. I did a full post last year but I haven't gotten that many new main pieces and I don't know if I feel like photoing them.)

>>8036738
The guidelines for the theme say you can post whatever you want from your closet, so I'd go for it, and maybe just link to your old post for people who want to see your main pieces.
If you take good photos, seeing a big accessory collection would be cool. There's enough other people posting mostly dresses.

Yes another Moitie collection, yes!
>click
WTF there's tons of BABY in this MOITIE collection? You just have a lot of Moitie. It's not a moitie wardrobe post unless you only have moitie.

>>8036894
Seriously, she has like, 5 main MMM pieces. That's not enough to be a Moitie collection. Although having the Orchestra print gets her major props.

when did this start? Like what year?

>>8037625
I believe it started in 2011.

I feel already tired by so many post.

I started working on my post today. So far I've done shoes, socks and accessories and that took about an hour and a half. Not looking forward to the ironing I'm gonna have to do for the actual clothes part of my wardrobe!

>>8037625
>>8037862
Ancient Lolita here. I believe the first year people posted wardrobe posts to EGL was 2007. We didn't have monthly themes in the same way back but that is the date on the photos from my first wardrobe post.

>>8039182
Me too. Usually I get tired by the third week but I'm already bored of the theme. Since I'm already peeved about the posts, I know that I'll be raging on cgl when people continue to post their wardrobes throughout February.

is it just me or is the 99% offbrand not really that much off brand. More like bodyline and taobao? I don't consider taobao offbrand. off brand for me is things not sold by a lolita company that could be used for lolita.

>>8041139
Offbrand essentially means indie. What you're thinking is offbrand is more like 'loliable'.

>>8041139
>>8041169
I use the term "offbrand" for non-lolita specific stuff that still works with the style. I think there needs to be a specific term for shops like Bodyline and F+F which are lolita shops, but not brand. We call taobao stuff taobao, indie designers indie and brand, brand, but there's no term for the big companies that don't fit any of those other categories.

>>8041182
"wal-mart" brand?

Fucking French girls need to stop hoarding the Moitie. C'mon guys share the wealth.

>>8041169

Offbrand = loliable
Indie = Indie
Taobao = Taobao or Indie if it's from a Chinese indie brand, Offbrand if it's whatever stuff
Bodyline = Bodyline
F+F = Indie or Taobao or F+F.
Anna House = Indie or Taobao

>>8041218
Yahoo Auctions.

>>8041341
How do you manage to equate Anna House with taobao? Also, you're kind of proving what >>8041182 said with your three different terms for F+F... there is no one blanket term for the places that are bigger than indie but less good than brand.

>>8041431
yes and there;s a huge range of taobao brand quality. I think some are on par with brand "Baby" or "meta" quality while some are more like Bodyline.

>>8041182
Not to be a dick,anon, but f+f has a taobao store.

Every post has been kind of meh so far.
I'm not looking for big wardrobes but it would be good to see items arranged nicely and shots that are actually in focus.
That being said, I do appreciate people taking the time to do a post since I know how labor intensive they can be.

>>8030714
I can't seem to find it (yas, I'm a newb). Could you link or tell me her LJ user? Thanks!

>>8042973
She... she cut it?

>>8042973
I'm not a lolita and this still hurt me deeply.

>>8043001
Pretty sure it's replica fabric she bought & made into a skirt. Still hideous beyond all reason.

>>8042973
I gasped and whispered "oh my god" when I saw this.

>>8042973
I would prefer the replica fabric to not have the lettering because its a bit ridiculous.

>>8042235
I think the ones first on the 1st or 2nd day were nice.

I'm glad the first lolworthy wardrobe of the year has come up, I was getting a little bored. Here's a compilation of what she thought would be appropriate to put in her wardrobe post.

>>8043263
Uhhh... The socks are cute?

I don't even know how to react. It's so hilariously bad.

>>8043263
what's worse is she mentions that the two brand headpieces she has, she bought in Okinawa... so this bitch has gone to japan and still is this hot of a mess?

>>8043299
Brah she's those her tardris socks to pair with her "tardis" headband and I can't even imagine how bad the completed coord looks like

>>8043263
>literally just cannisters of bagged tea
why.why

>>8043263
Those socks are wasted on her. Also "I don't like shoes on my new comforter", seriously? Then either clean them (I've just recently spent a whole morning doing that so I could bring them inside to put on my floor) or...don't take photos of them on your comforter?
Also, this is a perfect example of how 'capable of sewing' is not the same as 'capable of designing things that look good'

>>8043323
bcuz tea is so rori!!

Heads up, Girlyhoot is going to make a wardrobe post soon.

>>8042973
My heart skipped a beat. No.

>>8043390
lol fantastic matching baby and ap sets. They have store blogs for that.

>>8043390
wanted to post ponpon no1curr image but someone already has to this board

>>8043443
10/10

>>8043263
hah someone commented it wasn't a real wardrobe and she got all defensive. Shots fired!

>>8043534
Well, it's not like her items aren't lolita. They're just crap lolita.

>>8043304
Okinawa is pretty void of Lolita honestly as far as I know. I'm suspecting she may be a military or dependent if she ended up just visiting there.

>>8043443
MY SIDES

10/10

>>8043443
kek

>>8043057
Someone please tell me it's replica fabric.

>>8044079
Holy shit you guys of course it's replica fabric.

Anyone here still photographing their pieces?
I shot a good chunk of mine, but now I'm re-doing some.

>my perfectionism will be the death of me

>>8044113
Yup. Got halfway and decided I didn't like most of the groupings/photos, so starting again.

>>8044113
Yeah i'm still going, slowly working away at it. For some stupid reason i decided to make a coordinate for each dress and it's taking me forever to do. Not to mention i'm so picky with photos, i take like 20 of one thing and take an hour to choose the best one.

>>8044121
Halfway!?!? I feel for you.
I got about 1/3 of the way through before I decided to start again.

>>8044125
Kudos to you for coordinating each dress.
I was just going to post a few of my old floordinates at the end of my post.

>>8044113
lol I haven't started yet
>50+ main pieces
>kill me

>>8044166
Thankfully I've got a pretty small wardrobe (20 main pieces) so it's not so bad. I'm grouping things together to try and show the themes etc. I'm feeling a bit insecure because it's very much still a WIP - I don't have a sought-after wardrobe but nor do I have the nicely curated, cohesive wardrobe I want (and would want to show off). My style changed a lot so I revamped my wardrobe a lot and it halved in size, plus I've sold all the stuff in my wardrobe that was actually vaguely 'popular'/gets good responses. On the other hand, I know I'm not going to have the shittiest wardrobe post of the month after that godawful one that got posted recently.

I don't think I even want to try to this year. Though it probably won't even be that hard, last time I group like 2 or 3 at a time. I try to group similar or prints that are all the same. I actually have all three colorways of midsummer nights dream (2 JSK II and 1 JSK I). Probably not as impressive as before since the re-release of it, but damn that ivory is pretty hard to find.

>>8044219
> 20 main pieces
> small wardrobe

What do you consider a wardrobe with 10 main pieces then?

>>8036894

I was like OH YESH! What a disapointment turned out to be.
Owning a few pieces does not a Moitie wardrobe make.

>>8043263

I'm actually hoping this was a troll post. I fear it's an actual ita though.

>>8044260
I'm sure this discussion has been had many a time, and it usually ends up with: <20=small, 20-50= medium, >50=large. This is by wardrobe post standards where you are showing off main pieces, not "can I wear it every day"/how many outfits can I actually get from my wardrobe standards

>>8044287
But wouldn't it still be very subjective?
I have like 9 main pieces, but I rarely ever get to wear lolita so it's more than enough for me. I once had more pieces, but sold everything I wasn't 100% passionate about to because I started working towards wishlist items. Now I'm feeling bad for owning such a small wardrobe even though I'm really satisfied with it and only have very few eishlist items. I wonder if i should post at all..

>>8044332
Oh, please post anyways! I think wardrobe posts shouldn't all be about "collections" and Lolita dress collectors. I look at wardrobes as inspirations when building my own wardrobe, thus it is so nice to see the diversity between collectors/hoarders - everyday lolitas/boring - trend-setters/brand-whores - I'm writing the / between all the tags because, everyone has an opinion - you can either look at it positive - like "that Loli has a truly awsome collection" or being a negative bitch like "that loli clearly has a hoarding problem collecting all those items and no room to store them"! There are always two sides of a story. I don't really care about what "type" you are, I enjoy all wardrobe posts as long as they are well executed and have good photos.

>Posting a replica in your wardrobe post
Nice way to mark yourself as trashy.

>>8044332
Small doesn't mean you shouldn't post. Especially if one can tell care went into the selection. I'm a little suspicious of hoarding personally, because to me selling shit and cleaning out a wardrobe feels so good.

>>8043308
probably pretty retardis

>>8044347
I fucking hate replicas. I wished there was a Lolita Police that would conduct raids on lolitas who own replicas and take them away for destruction. Replicas do a disservice to brand owners and lolitas themselves.

Save money to buy the real thing. It's worth it.

>>8044260
not a wardrobe anyone will want to look at

>>8044422
Bullshit. Big wardrobes are fucking boring to scroll over. I'm sure you will look at a small wardrobe even if just to mock it silently.

>>8044434
better to straight up be like "no one wants to look at your 1 bodyline blouse and JSK" than "oh anon post it anyway" just to laugh at them

>>8044113
Me too. I have to re-photograph all my tops, accesories and shoes because I work full time and only have natural light on weekends. Last week end: no sun. Fuck.

>>8044587
Except her example was for nine main pieces. Pretty big difference.

I'd love to see more small wardrobe posts as long as care is put into presenting each item.

>>8044434
Youre only saying that to put those that have big wardrobes down and make yourself feel better you have at least more than a starting lolita, hah.

>>8044347
Mine are going in the same photo as the brand original they were copied from.

>>8044332
Nothing wrong with 9 pieces. I feel you though, I only have 15 (1 bodyline, rest brand) and am starting to feel like it's more than enough for my needs, but I still want to collect my wish list items.

>>8044113
I haven't been able to start yet, but I can already tell it's going to be a huge ordeal.

Waiting on my last two packages that I ordered in 2014. Then I can post...

>>8044260
The majority of lolitas have about that many garments, but like >>8044287 said, we have higher standards for wardrobe posts, because it's an opportunity to show off.

Stats are mostly from Tumblr so I can't guarantee how many special snowflakes answered.

>>8044422
>>8044434
Both will probably get you a decent amount of comments as long as it's nicely presented and cohesive. My first wardrobe post was only about 10 pieces, but it's a themed wardrobe, so the number of comments was average despite the small size. And as long as you keep a large wardrobe interesting and well-maintained (ei if there's a theme or clear colour palatte) it's not boring to scroll through. Plus the presentation is really important, and no matter the size of the wardrobe, if you present it nicely it will get noticed.

>>8044434
big wardrobes post that are mostly offbrand are boring. I think a lot of the recent 'big' post were dull as hell because they didn't really have anything interesting to look at.

>>8044911
Me too, it's killing me!

>>8044911
Have you taken photos of everything else already?

Whose posts did you enjoy thus far?

>>8044624
like okay I guess

>>8044911
>>8045359

I keep taking photos and adding to my post, probably will till the end of january. idc if anyone notices, it's more just to log it than anything else

>already gotten 2 pairs of shoes, an OP, necklace, ring and beret since posting

>>8045359
I am in wardrobe hell~

>>8045444
Yes! And it was hell (98 main pieces)

I have blouses and boleros left and... well jewelry and parasols, shoes etc that not getting individual pictures. Waiting for 4 more boleros from IW and one blouse that I want in the pictures.

>>8045889

Wow, 98 main pieces! Now that's a post I can't wait seeying.
What style do you wear?

>>8045896
2/3rd s are Classic an 1/3rds s are gothic!

>>8045896
2/3rd s are Classic an 1/3rds s are gothic! Mostly prints and allot, allot from Innocent World.
>My choice of drug

>>8045889
Far out. I was stressing over 70+ pieces.

>>8045912
You sound like you have a lovely wardrobe mix.

So far I'm at 2/3rds sweet-classic (mainly IW like you) and the rest is more sweet otome stuff.

>>8045912

Nice! I wear gothic and classic myself so yours will be an interesting one.

Am I terrible for hating all or mainly AP wardrobes? I don't hate on sweet, just on AP.

>>8045961
>>8045963
>>8045896
Will post in this format >>8030264
so keep your eyes out for that one in that case, I just hope it will be good.

I almost feel bad about posting this, but what's the point of making a wardrobe post if all you have is one handmade skirt?

Hoping for mossbadger/paillettes or another good handmade wardrobe to post.

>>8047035
so much cringe. Giant wall of text and excuses for not owning anything except for 1 handmade skirt, and endless self-promotion and fantasizing about the wardrobe she /might possibly/ own in the future.

>>8047035
>>8047378
>Excuse my website address on the bottom of the picture. I've seen photos of my sewing posted around online so I put my website address on the bottom of my pictures.

I got curious and went and had a look at the website. I am still scratching my head and wondering wft.

>>8043263
Moitie replica fabric? Hm, NO! No replicas on EGL, report, delete, warn. Grrr...

>>8047420
You made me curious.
>odd layout choices, cacti during sunset?
>hm, let's go to "2014 Costume and Sewing Round Up"
>ugh
>ugh
>jesus, girl
The skirt posted in this thread honestly seems like her best work.

>>8045607
Ailsa's is my favourite so far.

>>8044113
Shot my accessories today, just waiting for my recent mail haul to wash the cat fur off my quilt and shoot my main pieces

>>8047035
at least the print on the fabric they used was nice?

>>8047560
Just saw your post on tumblr, the photos are looking pretty nice!

>>8047445
>>8047637
I like her fabric choices but I can't understand why everything is so wonky.

>>8044113
I was going to, but then I went "fuck it", and just posted what I had. I'll take nicer ones next year.

>>8045970
I know who you are, and I'm so pumped for your post!

>>8047035
This was the saddest thing. Also, how old is she to have a growth spurt after five years? Did she just get fat?

>>8047716
>I know who you are

...........Reaaaaallyyyyy

>>8047716
>I know who you are

...........Reaaaaallyyyyy

>>8047725
You're not exactly shy promoting yourself and your channel here, so yeah.

>>8047730
Well then. Thought you were someone from my country first and got suspicious. Funny since I haven't posted so much about my wardrobe under my name here nor at YT or tumblr.... But good job detective anon. Good job. I salute you and I can tell you that I wont be posting under that name on LJ.

>>8047378
It's like...if you want to show off your handmade skirt, fine, but that ain't a wardrobe post. The noob who posted two half-lolita outfits below you has more of a wardrobe post than you do.

>>8047737
No, we don't know each other personally! But it wasn't that difficult to figure out, I just spend way too much time on this board. Not trying to be malicious or anything, just curious to see your collection.

I'm thinking about posting my small wardrobe. I've only been in lolita for a year and have a few custom pieces, mostly consists of Elegy and Lady Sloth.
Also it'd be my first egl post.
what do you guys think?

>>8047769

Go for it! I'm sure your small wardrobe is nice.
Plus, nice to see a small one that isn't filled with bad handmade crap, downton abbey tins and dr who shit or just one poorly made skirt lol.

>>8047769
Do it, anon!
Mainly for this >>8047785, but also if/when your wardrobe grows in the coming year you'll be happy to have done it so you can really see just how much it's grown.

>>8047755
Haha It's fine, I feel a bit flattered. I will post on my privet alias though, but you will probably recognize the image. Hope I wont make you disappointed!

>>8047035
A-at least the picture wasn't in awful quality, and the skirt was not tossed on the ground or a dirty matress.

>mfw flashbacks to awful wardrobes last year
Anyone remembers this one girl who only had one Bodyline skirt, and the rest was horrible handmade or offbrand stuff, photographed on her dirty sheets? I cannot find the post...

>>8047769
I'd love to see some of those if you take nice pictures and detail shots.

>>8048403
I think it was a mattress without a sheet.

>>8048526
>a mattress without a sheet.
why
Why would you even leave a matress without sheets
And why would you put your clothes on there

>>8045339
I agree. I'm not much interested in off-brand owner/coord pics so I just skip over them, just like RL. Not saying they shouldn't be included in complete wardrobe posts, just that I find them boring. If I post my wardrobe it will go 'rare pieces, standout pieces, regular but branded, then anything indie/offbrand/loliables'.

I really liked artemiscangee's wardrobe post. I wonder if it gets tiring posting your wardrobe four years in row.

I chuckled

>>8049680
I think it's awesome he has a nice little wardrobe that is growing.

Besides him, Funk Brothers is the only other male lolita that wears classic. I don't understand why male lolitas gravitate towards pastel, cutesy, garbage shit that AP vomits every other week.

>>8044405
I agree with your last statement about it being worth it, but the first one is a bit much. I get where you are coming from and understand your passion for the brands, it's just there's fake everything everywhere. Don't stress too much okay? Just ignore them if you can, there is no helping those who have replicas until they either figure it out themselves or they just never do.

Do you guys think it's better to have pictures of each individual dress, or grouped? I'm thinking of grouping all the small stuff (blouses, vests, etc) but taking single pictures of my dresses and skirts. I have around 30 main pieces...

>>8051321
>I'm thinking of grouping all the small stuff (blouses, vests, etc) but taking single pictures of my dresses and skirts.

Do that Anon. Unless a wardrobe has like 50+ main pieces I enjoy the individual shots way more then when there are several dresses on one picture (esepcially with print dresses).

>>8051321

Definitely single main pieces, grouped blouses. If you want to conserve space, you can put two dresses on the same line, or combine two individual pictures of dresses together.

With blouses, after a while they start to all blend together, so you can group blouses of the same 'grouping' (e.g. color or style) in the same photo to emphasize a certain theme or style.

>>8051332
>>8051337
Thanks! That confirms what I was thinking. I'm also taking a close up of each main piece, to show the print or some nice detail. I'll collage those together, so the detail is a little inset in the photo. I'm excited, going to do the bulk of it this weekend.

>>8051403
>Thanks! That confirms what I was thinking. I'm also taking a close up of each main piece, to show the print or some nice detail. I'll collage those together, so the detail is a little inset in the photo. I'm excited, going to do the bulk of it this weekend.
>detail shots
>detail shots of prints
Yesssss this. Excited to see the result Anon!

>>8049782
Probably because there's a large overlap between brolitas and ageplayers.

What the fuck kind of parents let their 13 year old buy VM and Moitie?

>>8051763
So she's basically screwed if she has any more breast growth coming down the line. There are a fair number of unshirred dresses in there.

What baffles me is how you'd buy clothing this expensive for someone who's not even doine growing yet.

>>8051763
I think they're 15 now anon, their english isnt very good. If their family is rich they probably wouldnt think much of it. I had rich friends in middle school collecting Beats, Air Jordans, electric guitars etc. Like they had pristine unboxed display items and regular wear items. Those collections cost even more than lolita and sometimes a lot lower resale value.

>>8051807
They said their first dress was the VM, which meant they were 13 at the time.

I know it's not logical but it feels ridiculous to feel envious of the living standards of a 15 year old.

>>8051840
Well at least she has taste. I know I would have probably bought some milanoo tier weeaboo shit if my parents would have agreed or gave me the money.

>>8051864
True. Honestly I get envious when I find out people have their expensive hobbies paid for for them but I guess it's better to look nice than to waste your parent's money on shit.

>>8051763
She said she worked 'a lot of hours at minimum wage' and given the amount of free time most 13 year olds actually have (summer holidays etc) and the lack of overheads (i.e. parents pay for everything else) it's not unreasonable that she has enough hours at $10/hr (she mentioned Montreal, so I assume she's Canadian) to buy those things herself. I had a friend who at age 14 had worked enough in her summer holidays to pay for flights to France from Australia (admittedly this is at Australian minimum wage, but the dollar wasn't as good as it is now and the minimum wage was quite a bit lower than now)

>>8051763
Dude, when I was young I worked nonstop during the summer and made thousands of dollars. It's honestly not that hard.

>>8049570
I can say that it does, as someone else on year four. I'm feeling too lazy to do it, but it will be weird not to do it.

>>8049570
I have and I really enjoy it. It makes it easy when you shop you can just pull up the file and say 'oh look I have a dress really similar already.'

>>8051864
Same. My parents actually did spoil me when I was that age and I wish I hadn't wasted that money on overpriced mangoes and weeb shit I came to regret like a year later.

>>8051763
She's 15 now. I say good for her. Better than buying shitty bodyline.

>>8033685
I've been looking for this goddamn cardigan for ages.

there's so few sweet lolitas posting on the wardrobe. Has it fallen out of style or are the sweets too young and don't care about egl?

>>8043263
I had a nightmare the other night about the girl I imagined to own this wardrobe.
She was hiding a box of kitten heads in her locker at school and threatened to kill me if I told anyone about it.

Any seagulls posting their wardrobe today?

>>8055342
may do so today. finally have my mary romance doll set, so I can post everything now

>>8055318
>there's so few sweet lolitas posting on the wardrobe. Has it fallen out of style or are the sweets too young and don't care about egl?

There were quite a few Sweet posts, but I have seen several "changing to Classic"-wardrobes. OTT Classic is also more in style this year. Pretty sure people like Cadney or Kate the glass girl for example sold some Sweet stuff to buy Classic. I also have the feeling that some Sweet Lolitas tend to buy and sell dresses every few month so that they never have a consistent wardrobe that would be worth posting (thinking about Lor here) while most Gothic and Classic Lolitas hold on to their pieces.

You also have to consider: Many Lolitas are older now and transitioning to Otome and Classic or leaving Lolita all together - Milkyfawn for example, and I doubt Fanny Rosie would post her wardrobe. Also the younger Lolitas often don't use egl anymore and hence do not post their wardrobe (or rather prefer posting it on tumblr for the notes).

>>8055342
I was meant to, but then we put my dog down and I lost all motivation to finish my post.

>>8055342
Planning on posting tomorrow, but I'm worried my post is too big with too many pictures so I may change my mind.

>>8055448
I'm sorry anon :(

>>8055342
I won't be able to post until next week. I'm only a third of the way done with pictures--it's taking me forever because I can only take them when there's natural light, and I don't get off work until it's already dark. Hashtag Lolita problems.

>>8055558

I have the same issue, I'm at work and class all day everyday throughout the week, and it's too dark when I get home to take pictures, using the light in my room results in pictures with a weird tint. Natural light definitely looks way better for photos, plus it means I don't have to do too much editing after the fact.

>>8055571
If the wardrobe theme happened in June this wouldn't be as much of a problem.
>all day to take photos
>More sunlight, brighter, warmer natural light

If you live in the northern hemisphere of course. Australians have it made tho.

>>8055558
>>8055571
>>8055578
Feels for this. So dark out now.

>>8055590
I'm with you anons. It went dark at 4pm here.

>>8055558
Haha, yeah this was me. I actually started taking photos in November because I knew it was going to be an issue. This month, if I had a day off or got out early I was always rushing to take photos (or scolding myself for procrastinating another day). Thankfully, I think I'm done with the photos. Now to work on editing and formatting!

>>8051763
>>8051763
This girl is one of our best lolitas. She's never been an ita, her coords look good and she's working hard to buy her dresses. Her parents don't care, it's her money. I like her a lot!


I will try to post this weekend, I have so much shit to do.

>>8055594
Same here. I ended up taking my pictures with shit lighting and fixed it a little with shoop. but they came out blurry because of the lighting.

>>8055342
Posted mine last night before I end to bed. I'm this anon >>8047769

>>8051806

Clothing can rack up quick... for a rich parent, it isn't like a lolita dress is any more expensive then another dress they might buy for their daughter.

We have a "specialty clothier". They sell shirts, dresses, and the ilk for 200 to 300 dollars.

Buckle charges 50 dollars for a men's t-shirt.

For the rich, this is pocket change.

>>8055796
That's actually really nice to hear. I feel like it's really rare that I hear about younger lolitas working to buy dresses on their own, so it surprised me because she does have a super nice wardrobe. Good for her.

The way most of you are reacting to this 15-year-old's wardrobe is like how people reacted to jahr, etc. in the past...i.e. didn't believe they could possibly have incomes/jobs that meant they could afford their own stuff and something else had to be going on. Newsflash: kids can work too.

>>8055479
Thanks anon.
It fucking sucks because last night I could hear my neighbour's dog and I kept thinking it was her.

>>8056738
Rich people don't buy $50 t-shirts.
Honestly I'm a student, I get some money from my dad which covers rent and work 15 hours a week for the rest of my expenses. I could afford a $300 dress a month if I didn't eat out as much. It's not that great of a luxury for anyone who works 40 hours in a job that requires some education.

>>8055861
Ugh, so jelly of this one. Did you post a coord with it on a tumblr where you're wearing a blond wig?

>>8055342
Hopefully going to post mine on the weekend if I have time.

I only have 15 main pieces, but I love wardrobe posts and that's what prompted me into buying brand last year. If I only post dresses, would people still enjoy seeing it or should I wait until next year when my wardrobe is more cohesive and I can include everything?

>>8057193
15 pieces is definitely enough. Add a detail shot for each of them maybe.

>>8057009
Nope. I haven't posted any coords.

I own a lot of indie brands, mostly taobao. No replicas. I have maybe 2, (4 if you count ETC) brand pieces. Would it be acceptable to do a post? I only started getting properly into lolita a year ago so I thought it might be nice to look back on?

>>8057193
>>8057256
Just post it. As long as you don't have only shitty offbrand things and take photos on your dirty mattress, no one will think anything of it.

>>8048403
Hi anon, I think that wardrobe you mentioned is mine. True, my 1st year post had horrible pictures. I made a bit of progress this year though, bringing in florals and redecorating the spare room I stored clothes in. It's still nearly all offbrand though.

laurellrose's wardrobe was tragic

seriously though why would you post shitty photos? just retake them or make them decent the first time

>>8059062
I feel like there's an overwhelming amount of underwhelming photography so far. I hope some nicer pictures get posted soon - I don't give a fuck if it's not brand.

Was thinking about posting, take some pictures, try putting them into a collage...notice the awful, awful quality. I've never owned a digital camera, but damn, do I want one more than ever.

so happy we're getting some good post today.

>>8060766
>go to egl
>lets see what we've got today
>click top post
>mfw fucking oojia replicas
>i spy a cactus
>you are in the AZ comm

who is pegacornalley?

>>8061024
'i spy a cactus'
fucking lol

wow alyssiumbaby has 80+ dresses. When you have that many do you actually wear them all? You wouldn't had to wash clothes for like 3 months.