/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9899751
Hmm this is a tricky one! I would suggest trying to take out the white and blue in the print with your blouse and leg wear, and then Mabey bring out the orange in your shoes, and headwear? Mabey a nice sun hat with a big orange bow around it. I also think bringing out brown tones would look nice and tie in with the houses in the print.
I’m just splurging ideas rn in my head but I hope that helps in some way! Good luck!

>>9899838
Anon I really like the idea of the sunhat with the bow!! Especially since I don't like fake flowers. Thanks! Brown shoes I have got! A light sky blue blouse would be nice too, although do you think a beige one would work as well?

>>9900223
I think beige might be pushing it a bit, but I’m glad I could help!

What are some accessories I can wear with this?

>>9900770
Some quick googling for `cat fascinator' turned up this beauty

>>9900770
Kanzashi flowers

>>9900770
Small felt boater style hat, kanzashi flowers, a rectangle headdress in the same colours, or a simple beret?

>>9899751
I completely ignored the old school aspect for this collage, but if you wanted to take it that way I don't see why not - I can see it being done in a old-school inspired way with a princess sleeve blouse, rectangle headdress, plain knee socks and elegant mary janes, however you could go for a chiffon blouse, tulle lace on the headdress and subtly patterned socks with tulle lace.

In terms of the bright orange, if you wanted to keep very Venice-themed you could look for Murano glass miniatures that have been turned into jewellery - I think they do cats a lot and that would be a cute way to incorporate the theme beyond the two blindingly obvious stars and masquerade masks which I've gone for here.

>>9899751
I wouldn't do any other main accessories in orange, but if you want to stick to old school styling maybe choose white pieces with blue accents, ie white cotton blouse, white lace knee socks with blue side ribbons, blue headbow with white lace, and then throw in some orange cameo jewelry as a brooch or as rings.

>>9900770
>>9900809

Oh man. The orange even complements the print's orangey-red. I'm applauding with one hand and slapping my head with the other.

For OP: searching 椿 かんざし("camellia kanzashi" on rakuten brings up a lot of gorgeous hair pins that you can wear with this.

>>9900851
Actually I love the idea of Murano glass accessories... great idea anon! I was wondering if gold shoes would be too much for this dress, too.

>>9899751
So I'm terrible with photo planning so take the pic as inspo. I don't know if white or cream is better to match the jsk so you'll have to figure that out.

Headwear: Brown or white (felt hat with ribbons to match jsk or headbow) Add some orange touches
Blouse: White square neck chiffon but with a jacket I'd go with a peter pan collar or high neck.
Outerwear: Brown, light blue or cream. I'd be interested to see what a navy cardigan looked like with it.
Brooch/rosette: Add some orange touches and details to mtach the print. Rosette in pic is from Etsy MissDangerShop.
Legwear: harlequin socks would be cute
Shoes: cream or brown
Bag: cream or brown

>>9901175
I think given how much gold there is on the print it should be fine, it's not like you're shoehorning it in or anything.

I've had this dress for a while and am sick of wearing it with only black (like the picture on the left). I came across this blog photo with a navy blouse and although I like it, it seems quite difficult to get it to work given that the dress is black and purple with big chunks of black (and black x navy is polarizing at times it seems). The purple is a bitch to match, and I do not own the matching headwear, only matching socks. Is well-colourblocked navy something that might work here? Maybe navy shoes and bag, or am I doomed to look like I got dressed in the dark? I do have a purple and navy hair accessory that picks up on a similar purple to the ribbon on the edge of the border print, so that could help it look more intentional.

I am looking for a way to coordinate this that isn't just with black. I love this dress so much, but feel like I haven't done it justice yet!

>>9901438
Navy would work because it pulls out the blue in the purple, but I personally think it would be a bit jarring with the black bustle at the back. If navy, I would go with navy tights and headwear and then black shoes.

You could also try a brown blouse that matches the cats or a ivory/white blouse that matches the paper on the dress.

>>9901440
Try white, light grey, ivory or brown. Even sax, navy or that orange-red colour might work.

>>9901438

I want to say it could work, but it'd have to be something you balance really carefully, and using black as a buffer -- so more like a navy x black coord with a purple dress, if that makes sense. It's hard to tell if the hair accessory would help without seeing it, even if the colours match perfectly it'd also have to be a decent size that isn't too big or too small, match the theme and the style of the outfit as well.

I'd also suggest you try it as an experiment, rather than planning it for your next meetup -- if it works, great, but if it doesn't, maybe have another coord to fall back on.

If you're bored of coording it with all-black, I'd have gone with adding white -- the paper shapes in the print are pretty large visually, so I think white stands a good chance of looking good with it. Or mix white and black into the coord, maybe with purple accents, or if you can't swing that, then gold or brown musical instruments (like as a bag accent or a hairpin or a brooch).

>>9901440
I have this dress and red coords surprisingly well with it as it pulls out the warm tones in the print. Try a dark red blouse and accessories in black and gray.

>>9901427
Love the brooch, anon. Thanks, I'll try it. It would be awesome to find a bowler cap, and I remembered I have white and gold AP OTKS!

Have the overskirt/dress, and am trying to find a suitable skirt and petticoat. What does everyone recommend for petticoats here.

>>9902268
The matching bonnet is also available...https://item.rakuten.co.jp/violetblue/10005083/

>>9902299
Aurora and ariel I think is the current top taobao shop of choice. Mine are all melikestea hard tulle and I have to say have been very good/not really deflated, but she's super busy and backed up these days from what I can tell.

>>9901440
I could definitely see this with a dark wine/burgundy red, like the same sort of shade as the BtSSB background...

>>9901565
>>9901615
Thanks for the ideas! I've tried it with a white blouse but ended up defaulting to black hair accessory/black bolero/matching socks/black shoes so it wasn't hugely different. Brown near my face makes me look oddly yellow, but I'm definitely keen to bring more gold/bronze/brown accents in if possible. I had a go with stuff that I already own, but looking at this I realistically will need to buy new things to make this coord a possibility.

>>9902299

Skirt:
Little Dipper has a custom underskirt, 55 cm option would work well. Black is an obvious choice but grey, white and wine would be interesting choices (depending on what else you have planned for the coord).

If you prefer something brand, you can try to track down one of Baby's all-black old-school skirts, they generally have really nice lace and ruffles that would look nice in the opening. I think VM's Royal Lacy dress would also work as an underdress, giving you a skirt and blouse in one, but it's on preorder at the moment, which means you won't be able to wear it until it ships a few months later.

For petticoat, Closet Child carries one in their shop that'll ship immediately, if you prefer not to wait.

>>9902441

>failing_at_coordinating.jpg

Yea, that's not really working. I'd go with black lace tights and navy shoes. The bag works allright. I'd try for a pearl necklace instead of an all-gold one, there's something about the white pearls in the blog photo coord that seems to help balance the darkness of the blouse.

If the rose doesn't match the navy blue on the blouse and other items I'd ditch that as well. Just assuming here that's it's a colour correction problem.

>>9902466
Yeah, I knew it was off but just couldn't figure out how to get it to work - I think I was just staring at just the blouse & dress too long. I've revised it based on your suggestions and I definitely feel better about it now - might actually try it on to see how it balances out IRL.

>>9901622
Ahh thanks so much, will definitely try this with a darker red for a change!

Hi, could I get some concrit please? I'm not really sure about this blouse with this coord. I was wondering if a hime blouse might look better with this coord? Thank you!

>>9902822
i think the blouse looks good

>>9902822
The blouse looks fine to me. Not sure what's going on with the socks, shoes, and purse though; looks like you have several shades of bordeaux going on and it doesn't look too good.

>>9902826
Thank you!

>>9902827
Thanks. The socks and bonnet are the same shade, they're both IW, but the shoes are a different shade of bordeaux. The bag is brown. They can be seen better in this pic. Should I swap the shoes out for brown ones that match the bag?

Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it. I'm still pretty new to lolita so anything helps.

>>9902842
Oh, it might've been the filters on the other pic because the colors do look fine in this one. I take that back, but I'd still suggest finding another purse, this one looks a bit too normie.

>>9902822
the blouse looks great. everything lower than the hem of your dress looks like shit though. the socks and shoes match nothing. I'd also try getting a better quality parasol, or possibly just a new one.. cant tell why, but it just looks really cheap and lowers the whole coord imo. maybe just leave it out of the photos.

Friend sent me this for an ILD present, and I love it, but I'm at a loss of how to coord it because I mainly have a mainly black and white old school wardrobe.

>>9902842
>>9902896
ahhh, I just saw your 2nd picture and the socks/shoes look better... still think the parasol looks really bad. invest in something newer/higher quality and/or leave it out of pictures. I'm still not really feeling the socks desu. I like the ribbon/corset design, but I think they seem a little odd. I think that happens with most socks like that to me though, so it could just be my nitpickiness, and one reason I never wear socks like that -after a while the design just looks too pixely and stretched out/weird. Maybe some creamy lace tights? Sorry, I'm a sucker for details. I really love the dress though.

>>9902896
Go old school and shiro? I've also seen this style worn with the skirt buttons open as an overdress and it looked really cool

>>9902842
I'd swap out the shoes and the parasol. Go with brown shoes and that parasol looks quite stark white. Blouse is fine. I don't really mind normie bags with lolita when the outfit isn't OTT/formal

>>9902980
I guess I should have specificed that my blouses and accessories are either all black, or black with white lace/etc. I thought of shiro, but I don't have any white blouses/socks/shoes/headwear/etc.

>>9902822
Anon, that blouse is really cute... do you have a source for it?

>>9902822
>>9902842

Blouse:
- you do need a new blouse, but not because of sleeves. The dress looks rather prim and proper. So does the bonnet. The socks too. So do your shoes. Except your blouse.

Your blouse has a nice wide neckline that says "casual and easy". So the end result is you look like a "casual and easy" sloppy girl tried to dress up prim and proper for the day, but you failed that final 10% with a casual blouse instead of a prim and proper one.

Hime sleeves doesn’t matter as much as that wide collar. If you don’t want to buy a proper lolita blouse, at least chose something high-necked so it looks more proper than casual.

- red/wine shoes:
The mistake here is that you put a pink bow on your outfit, and also covered up your face with a pink sticker. The dress has an equal amount of pink and red flowers, but the bows on the dress are already pink, adding pink to the blouse and your face (yes, I realise it’s a sticker, which is why cgl is picking on it and it probably looks better irl). The extra pink skews the whole outfit towards pink rather than red. That’s why the red looks shoehorned in.

Just switch your neck bow to a matching red ribbon, and add a red bag charm to your bag. That should tie things in.

Bag doesn’t really match anything, but like I said, put a red or pink bag charm on it and it’ll be fine.

- Brolly/parasol:
This is simply cool-toned while everything else you’re wearing is warm-toned. I do recommend brand, but only because they’re usually careful about always using warm white — their main clientele are Japanese and Chinese, their skintones tend to look like shit in cool-toned white, so unless you’re really unlucky, most white things you buy from them will be warm-toned white.

If you still want to use offbrand, maybe switch to a pink brolly instead, can’t mess up mixing whites if it’s not white.

>>9902896
>>9903317

You have a few options, actually.

- If you have enough white things — white blouse and legwear, then simply wear that with black accessories. Keep an eye on the balance so the black items are secondary to the white and it’ll be fine.

- Use it as an overdress, Pink House style. Layer it over another dress, or use a blouse + skirt combo underneath. Leave the skirt fully unbuttoned on the pintuck dress, maybe even pin it open with a brooch or something. It works easier if you start out as if trying to make an apron coord, except the opening of the apron is in front instead of the back.

- Use it as an underdress/underskirt, if you have pieces that can go over it. There’s an old VM overdress that’s meant to be worn over other things, and there’s the odd bustle skirt that doesn’t come with its own underskirt, you can layer them on top of this dress.

>>9903777
>>9903777
Thanks so much anon. You gave me some great ideas. Off to the wardrobe to experiment, thanks!!

Does this look well balanced in terms of color? I want it predominately black and white with gold accents. Still on the fence about the beret, may switch out with a simple black and white stripe headbow (But I like that the diamond pattern matches the broach so idk)

>>9902848
Okay, thanks! Do you think a white or brown IW book bag like pic related would be better?

>>9902889
Thanks for the help. What sort of shoes/socks would you recommend I wear instead? I'm thinking maybe white lace tights and brown shoes.

>>9902901
Okay! Yeah, it was just a cheap parasol I got last minute off Amazon a week before the meet. I always end up overheating so I got one, but I'm planning on buying a BTTSB one once I get a chance.

>>9902980
Great, thank you!

>>9903338
Yeah, it's Bobon21. They mainly do gyaru stuff but they have some really cute blouses as well.

>>9903770
I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say the wide neck blouse looks "easy." It has a peter pan collar, but I tucked that under the jsk because the jsk has a built-in collar and having two peter pan collars look weird. I do usually wear stand-collar blouses with this jsk for this reason, but because of the heat I decided to try something different. Should I just stick with stand-collars all the time?
Also, the pink bow is built in to the dress, I didn't add it.
Thank you for all the great advice though!

>>9904109
I think it looks okay. I'm assuming you'll have something on your wrists as well?

>>9904111

"Easy", because it's easy to wear -- something that you throw on quick so you can go lie down on the sofa all day, rather than spend the day making sure you’re sitting up straight so you don’t skew your fussily-collared blouse. Maybe the word "lazy" could also have been used. Everything else about your outfit says you stood in front of the mirror carefully putting it on, making sure the ribbons are tied, the bonnet is properly placed, the socks aren't skewed, etc etc. And then a blouse that says you just wanna be lazy today, that's why it looks jarring.

The peter pan collar actually adds to this effect, a real lolita blouse with peter pan collar would have a much smaller and higher neckline, as you said, it’d be fussy, maybe even hot and uncomfortable, sort of like how you need to have your hair a particular way in order to wear a bonnet, that’s also a fussy detail. Wide necklines can work with lolita, but wide peter pan collars just have a very lazy vibe that just doesn’t work across all lolita outfits.

You don’t have to stick to high necks, wide necks with frills instead of a Peter Pan collar will generally work better. Wide neck Peter Pan blouses will work in casual coords instead of fussy coords like this one. Pair it with a half-shirred poofy skirt or throw a salopette on over it. Or, if you like jsks, throw something like AP's casual summer jsks over it, put your hair up in a no-fuss ponytail with a scrunchy, and it'll work. Just not in this coord with everything else being so fussy-looking.

If the weather is hot, I'd suggest a lace blouse as another alternative. Lots of airy ventilation while giving you that prim and proper high collar.

You don’t have to change the ribbon on the dress, in fact I didn’t say you should. I just mention it because even if it’s attached to your dress and not your fault that it’s pink, it’s still something that helped swing the balance towards pink rather than red.

>>9900809
>cat fascinator
Not only is it a fascinator with a cat on it, I bet it would also fascinate cats.

>>9904109

This looks pretty cute and cohesive, including the beret.

The only thing I’d worry about is how the socks look, on some people’s legs the stripes warp and look funny. Maybe consider some backup socks if you haven’t tried them before and are unsure if they’ll look funny on your legs.

The other consideration is that most of the tea-time hints except the bag will be lost in photos. The black spoon and fork already blends into the dress. The necklace and ring are pretty small, plus the neckline has a lot going on so it’s likely they’ll end up looking like little gold specks. There’s not really a way to make it more visible unless you change the dress to white colourway (not sure if you’d need to also change the blouse and beret to match in that case).

Honestly I think it still looks cute, but if it bothers you that someone might see it on CoF and complain about your apparently random teacup bag, just make a point of collaging closeups of your jewellery together with your outfit photo.


I think a pearl bracelet would go nicely to match the necklace, but if you don’t really want to wear anything on your wrists, doing a manicure with black, white and/or gold nail polish would also look good.

This may seem silly but can anyone reccomend a solid, versatile blouse from Taobao? I cant seem to find one I truly love.

Help? Red and gold are my primary colors but I'm not sure if the white looks good. Also, suggestions for handbags and accessories?

>>9905603
Add red for accessories, like wristcuffs or bracelets. The white is fine since the socks are also white but I'm not sure how that neckline will look. Also something like a gold necklace might be cool to play off of the gold in the print. If the white isn't enough, you can always do a white handbag.

>>9904927
i like yolanda and yilia's blouses

>>9905603

Well, first things first, the frill on the blouse will fall right over the chest bow, so you'll probably have to wear it without the bow there. Maybe move it to your waist if you really like it.

If you feel like your chest looks a bit empty after removing the bow, I suggest a long necklace that hangs down onto it. The neckline of the blouse suggests that you'll need a choker or a short necklace as well, so layer a few pieces together for an interesting focal point. Alternatively, one of those double bow brooches joined by a string of pearls/a chain also works.

Red and gold are both very eye-catching, bright colours, so it's hard to recommend something that doesn't make it look more gaudy. Don't go overboard on adding too much gold to the outfit.

Option one is to stick to the red-gold-white colour scheme. Get a bag in red, and stick to pearl and/or crystal accessories. For extra attention to detail, stick to gold metal on both the bag and jewellery. You do need to make sure the bag doesn't clash with the dress, but it doesn't need to be a 100% pantone match, just make sure they look like they kind of belong together when you put them side-by-side.

Option 2 is to ground the outfit a little by adding some brown, you can use bronze jewellery instead of gold to help tie it in, and if you can find a bronze brooch that would also help tie a brown bag in. This option is pretty good, there's a lot of cute fairytale jewellery in bronze so you can choose your favorite love story to add to the outfit. (Don't wear three long necklaces at a time though, that's just a shop image for long necklace).

>>9905603
I honestly think the gold shoes would be way too much and make this look kinda gaudy desu. Maybe some brown shoes and a brown bag with gold hardware?

>>9905833
>>9906048

Like this? The bib on the blouse is removable, they just didn't show it I'm the stock photos.

>>9905603
>>9906219

Okay I threw together a better collage on my laptop and I'm really liking the additions you guys suggested. I may switch the bag out with something similar depending on what I can find, but I like the brown more than I thought I would!

>>9906442

Looks good to go. If you can find one more brown item to place nearer your head (like a brooch or something) the balance would be better, but even without it this still works well.

>>9906219
YES, definitely better! Those shoes really elevate the look desu, and I'm so happy you were open to that suggestion. So many people try to cram those gold shoes into anything nowaday and I think they generally lower the look of a coord. This looks opulent and precious.

>>9906863
I originally had them added simply because I already owned them, but I've had my eye on those brown shoes for awhile now so it's an excuse to get them!

>>9906879
Well, even better then. Those brown shoes look really nice.

I recently got this dress and am so in love with it, but struggle to coordinate it in a more interesting way than just with creams. Do you have any suggestions for nice headwear and legwear for this? I really want to do this dress justice!

What headdress would I pair with baby's love poodle jsk? I'm stuck between short bonnet, or rectangle hair piece with ruffles (like the my anniversary little bear piece), or classic hair bow

>>9907293
Not sure if it'd be too much, but triple fortune has done red kimono-print tights before...And there were some cute kanzashi flowers up thread

>>9907293

It's honestly a really versatile dress, could go a lot of different ways. For colours, you can do warm reddish tones like plum, wine, brown. Or if you like cooler tones, echoing the different greens in the print and then using brown as an anchor is also doable.

Likewise with style, if you just want to do simple lolita with it, you can easily wear it with berets, headbands, ribbon combs, etc. Or if you want to go max wa on it then you can look for a kanzashi and some boots to wear with it.

For kanzashi, you can find used ones on yja. Using the words かんざし 成人式, they're generally bigger as they're for formal use.

The only thing I'd advise is don't do traditional footwear with it. The tops of tabi socks generally aren't meant to be seen, it almost always looks weird. Even crew socks with cutesy sandals are a step above using actual tabi and zori.

>>9907293
I'm not sure how Wa/Qi you were aiming for so this may be on one side of the extreme, but maybe it will give you some ideas? I'll try a more subtle collage next.

>>9907311
All of those are good options. Why do you need to pick only one? Wear a different hair accessory with each different coord.

>>9907425
You think so? I'm glad. I was worried some would make the coord more ita.
Thank you!

>>9907342
Thank you so much for your advice, it really helps me out! Love the example picture of the kanzashi and will definitely look through the auctions for a similar one! I feel inspired to incorporate purple and browns now, so thank you!

>>9907410
Thank you so much, I like this a lot, but my style is a lot more classic and simple, this definetely helps picking colours though!

Currently I'm knitting a square shawl (something like pic related), is there any way to coord it well? Most coords I've seen look a bit tacky.

Is there a coord help group off of 4c? This is a good thread but I really hesitate to send noobs ( and won't send under 18's) to the chins.

>>9908174
There is no way..

>>9908174
A classic coord with potentially country styling could work with it. Fasten it with a cute brooch or rosette.

>>9908174
Can you wear it like a veil?

>>9908324
This is a good one, I just need to be careful not to turn into granma-kei

>>9908399
I don't have any fancy dress where veil would fit the aesthetics. But this could be an excuse to get one

>>9908237
You can make a post for it in your comm's facebook group

>>9902822
I think everything looks lovely and I think it's a lovely coord! If anyone were to seriously nitpick we'd say, look at all those lovely ivory tones, why not an ivory parasol? (Do shops on Taobao sell parasols?)

>>9902822
I think the blouse style is pretty but a Hime blouse would be too. I’d like to see more cohesive use of color with parasol, bag, bonnet and shoes, there seem to be quite a lot of colors. I really like the bonnet and your hair in this shot.

Not sure if this thread is ded or not, but I'm struggling with a new style and I wanted a little feedback and some suggestions. I bought Chantilly's Queen Cat in ivory on a whim and I want my coord to have a more hime feel to it to match the theme, but I've never really done hime, and I don't want to look ridiculous.

Definitely a couple of misses.

First, the blouse was made to go specifically with another Sweet Dreamer jsk that had earthy tones with white pearls on it, that's why it has stark white bows on a cream beige blouse. On your ivory skirt those white bows are going to look like a mistake, plus I'm not really sure ivory even goes with the cream beige colour Sweet Dreamer used for the blouse.

Second, you can't just tie a ribbon on a fully shirred skirt and expect it to stay put. If you're not taking apart the skirt and stitching a fixed waistband to it, the ribbon will be anywhere except directly over the shirring where you intend it to be.

Third, the crown has been bashed many times in the taobao thread. It's apparently a cheap plastic air freshener that the shop repurposed and apparently looks like cheap plastic irl.

If you have your heart set on hime with hime sleeves, what I'd suggest is a bustier like this one. The bottom will cover the shirred waistband nicely. Then you can go nuts with all the chiffon or lace hime-sleeve blouses instead of being stuck searching for something opaque.

For crowns, if you don't want burando, I'd try the bridal shops. There's a lot of cheap junk mixed in, but some shops also carry a lot of pretty metal crowns that would look better than a plastic air freshener.

>>9912577
Thank you for your honesty! I'm more of a subtle classic, occasional gothic so lighter colours like this are hard for me to eyeball. I appreciate the concrit :)

>>9911806
I sort of went in a different direction, the bow is a part of the skirt so I'm still looking for a solution to that (I was thinking mini corset/cumberbund) but I think I like this attempt better than the last one.

>>9912657
The blouse in this one seems a bit awkward imo, I think one with more detailed+ longer sleeves in a lighter color may work. If it can work with the longer pendant, a choker could die in the gold/ivory from the skirt and accessories while matching the theme. Otherwise a high neck blouse with a brooch/jabot/necktie etc could accomplish this.

>>9912657

On most EE pieces the ribbon isn't actually sewn down. It's usually two thread belt loops on either side to hold the ribbon in place. So you can slip the ribbon directly out of the belt loops and wear it without.

Then you can wear blouses with a nice ruffle bottom directly over the skirt without worrying whether the shirring looks bad, the ribbon has shifted, or if the skirt is giving you a muffin top.

If you normally do a less OTT classic, I'd suggest sticking to your usual style instead of heading in a different direction. Maybe a simple classic blouse and lace tights would work better, the pink here looks kind of shoe horned imo.

>>9913381
Last try for now, since I feel awkward dominating the thread with my attempts, but I think I feel more comfortable with this one, letting the skirt be the focal point and going more subtle with the blouse and socks.

>>9913845

This one is actually on the right track, it's a lot more coherent than the other efforts. The last finicky bit is to make sure the blouse is the right length -- it looks hip-length at the moment, but I assume it'll look right once it's on a person and not a tiny-sized mannequin. You want it to hit just right at the waist so it covers the top of the skirt but not too long that it has trouble sitting over a poofy skirt.

I'd also suggest adding an antique gold necklace to tie in the gold colour as well.

I thought it would be easy to coordinate because it's so simple, but now I'm starting to realize that's only making it difficult. Does anyone have worn photos of this OP?

>>9913971
I don't have any worn pics that might help you, sorry, but what about it makes coording difficult for you? Shiro is the most obvious route but you can always introduce a new color with your accessories, shoes, etc. to mix it up.

>>9913845
I like this direction, I would just consider replacing the solid socks with lace or otherwise patterned ones. Seems like too much solid ivory otherwise. Add a necklace and bracelets and it should be good.

>>9913971
I would either go all white like the other anon suggested or use it for a particular theme/themed event. For example if you had a summer picnic coming up you could make this into a simple country look with a decorated boater hat and flat shoes. Since it's a plain piece it could be a base for adding overlays/overskirts and making it into something different.

>>9913971
I think it only seems difficult because OTT coords are the norm and any way you are thinking of coording it just seems plain?

I made three sample coords for you. It actually made me want a versatile solid white dress.

>>9914010
Anon, you are an absolute life saver and yes, I think you were right about me thinking all of my coords are too simple. I'm slowly trying to phase out of the OTT style and try simpler, more elegant looks but I feel like I can never actually make those looks happen. I love the middle coord with the red. It's quirky but classy.

>>9913976
>>9913997
Thank you for the ideas, anons! Like I mentioned above, I think my brain just doesn't know what a pretty and toned down outfit looks like anymore.

>>9906442
I'm if anyone cares but I found the perfect jewelry for the dress.

I bought this dress on japanese auction because it was cheap as hell and I want to try sweet just once at least but as simple as this dress is, i feel lost.
Going for that "basic sweet lolita" (circa 2009 when OTT didnt take over too much yet) look that i found so charming back in the days

>>9915633
duuuude I just got the exact same dress today

>>9915633
Hope this helps anon, excuse the crappy collage and pinks/whites not matching I just went for a general idea instead of must buy items. wanted to make a more oldschool inspired coord too so there it also is

>>9915680
Thanks its super cute!! I feel like what I like is boring by nowaday's standards but that kind of sweet lolita made me fall in love with the fashion

I recently acquired this dress and was thinking about how I should go on about coording it, quick googling didn't get me any (good) coording suggestions. I'm afraid a blouse will look silly with it but will I be publicly executed if I'm not wearing one?

>>9916475
You can definetely wear a blouse with it anon, not the same dress but it has a similar collar so Rainbow Prism Alice sundress came to mind. You just don't want awkward collar showing so either go for a low square neck or high neck, the collar on yours look thinner than baby's though so I'd go for high neck to avoid an awkward peeking collar look

>>9916475
Adding on to other anon's suggestions, you can also go for a cardigan that sits under the collar or jacket over the top

>>9916475
I had a look around and I found a few that had high neck blouses used. Can't say I'm a fan of it, I would personally go with a open neck blouse in chiffon. I think a cardigan is always a good option.
Pic related what I found

Can I get some advice on this co-ord in the pic. The cardigan in particular working with the JSK is my main worry.

The low waist JSK has been really hard to wear so I'm hoping to make it blend a little easier with the cardigan

>>9917039
As far as shapes and styles go, it's wonderful: but the colours are a bit mismatched. You have two different colors of pink and two different colours of brown. That might make it look a bit mis-matched, but It's always hard to tell before it's worn. I would tone down a bit. Try replacing the pinks with white and it might be a bit more coherent

>>9917046
Thankfully the pinks and browns look much better in real life but I might change the socks to something with more brown (Same with the nails, more dusty pale pink than purple). I'm aiming for that old school Victorian Maiden GLB girl look with big hair and soft texture.

Thanks for feedback, I'm going to play around with it some more a

>>9917039
I would wear that dress with a short bolero or jacket/blazer. No blouse because it would be weird with the neck ties. Add lace tights and some big hair flowers and you'll be fine.

>>9915633
>>9915680
i have this dress and i'm wondering if there are other ways to coord it than "basic sweet" even though it's the one that looks the best

>>9917133
Again apologies for the mismatching pinks/whites, but how about a hime inspired look with either with long gloves or a very low neck princess sleeve blouse? I'm not used to making fancy coords so I apologize if it's bad.

>>9917671
Well, I guess it shows from it being not fancy at all... but you get the idea.
also wanted to ask something myself, got March of Duck skirt in red recently and I'm kind of lost coording it since I don't really wear prints, but I don't want to give up on it since I adore the print a lot.

What colors would work well with Musee du Chocolate in brown other than brown/cream? Or how could I make my coords feel different?
I'd love any inspiration/advice.

>>9917689
I have seen people shoehorning red a lot into chocolate coords but desu it doesn't really work unless the print already has some red in it. This is a very detailed print and shoehorning a new color might look odd. I found a cute example of cream and brown with added pink accents though.

I think gold is also your best friend.

I get why you want to coord this in a new and different way. So many chocolate coords are so played out and look samey. As a fellow chocolate dress enthusiast I think the best coords are when pieces from different chocolate series are mixed together, and when a headdress or an accessory is very unique, not a standard bow or bonnet.

>>9917689

I guess I don't really get why you got the brown colourway if you disliked it all that much, the dress comes in pink and mint as well, which sounds more up your alley.

Anyway, if you really want to force another colour onto it, your best bet is to take off both bows and the gold chain. Throw on a cardigan or bolero in a different colour, then add the bows and chain to the cardigan/bolero, maybe add some extra chocolate brooch as well. The layering of brown-another colour-brown will help the additional colour looks like it belong. Good colours to add are dusty pink and dusty mint (same shade as the other two colourways of Musee, if it works with the print it should work with your brown). Peach should also work, mustard yellow (if your skintone can pull it off), and darker, dustier colours like khaki should also work as well. Keep in mind that you still have to balance the colours with your socks, shoes, bag and headwear, so try not to go nuts with some weird-colour bolero that you can’t find matching shoes and hairbows for.

The dress itself is fairly versatile anyway. You can wear it simply with a plain lolita blouse and do simple sweet, or you can throw on your most hime-est of princess sleeve blouses, a tiara, a scepter and do OTT sweet chocolate princess. Or take off the two bows, gold chain and wait ties, add an otome-style cardigan and low-poof petti, and do a kind of almost-casual look. If you’re willing to go into quirky otome bright colours territory you could probably even do a red turtleneck underneath and coord it with darker brown.

>>9917792
I love the brown, and I've actually owned both pink and mint before. I just wear the dress a lot, and my coords tend to be a bit predictable. I was hoping someone would have ideas to help me mix it up, and I thought color might be an interesting way to do that.

Thank you for helping me. I hadn't really thought of taking it in a more hime style, I'll consider that too.

>>9917671
Love it! I'll be saving it, thx anon

Looking for some coord or color scheme suggestions for this dress that aren't mint x pink.

>>9918691
Mint x lavender, mint x offwhite?

>>9918691
mint x ivory

maybe stupid but do you folks think it's possible to coordinate this salopette into a hime-ish look? not really a fan of casual/decololi but those are the only kinds of coords i've seen with it.

>>9918849

It's a salopette, anon. Its cut defines what it can be. Plus it's a cutesy print on cotton fabric, which always takes it down towards casual rather than dressed up anyhow.

If you really want to force it, you could probably put a corset, waist cincher over it to tighten down the silhoutte. Then a hime-sleeved blouse and a bustier, or if you happen to have the right decorative corset that works, layer the corset on top of a blouse, on top of the salopette. Now the skirt being too short, use a sax blue underskirt over it, then add a sheer overskirt (because an underskirt alone will make it look like you're wearing two skirts, which you are, so to make it look less like homeless bag lady and more intentional, you need to break up the line between the two, hence you're using a matching blue underskirt and then an overskirt to blur the white lace seperating the two skirts). Then after that you're just left with finding matching everything else (shoes, socks, bags, hair pieces, jewellery, etc).

It's so much trouble though, and you need to take care that the corset /waist cincher is a short one that squishes the top of the salopette (where it's too loose) but not the skirt itself. You might as well use another dress rather than this one, or if you're stuck with this one, alter it into a skirt and wear it as you like.

>>9918849
>Salopette
>Hime

Sorry anon but you seriously need to go back to the lolita drawing board and try to understand the fashion more if you even have the idea to somehow combine those things. There's a reason you only see casual or non lolita coords with that piece. Also decololi is not a thing and never use that term again. You are probably seeing OTT sweet or fairy kei coords.

There are hundreds of loita dresses out there. Why did you even get/plan to get this salopette if it's clearly not your style?

>>9918862
>>9918861
yeah y'all are right, i'm a bit of a newbie cause i used to be into fairy kei hence me owning the dress but then dropped out of j fashion for some time. i recently realised i like lolita way better but i get what you guys mean, i still got learning to do lol. thanks for the crit

>>9918691
a light yellow blouse + accessories, maybe with a lemon/lime theme could be cute

>>9918849
As other anons said salopettes can't really be styled into a hime coord. My advice would be selling it and getting a nice basic solid color jsk with tiers and maybe a bustle if you can find one, that you can style as hime. BTSSB made a few that fits the bill that go for pretty cheap ($40-80$ range) secondhand and you can always use having a solid color piece since they're versatile.

Advice to not make this a shiro coord? I kind of regret getting this in the white colorway.

>>9919214
You coul pair with a dusty/pastel blue or pink or a bold wine or black if you feel adventurous

>>9919214
Another gull posted their own solid white dress and got some suggestions: >>9914010
These coords won't necessarily suit this JSK but it might give you some ideas. It's really not difficult coording solid white dresses with other colors.

>>9918889
Oh that's a super adorable idea! Thank you! I will try to make this happen.

>>9919214

White goes with a lot of colours, if you want something harmonious then all of the pastels and dusty, light colours are good for it. You basically have your pick of colours, as long as your skintone can pull it off and you can find enough matching things to make a coord. Keep things simple, start with a two-colour coord with gold jewellery, then when you feel more adventurous you can do like a floral headdress and add more colours to your outfit.

I have SDC in white, so I kind of feel the pain. For some reason every coord I make ends up looking like like sweet angelic puffball.

I was looking for inspo for coordinating my Meta apple print, and I found this...

Is this too try-hardy?

>nb4 'ew bodyline'

I'm very fond of this print for sentimental reasons pls be gentle

I have no idea what to do for tights/OTKs for this dress. This is pretty much what I had in mind for it but I can’t find any tights that’ll go with it. I know that an indie brand has mushroom tights but no one else is selling tights like those or those exact ones. Any help would be much appriciated, as well as any other suggestions for what I can do to improve this coord. Thank you all in advance!!

>>9919985
Not to be a bitch but it looks very "babby's first coord". Although, it's decent.
Are you, by chance, new to the fashion?
The bracelet is super cute though. But those shoes need to go, take mint tea parties instead maybe?

>>9919977

I'd totally do this for a casual coord. Once the hood is down the huge logo isn't visible anyway.


>>9920032

There's a few mushroom tights on etsy, and Lily of the Valley has done one, she might still have a pair available.

If all those options fall through, I'd suggest white lace tights as a last resort backup. Looks a bit plain but you usually can't go wrong with it.

>>9920034
Not new overall, just trying out sweet for fun.
I get what you mean by babby's first coord, though haha

>>9919985
Sauce on the milk purse

>>9919985
>>9920107

I legit thought you meant “try hard” as in “trying hard to parody ita coord”. The wig is even the stereotypical wig all itas seem to aim for with their first coord, either spot-on for an ita-on-purpose coord or you need to slap yourself if you were serious with it.

Anyway, I gave it a shot improving the coord, but to be honest with you, this dress isn’t the best of Bodyline, and that’s not because it’s Bodyline. The trim makes the bodice look tubeish, and the chiffon actually seems to be a different mint than the print itself. If you aren’t completely stuck with it I’d suggest at least picking the sax blue colourway or another print.

Other than the wig, the rest of the coord itself doesn’t seem too horrible. I’d suggest getting backup socks because tights sometimes go sheer when worn, so the whites will no longer match. The print being already very busy, I’d suggest something with smaller berries anyway.

Additionally, for a coord involving mint (never really a standard colourway) and mostly taobao/offbrand, you’re also going to have to keep an eye on the colours. They don’t need to perfectly match each other, but you definitely want to look like you’re mostly wearing only red, pink and mint, and not like 50 shades of close-enough.jpg.

If you want to look a little bit less like it’s your first coord, I’d suggest going with a pink chiffon blouse, coloured blouses and chiffon are both more up-to-date than a basic white blouse. The basic white blouse is safer, though, less of a headache with making sure your pinks match, and easier to match with future jsks.

>>9920032
I've preordered the same dress in blue! I was concidering black+white oldschool style striped socks. I know there are a few red/black striped or diamond print AP OTKs on lacemarket that might go with your coord as well.

>>9920032
>>9920183
For ref: didnt find the ap socks i was thinking about, but these baby aatp and meta socks are available on lm and are what I envision for this coord. Best of luck!

I'm having trouble finding a blouse because I'm not sure what shade of pink I can trust in images, I have 94cm bust and I'd like to survive the texas heat so cotton or something else breathable is a must.

What kind of purse should I wear with a dress like this? All I've managed to settle on is that a cross body bag is a bad idea, but I'm otherwise at my wit's end.

>>9920292
I'd do a soft shimmery champagne gold clutch that would match the accents on the arms, bows, and bodice.

>>9920032
sauce on this dress?

>>9920450
It was Cat Mushrooms by Summer Fairy or something like that

>>9920287
Get white.

>>9920287

You can pretty much stop looking. This particular pink skews slightly peach or salmon, very few lolita brands use it, and even when they do it’s inevitably some other shade of peach. And trying to do a pastel pink x peach pink coord when the skirt’s pink is obviously a different undertone than every other pink in the coord is going to make the skirt stick out like a sore thumb as the one thing that doesn’t match.

Ironically enough, normie brands use this kind of pink far more often, so if you stubbornly want to find matching things, your best bet is to actually head down your local department store with the skirt in hand, you run a fairly good chance of finding something that matches. If you get just a matching headbow and matching shoes, you can probably add an ivory lolita blouse, some accessories and still end up with a fairly lolita-ish coord.

As an alternative, I’d advise that you chose another colour to focus on — wine, red or brown are good colours to focus on. Sprinkle in some ivory or white, throw in some themed brooches and hairpins, and it’s a decent colour scheme. Just watch out for the colours — brown is probably fine with some slight mismatch, but if you’re doing red x ivory with the skirt, try to make sure all the items are red and not wine (and vice versa) — wine usually has a colder purple undertone that clashes with red.

For the blouse, if you want breathable for summer, I’d suggest cutsews instead. If you’re doing casual lolita, a camisole + bolero combination also works (just make sure you use a suitably girly, frilly camisole together with a lolita bolero), although this might be slightly too casual depending on what your meetup is (it’s usually fine for a picnic, but a bit too toned down for a sit-down tea service). If the bottom of the cutsew doesn’t have a nice frill though, you can add a wide belt or waist cincher so that the shirred waistband is not visible.

>>9920085
I’ve checked there and nothing really goes together. Lily of the Valley is sold out of those tights sadly. White lace tights do sound like a really good idea, I haven’t thought about that. Thank you very much anon.


>>9920199
>>9920183
Haven’t thought about that either, those socks are a really good choice. I’ll check them out ASAP

>>9920450
The Cats and the Mushrooms by Summer Fairy on taobao.

What kind of peti would be good for Fairy Check Doll JSK shape-wise. Also any recommendations for blouse/blouse color?

>>9922448
Glad you decided on buying this anon! VM is beautiful. A line petticoat, match the blouse to the whites, & a standing collar will give you a pretty run of the mill classical look.

>>9922460
I'm assuming a white petti works right?

>>9922448

A white petticoat works fine. If you're going to build a wardrobe, white generally works under even black so it's a good idea to get a white petticoat as a beginner.

I threw something extremely basic together. While the colors may not look like they match at first, I find that IRL they have a tendency to match better. I couldn't find a necklace without a black ribbon but you could replace it with a grey or cream ribbon for the necklace. Because it's summer where I am I'm all about playing with ideas that don't necessarily stuff a blouse down, and VM in their stock photos agrees with me. Having a structured bolero with an open front is probably the best as it adds some structure with puff sleeves without taking away from the nice detailing in the front. I chose hotter ivory donna heels because they're my favorite, but any ivory/cream heels should be ok.

>>9922488
Thank you for the help.

aspiring ouji here! i'm looking for a good way to coord AATP's regimental stripe salopette in a way that keeps the accented red/gold throughout because i love them <:)

all i ask is that the coord not be too unbearably hot, we have 90-110F summers over here

I am struggling with legwear. I want a pair of black socks with red details (no fruits or flowers or horizontal stripes). My loli friends have sent me pictures of socks that would work with my coord, but none of them are available for purchase anywhere. It's so annoying to hunt for a pair of socks, lol.

>>9923168
how about diamond pattern socks? if you dont mind buying them offbrand I've found a plenty still in stock googling it, also good to mind unless your feet are really big girls/youth size socks usually fit adults and they tend to have more to choose from pattern and decoration wise.

I was gifted Diamond Honey's Rabbits and Bears' Card Printed OP in white for my birthday and don't get me wrong, I think it's very cute, unfortunately I'm completely stumped as to how I would go about coordinating it. Any tips, gulls?

>>9923278

Standard basic bitch coord would work for this. White legwear. Match your shoes to your bag. Then headwear matched to your bag or your dress (if you don't have the matching headwear).

Good colours for the bag/shoes/headwear would be pink, sax blue. Brown could maybe work out but I'm not sure. You could also do white.

That neckline is calling for a necklace. Other than that, try to stay away from anything too glitzy, as the dress itself is fairly muted and washed out.

>>9923168
Would be nice if you showed us which main piece it is or the coord... These on wunderwelt have dark red details but it's kinda hard to just go on "black and red socks" without a visual reference.

Would love opinions on what kind of blouse and especially what color would go with this Salopette! The lining is navy, so my black blouse looks odd with it.

>>9927715

Lining is on the inside, anon, you won't see it when worn. You mean the chiffon flocked parts are navy I take it?

Anyway, obvious answers are white, navy and sax. Good accent colours would be navy and gold, keep any black to a minimum.

As for types of blouses, I'd say a high-collar blouse, maybe with a jabot or a pussy bow, looks better and doesn't clash with the jsk's "collar"-like design.

Or if you're really at a loss with coording the bodice you can do what the San Fran boutique did and completely obscure it with a cardigan and tippet/fake collar.

>>9922993

First things first. If the weather is hot, I’d generally recommend keeping things toned down and casual, this usually results in fewer layers so it’s easier not to overheat in the weather. Short sleeves and comfy cutsews would be the way to go if you overheat easily. There’s quite a few cutsews that have fairly detailed/fancy bib/collars and short sleeves that would work for the salopette. Navy and white are good colours to go with for socks and blouses.

For keeping the red and gold theme, you can totally do matching wine red shoes and wine red bag with gold accents on them. However, you do need to keep an eye that the reds don’t clash, and don’t let it overrun the coord.

If you have trouble matching reds, do brown shoes and bag instead, then use red and gold as accents. Put a red and gold bag charm on your bag, pin a red and gold brooch on your cutsew, put a red and gold hair accessory in your hair.

Was hoping someone could help me on what to pair this with? Not necessarily Lolita but general j-fashion. And like one of the previous posters, I’m going to be in high temperatures so any advice for that too would be great. For instance how do you all cope with wigs (long ones especially) in hot weather?

>>9922488
having trouble finding any decent shoes like these are pretty much the same https://www.hotter.com/us/en/donna-heels but they are expensive still might end up with them tho.

>>9927858
Yes. I mean the top part of the Salopettes collar and the belt area is navy. Picture just for reference of the color difference.
I will try to find a gold or navy before white! Thank you for the advice!

>>9922448
Would this go with quoted jsk?

>>9928287

Hey anon I gotchu. These are quite flimsy and PU but quite a bit cheaper. I have a few shoes from them and I was able to walk in them without issue for at least 4 hours.

If you like something more neutral, they also have a variety of shoes that are cream. I like the three strap ones myself.

https://jadamsshoes.com/collections/heels/products/j-adams-pumps-kym-grey-cream-pu

>>9928333

The exact jsk that was posted appears to have ivory ruffles. I'd stay completely clear of mixing any taobao brands because of that. Taobao brands tend to use a much yellower, lemony "ivory", meanwhile Japanese brands tend to use different shades of beige for "ivory". You're very likely to get mismatched, clashing colours. It's one thing if your petticoat (which is not supposed to be seen anyway) doesn't quite match your frills, it's another thing when your blouse is obvious a completely different white than your skirt ruffles.

The blouse seems rather overly decorated for the jsk anyway, I'd chose something more classic and elegant than that to go match with VM.

pls help i need a dress that goes with this

>>9928933
preferably something less "clusterfuck" looking, i was thinking of the royal chocolate round jsk in ivory but i'm not sure if those would go too well

On the note of shoe suggestions, I could really use some recs for white shoes for gothic coords in a style like pic related from the non-black gothic thread. Preferably from a good quality western brand. All I can seem to find are cheap looking clubwear platforms, while all the nice vintage looking ones are actually ivory/beige. Does what I'm talking about even exist?

>>9928933
I know this is the coord help thread but come on. There's so many chocolate dresses out there. Do you really lack your own taste on a main piece that bad?

>>9928886
So I'm assuming this would also be too decorated? Maybe something more like
https://egl.circlly.com/auctions/innocent-world-blouse-ac940697-497a-4133-bf7f-cc5bc9508460

>>9929203

The IW blouse you linked does look much better.

The one in your photo is hard to judge, because it's on a hanger and everything just falling all weird and floppy. It doesn't have the nice lace that the IW blouse has though, so the IW blouse looks nicer because of that.

>>9928933

Oh God, even when this came out everyone had trouble unseeing a toilet-dipped cardigan, it almost never pops up because people usually try hard not to actually buy it.

Anyway, your best bet is to try your hardest to emphasise the drip-melty aspect, forget about the chocolate aspect entirely. There's some AP series with melty collars -- melty color cutsew, melty sky/shooting star blouse, etc. You can pull the collars out so that they sit as one more layer on top of the cardigan.

Then this series is the sweet waffle series, which also helps emphasis the "strawberry icing melting" rather than "something pink dipped in something brown".

Top it off with other melting things -- Q-pot melty chocolate jewellery and some AP Melty chocolate/melty ribbon chocolate stuff, and you miiiggghhht be able to not look like you took a fall while you were in the loo.

good luck, anon.

>>9928950
Irregular Choice (although not the most comfortable) have a bridal collection with actual white, also Fluevogs have these white snakeskin boots. Try searching for bridal shoes and boots.

Got this so far, but I'm totally stumped with the bag. I've found Baby and IW offwhite bags look too warm in person for such a cool-toned coord, while AP designs are overly sweet. Currently considering silver but I'm worried it might end up really gaudy. The bag doesn't have to be big, I only need to fit my keys and some makeup.

Anyone got any suggestions?

This is a weird post so forgive me. I've been in this fashion for roughly 3-4 ish years and amassed a small wardrobe without much thought. This is basically what I have minus 1-2 very cheap dresses I got from maiden clothing and Taobao. Now, this obviously isn't cohesive at all IMO but does anyone have any basic accessories such as headware, socks, or even just advice to add more uniqueness to my coords since I tend to get comfortable in rehashing the same coords multiple times. The general color scheme seems to be maroon, navy, black for cooler seasons and green, purples, ivories and white for warmer seasons.
TLDR: toddler level lolita needs advice for what to spend her money on next (thank you in advance)

>>9931234
whoops dropped my wardrobe

>>9931236
>>9931234

I kind of want to take a shot at this, but it's going to be the 5th or 6th time I actually answer an anon who requests "something to wear with these handful of random dresses that look really random", and none of the other anons ever came back to say thank you or anything, definitely kind of felt like I was just pissing into a black hole so I don't really know if I'll put so much effort into answering these types of "random dresses wardrobe" questions anymore.

Anyway, you don't even clearly state what you want. Like at this point I'm not even clear on whether you already own any blouses and shit, or you want people to start dumping random cheap shit that match just one of the dresses, or something that matches at least 3 items, or what.

>>9931082

I've really only found offbrand white to be white enough. Hermes and Burberry both made white leather bags at some point, you might be able to find them secondhand on yja or mbok or fril or mercari. Alternatively, maybe a trip to your local mall will turn up something white that doesn't clash too badly.

To keep it strictly lolita, instead of looking for a white bag, I'd suggest doing a navy blue bag instead. Much easier to find, navy is pretty standard undertone with most lolita brands and the dress actually has a couple of different blues anyhow, so you have better chances of getting something that doesn't clash. Angelic Pretty and AatP both put out a fair number of navy blue bags.

>>9931082
Just go silver.

>>9931779
>>9931849
Thanks for the help! I found a silver bag that matches the rest of my wardrobe pretty well, so I'm going with that in the end.

>>9931768
I was anticipating more questions actually. Sorry other anons don't appreciate the help btw that's really shitty of them. In terms of what I own I have the "basics": 3 long sleeve blouses in black white ivory, basic lolita shoes (Mary Jane's and cross straps) black, beige, and a muted gold color. I won't lie I mostly have issues with shoes and accessories since I'm pretty casual. I have a few boleros and 2 purses and a handful of necklaces but only a bunch of berets as headware. What I really want to gauge is if anyone was at this level what was the next "step" so to speak. This probably makes little sense but I got a feel of lolita obviously and I really enjoy it so how do I improve? (I really do appreciate the advice and I haven't posted in around 2 years so a lot has changed since I first started)

Can anybody suggest accesories for this OP?

Hi, newbie here trying to put together my first coord. I'd really love some advice/concrit, especially on accessories, or how to make this not look too much like a first time coord

>>9932136
A black belt would look really cute, or some gloves for a retro vibe.

I picked up this JSK but can't decide what direction to go with hair+accessories and shoes. Thoughts?

I tried so hard to find shoes in this exact red, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen this side of the century. Is my only other option black shoes? What would you do cgl

>>9932308
Brown shoes, a small side headbow or clip in ivory for hair. Gold-based accessories.

>>9932415
Could try ivory boots or brown.

>>9932214
dont listen to this. this advice will make it look newbie. belts rarely look good, usually look normie.

Its very color-blocky, which makes it look newbish. It's fine, but I would do a blouse over a cutsew since you're doing tights, or swap the tights for something less solid. Maybe sheer tights with a polka dot? right now everything feels very solid and heavy, if that makes sense, both in your fabrics and opacities.

>>9932136

Swap the hair bow. It's too shiny, the dress itself is matte cotton.

If you don't have the chance to try on the shoes I'd think about getting something a bit chunkier, flat shoes tend to make your feet look stumpy, even if they're ETC.

Personally I'd swap the bag as well, Mufish is known for replicating Grimoire tights, so it's not really a brandname I'd proudly wear wrapped around anything. The tights themselves are probably okay.

The outfit is fine, it's just a bit more toned down. Assuming you're going to a meetup that fits that then it should be okay. If the other girls are going to be more dressed up than you then you might look a bit plain in comparison, in which case I'd suggest you swap the cutsew out for a fancier blouse (nothing too big, just a short sleeved blouse with more lace and pintucks. You could probably get one from the current IW sale).

Accessories are a lot harder to work with. A lot of sweet brands do trump designs in pastel colours. There's a few things floating around that are gold, black and red though, if you can find them for sale. Alternatively, Atelier Pierrot has multiple indie brands that do interesting jewellery (Alice Garden, and Snob come to mind. I'd probably avoid some of the brands though, SystemID seems to look cheap in person) if you can't find stuff and need things in a hurry. You might also think about painting your nails, or using some nail stickers/foil on them as well.

>>9932136

Heres what I picked that makes for a good beginner outfit and some good base pieces for your future wardrobe.

My main question is why you went with a cutsew instead of a blouse? If it's due to hot weather, then you'll end up sweating heaps with the extra layer around your abdomen area.
A short sleeve bolero or black chiffon blouse might work better.

so for some reason I'm having a lot of difficulty finding matching items/coording melty cream donut jsk in pink. I have the mint version and found great items for it but the pink is just...puzzling. any suggestions?

>>9932612
I don't remember exactly why, but I definitely like the bolero or chiffon blouse better, especially the ones you added. Thank you so much for the advice!

>>9932604
I didn't know that about Mufish - I'll certainly look elsewhere for a bag then. I'll also look into those accessories you mentioned and at the IW blouses. Thank you so so much for the help!

>>9932553
Looking again, you're right that it looks very color-blocky. I was actually considering a sheer polka dot tight, so I'm glad someone else thinks that it would work. I'll be sure to look into less solid looking pieces. Thank you for the advice!!

>>9932128

The trending thing at the moment are flowers in glass bottles (herbariums, ハーバリウム and then accessory アクセサリー will locate the jewellery). Most of them are filled with flowers, but they go well with the "colourful things in glass jars" theme. You can find the occassional ones that are filled with just random sparkly things as well. Minne and rakuten are good places to find the Japanese ones, but you can also look on etsy for resin bottle jewellery and see if there's anything that catches your fancy.

The only issue is that most of the necklaces are pretty small, they'll get lost in a lolita dress. Might be a good idea to try and see if anyone in the craft thread can help you out with a commission for a bigger piece for the necklace.

If you want to take the glass bottle theme a step further, you can also try the ita bag thread and look for a bag shape/colour that you like, and fill the "window" of the ita bag with fake candy, to reflect the theme of the dress.


.....Or, if you're just looking for suggestions for normal lolita handbag and shoes, then brown, dark green, black are all good colours to pair with the dress. Gold is a good accent colour if you can find decent things and use it sparingly

>>9931880

It’s really hard to tell you where to go next, since you’re the only person who knows what you want out of lolita and what you want in it. For eg, I’m looking at your list, and one long-sleeved blouse in three colours, doesn’t seem enough. Still, it seems to have worked well enough for you for three years so maybe you don’t need that many.

For other girls, most of them usually continue collecting pieces to make different coords. Usually the impetus comes from seeing a new design, or getting a new idea to try out, or even just dressing to a different theme. The constant churning of new ideas and different coords is what makes up most of the hobby. Even girls who brandwhore are really just looking to their brands for new ideas to dress up in. The aim of your wardrobe is simply to enable you to dress up as much as you like, while being small enough to fit into your closet. If you’re bored with your current looks, buy a new look to experiment with. If you’re running out of space, downsize.

For your wardrobe, I’d like to suggest the 3-coords exercise — make 3 distinctly different coords with each dress. Doing so might help you realise there’s some items you can add that will make more different coords. For eg, you might want to add a short-sleeved blouse or a lace blouse for summer, or a turtleneck or a cardigan for winter.

For bags and shoes, what matters is that they suit your aesthetic, and you aren’t using this as an excuse to wear the cheapest junk. I’m somewhat surprised you don’t have a brown set bag and shoes, since half the dresses would go well with brown.

If you’re well beyond the point where you’re simply looking for things to complete your coords, think about adding meaningful things, for eg a Milk heart-shaped bag because it’s iconic, or VW rhs because she was influential in early days of lolita. Just make sure you can still make good-looking coords when you add these things.

>>9932804
Thanks. Sorry I didn't mention but the name of the OP is Candy Bottle by Meta. Also, would a bolero work with this or would the dress sleeves make it look weird?

>>9932996

I know. I mentioned herbarium stuff is trending because it means you can find it far more easily than you can find "fake candy in bottles" jewellery. And a lot of them pretty must just look like colourful things in bottles rather than recognizeably not-candy-like.

As for a bolero, theoretically if you can find one where the bolero sleeve shape is pretty close to the dress sleeve shape then it could work, however it's kind of tricky to look at photos and try to guess whether they really match up or not.

>>9932415
Ivory/white shoes.

>>9932875
Thank you for all of this, seriously. I feel as though my wardrobe is incomplete and I do want to add more blouses at least. The 3 coord challenge is a great idea since I have 1 or 2 dresses that seem to be where I'm stumped most.

Can I get some help gulls? I have meta's dark guardian in wine, but I haven't been able to find socks that match both in color and style? I feel like the wine sock I have are too vivid to match.

>>9938626

If you can't find anything to match I'd generally suggest matching everything else around it, in this case black lace tights -- not the cheap floral ones, there's a lot of variety. If you can find something with vertical patterns that would tie in nicely with the print's vertical pattern.

Then the shoes can either be glitter black shoes, or black shoes with some silver detail so that they don't fully blend into the tights. Headwear can be black feathers with silver accents.

So this is what I have for my Candy Bottle Op coord so far. I found out the bodice ruffles are removable so I considered a cardigan. Hoping the biscuit purse adds onto the candy/sweets theme of the dress. Thinking about a boater hat for a hair accessory and gold for jewlery. Thoughts and opinions?

>>9938626
woven or textured patterns that are understated work well with dress.

>>9941289
I think I like the lighter/sweeter theme of the far right items and the tan shoes/bag combo the best.

>>9946806
I added more possibilities to the coord. How does it look now? Sorry the collage looks like garbage. (Gold ribbon is a brooch btw)

>>9946845
I would take OUT possibilities and decide what you actually want to wear. The more you put in the more like a clusterfuck this looks - you literally appear to have grabbed all the options off google image search for something approximating what you might want to wear? It's hard to tell if you want to be sweet, classic, country or something that tries to be everything and fails at all of the above. That being said, the hats with red and blue ribbons are probably not the ones you want to be wearing given the overwhelming lack of red and/or blue in everything else you've chosen.

>>9900770
Try a pointy bow like a cat bow but less pointy then that... the color is a Burnt orange play off of that but not to much without a balance of black and gold!!!

>>9901438
Don’t be basic get a dark grey blouse and be edgy! And no the navy is just plain weird.

Looking for help coordinating Dramatic Rose. AP's shade of periwinkle-lavender is always tough for me to coord. I wanted to dig into the sage greens for the legwear but am having trouble finding suitable socks/tights.

>>9951804

Looks like white, grey, sax blue would be good colours to start with. Then depending on the colour your start with you can add another colour.

For eg -- white blouse, white legwear (you can use basic white lace tights with some texture on them rather than worry about printed legwear) -- you can add shoes, bag and accessories in navy, grey, possibly black (black might look a bit too heavy).

Or go a different route -- sax blue blouse and ivory or white legwear, then brown shoes and brown bag, or navy shoes and bag.

Or do a grey blouse with white or ivory legwear, and do navy shoes and bag, or black shoes and bag, or lavender shoes and bag (it doesn't matter if the lavender doesn't 100% match the dress, in fact it's better if the lavender looks more like an accent lavender and doesn't blend into the dress.)

If you don't have the matching hairclip, a few flower hairclips matching the colours you've chosen should work pretty well. They don't need to match the lavender perfectly, but they should match at least some of the general colours you're coording with.

On the interesting side of things, the belt seems removable, so if you're reallyhaving issues with headwear, you can buy 2.5 metres of a ribbon, use 0.5 m to make a headbow/bow clip out of it, and the other 2m to replace the belt with.

I never wear sweet, only classic and gothic, but for some inexplicable reason I still find myself drawn to sugary carnival - especially in black. I've been considering getting the skirt but I'd rather not have to get a whole new wardrobe just to coord it, and I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable in the type of super sweet cords people usually do with it anyways. I've seen some not-so-sweet SC coords, but never with the black skirt specifically. I'd like to use relatively simple black shoes (round toed with straps around the ankle, slight heel) and white or lavender tights. I do actually have one black AP blouse that I could use, but would it be too top heavy with an all black top? Is this even doable in a decent way or should I just give up and get a sugary carnival phone background or something instead?

>>9951237
Narrowed it down

>>9951842

Hard to tell without pictures if your coord would work, I'm somehow picturing a very sweet coord, especially with those round toed shoes with ankle straps.

Sugary Carnival skirt isn't difficult to coord anyway, the waist ties and bow are removable, you can easily toss a simple black blouse or baby tee on top of it for a really casual, simple coord. I'd suggest going with black tights rather than white or lavender, though -- too high contrast in either of those colours.

There's no getting around that it's a fluffy skirt printed with marshmallows and dreaming dancing ponies though, you'll never be able to force it into looking like a Victorian Maiden coord. Personally I'd say if you like it then just get it, some variety in your closet is good for you anyway, and you can sell it if you find it doesn't work out as well as you thought.

I’m struggling to find a blouse that works well with this halter neck, especially because I worry standing collar/high neck makes my neck look weirdly short. But looking through peter pan collars, I feel like the style clashes. Am I just over thinking this??

Also worried about matching the off white of the dress background. It’s slightly more beige in person than I expected from photos. How far off is too far off to coord with true white? It’s still closer to that than my cream or ivory...

>>9952302

I think most kinds of collars except high collars clash with it, to be honest -- the neck tie would sit right under most fold-down collars and then you get a funny-looking bump on the back followed by ribbons coming from under the collar.

I also think that's why this neckline design is kinda rare, it's probably awkward and looks odd on most blouses.

I'd suggest trying a bolero with it instead, and coord it for a summery garden party look, that would solve all the issues with the necktie and cover your shoulders.

Don't worry about perfectly matching the background on the dress, you're not supposed to. Match the other things to each other instead, for eg match your shoes to your handbag. Match your bolero to your legwear and your gloves or hat (if you're using. Match any flower hairclips/bag charm to the red flowers in the dress print. Keep an eye on all the undertones, not the colours, so that they don't clash and it should be fine.

>>9952214
It looks okay, but I am wondering a little about the scale of things. For example, the necklace might get lost amongst all the pattern on the front of the JSK if it is quite small, and the bow brooch seems unnecessary and almost out of place since your cardigan has a bow on it already....
I'm not 100% sold on the wrist cuffs as that brown lace looks cheap and shitty; looking at some of the other previous sales I don't think that seller has a great idea of what good and bad lace are in the context of lolita fashion.
Also, your browns are not going to match at all - I'm guessing you haven't bought any of this stuff and I suspect it is all very different shades IRL, they don't even look the same undertone on the monitor.
I like the idea of this overall, but I think you're gonna be dissatisfied with how you look if you wear all these items together.

>>9952435
I see. I wasn't feelin the wristcuffs either, and I'm gonna try to find better ones on taobao. If not then I'll diy them. Only thing I did buy was the OP (Front ruffles and bows are removable so that's why I added the cardigan/brooch). So besides matching the shoes/purse, what do you suggest I do with this coord? Or what should I add onto it? I'm literally stuck right now.

Can I get some help with this coord? It's AP's Dreamy Planetarium jsk. I'm struggling with a classic coord that doesn't default to off-white everything.

>>9952506
I think if you match the bag, shoes and ribbon on the blouse it's a cute casual coord. If you wanted to go more country with it you could easily trade out for a straw hat and bag with the same brown accent - often it's easier to start with shoes and then match from there.

If you want to keep the "candy" theme a little more that biscuit bag is cute but you'd probably want tan shoes - in that instance I'd think about using the bows from the dress as hair accessories if they are detachable, and/or some of the cute biscuit hairclips that you can find. Rather than wrist cuffs you could also go for a charm bracelet with either that "filled glass bottle" thing or biscuits again, and also a ring or two

>>9952636

How far have you gone with it? I'd be struggling trying to turn pastel sweet AP into classic, but if you've got a good start then maybe I can still help?

>>9952636
Oh man, I normally wear goth but I took a shot at this and all I could think of was Legally Blonde: Space Lawyer.
So blouse, jacket, shoes are AP but I imagine that none of this shit would match in real life.
Brooch is from etsy and they have heaps of cute space themed pieces. Tights are simple diamante tights but you could DIY a pair with constellation patterns in matching colors to the JSK.
No idea for a bag or head piece.

>>9953312
Given that the blouse looks like the blue toned lavender, the jacket looks sax and the shoes look like slightly pinker-toned lavender then....nope.

>>9953331
>So blouse, jacket, shoes are AP but I imagine that none of this shit would match in real life.

They state that in the text, Good job reading the post

>>9953367
Then what's the point of even making a coord like that? There's enough itas that can't colour match already, no need to encourage them...

Recently ordered this, afraid of looking too ita because of the bright, contrasting colors. I don't know the proper ratio of red/white/blue :c

>>9953391
I know these aren't all the same dress, but here are some coords in a similar colour scheme with varying ratios of red/white/blue which may help you decide; also one outfit with the black version where you could easily replace black with blue. I'm guessing the red bows are removable, so you don't necessarily need red in the coordinate.

>>9953442
Hey thanks, that's really helpful :)

I mismeasured how short this skirt was and was thinking about getting an underskirt. I was thinking about getting one in ivory, but would it look okay with one? For some reason I can't really picture it. Also, I have accessories to wear with this, but they're pretty basic since I don't typically wear brown pieces. Any suggestions?

>>9953753
I think ivory would be okay, but in my opinion underskirts with sweet-style items are best paired with quite ruffly blouses so it looks more intentional to have the layers of ruffles (as most of the time if you're needing an underskirt that badly, it's usually 2 layers of ruffles showing).
If you look at the JSK, it has a single ruffle on the bottom which may help you picture what it looks like more easily.
There are so many motifs on this print that I would look for gold-toned jewellery and just choose a few - there's crowns, swans, bows, keys, feathers, fleur de lys....so something like a charm bracelet (traditional style, not the european/pandora one) that has a few of those motifs would be perfect, and also golden rings with the same motifs. Hair accessory wise, a plain headbow would be fine and if you wanted to make it fancier consider small clips with similar motifs.

>>9952331

Thank you! A bolero is a great idea, I’ll keep an eye out for one that I can match with, and maybe I’ll find a high collar shirt that fits me well someday. Summery garden is what I’d like to go for already :)

>>9953277
Thanks so much! I think I'm gonna go in a sweet direction (no pun intended). One more thing, there's red scattered throughout the print. Would color popping the red look good since it compliments the green?

Does anyone know of any insect print dresses? Something even minor could do. I just really want something with little friendly critters! Ideally something without the more popular feminine type like butterflies or ladybugs. I've tried looking but i couldnt find anything with a name. I would really appreciate someone helping me out!

>>9954229
Yes, if you balanced it out - but otherwise it could look a bit odd.

>>9954634
Butterflies are a really common motif but they're usually more stylised than realistic. Meta has Jewel Butterfly, often brands use ""Papillon" rather than butterfly - Innocent World and Juliette et Justine have also done butterfly dresses.

>>9952636
Tried it with navy?

Any ideas on what legwear to coord AP's Halloween Treats JSK in Black? I don't have the matching OTKS, and none of my other legwear matches, I don't wanna wear just plain black tights or plain black otks because I feel like it looks odd

>>9960256

The cutest would be lavender socks and purple accessories and black shoes, but honestly this is tough if you're buying stuff online since AP lavender has a rep for being all over the place. If you already have the dress in hand, maybe you can take it down to the shopping mall and try to find solid tights in lavender that match it.

As a backup, black lace or textured tights like >>9939075's pic will work, if you want more contrast you can layer white or lavender tights (assuming you were able to find a match) over underneath it for a more interesting texture.

>>9960270
It's not really a lavander on the black JSK more of a royal purple honestly, but I'll try the black patterned tights.

>>9960301
oops forgot to add the picture.

>>9960302

That's really bright, though. I'd personally go for a lighter shade with the same undertone rather than going for the same saturation.

Black patterned tights are a good idea either way.

I bought this and the neckline is really low. Like a tiddy is about to fall out kind of low. Any ideas for a good blouse to wear with this?

>>9960320
Your best bet is something with a standing collar, but I have worn the same dress with a lower neckline before with a simple ruffle detail but I have small boobs.

>>9960320
>>9960334
Just another option, I really love this print and really want to get this blouse personally to wear with it myself.

Shitty attempt to coord part 2: I really can't find a matching charm bracelet for shit

>>9960573
This is p good, I wouldn't worry about anymore accessories, and would maybe try to find different socks, but I don't think this is bad,

>>9954634
I think there's a meta dress with bees on it

>>9954634
yolanda has a cool dress with butterfly wing collar, up for reservation atm. mylolitadress has it up online

>>9954634
Cherie cerise also has "Cherie Cerise Lace & Bees JSK "

Just won this skirt for cheap. All my coord ideas feel too plain dont suppose anyone could suggest anything?

>>9954634
Rainbowy (taobao) did some cute butterfly dresses and skirts a while ago.

Okay, posted this in the wrong thread a minute ago.

Do any gulls have this dress in the pink or blue colorways? I'm trying to do a sort of soft, 'sweet' night sky/starry look or like a bedtime thing with it, but I'm worried about how the colors look IRL. Any other advice is helpful! If this coord flops I'm settling for a reserved librarian theme, lol.

>>9961492
Are you buying the pink? It looks like a really dusty pink that can be hard to match, so I'd probably coord it with non-pink colours e.g. beige, chocolate brown.

>>9961020
Plain how? That lends itself to old school perfectly - frumpy white blouse, lace topped OTKs, rectangle or circle headdress or even wired head eating bow; chunky platform mary janes, etc. If you want to go more OTT, a bonnet is an instant way to move in that direction.

>>9960573
I like this! Not 100% sold on the socks since the polka dots look puke green on my monitor rather than leaning-towards-blue-green like the dress, but otherwise it's very cute.

>>9961686
That's exactly what I'm worried about with the pink! I don't want to buy a difficult dress and bite off more than I can chew but it looks so pretty. This is the only picture of the pink worn that I can find and it's on the listing page so accuracy is iffy.

>>9961686
The polka dots are actually brown but thanks!

>>9961764
I think it's probably safe coordinated with neutrals-you could probably get away with not at all matching the colour at all, e.g. wearing it with off white/ivory/beige (choose one, not all of the above) and gold accessories. I feel like if you wanted to introduce a more contrasting colour, like wine, you might need more of the same pink in the outfit depending on the way you're styling it.

>>9960256
What about textured black tights with a black motif that matches the print, e.g. coffins, crosses, stars...? Or black x gold tights? The purple looks a bitch of a shade to match IRL but might be close to the lavender shade Welovecolors does (Welovecolors lilac is a pretty close match to Princess Cat, so I think too light for that) if you wanted to layer under lace tights

Trying to coord Florence's medicine chest. Going for a "military nurse" kind of feel.
Any help or suggestions appreciated

My wardrobe is mainly Chocolate themed but I can never work out a coord with this skirt. The coord is either too ivory or the brown accents and elements are too harsh.

This is still in early planning stages and I'm gonna add a few more brown accessories but I'm still worried the colour balance is off?

Any suggestions would be great.

>>9964878
I think it's important to remember that only part of the blouse will be visible, maybe even less if you have a brown cardigan or bolero. If you are bothered though, switch to brown shoes.

>>9964099
Have you tried it with tan or that mid tone mocha brown?

>>9964082
I'm really not feeling military, nurse, or even the whole outfit. The mismatched browns and black make me suspect this will turn out a hot mess. Unless you already own some of these items I'd start from scratch.

I'm gonna coord this with a brown cape, knee length cream socks, brown heels and some cake themed accessories for chilly-ish weather, what sleeve length blouse should i wear and would this look better with a brown small headband bow or a brown beret? i like ap's chocolate themed berets but i dont have one and i haven't seen them for sale recently.

>>9966245
Long, and headwear will come down to personal preference and what the actual items look like together once you put them on.

>>9964878
I honestly think it looks great so far, but something about the brown socks is bothering me

Looking to coordinate two dresses for an ocean/marine themed event, which I'm struggling with bc I don't want to do sweet

AatP dress I was possibly looking to do a pirate coord or could go with captains wife ashore sort of route

>>9968463
second pic

>>9968463
i'd go for a sailor/nautical look if possible

Trying to figure out if all of this will look good. Set includes matching OTKS and a pair of black shoes with bows (I also have a pair of gold shoes with bows that could fit)

>>9968590
That is the plan!

>>9968463
If you have a sailor collar blouse or sailor hat, it would definitely make the nautical theme more obvious.
Otherwise berets are always good and you could add a naval style pin to it, you can find them for sale online and such.

Otherwise for a pirate look I would suggest a tricorn hat of some sort (either diy/mod your own or buy a premade one), boots, and an appropriate top layer like a coat, cape, vest, or bustier. Could get away with an eyepatch too.

>>9968738
I think the lace gloves and swiss dot blouse would be a bit odd together. You can definitely find some swiss dot gloves that would match or otherwise make one of the items solid instead.

send help gulls! I've recently bought this jsk and none of my ivory blouses matches this. What would be a nice color combo for this dress aside from ivory?

>>9970788
You *could* do ivoryxwhite if you match all your whites so it looks intentional. It’s tricky to pull off but not unheard of. Or maybe picking a light pastel if you can incorporate matching accessories?

>>9970788
It's a neutral color, anon. Mix it with pastels, mix it with muted colors, mix it with jewel tones or even just black. If I were you I'd just avoid silver because the detailing and print are gold, otherwise your color options are extremely broad.

>>9970790
>>9970796
Thanks a lot!

>>9968463
>>9969623

Decided to move in a different direction with pirate lolita, I'm concerned about it moving into normie territory

>going to DIY a tricorn hat with flowers/feathers/etc
>DIY a rose eyepatch
>what do for purse that isn't a treasure chest
>would hoop earrings be tacky
>maybe gloves
>no idea what to do for nails or hair

>>9971419
>what do for purse that isn't a treasure chest
Satchel would be acceptable especially if it has buckles and straps that are similar to the boots
>would hoop earrings be tacky
Yes and push it to the normie side. What about tiny cutlasses?
>maybe gloves
Y tho
>no idea what to do for nails or hair
Updo for hair, then you can balance the tricorn on it. Nails - I'd go plain black personally.

>>9970788
I'd go with pastels and gold accents rather than the contrast of jewel tones/brights/darker colours as I think it'd be easier.

I'm putting together a coord for the first time.
Having trouble finding a good purse to match so I'm stuck between these two.
Not 100% sure about the shoes I found so far, and on what else to add accessory wise.
I would love some suggestions/comments/help! I can also post a pic of all the items individually, I just set them up this way to better picture the final coord.

>>9972025
white purse to match the shoes. would choose purple if shoes were same color

>>9972459
i agree with white purse

Bit of a casual coord. Still missing accessories/bag and I couldn't decide on tights yet (left one has pomegranates instead of strawberries but looks cute too). What do you guys think?

>>9972025
Looks really nice, especially for a first coord! Also, thirding the white purse.

>>9973767
would personally choose simple textured owh (or beige i cant tell) tights over anything printed or else it'll be too much. Some nice lace ankle socks would work well too.

>>9973767
I feel like there's a lot of red on the top with the bow and the blouse, and for that reason I prefer the printed tights - I don't mind it being a bit busy. Are you planning anything in your hair, like a small hair bow or clips, and what about a bag?

How to make this AATP cut more interesting? Like what are the things you can wear over this to add detail?

I try to buy the other cut always because they usually have more variety but sometimes they’re just butt ugly and I have to satisfy with this boring and simple cut.

Help me guys, I have no idea what to do with this. The blue isn’t quite royal blue, the pink is salmon, and the purple is..well, PURPLE.

>>9980151
Fancy sleeves? A bolero? Maybe like a high neck blouse with a big fucking bow? Pin more stuff to the neckline of the jsk.

>>9980202
I'd probably go with a pink blouse? (Purple would go well too if you could only find the right shade in a blouse. Maybe more lavender than purple. However, I haven't seen many blouses in that color scheme so you'll probably be better off finding a pink one.)

>>9980151
To even out the boring cut I'd probably get a really fancy frilly blouse. Maybe also a bow around the waist since the dress looks a bit lacking around there.

Trying to build a coord around that skirt, which I totally had to buy since I'm a sucker for sparkly shit. I feel like with a skirt like that you gotta go a bit OTT. Still, is it too much?

(Headbow is just a placeholder, still looking for something better.)

>>9980202
You could probably get away with using navy or black. Some kind of shimmery or star patterned legwear would be nice.

>>9980518
I wouldn't wear the tight's with this outfit, there is no point since with lenght of the skirt it looks like it'd cover the design anyways, and the tights look cheap imo, I'd actually go casual desu, and maybe this a less himey blouse

>>9980202
Neutrals and metallics is how everyone seems to wear it - so white/off white or ivory blouse and tights, and metallic shoes + accessories.

>>9980518
There is nothing particularly OTT about this skirt...metallics and themed trim is pretty common in lolita. Blouse will always be a personal choice but I think the hemline of that will sit over the waist of the skirt and make the waist less defined. A closer-fitting cutsew might actually be better.

Those metallic star clips that everyone has would be okay as a hair accessory if you're struggling to find a headbow. The tights are a weird pattern from what I can see - did you just choose them for the colour? All the details seem to be above the knee/on the thigh so you'd lose that with the skirt on anyway. Yidhra at one point had some constellation tights which seem like they'd be more fitting for this.

So, I totally fell in love with Nameless Poem, but I'm torn between the wine option (no crosses) vs classic (with crosses)

I don't have any wine clothes so I would be building up my wardrobe

Does anyone else have this dress? How hard is it to match colors?

Got this beauty and I'm kinda lost. I have a blouse, shoes and tights that'll work but they're all black and I feel the black will be too overwhelming. Jewelry has never been my strong suit so any suggestions for that are very welcome too.

>>9987078
You could still coord the the wine with white and/or black. Wine roses would make a good accessory imo. Those shoes seem a bit awkward for the style however, like you're trying to make it look oldschool gothic when it's not.

>>9987122
Use legwear with a blue or gold pattern. You can incorporate more color into the headwear as well. Another option could be navy blue wristcuffs.

>>9987136
>trying to make it look oldschool gothic
looks more like a churchy feel with those shoes, I think they'd go well.

>>9987078
>>9987169
I like the shoes as well. They'd also be nice in wine.

>>9987122
I'd go with gold tones in the jewellery and looking for motifs that pick up on the dress themes e.g. flowers, fairies. If you want jewellery that may match a few other items look for more generic designs e.g. a choker with blue gems and a drop pendant rather than gold miniature fairies in a glass jar.

If you don't have other legwear, try bringing in either more blue or gold with rose shoe clips, your hair accessories, and whatever bag you choose.

>>9987136
>>9988312
Thank you both, the legwear I have does have gold in it so it's not entirely black.

The shoe clips sound like a great idea and I'll definitely try to find/make something like that. As for jewelry I think I'll go looking for things that'll match the flowers, thanks for the suggestions!

So I'm trying to plan a coord for this skirt (Ragnarok: Story of the Final Stage in brown) but I'm at a loss for what else to add. I definitely want to go for more classic and subtle style, and I plan on wearing some bronze jewelry as necklace and rings with norse designs. For shoes I'm thinking or going with some simple ankle length lace up brown boots. But idk what to do for legwear or outerwear, or other acessories...

>>9988683
So...brown/bronze/beige? Cable knit tights with boots are acceptable in a casual outfit. The blouse is reading as a beige on my screen, so beige tights and brown/beige outerwear; if you don't mind squishing your sleeves a bit, a simple cardigan should be okay but if your wardrobe would work with it, maybe even a cape. Depends how cold autumn is where you are.

>>9922488
>get a white petty as a beginner
yeah don’t be like my dumb ass who bought a baby blue petti from classical puppets before they were shit and then promptly switch from sweet to classic

>>9960573
how crafty are you? you could always make a charm bracelet using those mini bottles they sell for scrapbooking and jewlery. Get a chunky bronze or gold tone chain and fill the bottles with some coloured beads.

I've been trying to shake up my wardrobe and have consequently stared myself blind at this blouse-jsk combo. No need to keep developing the coord if I am not 100% the base components work together.

Does this work or should I stick to light blouses with Bunny's Herbology?

I'd like some feedback on this coord so far. I got a different hat already but couldn't be bothered to reshoop the whole thing so just imagine that but plain black.
I own the boots already and I'd rather not get different ones right now, but I'm open to crit on everything else.

>>9994284
I’m going to be honest I don’t think the color of that blouse matches at all

>>9994343
I'd change the bag, it gives more of a feeling of 'nugoth satanist' than 'military lolita'.

>>9994284
Maybe try sax blouse, and it definitely needs a different type of collar, unless you have a high collar blouse that also comes with a bow or jabot. Otherwise everything is just way too angular.

>>9994343
Not feeling the bag, anon. Otherwise I really like it. The bag just looks too try-hard and "edgy", ruining an otherwise nice military coord.

>>9994356
>>9994414
I agree honestly, I'll look for something more elegant.

>>9938626
I wear sheer black tights or lace tights with dark night guardian. It's a great dress, I hope you love it!

>>9994284
If you want to go for a not-light blouse, you're better going with wine/red if you can match it closely enough. You could just get away with a navy/wine/white regimental stripe but not the solid chunk of navy there.

>>9960757
This is incredible! Ty anon.

>>9994356
>>9994404
>>9994783
Thank you anons for putting words on what was wrong. I needed some outside perspective on this, and am grateful for the anonymous platform /cgl/ provides.

I won't be pursuing this combo any longer.

>>9994343
I'd get solid gloves without the cut-outs because the cut-out ones look kinda edgy

I bought Cat's Masquerade because I thought it was pretty and grandiose, and would make a great Halloween Party coord
Then I googled it, and saw people saying it's an ita mess
This is all I've got for an idea coord-wise, so far
Can anyone give me advice?

>>9995072
Is this your first coord? It doesn't seem like you have much direction besides keeping things all black.
I would go for hime inspired styling using lace tights and wristcuffs or gloves, gold or pearl jewelery would also be good.
I would check for inspo pics of black hime ops to get an idea of their potential, pic related.

>>9995075
Well, it's my first coordinate in years, and it's definitely the 'biggest' dress I've ever had
Honestly, I was scared I'd get a response just saying, "you should throw it away, it's ugly and you have bad taste"
So thank you, Hime is a great idea, that definitely suits it

>>9995077
haha unless it’s a replica or severely damaged you will never hear that here

My best friend gave me this dress and I have literally no idea what kind of blouse it'd look good with. The top is cotton, and the frills are chiffon. I have one chiffon bodyline blouse (high neck, no collar, elasticated sleeves with... wide bells at the cuff? and all the rest are cotton baby/ap typical old school blouses

>>9996093
oh god, dropped the dress. Any blouse suggestions work

>>9995072
>>9995075
Okay, how's my coord looking now?