/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm going to post some things from milk that I'd buy and I'd appreciate anons' opinions on

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Can anyone recommend brands similar to Jane Marple but a little bit cheaper?

I've been wearing lolita for nearly 2 decades and I never thought I'd say this but I want to wear something more casual and mature. I'd love to buy a whole bunch of Jane Marple maxi skirts but they're twice as expensive as Lolita clothes. I've worn Jane Marple before and I didn't think the overall quality was twice as good..

>>10628017
This just looks like pajamas to me and not even in a cute way. You’d look like a suburban dad on vacation.

>>10628025
I have something like this from Milk but I'm afraid of wearing it to the beach because I don't want to be viewed as an adult baby :(

>>10628027
that's a really odd looking combo

>>10628441
That's what I love about it

Hey all, any recommendations for brands like Nile Perch and Spank!? Thanks in advance :)

I really want ETC to do more skirts so hopefully this release is popular

Anons how do you wear polyester OPs in summer without smelling like old sweat?

>>10628015
>What's your favourite brand and why?
ETC, because their sizing and cuts are perfect for my body
>What's your favourite look/thing to wear right now?
JSK without blouse
>What have you bought recently and how do you decide what to buy?
Recently I only buy something if I really need it, and if I buy something new I make myself sell something too
>What's your favourite new release?
Pic related

>>10628589
Wrong thread for that
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>>10631523
menthol body wash for men does magic

>>10628017
I was looking for pajamas, this one looks a lot like some pair sold at Aliexpress. Keywords started with kawaii/cute, some clicks later it showed up.

Quality could be on the bad side, but they're easy to find at a cheap price. Either way:

>What's your favourite brand and why?
All time favorite was Cache Cache for French clothes that lasted for years. Not lolita but femenine and comfortable.
>What's your favourite look/thing to wear right now?
Long pants with light fabric, pastel colors are good. No need to get all the hair out of my leg all summer, let the skin rest.
>What have you bought recently and how do you decide what to buy?
Nothing. I put all my wardrobe in one website, so the pieces could be compared in a single image. Web closed down, so now it's a phone app with similar looking stuff.
>What's your favourite new release?
What release? I never check for popular pieces, just whatever fits me, fashion can come and go, a good fit can be timeless. Normies don't really care, and that's fine.

Yumetenbo started a girly shoe brand:
https://www.dreamvs.jp/shop/pages/about_cheleap.aspx

Are there any Japanese brands that release "otome kei" midi and maxi dresses and skirts but aren't priced as high as Jane Marple and Pink House?

I want to buy a cooler bag that goes with girly jfashion style but they all look ugly or are literally for children (too small)

>>10639706
Cath kidston

>>10632142
Just 2 letters away from cheap..

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Dropped picture. It fits an upright wine bottle.>>

>>10639857
Thank you! They are out of stock but I'll keep an eye out

>>10633855
Merry Jenny
Rivet & Surge (closed last year but you can find stuff secondhand)
Ruby & You (very beige)

>>10640023
Thanks! I knew about merry jenny but i didn't think they do any fun prints

>>10640006
It's still in stock for me https://www.cathkidston.com/en-gb/prints/shop-by-print/cherries/402602559130IVORY.html

>>10640095
I'm not sure if it's worth it if I buy it from there because I'd have to pay import tax and administration

>>10628015
>What's your favourite brand and why?
JM, I just go nuts for royal and historical motifs and their textures are to die for
>What's your favourite look/thing to wear right now?
I've been going apeshit buying up 2ndhand cutsews from Milk/ETC/JM for the summer since I've given up on finding new blouses that are cotton or have square/round collars+short sleeves. Cutsew dresses, too.
>What have you bought recently and how do you decide what to buy?
Just a lot of the above from CC, I'm looking for things to survive summer so looking for open necklines, short sleeves, and ivory/offwhite (since I look terrible in stark white).
>What's your favourite new release?
Nothing really comes to mind. I don't tend to buy a lot of main pieces in spring/summer since I like dark main piece colors and motifs. I've been eying Milk's jewelry lately.

Like said above, I'm trying to collect more summer-friendly materials right now, but it feels so hard to find breathable tops in a variety of styles lately? Any recs for blouses without peter pan collars? ETC would always be perfect for summer except almost all their blouses seem to be either PP collar or long sleeves.

>>10640023
>Rivet & Surge (closed last year but you can find stuff secondhand)
DA I'd never heard of this brand but looking them up it's such a shame they've closed, their stuff is adorable! Any other smaller brands that have more jewel tones like this and JM?

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>What's your favourite brand and why?
MILK. It feels like everything is made perfectly for my body. The style is like this sweet spot between casual and “kawaii” fashion and the materials are really nice quality.

Other fav brands are Jane Marple, Katie and Qpot.

>What's your favourite look/thing to wear right now?
Longer OPs are my go to for the average work day. Tshirt/cutsew coords for summer.

I also love Milk’s fruit/berry prints. Especially in black x red colorways.

What have you bought recently and how do you decide what to buy?
I’ve been pretty stressed out from my job so I bought a lot lately. I got this >>10628019 in the white colorway with that same leopard print top. And picrel gingham OP in yellow. I got tons of complements on it.

Also the black OP from Jane Marple’s cherry labels series. It’s pretty oversized though so a little out of my comfort zone.

I mostly buy new but there are a few old pieces I’m searching for.

What's your favourite new release?
See above. So far nothing from fall/winter collections really caught my eye.

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Oh shoot I rly messed up the green text didn’t I

i only come to this board to look at pretty girls, idgaf about cosplay

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are beautiful

I have pic related in navy and it's too short and baggy to wear with my usual skirts and jeans. Any advice?

>>10645958
>sweet clothing
>in a non sweet/pastel color
I've spent 0 and I want my money back. Don't take it personal lol.

>>10645958
maybe wear it over high wasted shorts or under overalls or over a long sun dress

Did Pink House always manufacture in China or is it a new thing?
https://www.i-goods.co.jp/product/interview/pinkhouse/

I love these sailor dresses that don't look too childish but I'd never pay 500 euro for it.

>>10646242
I think https://shop111373248.world.taobao.com has similar pieces for low

>>10646283
i can't buy from taobao from my region unless i use a shopping service so i've never used it and can't view most of the products. can you really trust shops that sell dresses for less than 10 euro?

>>10646325
taobao has customer protection for 6 months, they hold the money and only release it to the seller when the buyer is statisfied with the purchase and marks it as such, agents do the same

>>10645958
High waisted bottoms

What would Secret Honey be classified as typically? I bought a dress from them recently, that well.. it's nearly lolita. Fits a petticoat, darker colors so I can't really traditionally think of it as otome. Hearing "soft lolita" makes sense for a lot of things but that term is brand new to me despite being into lolita for years.

What is soft lolita traditionally defined as? I really want to get a grasp on the definition for it.

>>10646787
depends on the release really, but the shown one is just フェミニン

>>10646787
>What is soft lolita traditionally defined as?
The jp comm really doesn't use that term, it's like bittersweet something that doesn't really exist and is just another term for casual lolita.

>>10646792
>フェミニン
I was seeing some stuff like girly kei listed in Japanese a lot when looking up their stuff.

>>10646787
It's from Misako's book. The pages are translated somewhere on Tumblr.

>>10646825
which the outfit in >>10646787 is not because ガーリー is defined by lots of ribbon, ruffles, and playful prints

>>10646855
>defined by lots of ribbon, ruffles, and playful prints

You could same about lolita to be fair, what distinguishes some styles from others in jfashion is always going to be up to personal taste or preference after a certain point of similarity.

This new print is so cute

>>10646792
Thanks for the name!

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Same

>>10646242
Just buy some vintage Laura Ashley

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NoveltycottonfabricprintfromJoann.jpg

>>10659995
Still, that vintage LA in that particular style goes for 100$-150$ at the moment

>>10665584
Man, I wish I’d bought more of them when I could buy piles of them for $8-$12 at my local thrift stores 5 years ago or so.

>>10665593
Yeah everyone is saying that now. It’s insane some prints now go for 400£

DML has a collab with Disney going on for once.

>>10667390
they've done a marie from aristocats a few times

>>10667390
I'm more enthralled with Amavel right now. I'm guessing they are doing more of a vampire theme because of Halloween coming up.

>>10667390
Looks washed out

>>10669428
Anon, muted colors like that have been popular for few years already, their regular stuff looks like that too.

>>10628022
I would sleep in this

>>10645984
Soft yellow seems pretty pastel to me.

Which normie brands do you buy from for basics? I miss trying things on different sizes in-store

>>10675485
Forever21 has nice things every spring.

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Claires

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Looks faded and used

>>10675491
Really? Like what?

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Basics.

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Blouses, accessories, shoes, etc (pic related).

>>10675827
Id rather buy from Forever 21. Jesus Christ anon

>>10678481
this is randinicholejoan's picture from like 2013. they haven't had stuff like this in a long time

>>10678781
seems like you haven't been to their store in a while, they do every spring collection

>>10678783
different anon, but that kind of stuff isn't what's been released in the past few years even in spring.

>>10678786
There's a few gems here and there but forever21 isn't as nice as it used to be.

>>10678481
This skirt is fucking cute tho. I don’t care who made it.

>>10679544
Anon pointed out it's an old release. Back when they out cute stuff out

DML opened a new plus-size subbrand up to 155cm bust.

>>10679544
i don't think anyone really cares who made it, it's just not available downtown in store to buy. you can probably find older stuff like this on poshmark.

>>10682907
i think the slug and overly droopy eye/landmine makeup is awful and the differences between these two models solidify that for me. the left girl is fatter but still looks decent in the face while the right one looks like she's wearing a weird latex mask

>>10682907
Putting lipstick on a pig

>>10682937
idk why they are so much into that makeup either, but then again girls in jp also shoop themself into aliens so there is that

>>10682940
more like putting shoop on a pig. I want to know what they really look like.

>>10682907
Can unsee Miss Swan.

>>10682907
poor girl on the right looks cross eyed

>>10690250
that's just the side effect of the water line exaggerating makeup

>>10628027
who is she kicking?

>>10690252
sauce on these shoes?

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DML

Are Secret Honey and Honey Cinnamon owned by the same company by any chance? Because they keep releasing the same stuff with minor differences at the same time with what also looks to be the same model.

Jp twitter is boycotting dearmylove now because they actively keep fucking over people, I love all the angry people in their apology post.

Thank you mart just released a dark girly accessory collection.

>>10698825
Explain? What have they been doing?

>>10700203
For example, the day the new Sanrio collab released they suddenly decided to move it to 11am instead of the originally 9pm so only scalpers were able to buy it because everyone else was working. Also, the few people that tried to buy it during work all had their orders canceled, yet everything ended up scalped on Mercari, so it seems they actively work with scalpers for extra profit.

i really like how pic related was altered from a jsk into a skirt and it's making me want to alter my own dresses but i'm afraid it won't turn out as nice. especially scared to alter hard to find dresses like stained glass even though i would definitely wear it much more often as a skirt.

The waist size of pic related is listed as 64 cm but it has partial shirring. Do you think it's more of a minimum waist size and it could fit 69 cm? Maybe if I remove the elastic?

Does anyone have coord examples of wearing a sweater/jumper/hoodie on top of a JSK or OP to make it warmer and more casual?

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which brand is this? in my experience, the waist size on shirred skirts is the minimum, but I would compare it against the brand's current products to see theur typical sizing.

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Jane Marple

Any winter coat recommendations?

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Speaking of coats, DML has a clearance sale on its plus-size brand which does include coats:
https://www.dreamvs.jp/shop/r/r2590/

>>10705855
I think someone was interested in the quality of their blouses a while ago and I'd say they're pretty legit. Good for lolita. Better than buying from taobao imo.

>>10705973
Maybe the anon that asked for Dear my Love blouses was me, I don't trust taobao blouses for lolita. I remember when I got one from Little Dipper made of literal bedsheet white fabric lol. Better to use girly kei brands blouses for lolita than these taobao crap blouses, wayy cheaper and perfect if you wear lolita daily. Maybe most lolitas that buy from taobao don't wear the fashion daily and treat it as a costume. Yes there are good quality taobao lolita items but I can get better stuff for way less from jp brands that are sometimes lolita (Axes femme) or any girly fashion burando.

Wego has a Sanrio collab going on with some nice items
https://wegoec.jp/shop/clb/e/esanrio/

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I love it

Rojita's store closing continues, at this point I don't even know if there is many left beyond retailers
https://twitter.com/ROJITA__jp/status/1481231293111148545

Just found out that AMO is back, and she looks so different now...
https://madamefigaro.jp/beauty/beautestars/amo.html

>>10718879
Back doing what looking like that?

Anyone have any cute beret recommendations? I own a few from Coco&Ami and ETC, but I'd like to expand my collection. Off brand recs are fine.

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Model

DML started a kids brand for the girly style.

bump because of spam

>>10726154
What spam?

>>10722469
From the thumbnail I thought it was a donkey's head instead of a rabbit.

>>10722469
It can be really fun to diy berets. Either sew or buy some cheap plain berets from AE and add on ribbons, appliques, charms, pompoms, etc. I have probably half a dozen handmade berets to match my favorite dresses.

>>10728942
meant the spam threads

>>10645958
This is so cute

>>10705855
Anyone have any idea what the fabric for the coat shown here is like? I'm well below the measurements, but I'm worried it's too stiff to be used for moving around a lot at uni and might rip.

>>10740526
DML coats are usually felt-y fabric lined with satin, but idk what exactly.

What are some cheaper or mid range otome brands to get into it? I love midi length, sailor dresses and Jane Marple which is unfortunately outside my budget right now and also too big for my bust.

>>10718879
She’s been a director of her own brand all this time, with 2 kids. Both her kids are old enough to be in school full time so probably why she’s more active outside of Ruby&You. That pic is old, her hair is below her shoulders and light brown now.

>>10746470

JM goes for so cheap secondhand in the styles you're describing. Would hang out around cc and Mercari. Just keep in mind the resale is p much nothing and very hard to resell. But they're very nice quality and very normiable.

Are there any western stores that sell clothing similar to these styles?

>>10746518
It doesn't go for cheap secondhand these days. The OP I posted sells for around the same price as retail.

>>10746518
JM sailor OPs tend to sell pretty well unless it's cutsew material. The price is much lower in the west but that market is kinda dead for otome.

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Shut up, take your hormones, for gods sake leave us alone.

Hyped for the pop’n candy rerelease and balloon series restock from ETC! What ETC rereleases are you hoping for in the future?

>>10750423
There was a stunning apron I missed last year. Still dreaming of her.

>>10750425
oh my god… she’s beautiful. I truly hope you get her one day.

>>10750467
Thank you, and I hope you get your candy and balloons nonny!

>>10746518
Which mercari are you looking at?