Mori Thread II

[Anonymous No.6915466]

Image limit reached! Good job, forest girls!

Previous thread:
>>6908676

[Anonymous No.6915670]

[Anonymous No.6916054]

Were would I find something like this, I love it to death!

[Anonymous No.6916078]

[Anonymous No.6916081]

I love mori kei so much. I would be dolly kei, but isn't it pretty much dead?

[Anonymous No.6916212]

>>6916081
>but isn't it pretty much dead?
Grimoire is still going strong. Wear what you like, it's not like most people are going to know what style you are wearing anyways.

[Anonymous No.6916227]

I don't know why people are still very concerned if a particular niche style is still relevant. If you like the style i would think you at least follow the shop's style blogs to know what's up and pick up some inspiration from it. Grimoire (dollykei) and The Virgin Mary (cult party) are still around and their clothes are not brand specific as it is all vintage/thrifted minus their special printed socks/tights and some accessories.

Mori is a little different as it does have brands catered to the style but thrifting/diy is totally fine and encouraged.

[Anonymous No.6916238]

>>6916227
these are the same people who don't realize you can buy similar clothing in the US, or anywhere, or that people in other countries already dress like this without naming it.

They've still got some weeaboo in them.

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>>6916054
You might want to wait till the fall rolls in. I've seen similar dresses like this on uniqlo's gu-japan.com site

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>>6916054
there's a dress that looks like this by spinns on mbok for 200 yen

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[Anonymous No.6916473]

from onepi-c site. mori in black.

[Anonymous No.6916488]

I feel like a lot of mori coordinates from magazines would be raked over the coals by /cgl/ if it was a Western girl wearing it.

[Anonymous No.6916599]

What exactly IS mori?
I mean, I know it's foresty/vintage-y clothes but what makes Mori what it is?

I guess what I'm trying to ask is, how does Mori work?

[Anonymous No.6916609]

These are so cute! I want them all.

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>>6916609
WHY

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>>6916609
I have serious arachnophobia... and I wanted to cry for that poor baby.

[Anonymous No.6916905]

wonder rocket

[Anonymous No.6916907]

SM2 shop staff

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SM2 coordinate

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>>6916599
I think mori is defined by a loose, flowy silhouette, even if you don't have a lot of layers on. Layers are more instantly recognizable as mori, of course, but you don't always have to have them. There aren't a lot of hard-and-fast rules in mori, but the one thing it should definitely never be is tight-fitting. Other than that, you should always aim for natural fabrics and just a natural look overall. Everything else is pretty much just a feeling. The mori girl checklist describes the right sort of atmosphere the style should have.

[Anonymous No.6918085]

I love this style so much, but it's so hot where I live. I could never wear this and be comfortable. :(

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>>6918085
Just do less layers and stick to the flowy and thinner fabrics and leave out the chunky knits.

[Anonymous No.6918498]

>>6916905

That's not mori, she's wearing an obnoxious slogan t-shirt and hipster glasses.

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>>6918498
Tell that to the Wonder Rocket shop site. I'm just glad they have simple and season appropriate examples to wear.

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>>6918498
yeahhhh I have to go with "not mori"

It's just casual wear with a big skirt. None of the accessories are right - in fact, there are barely any. I feel like careful accessorizing is one of the most important parts of the style.

[Anonymous No.6918514]

>>6918504

Does wonder rocket send to the UK, and USA or do you need a shopping service.

[Anonymous No.6918521]

>>6918085
>>6918457
Yep yep! It can be done. Something like this without the big socks, or an even simpler shift dress with a hat, some feather earrings or basic jewelry, maybe fancy shoes, and presto! Comfy summer mori girl.

(on an unrelated note, I have nfc what is going with this model's legs between the hem and the socks ._.)

[Anonymous No.6918529]

>>6916609
>posting animal abuse in a thread full of forest girls
Are you shitting me?

[Anonymous No.6918534]

>>6918521
Pretty sure tights are what's going on.

[Anonymous No.6918531]

>>6918514
Yeah, their FAQ says within Japan only.

[Anonymous No.6918544]

>>6918529
This. 0/100 troll.

Shall we change the subject? Do you think mori will ever become established enough to have communities and meetups the way lolita now does? Even in Japan it's still so niche that nothing like this exists outside of basically Tokyo, but we can dream, right?

What would you do at a mori meetup? What sorts of activities would be fun, thematically appropriate, and still possible while dressed in five layers topped off with a wool bolero and bunny mittens? Would everyone be required to bring an animal?

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>>6918534
I sure hope so. Better unflattering tights than some kind of skin disease.

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>>6918544
Crafts! Mori is so open to crafty and DIY-style accessorizing that meetups where everyone knits or makes stuff together would be great.

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>>6918544
I think there's been a UK mori girl meet already? But no I don't think it will become as established as Lolita is - most mori girls are lolitas as well anyway

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>>6918563
Wow, things I didn't know!

Mori comms might be nice but I could do without all the drama that seems to spring up around EGL, at least in the west.

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>>6918544
There are communities here and there. Mori girl isn't exactly niche in Japan, but more like... outdated? It's had its heyday there and now the trend is basically over.

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>>6918570
Not true. It's not bleeding-edge anymore, but it's very popular and established, especially as it's spread from the trend centers and out into the rest of the country. Every other new clothing brand you see springing up is mori-type fashion, and a lot of established ones have started doing mori-influenced clothes.

I live in a small town on the NW coast and mori fashion has become way more prominent in the last three years. It's even starting to supplant the faux-streetwear-but-still-kawaii style that was the biggest trend among the younger girls around here before. (80's-throwback style is still the most popular though.)

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>>6918600
I guess my point was that while the clothes have obviously always been there, the forest imagery/subculture-y side of it that would foster communities and meet-ups seems to have died out compared to when mori was big? But definitely correct me if I'm wrong about that. Nowadays, I've just noticed that brands and so on are rarely still explicitly being called "mori girl," but I do know that the basics of the fashion continue to live on.

On a related note, I'm fascinated by the rise of Taobao mori in Western circles, maybe because they do cater to the name and not just the look.

[Melvarkie No.6918757]

>>6918712
Were would i find such a thing. I love it, it is so cute and I need it in my life

[Anonymous No.6918805]

>>6918512
>>6918498
do you guys even read papier or morigirl lesson? some of the street snaps are pretty basic. i'm just really annoyed with westerners trying to shape morigirl into something to a "needs more to be mori" or having a very strict established kind of "look" to get it.... even this soulberry model doesn't have that many accessories on her. a really simple necklace and bracelet and the coordinate isn't so out there. mori girl does not need to be "out there" to be mori. Onepi-c, Nashare, Favorite one and all those taobao shops aren't the only styles of mori girl out there.

[Anonymous No.6918830]

hana to guitar - summer 2013

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>>6918757
Good luck.

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>>6918805
To be fair, you wouldn't call this mori had it not been in Papier, but I get what you're saying.

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earth music & ecology red label summer 2013

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earth music & ecology natural label

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premium label

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[Anonymous No.6919798]

Hey all, I'm in the middle of finally sorting out my images. Would this be mori?

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>>6919798
or this?

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>>6919798
I think this may be more cult party kei.

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>>6916238
perhaps is because as more people start using a unified name its easier to find pictures and get inspiration.

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>>6918805
I also concede your point, but

And regarding >>6918844
To me that is most certainly not mori, even if it appeared in a magazine for which that is the audience. The color palette, shapes, everything is just difference. She even has little crown-shaped hair accessories, which I immediately think of as a lolita thing.

[Anonymous No.6919996]

>>6918805
I see your point, but I think you're overreacting. I'm not trying to change the definition of mori or make rules about it, but the look of it is pretty clear and I think that one particular outfit is an example of the mori influence on other fashion. It's not mori on its own. If she were wearing the same clothes with an Angelic Pretty skirt, nobody would be claiming that it was lolita.

And regarding >>6918844
To me that is most certainly not mori, even if it appeared in a magazine for which that is the audience. The color palette, shapes, everything is just difference. She even has little crown-shaped hair accessories, which I immediately think of as a lolita thing.

[Anonymous No.6920005]

>>6919798
It could be. I'm not familiar with cult party but those pieces would work for mori. I just don't get a "mori feel" from the way they're coordinated in this pic. I wonder why. Maybe it's the big cross?

>>6919804
This one definitely. It's also very cute.

[Anonymous No.6920048]

>>6920005
I looked up cult party because I was curious, and found this pretty good explanation: http://dolly-kei.livejournal.com/32186.html

It seems to intersect with a lot of other different styles.

[Anonymous No.6920082]

>>6919851
>>6920005

Thanks! Now that I thought about it more, I think the first image might be more cult-party, because of the colour of the tights. I wasn't sure before since it was so pale.

[Anonymous No.6920085]

>>6919996
I'm >>691844 and that was my point, but it's my fault for phrasing it wrong, sorry. When the magazine went from being called Mori Girl Papier to simply Papier, I think they became more free about including more varied fashions.

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>>6920085
And I can't type either, apparently. Anyway, more pictures.

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>>6918544
I also think that most people that enjoy mori girl tend to be the types that a) give no fucks & b) are happier with their own company and doing things on their own (wandering aimlessly, photography, making stuff, watching squirrels etc. To bring it back to Kamikaze Girls, it's a style that you enjoy no matter who is around. (It did break my heart when I realized they stopped printing the Mori Girl Lessons)

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>>6920090
i wish i could afford franche lippee :(

[Anonymous No.6921333]

bumpin

[Anonymous No.6921617]

One of my favorites

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[Anonymous No.6921684]

I'd post my daily mori coords, but I'm just too shy. Maybe if I got a rabbit mask like Wonder Rocket uses.

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>>6921684
You should just Photoshop that one over your face, it'll be kawaii.

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>>6921619
That striped part of her outfit straight up looks like a cheap hospital robe.

And she's workin' it anyway. Respect.

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>>6921697
doit

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>>6921622
is that a tent trailer or what

[Anonymous No.6922370]

>>6920377
Me too. All I've got besides the bag I posted before is a raincoat and a minidress. The dress isn't even really mori, although that one is among my favorites. (I wore it on New Year's Eve two years ago and when I got on the Metro with my friends, an absolutely stunning woman - stylin' outfit, bird-feather false eyelashes, gorgeous afro, plus she was like amazon-tall - came over to me just to tell me that she loved my dress. Made my night.)

I would love to buy a lot more of their stuff, not because it's cute and well-made but because they're one of the only brands I like who has a nice line of plus-size clothing (well, Japanese plus-size, which means it fits standard-size Westerners). It is so expensive though.

Pic related: damn I want this (it's going to come in mint green, too!) but it costs almost $250.

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>>6922370
holy crap... that's about the equivalent to.. the price of lolita burando. i guess you can say this is mori burando (although i do hope anyone who's genuinely into wearing the mori style keeps the sour attitudes at bay and knocked over).

that dress is damn nice though. good luck if you're trying to save up for it. save save save that munneh.

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[Anonymous No.6923296]

It's ridiculous how much I want Marble Sud's old alpaca print collection. If we're talking about Mori burando.

[Anonymous No.6923779]

One of my favorite things about Mori is the thrift/DIY attitude.

[Anonymous No.6924903]

Could I request some mori art, if anyone has anymore? I saw a couple upthread but if there's any more.

[Anonymous No.6925008]

>>6923779
Give it 5 years or so and brands will pop out, along with elitists claiming that anyone thrifting/refusing to wear those brands are itas.

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>>6925008
;___;

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>>6923779

>let me sew things without any thread in my machine!

lol

[Anonymous No.6925099]

>>6925064
It's ~magic~ thread, you silly Anon. It's an invisible thread that never comes undone and you can use it to sew a fabric regardless of it's color or pattern and you'll never have to worry that it doesn't matches!

[Anonymous No.6925383]

Do you guys know of websites that I could by fabric that would be good for Mori Girl from? I am specifically looking for a floral print kind of thing in a neutral color. I already am planning on doing a patchwork apron and just cant find fabric I like for the dress.

[Anonymous No.6925441]

>>6925008
There already are brands.

[Anonymous No.6925613]

>>6925441
This

Marble Sud
Franche Lippee
Lowry's Farm
Lepsim Lowry's Farm
W Closet
Wonder Rocket
Hana to Guitar
Earth music & ecology
SM2
Syrup/felissimo
.haco
ACHACHUM MUCHACHA (sometimes)
Crisp
Carolina Glaser

To name some

[Anonymous No.6925633]

>>6925613
not to mention mina perhonen and other faux Scandinavian brands

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>>6925383
http://www.equilter.com/ Tons of cotton in prints both subtle http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=174798&sid=31U9Hz3C62w6BHw-56113125598.1b & ready for the pride parade! http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=168412&sid=31U9Hz3C62w6BHw-47113135998.a4

[Anonymous No.6925702]

>>6925613
I can't get over how many people seem to know so little about J-fashion that they think mori doesn't even have brands. Just because we're not psycho about them like certain lolitas doesn't mean they don't exist at all.

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>>6925697
Thank you so much!

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>>6925702
>>6925441
This.

It's sad, but so many people actually think lolita is the only fashion/subculture of Japan. Its like 'holy shit, how wrong you are...'

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>>6925702
EXACTLY! I mean, we may not have 10 + years of Gothic Lolita Bible, but we do have brands. We just don't have a parasol crammed up our nethers about who wears what and if they're lifestyle and doing work outs in bloomers.

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>>6924903
I'll try!

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>>6924903

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I want to see more mori bags.

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[Anonymous No.6925993]

captcha: the naphyn

There's the name for my new mori burando

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>>6925912
oh my godd yes. Now I want to coordinate an outfit where I can wear branches in my hair.

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>>6925008
There's plenty of mori brands, but not much elitisim at all really. And thank GOD.

[Anonymous No.6926464]

So I just had a good time finding out what Mori actually is and now I'm pretty sure that it's probably the best style that ever came out of Japan.

So is there any male equivalent that doesn't just look like brown hipster or lumberjack style?

[Anonymous No.6926466]

>>6923779
Well, this is what it's supposed to be, right? And now go learn to knit.

[Anonymous No.6926883]

>>6926464
Mori boy. There was a ton of inspiration for it posted towards the end of the previous thread.

[Anonymous No.6926905]

Everytime I go to some Celtic Festival I think of Mori because all the clothes look like it but then again, the celts did indeed live in the forest.

[Anonymous No.6926911]

>>6926883
...uh, it was actually longer ago than I thought, so not that thread after all. But here it is archived. http://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/cgl/thread/S6848292#p6879895

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>>6924903
http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E6%A3%AE%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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>>6926905
Basically all of the world except desert people lived in the forests. But celts had style.

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>>6925936
I can't decide if this if I like this, or if it just looks like another rag quilt purse off etsy that's labeled mori since it's brown.

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posted stores at the Taobao thread today.
>>6930678

[Anonymous No.6931598]

I'm a busty girl, do you think it'd be possible to wear mori without looking like a box?

[smoker !HOZlQYR1MY No.6931612]

>>6931598
If you have your tits hanging out sure fatty fatty big bust no parents.

[Anonymous No.6932304]

Why are there hardly any non-Japanese girls who aren't models that seem to do Mori well? There is like only one that I can think of that posts her pictures on the net.

Is it just because that Mori isn't as popular (yet hopefully!) or something?

All the non-Japanese girls who aren't models or anything that I always see trying to pull it off end up looking like bag ladies! If I am misinformed, does anyone know of girls online that pull it off well and can link to their blogs/tumblr/etc?

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[Anonymous No.6932352]

y grills no dress like this no more?

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>>6932304
Who are you talking about, for starters?

[Anonymous No.6932372]

>>6932370

This girl was the one I was thinking of who does Mori well:
http://fairyemily.tumblr.com/

Are there any other non-Japanese girls around the net who do it well too? It seems like it has been gaining more popularity lately so I've been wondering.

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>>6932364
I really can't stand hair like this. It just looks like a wig is slipping off your head. I never understood why super high fringes were popular, especially with models.

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>>6932372
I'm looking at her blog and I don't see much mori, to be honest, so I'm not sure what you consider to be wearing the style well. There aren't a lot of mori girls with active blogs, though. In fact, to me, it seems like it used to be more popular a year or two ago.

Gohalainn is probably the most active and well-known mori girl blogger, but thedaintycat on Tumblr also posts outfit snaps almost every day. Other than that, I can't really think of anyone who blogs super frequently.

[Anonymous No.6932440]

>>6932433

Thank you very much for those! Obviously I don't know a lot about mori girl bloggers considering the one I linked was the closest I could find to one.

Any other ones people have would be greatly appreciated, too!

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>>6932380
Yeah this is pretty much the worst trend to happen to hair since the undercut.

[Anonymous No.6932878]

>>6932352
Dude... Lillian Gish isn't mori...

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>>6932352
Because we don't want to be in some cabin with sand flying everywhere.

[Anonymous No.6934805]

>>6932352
Also, that dress is heinous.

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>>6920154
>doing things on their own (wandering aimlessly...)

I thought I was the only one who did that *weeps*

[Anonymous No.6936108]

>>6918544
>>6918529

Do you have to like animals to be a mori girl?

I like the forest and plants and flowers but animals sometimes weird me out depending on what kind they are. Also I don't like getting that close to something that is likely to maybe just shit at any given moment, I'm sorry.

[Anonymous No.6936114]

>>6936108
Just thinking about how many japanese Mori girls wear dead foxes, no.

[Anonymous No.6936800]

I know this gets asked every thread, but tips for wearing mori in hot weather?

[Anonymous No.6936820]

>>6936800
light and airy fabrics avoid too many layers maybe only two there are also some layered shirts that give the appearance of volume without the heaviness.

pin up hair and wear really thin scarves or none at all

[Anonymous No.6938516]

Wow, I've been neglecting /cgl/ so much. I used to be the one constantly making Mori boards. It's nice to see there's so many on /cgl/ that it stays alive w/o me.
>>6936800
Basically: >>6936820
I'll give examples.

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>>6938516

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>>6938518

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>>6938521

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>>6938525

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>>6936820
>>6938516
Thank you both!

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>>6932380
yolandi is the only person i've seen who rocks it, but then again it also fits her personality.

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>>6938692
Yolandi looks as awful as anyone else in that hair.

[Anonymous No.6939162]

No offense, since I'm not contributing, but anything new?

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>>6938532
My god, that ponytail is amazing.

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>>6932394
Where can i get a dress like this?

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