Hi everyone!! I am back from the dead and journaling again online. A well known fact about me is that I love procrastinating, so I'm procrastinating grading my class' homework by writing a blog about my favorite pretty dresses...
I first got into lolita fashion ages ago in middle school. One of the first manga I ever read was Chibi Vampire Karin, which still holds a very dear place in my heart. I especially loved Karin's younger sister Anju— I loved how cool and mature she was, and I wanted to be just like her. And so, I especially fell in love with the way she dressed.
Anju from Chibi Vampire.
Anyways, in my years in college I amassed a few pieces of lolita clothing and built myself a small wardrobe. I loved kuro lolita the most, as kuro and gothic are closer to my original inspirations. I wore a comfy kuro winter coord to Snowport back during Christmas and had a blast!
I love black on black outfits way too much...
One of the most common styles of lolita is sweet lolita, with an emphasis on prints and patterns in lighter colors in contrast to classic lolita (with less prints) and gothic lolita (with mostly darker colors). To be super honest, for years when I was getting into the fashion, I couldn't bring myself to like the sweet style very much. I think it looks less sleek, and I especially didn't like prints (when I browsed for gothic coord inspo, I'd also pass on most prints). But recently, I've started branching more into prints ever since I went to my first in-person lolita event at Anime Boston and saw so many amazing people in all different styles, including people looking absolutely ethereal in sweet.
My circus-inspired coord for Anime Boston, with merch of Bocchi and Pomu.
To be honest, it really opened my eyes to the versatility of the style and also how cool prints can look if styled right. I realized my preference against prints was mostly because I didn't know how to match the energy of an embellished JSK or SK with accessories like headpieces and aprons. Although I still don't go for most traditional sweet styles, I've been really getting into prints recently!
Ever since I was a little child, I've always loved Alice in Wonderland, and I've read my copies of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass countless times. I also used to watch the Charmmy Kitty in Wonderland movie (maybe not a movie?) on repeat forever in elementary school. By the way, I'm so freaking sad about Charmmy Kitty being discontinued :((( but that's not the point of this blog post, haha.
Luckily, a lot of brands in this fashion share my interest, and there's a plethora of Alice in Wonderland prints out there! I currently own this Bodyline Trump Alice JSK, and I've been loving it a lot:
Me wearing Trump Alice with my Elira ita bag to hang out with a few friends and talk about anime :)
A better shot of my full coord later that night.
Overall, I really want to try out new styles in this fashion and get better at styling in the future. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be really into sweet lolita! To be honest, I recently fell in love with Chess Chocolate in the ivory colorway by Angelic Pretty, and I've been thirsting after it since. As you might have noticed, I don't have any "Brand with a capital B" pieces yet since I'm not that rich haha, but I'm actually buying my first AATP SK right now, so I'm super excited to show everyone once I get it in hand.
But overall, I guess I just wanted to say that lolita fashion is so fun and it's so wonderful to be participating in the fashion after lurking in it for so long. It's definitely an expensive hobby, but seeing my adult self dressed up in the way my middle school self dreamed of is just so magical. Yay!!
Until next time!
