Taobao mori girl haul and review

Taobao Mori Girl haul

Just before Chinese new year I put an order in with Taobaospree for a few mori girl items.

Taobaospree were very good and responded to my request very quickly. 

Communication was great throughout the order process and always timely.

My experience was very good and I will continue to use them for future orders. 

I ordered 6 items, most of them were from Slxi as well as one item from ForestGirlFans.

I'll start with the items from Slxi

layered knitted cardigan

I've wanted a loose knitted cardigan for a while and when I saw this one I thought it was exactly what I was looking for. 

It comes in beige, blue and brown. 

I would have bought beige but it was sold out so I ordered it in brown. 

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As you can see the front has layered lace and jersey which make it quite good for the layered look of mori girl without actually having to wear lots of layers!

The quality is good but my only negative is the lace ties at the front look flimsy and I can imagine them pulling off easily while wearing it, 

my rating 4/5 

Patchwork cutsew

I always seem to be short of basic long sleeve tops so one caught my eye when I was shopping on Slxi's site. 

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I'm really impressed with this, I thought it was just patchwork but it has a double layer and inner layer is trimmed with a lace hem.

 I love how the top layer hangs over the lower one. 

I'd give this one 5/5 it great for the price and I might get one or two other tops now. 

Patchwork scarf

I have a few scarves and a love one I bought in my last taobao order but its lightweight and I wanted something a bit thicker to keep me warm in the windy british weather.

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I really like all the colours and textures in this, its really big too but its not as thick as I thought it would be. I wore it the other day and its quite warm but not up to very cold winter days. 

I'd give it 4/5, its nice but its only made with fine knits. 

Lace trim skirt

I have too many skirts but I couldn't resist this one because of the length and the nice layers of lace. 

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The lace is nice and soft and the waistband is elasticated  so its comfortable to wear.

It looks nice with the layers at the side or at the front. I'm sure I'll get lots of wear from this because I always wanted a ruffle skirt to wear with tunic tops.

This skirt gets a 5/5 from me, a great item for any mori girl wardrobe. 

Skirt belt/shawl thingy

I'm usually quite careful when I shop on taobao, I'll save bookmarks and then whittle them down to a few items I really want. This skirt thingy just made me want it because it looked so different and it appealed to my love for CPK  so I added it to my order form. 

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On the page its shown worn as a shawl, as a skirt over jeans and other items, I'm not sure yet how I'll wear it but its certainly wearable as a skirt and would maybe look nice over a longer one.

I'm not 100% sure about the colours either, I don't like the big block of brown that much but that's just me.

I'd give it 3.5/5

I don't really regret buying it but I could have bought something else more wearable instead. 

Cat sweater

The last item is a cute cat sweater from ForestGirlFans

I had to have this because of cats...

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I'm so glad I bought this, its adorable!

The cat is an appliqué that carries on around the back of the sweater and the little fish are made of crochet.

The inside is all velvety and soft so its lovely to wear. 

5/5 I love it!

I hope you liked my review

Andie

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Lolita 52 week challenge: Part 6 My favourite brand

This week its my favourite brand!

My top 3....

From looking at my wardrobe I know its dominated by three brands

1) Emily Temple Cute

2) Innocent World

3) Juliette et Justine

I love all these brands as well as Jane Marple,  Angelic Pretty and Moi meme Moitie.

Emily Temple Cute makes things I can wear regularly which is important to me  as does Innocent World but I have to say Juliette et Justine takes the spot for my number one favourite brand.

Why Juliette et Justine?

They consistently make things I like.

I like both old and new pieces.

Some are fancy yet others can be quite simple and easy to wear. 

They have a more mature look which I like as I'm an older lolita. 

The quality is always great. 

Here are some of my wishlist  pieces by JetJ

Here are dresses I currently own by JetJ

Cadre du Chat

Marie Antoinette

Confiseur du Lapin

Parfait et un menage

Le Cachet Sculpté du Bouquet JSK

on its way

on reservation

 If I had a bigger budget I'd own more, haha!

Whats your favourite brand and why?

Andie

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Birthday part 2

My little birthday get together

For my birthday I went for afternoon tea with friends.

The hotel was amazing, it had a moat and a little bridge. 

It reminded me a little of Hogwarts only much smaller 

Inside we had a reserved table and it turned out we had a whole room to ourselves complete with blazing fire place. 

The food was a traditional afternoon tea with sandwiches, cakes and scones. 

The food was nice but not as good as La Suite west in London the day before. 

My coord for the day was Jane Marple's royal order mini OP.

Photo courtesy of streetstylesnaps.com

It was a really good day, it was followed with a sleepover and my friend finishing off a cat scarf she made for my birthday.

Andie

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Birthday weekend 1

It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and I went to London for the weekend before my birthday with my partner.

I wore lolita both days I was there, sadly I didn't take a coord shot on the first day. 

On the first day I went to the V&A, Camden and to a vegan restaurant called Saf.

My favourite things from the museum were the stained glass and religious exhibits as well as an art installation in the courtyard. 

The installation had lots of little ceramic figures hidden in the rocks. 

On the second day I went for a special afternoon tea at La Suite West hotel, I wore my new Moi Meme Moitie royal gate OP. 

The food I had at La Suite West was so tasty!

I do love going for afternoon tea! 

I went for more on my birthday too xD

Lolita 52 weeks part 5

Favourite things to put on my head! 

What I wear on my head depends largely on where I'm wearing lolita

If its for a meet up then I like more over the top head wear and if its for everyday I'm very minimalist and will only wear a flower, small bows or berets 

Over the top!

I've mentioned before that I love bonnets!

Triple fortune's are my favourite and I'd love to own another one someday

 I also love their hats, I don't have enough hats. 

I'd like to get more hats this year, brand or offbrand.

Headdresses

I like making crazy headdresses 

I made one for and event last year but I ended up wearing it for a different meet up.

I love this but its so heavy!!

I'm quite proud of this one, I love how it turned out. 

My everyday headwear

Despite my love for OTT headgear I actually feel quite self conscious with things on my head mainly because most people don't wear hats which I think is a real shame. 

I usually wear small flower corsages or simple head bows.

some examples of my everyday coords and my simple hair accessories

A simple Innocent world JSK coordinate with a cream flower & bow headband and an additonal black bow.

Another casual IW coord, this time I have cream hair accessories on each of my hair buns.

One is a bow I made and the other is a small cream flower. 

What do you like wearing on your head?

Big head eating bows? hats or something else?

Until next time....

Andie 

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Lolita 52 weeks part 4

Lolita 52 week challenge part 4

Whats in my closet that I've not worn yet

This is a good question!

I wanted to do this challenge because one of my aims this year is to wear a lot of my unworn items. Like every lolita there are always things I want to buy but when I have so many unworn dresses I feel bad for wanting more when I don't wear what I have.

I seem to have an awful lot of unworn items and I'll show you my main pieces that have yet to see the light of day. 

I'll use photos from my EGL wardrobe post because they are better than the ones I took for this today.

IW charles crown

I plan to wear this one at the weekend

IW classical kitty 

I want to wear this in the summer, I haven't had it long and its not been warm enough.

Jane Marple crown stripe skirt

I love this but coordinating it is hard, I don't seem to have the right shoes.

Alice and the Pirates hymn JSK in navy

I'd been after this for a long time and bought it at the end of last year.

I just need to find an excuse to wear it, maybe at a meet up?

Juliette et Justine Cadre du Chat

I can't believe I haven't worn this yet!!!

I bought it during the first release too so I have no excuse.

I have plans to wear it soon for a friends birthday (we both have it)

Dream dress!

Juliette et Justine Le Cachet Sculpte du Bouquet 

I have only had this a short time,I'm considering wearing this or Parfait et un Manage to a big meet up.  

Juliette et Justine parfait et un manage

I've had this for about 6-7 months, the print is beautiful.

I think its going to be my first choice for the big Enchanted event in April

Innocent World Lotta skirt

Another fairly new addition

I'm still working on ways to coordinate this.

Lief My Tart jsk

I like the coord I put together for this so I'm certainly going to wear it soon. 

Btssb Rose Candle OP

I got this cheap from the auctions because its missing its belt and brooch.

I love this print, it was one of my first dream dresses when I first started buying brand.

I have no occasions in mind to wear this one yet. 

Innocent World Rothenburg skirt

For some reason I skipped reserving anything from this series (I must have been mad)

I finally got a skirt, my preference would have been for a black JSK but its actually quite nice in brown.

I have thought about wearing this a few times so In know it will get worn soon. 

Alice and the Pirates Royal Crowns tea package

I had this for Christmas off my partner <3

I was going to wear it but in the end I wore something else I had new. 

I love the coord so I plan to wear it to a meet at some point

St Tears lac d'Cygnes

I have actually worn the skirt for a casual Mori girl coord but I've not worn it as a set yet.

Hopefully I'll wear it in the summer because its light. 

I have 27 dresses and 3 skirts that I've worn, so all the items here represent a fair bit of my wardrobe.

I have definite plans for some but not others yet, I aim to have worn most of these by the end of the year (if I still have them) 

Edit: I've already sold some of these or about to....
I'm so bad when it comes to buying and selling.