52 week challenge: why I don't wear lolita more often

why I don't wear lolita more often

I have the clothes in my wardrobe so why don't I wear them more often? 

First of all I think many items I own are a bit too much for everyday! I own some otome brands which I wear more regularly but the more elaborate peices get saved for meet ups and events. 

I try to wear lolita once or maybe twice a week when I go out at the weekend and in the week if I meet with friends. Even after years of wearing the style I'm not very likely to wear it of I go out alone, although it depends where I'm going and I'd probably wear it if I was going somewhere different than my home town. 

Lolita isn't the most practical fashion, all the layers and petticoats get in the way. When I'm home I like to wear comfortable clothes and if I'm crafting or cooking I don't want to spoil my Lolita clothes.  

This has made me think about lolita aprons :)

I love the idea of wearing lolita with an apron whilst crafting.

Metamorphose used to make a lot of dresses with aprons like this:

Its very cute, I'm not sure if I'd swap my comfy clothes or not. Perhaps if its fully shirred then it would be very comfortable but I like to wear fluffy socks around the house and they would look silly! 

I think what job you do can be very restricting when it comes to being able to wear lolita at work, I can't think of any job I've had where it would have been possible either due to having to wear a uniform or simply for practicality but I can imagine some jobs would be fine but I've never had such a job sadly. 

I wish I could wear it more often but I do get to wear it so I'm happy with that. 

Andie

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52 week challenge: why I wear lolita

Why do I wear lolita?

I guess it stems from my long term love for alternative fashions. I started off as a goth years ago and while I still identify with goth lolita has had a big impact on my taste and personal style.

This is the sort of style that attracted me to lolita in the first place, all black, chunky platforms and the Lolita silhouette. 

I first discovered Lolita through searching for gothic clothing and as soon as I saw it  I just knew I wanted to wear it. For me the silhouette is what I love the most, the full skirts and fitted bodices are very flattering I think. 

Now I wear all sorts of styles and not just Gothic lolita. I love the clothes so much, and in a way I've not felt with other styles of clothing I’ve worn in the past.

I'd say I wear lolita because I love the clothes so much and I like how they make me feel. 

Why do you wear lolita? 

Andie

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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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