1 Dress 4 Looks Take 70

Literally within one day of buying my first ever Physical Drop piece [LINK] I bought my second one. Having missed out on this Shirring 3-Tier OP in this very shade of green once before, when I found it at Closet Child Harajuku I was not about to let it go again. And it was from my wishlist, so it got an automatic pass for insta-buying. It will join my bunch of spring/summer pieces, so as that time is finally here putting together some potential looks is actually long overdue (except that it isn’t because I put this post together in like March).

Look 1: That Shade of Green

| Wonderland Ukiyoe Lilith’s Collection skirt | AatP Lace-Up Ribbon OTKs | offbrand shoes | Angelic Pretty Classical Petit Rose headbow | vintage earrings and gloves | Violet Fane Violet’s Tea Room brooch | Bow and Crossbones bangles |

At this point my love for this shade of green is quite well known, so I’m getting the obvious out of the way. Except that this time it’s obvious with a twist as I thought that layering this OP with this skirt would be much more fun than with an upper body layer. In real life the slight different in shades is more obvious (the OP has warm undertones, while the skirt has cool ones), but that’s less stark in the photo. Also, I have actually bought some light green beads to make bracelets with – it’s just that they turned out to be very tiny and I’m still working out how best to use them.

Look 2: Fae Prince

| offbrand jacket, crown, and ring | morun x muuna stoik overskirt | Violet Fane Enchanted Ivy tights | Modo Prayer Poem shoes | Summer Tales Boutique necklace | vii ring | Le Petit Four Emerald Palace ring | vintage brooch | Puvithel Crystal Heart necklace, brooch, and earrings | Folk and Fortune Ruby Hilt Dagger brooch |

Yes, it’s a simple summery solid coloured dress – but that is what makes it perfect for adding a theme on top of that. And whilst green is still a growing part of my wardrobe, one green thing that I do have is this incredible jacket from @gravelvet himself. Having such an OTT coord so early on in the post is not the usual format that these posts follow, but screw the format. It’s the 2020’s, we’re all embracing our cringe fantasy-loving selves... and probably unironically yearning for the simpler life that being in fae’s captivity is promising when compared to the toils of late stage capitalism.

Look 3: Maypole

| Baroque Secret Garden tights | Laura Ashley shoes | Kaneko Shop headdress | handmade pink rose necklace and bracelets | offbrand earrings and flower clips |

From a fae prince to straight up being gay as a maypole? Why not. All of this started with the headdress and descended from there with the logic of “how can it be even more floral?”. It’s a bit of a work in progress, but it doesn’t seem that far off being completed, don’t you think? It’s also basically a slightly less extra version of the coord I did back in August 2021, the sort of more fantasybounding companion to the full-on fantasy-bordering-on-cosplay of either that or the fae prince above. And I love this iteration just as much for its simplicity.

Look 4: Dear Reader

| Banned Retro cardigan | Snag Plee-yay tights | Sosic Shop shoes | headbow handmade by Jule | vintage earrings and necklace | Banned Bella belt | Folk and Fortune Romance Book Club Book Stack brooch | Angelic Pretty Cute Ribbon wrist cuffs | Enchantlic Enchantilly Queen Cat Secret Library ring |

But as per the actual usual, the most experimental look gets the prime final spot. I think this dress is perfect for those romantic looks – I am also still obsessed with my romance book stack brooch (that by now you’re probably sick of me talking about it). Whilst the brooch doesn’t have any green in it, the pastel shades work well with the muted pastel of the dress. And thus, after a whole bunch of fiddling with things to make sure that the balance is just right, this look was born. Watch me wear it to pick up my next delivery of more or less spicy romance at the library.


In case it wasn’t obvious, I have gone from not owning any Physical Drop to being a total Physical Drop stan. And whilst I will fully be taking advantage of how easy to wear this dress is by styling it in much simpler ways, I am also excited to see all of this potential. Especially that last look, that one may be my favourite. Although, I say that – this is the first of these posts in a while when I love each of the four looks equally and am equally happy with them. Not to say that I’ve been sharing posts with looks that I’m unhappy with. But it’s not often that I am this pleased with each of them.