Create a Coord Using Your Newest Garment
This week’s Lolita Blog Carnival prompt is to create a coord
using your newest garment. Now, the actual newest additions to my wardrobe have
not arrived yet and when shopping online, like you do with lolita fashion, it’s
not always clear which one is the very newest. Is it the last one you
purchased? Or the last one to have arrived? Postal services work in weird ways
where a SAL Parcel sent later can sometimes arrive sooner than your EMS because
it avoids being stuck in customs. So long story short, I decided to use two
pieces that could definitely be counted as new: the last one to have arrived
and the last main piece I purchased (bar those in transit, of course).
And it was extremely convenient that I had decided to go for
this particular interpretation of the word ‘newest’ because it’s the coord I
had actually meant to put together: the Alice and the Pirates Sugar Plum Fairy Princess JSK with the I
Do Declare blouse. That dress is the reason I bought this blouse (in this
colour – I think I still would’ve bought it without the dress) and whilst
sometimes flatlays can be awkward, these two pieces look great in a
floordinate.
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| | AatP Sugar Plum Fairy Princess JSK | I Do Declare blouse | Ruha Garden headband | Resailan Jewelry Boxtights | offbrand necklace, shoes and flower clip | |
That’s not where new things end either! This headband from
Ruha Garden, purchased off Wunderwelt, is also new in my collection – and also
bought for this specific dress. When searching for that perfect gothic headdress
I discovered that unless you want to do a rectangle headdress or a bonnet (the former
being an accessory I’m pretty particular about and the latter being better
suited to fancy coordinates), everything will somehow end up flowery. I’ll
probably acquire a black veil at some point, but for the time being this lovely
piece should suffice as my headwear for anything black, whether I decide to go
fancy or casual.
Although I put my trusted pair of Resailan tights, I would
actually have loved this more with black lace tights. As of now I don’t own any
yet and lace tights are nigh impossible to work into flatlays, but with this
blouse being so sheer you can’t really have thick solid tights on.
To break this up a little and add a point of interest, I
decided to add this offbrand necklace. Whilst the green adds a subtle pop of
colour, it’s also a dark enough shade than in dim light you’d struggle to make
out if it’s green or black. However, it’s very elegant and the pearls reflect
the pearl buttons on the dress. With such a statement piece against the
statement blouse any other accessories would be too much, so a simple black
Mary Jane heel it is. This is also why lace tights would’ve worked so much
better.
Now that’s the kind of gothic lolita coordinates that I want
to make: simple, yet elegant, creating impact with the right kind of pieces.
Granted, I can totally see myself going down the colourful route in gothic, it
will give my wine and navy pieces (and emerald, once I acquire more) more use,
but especially when the coord is all black, it’s important to have pieces that
pack a punch.
Want to see more coordinates with newest acquisitions? Then
check out the posts from other participating bloggers!
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