Lolidrobe Reassessment Post 2025.03

The crunchy, spicy leaf season is upon us! I am rejoicing very hard as the end of the year looms on the horizon.

New additions

A modest showing, but mostly because so much is still either in production or in a storage warehouse.

• 1 JSK (sweet in black*)
• 3 tops (2 classic cutsews in brown and 1 classic cutsew in pink)
• 1 overlayer (1 sweet in black*)
• 3 pairs of shoes (1 classic in brown*, 1 classic in black*, and 1 classic in pink*)
• and 1 accessory (1 classic beret in green)

All that's actually here so far

Yes, I gave in to Meta’s Cyber Neon Girl. No, I’m not going to turn bittersweet. It’s on the 2nd round, so it won’t physically be with me until February/March next year, which gives me time to try to prepare for it somehow. Because gods know that this will be an outlier in my wardrobe lol. I’m hoping that the brown cutsews will fill in a gap as I found myself repeatedly needing a brown top layer that wasn’t long sleeves. One of these is the exact same one as I have in ivory, so at least that’s a guaranteed style fit. And the shoes are mostly replacements and one (the pink pair) a commitment to try to find a pink that won’t be so stark in my wardrobe. I hope that they will arrive soon because I could *really* use those Modos right about now…

Possible new looks

Most of those new looks possibilities are on hold for whenever the shoes arrive. Though I guess I’ve also made relatively good use of those cutsews over the last three months (even if mostly in non-lolita coords).

From September 2025.

From August 2025.

From September 2025.

Need list progress

The only progress here are the brown Modos. Everything else – a big no. Even the universe has conspired against me on that because the last time that I actively tried to find a wine underskirt, the one that I wanted was no longer in the shop (the Little Dipper one). But I definitely, definitely need one. There’s a bring and buy later this month that I’m planning on going to, maybe someone will have the exact thing that I need then? As for the boots – I keep going back and forth on those. Do I actually need them or do I just want them? Sheep’s Puff released some cute short boots recently that I considered, but again, it’s not like I need a pair that badly. I feel like I should hold off on buying any more shoes.

Current wishlist

Nothing more on the dresses side. My priority is still (trying to be) on skirts, but I’m having a real hard time with that? Like, since when has getting simple skirts for lolita with fully shirred waists been so difficult? I don’t think that I’m asking for much, yet no-one seems to be delivering. Maybe I really am too picky for my own good… I've also been shown very sneaky previews of Baby’s Christmas release for this year and I may need to girdle my loins.

As for non-dresses, I’m prioritising finding a pink Millefeuille bolero to complete the collection, but with no luck. I did, however, manage to find a corset top on Vinted that should fill some of that side of things. I am yet to actually try it on with lolita, hence why it’s not in the roundup here, but I am optimistic that it will do the trick. I’m hoping, again, that the bring and buy might have a few of these gems hidden, like the overskirt, but I realise that this is a big ask of an event like that. Let’s see though.

New Year’s goals: progress summary

This year felt like quite the journey with these goals, but at this point things look extremely a-okay!

• Did I get my pieces altered? We’re almost there! Naddine Atelier’s alteration of Revival Sweet Teddybear is, as expected, exquisite and that dress is so comfy now. I have sent off Haenuli’s Lovely Memories JSK and AP’s Cinema Doll JSK to two different seamstresses within the UK to alter. Fingers very tightly crossed that I will get them both back this year and that I will be able to kickstart 2026 the right way. But short of them arriving, I think we can consider this goal smashed!
• Have I bought more classic and casual main pieces? Errrm… Let’s pretend that Cyber Neon Girl doesn’t exist (because it won’t until I have it in my hands next year). I’ve not been buying as many main pieces and generally have been buying more non-lolita clothes. But the feelings I’ve had recently about my sweeter items have really cemented that I should put the energy into the more classic ones. I’d still like a couple more skirts, but as I already said, no-one seems to be delivering on that front in a style that appeals to me. I might end up doing some sort of a custom order with an indie brand if this carries on like that (and if I make some ok money at the bring and buy from my own sales).
• Have I gotten roped into organising anything? Given my generally low attendance at meets and the fact that the work on the Christmas Lunch has officially begun (though in its usual, non-ILD form for reasons), I think that I can safely say that I’ve done very well on this front. And with how much is happening generally, around, organised by other comms, I feel confident that I won’t fall into the trap of trying to make anything happen beyond that. Goal met and only waiting for the passage of time to be formally ticked off.

For the first time in maybe ever I am feeling… Halloweeny? Gothy even? Maybe it’s just the effect of October, maybe it’s more than just a temporary seasonal shift. Suffice to say that I am so looking forward to some actual spooky fun this month before I fully reveal myself as the Lil’ Miss Christmas in a Halloween costume appropriating goth culture like some modern day Jack Skellington that I actually am. Also, for the first time in a while, with my seasonal pieces moved around, I feel less daunted by my own legacy of so much sweet lolita stuff since they’re physically packed up. The connection that I feel to sweet lolita is weakening day by day and although I still struggle to envision myself fully breaking away from it, embracing the classic side more tightly helps create enough of a distraction. Even if the various sales mean that what actually went out of winter storage and into my wardrobe is limited to only a couple of pieces. Anyway, enough with the rambling. May you also enjoy the last quarter of 2025 and may we all get through it just having a jolly ol’ time, not bogged down by existential dread of… well, living in 2025.