LBC: Anime Inspired Coordinates ^_^

 

Lolita Blog Carnival

I've been trying to be more active with my blog, but I often get lazy & pick & choose which topics I want to do, but then this week's one was announced as "Anime Inspired Coordinates", which I HAD TO DO!! ^_^

Basically, I'm a HUGE OTAKU as Well as Lolita...Plus, I've been cosplaying for a few years now, so NATURALLY, When I realized that I didn't have an Actual cosplay outfit for my character...I turned to Lolita ^^

I was a little skeptical about mixing the 2, but my local cosplay community actually accepted my "Inspired looks", which makes me want to do MORE & MORE!! 

Anyways, I've already done a few, so here they are:

First up, Yuki from Vampire Knight ^_^

I basically got a wig for cosplaying her waay in advance, but never had time to make or buy her actual outfit, so randomly, I decided to put together a Lolita outfit inspired by her and figured it would match her since a lot of her outfits are Lolita looking already ;D

 Full outfit breakdown:
Top: Baby the Stars Shine Bright
Skirt: Alice and the Pirates
Socks: Meta
Shoes: Demonia
Hairclip: handmade(not by me)
Violin bag: bought off comm sales
Keychain: ToysnJoys
Necklace: KKon one year ^^
Wig: Ebay

 I tried to keep Vampire Knight elements, like roses & red

along with my fun Vampire Knight necklace & Kaname keychain ^^

The only deviation I added was the red contacts, like maybe Yuki in transition ;)

And my Photographer had lots of fun props, like this glass that Yuki's maybe drinking blood from, hehe ^^

Second: Inori from Guilty Crown

Another character I bought the wig for after I fell in love with the series & her character from watching the anime...& then, no outfit...again :/

But, as luck would have it, Closet Child got some pretty awesome pieces for cheap online, so I managed to snag an actual collab piece that was SUPPOSED to go with a Macross Character...but...I used it for my Inori look instead ;D

The original idea was supposed to be for Halloween, but there were delays getting my dress and then all of a sudden it was Christmas...but then, the theme for the lights was ANIME!! ^_^

So, I got all dressed up as Lolita Inori & took pics with the fun Anime/xmas themed decorations & lights ^^

Outfit breakdown:

JSK: BTSSB x Macross Frontier collab (Ranka I believe)

Socks & Shoes: Bodyline

Jacket: Offbrand

Hair accessories: handmade by me

 You can't see it, but there's a big red bow w/ orange tulle in the back of the JSK, which I felt was close to Inori's look since her original outfit is red & orange ;)

 Me trying to recreate her famous anime opening pose w/ the lights ;)

And then there's just random pictures of me playing around ;) 

And a 3rd one was when I wore a Lolita dress with a cosplay of 

Ciel from Kuroshitsuji ^_^

 Ciel as an Angel perhaps ;)

 Playing around with my Phantomhive bunny ^^

 But the real reason for the outfit was to do the Girl version opposite of the Boy version ^^

(Mirror effect)

 Lolita outfit breakdown:

JSK: Bodyline

Socks: Meta (I think)

Everything else offbrand

 I had a lot of fun mixing my 2 Loves together and I hope to do more Lolita Inspired Anime Characters in the future as well ^^

Now, here are some other Anime Inspired Coordinates:

A Heart's Sound 

Beyond Kawaii 

Sparkling Girl 

A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That too

Rainbow Star Candy 

2014 Lolita Wardrobe Post ^_^

FINALLY!! LOLITA WARDROBE POST ^_^

It's changed a bit from my last year's post, so...here we go!!

First up, TOPS!

 Chiffon/Sheer blouse: Offbrand on top,

Atelier Pierrot, Meta, BABY on bottom

 Brand cotton blouses: BPN & BABY

 Bodyline tops

 Other offbrand blouses

Cutsews: IW, AATP, Bodyline

 AATP Boleros & Jacket

And 3 Cape/Capelets: Disney, handmade(not by me), BABY

MAIN PIECES: Listed by Brand ^_^

My style is a mixture of Classic & Sweet & I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PRINTS ^^

BABY/ AATP

OP/JSK: Alice in Funfair, Hymn, Victorian Card Print

 More JSKs: Paris no Mado, BABYxMacross Ranka collab, Mirage in Paradox, Alice's Portrait, Kuma Kumya Chan

Skirts: Grimoire of Moonlight Forest, Mon Petite Chou Chou, Masquerade Theater

Atelier Pierrot

Don't know the name, but it has a detachable collar ^^

Nutcracker OP, Sorciere JSK

Innocent World

Aileen OP(my namesake dress), Sweets Teddy Bear

Lief

I am LOVING this indie brand & I can't wait to own more pieces from them ^^

Regimental Instruments, Carousel Theater

MMM

Stained Glass underbust corset JSK

Meta & AP

Meta Teddy Chocolatier, AP Fantasy Theater & Holy Night Story

h.Naoto

 Frill & Honey

And another Frill & more Honey ;)

Bodyline

Handmade by me ;)

What every Lolita needs: Petticoats

h.Naoto skirt can be used as a petti ;)

And then, lately, I've been trying to acquire some Punk/Kodona items ^^

 AATP salopette, Putumayo pants

 Putumayo set

 Mint Neko

Peace Now & Algonquins

AND NOW ONTO SHOES!!

Bodyline, Taobao & Brand: AATP, IW

Retail, Offbrand, or Goodwill ;)

And, some pieces i'm waiting for:

One's a secret, but I bought this ETC dress & Black RHS ^_^

ALRIGHT! that's it for now ^_^

Part 2 Will be coming Soon, I Promise!

 BUT! Here's a Sneak Peek ^^

BAGS!!

LBC: Your favorite three pairs of shoes for Lolita

This was the PERFECT theme for me this week ^_^

Mainly b/c I was FINALLY working on my Lolita Wardrobe post ;)

But, also b/c I recently got a new pair of shoes that are AMAZING ^^

And here they are:

 1) AATP Cabriole Legs Ribbon Shoes in Red

These shoes are soooo amazing!! Not ONLY are they comfortable & surprisingly easy to walk in...the red is the perfect color & it matches A LOT of my Lolita pieces(teaser pic) XD

These red shoes match my AATP pieces of course, but other brands & even indie brands ^^

I just had time to try them on so far, but I can't WAIT to wear them out in some wonderfully classic coord ^^

 2) Funtasma Victorian boots in Gold

These have become my "go to" shoes for anything that's gold based or has gold ;)

It's super fun coordinating with these bold shoes & the victorian look makes outfits look even more classic ^^

here are some coords i've done with them

The gold shoes PERFECTLY accent my whitexgold coffin purse ^^ 

It's Blue x Gold for this coord with Mirage in Paradox ^^

And for a really bold look, pairing the boots with colored tights really makes the colors pop ^^

And lastly, it's a TIE for Third fave shoe:

3a) I'm between the ever classic RHS

I only have white right now, but I just bought a 2nd hand black pair & can't wait to get it ^^

Basically, these are my default Lolita shoes...& can be worn with Classic, Sweet, etc ;)

Here are some coords:

For this, I switched out my plain white ribbon laces for ones with crosses on them ^^

Another bunny coord w/ white lace top socks ^^

And then ANOTHER bunny (guess I associate these shoes with bunny ears ^^)

But this one was OTT sweet/mint, so I layered my socks & the white shoes really show off the mint socks well ^^

And 3b) Offbrand Brown Lolita Shoes

And the best thing about these shoes...THEY'RE FROM FOREVER21!! ^_^

I got it a while ago & use it for All my outfits that have brown in it ;)

Some examples:

These shoes give me lots of height XD

They're the perfect brown color for Steampunk Lolita

These shoes also match lots of chocolate prints ^^

And Bear prints ^_^

Plus, these 2 shoes are even MORE SPECIAL b/c I wore them when I met some awesome 

Lolita Idols XDD

Meeting Iruma Rioka at Kawaii Kon ^^

She's such an amazing performer & so sweet in person XD

And...what may possibly be the best day of my Lolita life...Midori was a SUPER surprise guest at a friend's Welcome Back party & I had just gotten my Kuma Kumya JSK, which she recognized INSTANTLY ;) 

Well, I noticed that a lot of my favorite shoes aren't actual Lolita brand shoes, but I've recently started buying MORE brand shoes, so I'll eventually make the switch over from offbrand to brand...although...I STILL think these will be my faves ;D

And now check out these LBC member's fave shoe choices:

Gothic Strawberry

ImaPrincess

teaandrabbit

Lolita Glamour

mcduffblog

Whimsical Adventures of Me

Simple as Vanilla Ice Cream

Sidhe banshee

A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That Too