#offbrand lolita

[sentientcanvas]

Fairy Cat OP by Sweet Strike of Love

[starwarskawaii]

Roji Roji has to be the most underrated brand in all of egl. I mean, like, have you seen those jelly bean socks??? I got them in two colors. I never get ANYTHING in two colors.

[cheapieclassic]

🍃Eucalyptus print dress from an H&M tablecloth - I made this AGES ago and forgot to post!

🍃Self drafted bodice with inverted box pleat skirt. The tablecloth and buttons are both thrifted.

🍃Styled with thrifted silk shirt and agate jewellery 🌿

[dabigothic]

໒꒰ྀིっ˕ -｡꒱ྀི১

sleepy rainy morning before work

[strawberryteabunny]

weekend wardrobe 🥀

[addoration]

gotta stop saying im not a gothic lolita when half my dresses are literally like this

[mesmir-ized]

(late post , oops !)

kentucky derby coord ! 🐎👒

[lilac-nites]

i have too many to show pictures, but offbrand cropped cardigans and offbrand textured tights are the backbone of my casual lolita outfits. The best part of offbrand cropped cardigans is that I thrifted all of mine. I'd avoid plain stockings like these as they look a little too plain, but tights with a texture to them like these are great for lolita in the winter. Also offbrand Mary Janes are so easy to find. There was a trend of platform mary janes recently and you can find them all over depop and vinted.

>🍓<

Would any lolitas mind sharing their favourite offbrand lolita pieces? I want to show that you don’t have to drop a lot of money on brand to have a super cute coord.

Hand-me-down shoes, a vintage blouse, legwear from a lingerie shop, a novelty bag from the children’s section, a jacket that you cut up and repurposed into a skirt, hair accessories from Claires… whatever you have in your wardrobe.

[starwarskawaii]

*looks outside at the smoke* I hope the world doesn't end before I get my taobao order

[cheapieclassic]

🍀Ivy Dress🍀

Hello friends! Heres a better look at my recent tablecloth-flip :)

Made from my self-draft sundress pattern, it was a challenge to make the most of the small Irish tablecloth I fell in love with 💖

Styled with thrifted cardi & bag, plus a necklace I've had since 2007 :")

Heres to all you hobbits, lotr weirdos and fans of green magical girls 💚🍀🐛🍃🐸🌱🌿

[strawberryteabunny]

Frederick’s 30 Days Day 5: Do you have any off brand / atypical lolita pieces that you use often in your coords?

Yes! This vintage Gunne Sax blouse pops up all the time (along with other vintage/offbrand blouses)- I also like using offbrand printed long sleeved tops for casual coords in cooler months.

I think these three items are my most frequent offbrand/non jfashion things I wear- vintage Gunne Sax blouse, vintage apron, and bustier I sewed lace on (I think from H&M or Target?)

I couldn’t find a coord where I’m wearing all three together (although I’m sure I have), but here’s the blouse and bustier with a Baby skirt (and I’m pretty sure the cherry clips from below are clipped on my headdress too).

I also tend to use a lot of Liz Lisa items, and other himekaji brand stuff like bags, sweaters/cardigans, shoes, and cutsews: a lot of them fit perfectly into lolita IMO even if they’re not from a lolita brand.

Older coord with Liz Lisa cutsew and bag (I have this bag in pink and bordeaux and I wear them all the time), Ank Rouge beret, Honey Cinnamon jacket and offbrand socks I honestly don’t remember where I got.

Some hair accessories I wear a lot-

Either on their own in casual coords, or I tend to add the clips on to rectangle headdresses.

My favorite winter coat is also offbrand; this is from Collectif which does a lot of 1950’s inspired designs. (I also have an AP Bunny-chan coat, but as I wear more red than pink in winter it doesn’t get out as much sadly 😔 )

[aguas-ucia]

I'm convinced Marcille would love lolita fashion. This was so much fun to draw with my favorite brands! Coord rundown under the readmore

1st image - Moi Même Moitié Blouse: Torchon Lace Frill Blouse Skirt: Rose Cross Skirt Bag: Coffin Cross 3 Way Bag Rest: Offbrand.

2nd image: Baby The Stars Shine Bright Head: Spindoll Half Bonnet Blouse: Double Collar Pintuck Sleeve Blouse JSK: Lace Frill JSK Rest: Offbrand

3rd image - Mary Magdalene: JSK: Elodie Doll JSK Blouse: Curious Blouse (B-grade) Hat: Whyteleafe Canotier Hat Shoes: Sylphid shoes. Rest: Offbrand

4th image - Juliette et Justine Bustier: Brebis Egarée Bustier Skirt: Jupe Empire des Volant Rest: Offbrand.

[alexvandrya]

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔦𝔫 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢,

𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔭 𝔫𝔬𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔨𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔢𝔵𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔨𝔲𝔩𝔩

𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔬𝔟𝔤𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢

𝔅𝔢𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔭𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔣𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔭,

𝔅𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔇𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩🩸

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FINALLY after six months I finally pieces this coordinate together ive been planning it for half a year… the only piece that’s missing is the cape I ordered but hopefully it will be here soon 😭 How do you all feel about “Knight lolita” I kinda want it to be its own substyle now…. Maybe…. What do you think? Im planning even more in the future 👀 !

Coordinate:

JSK, Headdress - “Dullahan” by Krad Lanrete

Chainmail - Etsy

Undershirt - Offbrand

Wristcuffs - Moi Meme Moitie

Sword Hat - Mademoiselle Pearl

Shoes - Demonia

Socks - Red Maria

[joyeuselacelife]

A chocolate sweet lolita fit!

Skirt: BTSSB's Kuma Kumya Sweet Chocolate

Beret: Alice on Wednesday

Bag: Qpot

Others: Offbrand or Taobao

[bunnies-and-loverboys]

My university had a "dress up" day, so I took it upon myself to show the good people how cool lolita fashion looks.

Skirt, corset: NanShengGe

Blouse: Sakurada Fawn

Bolero: MIST

Shoes: Antaina

Headdress, socks: offbrand

[20dollarlolita]

The differences between EGL and Loliable (with fewer cats).

For the version with fewer facts and more cat, please click here.

One of the biggest problems with doing handmade or offbrand lolita fashion is that it's very difficult to understand exactly how detailed a piece needs to be to pass as a lolita fashion piece. As we'll get into here, you generally need to have a detailed piece, and then put details on the details, and then maybe add a couple more details onto those details.

Not every single piece of a coordinate needs to be 1000% standalone lolita. There's lots of offbrand pieces that you can use in a coordinate, which we generally call "loliable". The really important component to remember is that, if every piece of your look is loliable and not lolita, at the end of the day, you're not wearing lolita fashion.

And, if your goal is to wear lolita fashion, building a look that isn't lolita is not accomplishing what you want.

When I was thrifting a while ago, I found this blouse, which has nearly the same construction as one of my lolita blouses. This felt like a really good chance to show the difference. Both of these blouses could be worn in a lolita coordinate, but only one can stand alone as lolita fashion.

So both of these are blouses with short, puffed sleeves with button cuffs. They're both fitted at the waist. They both have a front bib detail with a ruffle around the edge. They both close in the center front with buttons.

The Innocent World blouse (the lolita blouse) has a peter pan collar, and the offbrand blouse has a stand collar with a ruffle. That's their major construction difference. The other difference is that one has a cat on it.

Let's start our comparison with the cuffs. The Innocent World blouse is gathered into the cuff. The cuff has a lace applied flat onto the cuff. It also has a ruffled tulle hanging off the edge, making a frill. The offbrand blouse has a plain cuff.

We're going to compare the bib detailing by tucking the blouse into a high-waisted skirt. This lets us focus on this detail instead of getting distracted by fit.

We're going to start with the ruffle around the edge of the bib. This is really the only main detail that the offbrand blouse has. It's a cute little ruffle, and it draws attention to the bib. The ruffle is the same fabric as the blouse. It's totally fine.

The IW blouse uses a gathered lace as the ruffle around the edge of the bib. This is more detailed both because there's a pattern in the lace, but the lace itself is a different fabric from what the blouse is made of. Incorporating coordinating textures that are not identical is incorporating additional levels of detail.

The IW bib also has three lines of ruffles on each side of the bib itself. Two of those are the same lace that was used on the bib, and one is a small ruffle of the same fabric the blouse is made of. Again, incorporating different textures into an area increases the amount of details. It also allows you to put more detail into a piece without it seeming crowded.

Finally, the IW blouse has some large, elegant buttons that have a lovely texture on them. They're not just functional; they're also nice to look at. The offbrand blouse has those standard faux-pearl white shirt buttons that you get in every mending kit every stocked in a hotel room. They are about as generic as buttons can get.

If we're going to add another note, it's that the Innocent World blouse has details on the bottom edge. There's a button at the bottom to keep the blouse closed, and it has a little ruffle. Not pictured, but there is a tie on the back of this blouse, so that fit can be adjusted a little bit. That tie also adds a nice detail to the back of the blouse.

Let's talk about fit for a second. Full disclosure, the offbrand blouse does not fit me very well, and that's not doing it any favors in this regard. The IW blouse is also a tighter fit for me, but the button spacing and the interfacing on the front placket really help with the fit. The offbrand blouse doesn't have any buttons past a certain point, so the bottom flares open in a inverted V.

In addition to the button spacing, the Innocent World blouse is fitted with front and back princess seams, and then also with a dart on each side. It's specifically cut so that the bottom of the blouse can cover the waistband of a lolita skirt, and then flare a little for the skirt. While you can find nice princess seams and darts on offbrand blouses, it's really only on lolita blouses that you'll see them cut to fit a lolita skirt.

The offbrand blouse is fitted with dart tucks. A dart tuck is like a normal dart, but the ends are left open. This is intended to provide fit at the waist, but then leave the rest of the piece open. The downside of dart tucks is that, if the piece isn't loose and open and billowy, they will never sit flat. There will always be that pleat area in there. It will just be stretched flat, the way it is on the picture of me up there.

This is not to say that pieces with dart tucks can't be used for lolita fashion, but it's a really good example of how something that loliable can be different from something that's lolita. As you can see in the top pictures, with a high waist skirt covering the dart tucks, the blouse works pretty okay. However, when it's in the open, it starts to look really disheveled. You can't wear this blouse at the tightness that you usually wear a lolita blouse and still have it look lolita. Clothing that fits well enough to look professional and extravagant is a bit part of the lolita concept, and you don't want a garment that looks messy.

So, in conclusion, 1) you can probably put more details on that garment, and as long as it doesn't look messy, it probably makes it look more lolita, 2) you can probably put more details on those details, and as long as it look not messy, you're probably fine, 3) blouses are only like $35 on Amazon and if you're making your own garments, adding a truly lolita blouse can really elevate the look and help you from having your coord overcome with loliable pieces and trending away from actual lolita and 4) if the blouse doesn't fit you and isn't really lolita then there's no crime in giving it to the cat.