Let’s time travel back to 2013-2014. I was highly active on tumblr blogging all things kawaii, fairy kei, and lolita-related. Real Japanese clothing brands were far out of my reach. Angelic Pretty was never going to happen. In fact, my first “lolita dress” was a fake $40 replica of Angelic Pretty’s Milky Chan the Fawn from eBay. To be honest it didn’t look that bad and I still have that dress. But before that, all I had were some handmade jumper skirts that my mother so graciously sewed for me. And that is what led to my first atrocious, ultra ita(painful) lolita coord.
That donut jumper skirt really had potential and I just stepped all over it.
So here I am at Anime Expo in 2014. I can not believe I wore this in public. Where shall we start?
The coord really does not read as lolita. I’m not sure what it is. Someone asked me if I was cosplaying Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Clearly nobody could tell I was trying to wear lolita. I don’t blame them.
So the main statement piece here is the donut skirt. I actually really like it! But I ruined it by slapping that nasty wrinkled and un-ironed pink apron on top of it. Underneath the skirt you can see my petticoat poking out. This would be fine if it was a nice petticoat, however this one was the absolute lowest quality, plastic-y disposable tablecloth material ever. It was even worse than costume fabric material. It had this extremely scratchy netting on the inside that wrinkled like crazy and of course I didn’t think to straighten it out, so it was all uneven lengths under my skirt. You can clearly see that in the photo.
The blouse may look like it matches to some extent, but in person it really doesn’t. For one it was also very low quality (I would buy EVERYTHING off of eBay for dirt cheap) and it was slightly see-through. It was a nice cut and style despite the low quality fabric. The reason it didn’t match the skirt is because the ribbon is black, making it the only black piece on my outfit. You can also see how the suspenders on the jumper skirt were too long so they just hung loosely over my torso. I think I remember them constantly falling down. There is an oddly-placed powder puff pinned onto one of the falling suspenders.
The wig. I actually really love that wig. Moving on.
THE BOW HEADBAND. I don’t know what possessed me to wear a sequin-covered bow but I have never seen that in lolita fashion, and if someone has worn that, I’m sure they coordinated it waaay better than me. It gets worse. I have two CLIP-ON LAMB EARS on my head. Not cat ears, lamb ears. Because lambs and donuts and sequins go together so well. I am cringing so hard. WHAT WAS I THINKING???
No, it gets even worse. As you can see I am wearing some completely white knee socks. Boring, plain, not lolita in the slightest. And then… some generic Vans-style skate shoes that I PAINTED mint green. Unfortunately these beauties are slightly cut off in the photo, so just take my word for it. I chose to pair painted tennis shoes with my lamb ears, sequin headband, and donut skirt. Such a crime.
I have some more horrible coords from 2014 but this one takes the cake. Maybe I’ll have part two to this, but that’s all the cringing I can take for now. I will leave off with some lolita coords I did in 2021 that I am actually quite proud of. Hope these will help cleanse your corneas of the last image you saw. I am so sorry.
Thanks for sticking around to cringe with me! See you in my next blog.~💖
