My coord for my 49th birthday in February 🦢
Time flies so effing fast, and now I'm a whole year behind with posting coords... 😅
I'll try and not drone on, but be prepared for blog post:
First time wearing this NanShengGe SK (even though I've had it for some years now, but for reasons unknown, I never got around to coord it until now) and chose it for my birthday to symbolize myself being an "ugly duckling" that turned into a beautiful swan - I'm almost half a century old now and despite being disabled, gaining a lot of weight (and apparently still gaining) with puffy wrinkles and lumpy saggyness everywhere, I've never felt more beautiful than I do now. And when I look at old pictures, I wish I could comfort and convince my younger self how beautiful she looked, because she really did in her own awkward way, but she never felt it, and despaired so much due to never fitting into the given beauty standards...
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Now, I make my own standards and terms, and I'm thriving mentally despite my body falling apart.
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I love incorporating non lolita items in lolita coords, and the vest/waistcoat was the item that pulled everything together (after I sew two small velvet loops onto it, in order for the chain to have something to clasp onto).
At the time, I wished I had a White princess-sleeved blouse to emulate swan wings, but this blouse by Surface Spell did the trick neatly too IMO.
Even though the coat looks spectacular, I can't recommend it for actual cold weather (it's not very warm and wind goes right through it) and the ruffle trim is very poor quality material (had to burn ALL the edges because they frayed so badly). Though it is possible that Dracula Clothing has upgraded it, as I bought mine almost 10 years ago (I'm pretty sure it's still available in several colorways + there's also matching capes now).
Also, I don't recommend wearing bracelets with inlaid stones; I really wanted to wear the beautiful old bracelet that my MIL has gifted me (the broad one with simili stones inlaid in silver) and had some slimmer bracelets to match on the other wrist, but I quickly had to take them all off because they snagged the fabric of my SK pulling threads out.
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Last slide should show all the coords I've worn before and since my birthday - tell me which coord you want to see posted next (monochrome Purple coord has been postet and was just used in order to have an even number so the collage didn't look weird) .
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