December 2019 – Luna By The Lake With Cake

5 Tips for Busty Lolitas

I have a 34H cup chest currently so it makes it pretty difficult to find dresses and blouses in my size and have them flatter me. So if you are also in this boat, here’s some advice!

I am a bit like Alice, I give myself very good advice but I very seldom follow it. So if there is a dress you love, and you like how it looks, rock it! This is just what I find works best when I feel like putting in the extra effort.

1.) Bodices are your friend

I find the extra space allowed by the more 3 dimensional nature of the bodice block has created my most flattering and comfortable dresses. Empire waists often cut my bust off at the bottom and creates a bit of a bizzare effect.

2.) A-Line silhouettes are the most flattering

This is an old standby that I found when searching for tips for busty lolitas when I was first starting out and it is definitely true if you’re trying to do as little compensating elsewhere. However, you shouldn’t limit yourself to only half of the silhouette! There are ways to be the frilly cupcake of your dreams

3.) For Bell Shaped silhouettes drop waists and thick waist bands are your friend

This is what I have found helps, having that break between the poof and your bust creates a better silhouette and helps accentuate your waist more. I’m a strong believer that you can wear whatever shapes or colors you want, you may just need to modify it if you desire to fit into the mainstream aesthetic.

4.) Buy clothes that will fit your measurements (Actually fits, not just fits by the grace of those above)

This is the part where I say I very seldom follow my own advice. This one is probably the hardest because it may limit your wardrobe and what you can buy realistically. However, you will feel so much better in clothes that fit and not having breathing make a button go flying. (I have actually had this experience)

5.) High Neck Blouses are pretty great

I struggle to have my normal necked ops not turn into accidental ero lolita coords due to the copious amounts of cleavage that will occur whether I want it to or not. Blouses that can button all the way to the neck and can be layered even under OPs will help extend your wardrobe greatly.

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7 Unique Lolita Meetup Venues

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1.) An arcade

An issue my comm often has is having everyone be able to afford the meetups we go to and an arcade is an awesome way to solve this. If someone wants to spend 5$ or 20$ or none at all, it doesn’t matter, and you can get some unique pics in places with neon lights!

2.) Bar/Club

This only applies to the 21+ crowd, but still could be fun in some of your more inexpensive pieces of your wardrobe and could be a fun experience

3.) Escape Room Meetup

Join the recent escape room craze and have a group try to escape. For added fun theme your coords around the room.

4.) Go to a Sporting Event!

Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Figure Skating, whatever! Go and give it a try you may discover a new thing you like! The energy at games are fun, and watching it can be exciting. It also may be easier for members of your comm where walking can limit their ability to attend

5.) Go to a Comedy Show!

They do say that laughter is the best medicine! Just make sure the performer you’re seeing is appropriate for everyone in your party

6.) Volunteer Somewhere!

Make sure that you’re volunteering in a place where your outfits would be appropriate and wouldn’t get ruined. Like volunteering in a group at a soup kitchen, or at a senior center, where your comm in a group might brighten a few people’s days and make a difference

7.) Go to a Concert!

Pick an artist and enjoy the show! Their could be lots of local bands playing or you can make it a grand affair!

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Lifestyle Lolita Ideas for College Students

1.) Thrift a teapot and tea set

2.) Make a DIY Princess canopy for your dorm room

3.) Buy extra princessy bedding, whatever that means to you

4.) Get really cute stationary and notebooks so you can feel aesthetic even while studying

5.) Have a daily tea time break for yourself even if you aren’t able to pull of the whole thing. Just sit for 5 minutes when you get home and enjoy a nice warm cup of tea

6.) Thrift Vintage Pajamas

7.) Thrift Vintage House dresses for days you want to be comfortable but still aesthetic

8.) Experiment with hairstyles for when you have to go to your part time job, try bow clips in already work appropriate hairstyles

9.) Create a Lolita Blog, Insta, or a simple photo album for yourself

10.) Read books from your schools library on whatever interests you, the older looking the cover the better! (Also for classic lolitas out there, libraries make great photo backgrounds near the collections of old books)

11.) If you have elective requirements try to take classes you think a victorian lady or a princess would have taken, for example next semester I’m taking a drawing course, french and am getting flute lessons from a friend

12.) Have a go to comfy outfit that doesn’t make you feel frumpy, college is hard and wearing lolita every single day isn’t realistic no matter how much you love it but it’s important to be able to be comfortable every once in awhile without taking a hit to how you feel

13.) Get colorful/fun string lights for your dorm room

14.) Invest in some cute matching hangers

15.) Get a cheap outfit mirror and decorate it with fake flowers for pretty outfit shots

16.) Listen to classical/cute/spooky music when you study, (also I know its pretty stereotypical but tea out of a fancy tea cup while studying is a ten out of ten)

17.) Follow along with intro to ballet youtube videos (just please don’t try pointe at home)

18.) Practice piano in the practice rooms in the music department

19.) Sketch things daily

20.) Go to free art events in your area or even on campus, take advantage of concerts, museums, and art galleries

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Happy Winter International Lolita Day 2019!

So yesterday was international lolita day! Unfortunately due to finals and money things I stayed home and studied. But it doesn’t mean I didn’t dress up!

I even had a little tea party with myself studying and tried out livestreaming on youtube for the first time. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on my blog yet; I have a youtube channel! I can be found at Liliana Rowena and post a lot more than just lolita fashion on that channel. But I do have Lolita Fashion videos as well and some of the content here turned into video form. Yesterday I did experience some feelings of having missed out seeing all of the lovely members of my comm chatting about logistics and seeing their posts but seeing their posts brought me some joy whenever I saw them on my study breaks.

Here’s some tea my roommate made me when I had a spell of feeling down

I also had some fun hanging with friends, later on that day. One of my close friends is graduating early so all of us as roommates have been making an effort to hang out with her more. Winding down this semester feels so weird since I’ll be in my final semester of undergrad. I plan on going to graduate school but not right away.

Here’s what my coord for yesterday looked like! Since I didn’t really leave the house I didn’t wear shoes so I felt like the protagonist of a Gothic novel, wandering about a grand drafty castle about to discover a mystery late at night. For now, that will be all I have to say since I just wanted to post a quick little update on yesterday and look forward to more posts in the future!

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10 Signs you May be a Disaster Lolita

I feel like the ethereal majesty of lolita fashion is an inspiration to us all. The girls we see on closet of frills with all of their metals matched, coords perfectly planned, and their praises being sung. I am an avid lover of Lolita and have been for years, but I still don’t seem to have this effortless grace all of these other girls do. In fact, I’m still building much of my wardrobe, and struggle to the tow the line between fun and costume-y. I don’t believe that these things stop us from being lolitas though! Especially since I consider myself to be a lifestyler, albeit more of a princess in training. So here’s a list, a loving ode to myself and to anyone else, who could be considered chaotic floof.

1.) You have a lot of mismatching in your aesthetic not because it’s your style but because you couldn’t find the other sock

2.) Aprons at restaurant meets are a must for you because if not, food is getting on your one nice piece no matter how hard you try for it not to

3.) You buy your wardrobe like a magpie selecting a collection of shiny things of of lacemarket with the advanced price tool on typically set to 100$ or less with no regard to if it matches anything you own.

4.) You have been seen pouring concerning things into your fancy tea cups. Like that time I poured Monster into my porcelain.

5.) You have about 3 or more different aesthetics going on in your wardrobe yet none feel like you have quite enough

6.) You straight up forget that accessories are a thing you need to buy so before meets you scramble through your closet pulling anything that could remotely match your coord, so at least there’s something on your head, darn it!

7.) You’ve been collecting Lolita for 3 years or more but still are somehow missing quite a few wardrobe basics. (Oh boy I need some blouses)

8.) You have a very cute aesthetic to your room, yet it’s almost never clean enough to put pictures of it online

9.) Putting makeup on takes way longer than it needs to, because it takes 15 min to find the single eyeliner you own

10.) You get home from meets and throw your coord on the floor like everyone else, but somehow forget about it until a week later

I hope you all enjoyed my list! These are honestly things that I mostly do that I find are hilariously mismatched to the aesthetic, and I hope you can relate to one or two.

If you can relate to all, then the chaotic floof brigade unite!