Top Outfits of 2017

2017 was the year that I finally got to materialize my OTT dreams! <3 I spent a lot of time scouring the internet to find the perfect bows, bracelets, and other details in as many colors as possible to gradually bring back to life the somewhat dying trend of colorful, loud, gaudy, 2012 era, candy-colored sweet lolita. Since I first started out in the fashion back in 2013, the main trends have steadily been changing in a way that's been distancing the fashion from what captivated me so much in the first place. Maybe someday I'll actually work up the courage to write a whole blog post on this, but in the meantime I'll focus on this positive note: even though the direction of the fashion in inevitably changing, I'm very thankful that I've finally gotten my style to what I once dreamed it could look like!!

These are my favorite outfits from 2017, in no particular order. If you click on the photos you can view them bigger, and if you click on the name of each dress or skirt below, it will take you to a blog post where you can see more photos and details of it!

Hello Kitty Cafe Truck 2017 - Visit 2

The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck came back to my state a few months ago! I visited again in another deco coord, and this time only waited about an hour and a half in line for snacks. See my outfit underneath the cut:

Youmacon 2017 - Sailor Lolita Adventures

At the beginning of last month I went to Youmacon. I changed my mind about going quite a few times but figured I should go for at least a little bit to hang out with some friends and it was so worth it. I only went for a few hours, but I had a great time. I decided to wear a sailor coord since I knew would be able to get some nice photos by the water. Matching the boat was a total bonus!

LBC: 1 Dress 3 Coords with Angelic Pretty's Sweetie Chandelier

This week's LBC challenge is to create 3 different outfits with 1 dress. I picked Sweetie Chandelier because I think it's by far the most versatile dress in my wardrobe! I was able to use different shoes, blouses, legwear, bags, and accessories in each one to really make them unique. A personal goal that I set for myself was to complete this challenge without repeating any of my previous coords with this dress. I'm pretty happy with 2/3 of the results! 

Matsuricon 2017

At the end of the summer I went to Matsuricon. It was a really fun and very much needed weekend with friends. My plan was to bring 3 main pieces that I usually wear casually and coord them in new ways. Here are the results!

Halloween Coord 2017

Happy Halloween!! For the holiday this year I wore a gothic coord out for the first time. I felt a little out of place wearing something so different but it was a lot of fun to try, and the time of year gave me the perfect motivation. 

Angelic Pretty's Merry Making Party

I'm still playing catch up with posting some coords from over the summer, so here's one of my favorites with Angelic Pretty's Merry Making Party JSK.