#Summer ILD

[faeryndipity]

Angelic Pretty Happy Park Carnival

Happy Summer ILD everyone!! My comm did a potluck in the park to celebrate and I put together a fun popcorn circus coord for it 🍿

JSK- Angelic Pretty Popcorn Headdress- Beholder Fashions Popcorn Kernel Pin/Hairclips- Handmade out of old beads Blouse- Vintage Offbrand Jester Headdress- ZHAIMIAOGUAN Socks- ZHAIMIAOGUAN Popcorn Tub Necklace- Bear Doll Shoes- Angelic Imprint Popcorn Kernel Necklace- Tatty Devine Popcorn Brooch (on waist)- Erstwilder Earrings- Lolita Collective

[draculascakes]

Happy ILD, I didn't go to a meet but I did wear this JSK for the first time.

I made this JSK in 2021 but never wore it since I struggled to coord it after it was finished. So it just sat in my wardrobe until I was willing to try again.

[ephemeral-lace]

In June our comm went to the local zoological institute for ILD. My partner volunteers there and we frequent it in our free time so I'm a bit of an unofficial tour guide and know a lot of the animals' names 😅

Between the endless poplar fuzz and my old AP purse flaking and peeling my black dress was a mess so here's pre-meet photos.

Head, dress: Baby, the stars shine bright

Blouse, Socks: Metamorphose

Necklace: Maxicimam

Ring: Angelic Pretty

Shoes: AnTaiNa

[vietbluecoeur]

It’s that time of year again! Happy International Lolita Day! 🖤🥀🏰✨

Coord breakdown below:

Milu Forest’s “Lost Forest, Rose Castle” JSK

Moi-même-Moitié’s Cross Arch Lace cap (black)

Violet Fane’s long-sleeved “Logo Embroidery Collection” blouse (black)

Offbrand rings + local artist earrings + a rosary made by “Saints and Monsters”!

Offbrand ruffled ankle socks (black)

Thrifted offbrand/Dansko leather shoes (black)

Handmade bag!!

[frecht]

was going to say easy peasiest $97 ever earned today but I'm actually really really tired now that im home. rethinking

[astroellipse]

Good fucking lord I hate summer. I'm cursed with needing weight on me to sleep so I usually use like 2/3 blankets in addition to a comforter at all times but it's so goddamn hot so uughghhhhhhjhggh

[apple-salad]

What brand is this dress?!

From summer ILD last year. I had a few people ask me what brand my dress was and were surprised that it was Angelic Pretty!

AP solids are admittedly not as memorable to be keeping track of, and AP's style has changed so much since this piece was released (2013~2014) that I could see it being unrecognizable. Still, I love this style the most so I did get a little pang 😂

I have trouble deciding what I want to wear to meets these days, so I chose Rose Dress Up because I love it, and opted for a simple princess-like coordination.

Extra pics are with friends! We found a fallen branch and it became an organic face sticker 🤭

All clothes are pretty much Angelic Pretty (JSK is "Rose Dress Up), except headpiece (handmade), bracelets (offbrand), parasol (Baby, the Stars Shine Bright)

[fannyrosie]

Today is winter International Lolita Day Winter ILD is rarely celebrated in Montreal because it's always cold and often snowy/slushy, but I am actually doing a small thing tomorrow. Summer ILD (in June) is quite big in Montreal, though! It's the opposite for Tokyo, since December is mild and June is already too hot and humid (often rainy too). Well, corona cancelled ILD for a while, but I think meets are back now that I am gone. I know this is the same skirt as the one used in my last outfit, but it was the only lolita outfit I had edited in my pile of recent pictures. Anyway, I only have two lolita skirts and two lolita dresses with me right now. I am trying to experiment with indoor self-timed pictures, and it's been a bit hard since it's so much darker here than in my last apartment. Sorry for the grains! Outfit Skirt: second-hand Mary Magdalene Cardigan and turtleneck: second-hand Fint Hat: vintage Shoes: second-hand Yosuke (don't worry, I washed them before wearing them on thecarpet) Brooches and earrings: vintage, thrifted and handmade

[angel-bruises]

I hosted my comm's summer ILD meet. We got afternoon tea and I made goody bags with activity booklets. And of course I filmed it on my camcorder~ Music: Maraboshi by Kanon Wakeshima

[oldschool-lolita-archive]

Happy (late) summer ILD to all.

Thank you for over 1k followers. I am blessed.

I used a free teacher resource pie chart generator to get some stats for this blog and its posts so far. The numbers may be slightly off because I counted manually and it is 2am, but whatever. Enjoy the pixels :p

First chart shows the substyles of lolita that I have posted so far. I narrowed it down to the traditional sweet-classic-gothic + room for error on the ‘other’ coords that might be unclassifiable as lolita.

Sweet lolita was the most popular. Unsurprising! It has always been the most popular and I have no difficulty finding sweet lolitas to share.

2nd was gothic, which was shocking to me as it’s rare to come across gothic lolita pics. I think the reason for this is that gothic lolitas might not have hung out in regular lolita spaces as much- physical and virtual- and could be found more in club and livehouse spaces. I’m sure that I have made up for this in my own efforts because of my personal positive bias towards gothic. Classic was 3rd but not far off gothic. Sweet easily won.

The 2nd chart shows brands of the lolita pieces that I have matched to photos. I managed to put what I consider to be the key major brands on individually, but it’s not a massive selection. I put brands like JetJ and Heart E under ‘indie brands’ otherwise it would just get too complicated and have too many slices.

Metamorphose is the most prominently featured brand on this blog!

I love Kato-san. This is not surprising to me either. Meta has always been popular, and their designs are easily identifiable which suits this blog perfectly. Lolibrary has a decent catalogue of Meta pieces with recorded official names and release years. For the pieces that aren’t on lolibrary I am usually able to locate photos from Meta-obsessed friend’s wardrobes.

Baby the Stars Shine Bright is in second place. Very popular. I have much more btssb to share with you, but I forget what pieces I’ve already shown because I get confused with how similar Baby’s releases are! Stunned that i’ve only shown 1 btssb red tartan jsk photo. Angelic Pretty is the 3rd most featured brand, excluding the miscellaneous ‘Indie Brands’ section which covers 25+ brands. The early AP entries on lolibrary are few and threadbare unfortunately.

The ‘Not strictly Lolita’ section includes accessory brands, punk-type brands like H.Naoto and BPN that do have some lolita lines and are featured in the GLBs but are not exclusively made for this fashion.

If you can make out the tiny writing, you can check out the other labelled brands- IW, VM, Moitie, Boz, JM and Emily Temple (which includes Shirley Temple). The relatively high MmM number is the result of another personal bias.

[femchef]

Today was International Lolita Day (Summer)!! It’s the first time in over 10 years that I’ve 1) been able to dress up for ILD (I didn’t forget and I wasn’t working), and 2) went to an IN PERSON meetup!!! It took a little scheduling and I had to drive to get there but it was fun to be around other folks!

Dress is French Cafe Chest Ribbon jsk; dress, headbow and socks are angelic pretty, purse is btssb, and the teacup necklace is a gift from @kayliemalinza (I love it!!!)

[obsixwi]

Some photos from this year's Summer ILD Twinning Meet, featuring @vaulted-ceiling-painted-sky, Molly Moonflower, Snail, @acidparfaits, and also the rest of the SF EGL Comm We had a Holy Hell Not Again group!

[lilac-nites]

Happy Summer ILD!

I went to a rose garden and walked around downtown. It was pretty hot that day. Next year, I’ll wear a skirt and a nice cotton blouse. I’m still on the lookout for a good one!

[royalsealy]

Coord from around Summer ILD, I can't believe winter ILD is right around the corner!

JSK (+blouse): Twinkle Journey by Metamorphose

Tights: Abilletage

Shoes: Axes Femme Kawaii

Headdress: Spin Doll by BTSSB

Wristcuffs handmade by me!

[saifey]

happy summer ild! this counts as a summer coord because Um these otks are summer the most comfortable legwear i own. ba dum ts

[ephemeral-lace]

In December 2022 we celebrated winter ILD by going to a local eatery that had decorations like a summer porch. I've been really flip-flopping in my personal style lately so here's a janky gothic? coord featuring very old and ratty socks, and literally freezing my tuchus off in the bitter cold for outdoor photos. Also featuring Aggie in a matching coord.

Headdress(es) ♠ Antique BeasT

Jsk: Angelic Pretty

Blouse ♠ Royal Princess Alice

Socks ♠ ancient, from MuFish

Shoes ♠ Angelic Imprint

Jewelery ♠ necklace -??? Rings-cheese cat

Pins ♠ Neant Glass, Restyle, and a gift from a friend

Agatha ♠ dress/bloomers handmade,

headdress ♠ Antique beasT