Fashion Log
I've been in a total outfit-repeating rut lately, just cycling through the same handful of clothes. Taking a leaf out of Cheytopia's book, I have created this fashion log so I can be intentional about my daily dress! I'm excited to see what patterns occur and any other insight that can be gleaned from this, haha!
September 19th, 2024
| Occasion | zzzzzzz (I'm at work and being brave about it) |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | Black Gunne Sax dress from the 80s. Black with a pink and purple floral print, has a super flattering basque waistline. Collar is reminiscent of a reverse sailor collar trimmed with lace. Socks are black with a starry scene and don't match thematically |
| Shoes | Trusty Doc Marten mary janes. |
| Accessories | Moonstone drop earrings. |
| Hair/Makeup | Basically nothing, bobby pinned back. No makeup. |
| Thoughts | Comfy and cute, I really feel like myself in this dress. I love throwing on dresses like this when I don't want to think about what I'm wearing. |
September 17th, 2024
| Occasion | Chewsday |
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| Style | Lolita Fashion |
| Clothes | Wore my High Waist OP by Meta sans apron. Paired it with my white socks with matching ladder lace and crocheted lace. |
| Shoes | Trusty Doc Marten mary janes. |
| Accessories | Faux pearl earrings with gold plating and a gold heart shaped locket. Topped the coordinate with a black beret! |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled and bobby pinned some front pieces back. No makeup. |
| Thoughts | There's nothing like wearing a dream dress especially when it's the most comfortable one in the world. This coord felt great autumn and I plan on wearing it again! |
August 29th, 2024
| Occasion | Thirsty THURSDAY!! |
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| Style | Lolita Fashion |
| Clothes | Main piece today is my Dreaming Sherbet JSK by Baby the Stars Shine Bright. Over the dress I'm wearing my white bolero that's also by Baby. It has ruffles along the sleeve cuffs and hem, and trimmed with a polka dot lace and pearls. |
| Shoes | White flats. May change into my heart buckle shoes if I feel up to taking coord shots later. |
| Accessories | Gold plated moonstone drop earrings, my beaded rose quartz necklace that has a heart shaped pendant, AND MY WHITE BUCKET HAT!!! |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled and pulled into two low "halfway up" pigtails. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | Airy and delicate, like a cool breeze on a hot summer's day. Too bad that the weather is so foggy and autumnal today! I love this dress though, the embroided lace overlay is sooo pretty. |
August 23rd, 2024
| Occasion | Bakery Bash with my Buddies! |
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| Style | Casual Mori/Mori-adjacent |
| Clothes | A camp collar short sleeved blouse. Fabric is a light, comfortable cotton with a lilac, yellow, and green floral print--my favorite colors! Has mother of pearl buttons. Then, over the blouse, was my new overalls. They're forest green and super soft. |
| Shoes | My old reliables, my brown Birkenstock sandals |
| Accessories | My large gold hoop earrings, my jade bracelet, gold scrunchie... something else maybe, I was feeling it. |
| Hair/Makeup | Pulled into a ponytail; no makeup. |
| Thoughts | Feeling like a Mabel Pines who stayed in Gravity Falls and became even more with the woods. |
August 22nd, 2024
| Occasion | T-T-Thursday |
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| Style | Lolita fashion |
| Clothes | For my main piece I wore Cotton Lace Stripe JSK by Innocent World. Andddd that's it, was keeping it super casual that day lmao. |
| Shoes | Wore white flats for work, but ideally would be worn with a pair of ankle socks and my white heart buckle shoes by Baby the Stars Shine Bright. I'm always afraid of busting these so I rarely wear them to work. |
| Accessories | The true star of the show was my NEW WHITE HAT!!! It's by the brand uf, and is essentially a lolita appropriate bucket hat. It has a wonderful tulip shape/structure that's adorned by lace and bow on the side. I also bought one in black and I'm SO happy with them, they're so flattering on me!! Also wore my rose pendant bracelet and a pair of faux-pearl earrings with gold plating from the 80s. |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled haired pulled into two low "halfway up" pigtails. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | Casual lolita at its finest. I'm trying to get away from the idea that a coordinate always has to have every single part, instead focusing my attention on wearing my pieces and enjoying them. |
August 21st, 2024
| Occasion | W-W-Wednesday |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | A vintage Laura Ashley dress from the 80s. White with a lavender and green floral print, and a maxi-length skirt. The collar is sailorish and has a white satin ribbon at the end. The fit is loose and cute! |
| Shoes | Lilac Filas worn with a pair of socks printed with Monet's Water Lilies. |
| Accessories | Gold plated drop earrings shaped like violet harebells, a brooch on the collar shaped like lilies of the valley, and a jade bracelet. |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled and pulled into a low ponytail. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | A go-to outfit of mine. Sooo comfy while looking cute, you can't go wrong. |
August 14th, 2024
| Occasion | Finally Wearing My Clothes |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | Top is a cream blouse with caramel-colored horizontal stripes and a big ol' collar with crocheted lace, but the real star of thes show is my skirt. Fern green with an ADORABLE print that features rabbits, flowers, and trees in different shades of white, caramel, mustard, and lilac. The design is pencil-ish and it has POCKETS!! It's sooo cute trust on me this!! |
| Shoes | The world's most comfortable brown loafer, worn with a pair of cream socks with a cute floral print and ribbing details. |
| Accessories | Oh we're ADORNING ourselves today! Currently wearing rose quartz necklace with a carved pendant originally owned by my great grandmother (I think), a bracelet carved in the shape of roses, and a pair of dangling cut in the shape of pink fairy wings. The highlight, however, is a brooch I picked up recently: it's a fairy with bold green and pink wings casting a spell. She's pinned to my collar and I NEED to share a picture of her!! |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled and pulled into a low ponytail. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | Feeling like Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus in the best way. Or like. A fun art museum lady. Or a fairy tourist on vacation to the human world. Either way I'm LOVING MY WHIMSICAL SELF AND LOVING MY WHIMSICAL LIFE!! |
June 26th, 2024
| Occasion | Whacky Wednesday!!!!!!! (I'm at work) |
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| Style | Lolita Fashion |
| Clothes | My red gingham jumperskirt by Emily Temple Cute. Coordinating this with a black bolero with crochet strawberries for something simple and summery and sweet! |
| Shoes | A pair of white flats for work since it's warm, but for coord pictures I'm gonna cheat and wear my knee socks with crochet socks and black Mary Janes. |
| Accessories | Drop earrings shaped like strawberries, black bows barettes with that torchon lace that Baby the Stars Shine Bright uses frequently. |
| Hair/Makeup | Lightly curled and pulled into low pigtails. I curled my bangs as well and fluffed them up! No makeup. |
| Thoughts | Earlier this spring I wore a coordinate similar to this and I'm even happier with it this time around! This outfit makes me long for a picnic somewhere! Love styling lolita as something workable and wearable rather than super OOT coords that are popular at cons and tea parties. It's like injecting wonder and whimsy in your everyday life. |
June 25th, 2024
| Occasion | Tubular Tuesday!!!!!! (has it really been this long since I updated my outfit log?!) |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | A vintage dress from the 80s. Bright green with a pink, yellow, purple, and white floral print--super cheery and summery! It has a sort of gathered drop waist with a tie to cinch things in. INCLUDES SHOULDER PADS!!! |
| Shoes | Lilac Filas with a pair of yellow socks. |
| Accessories | Gold-plated drop earrings shaped like violet harebells, a gold-plated bracelet with lemon charms, and a gold scrunchie for my hair. Picking out my accessories always makes me conscious of how I need more necklaces I like. |
| Hair/Makeup | Pulled into a half-up, half-down ponytail. Curled my bangs and fluffed them up. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | Super duper feeling myself in this! I adore playing with colors, and all the shades in this dress are very flattering on me. Loving my outfit, loving my LIFE!!! |
May 7th, 2024
| Occasion | Romanticizing My Work Day Through Cute Clothes |
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| Style | Lolita Fashion |
| Clothes | MY DREAM DRESS!!! AKA my High Waist OP in black by Metamorphose (sans apron)!! Since this dress is an OP you can basically just wear it and you're done lol. BUT I am wearing a cute pair of white knee socks with ribbon ladder lacing at the cuff! |
| Shoes | My trusty black Mary Janes by Doc Marten |
| Accessories | Gold-plated moonstone drop earrings. In my hair I have a pair of black barrettes with white torchon lace by Baby, the Stars Shine Bright. Would like to pair this outfit with a gold heart shaped locket, but alas I need to replace the one I lost :/ (still not over it) |
| Hair/Makeup | Added loose curls to my hair and teased it. Then, I pulled parts of it into low half-up, half-down pigtails. The base have the barrettes stuck in them. No makeup today. |
| Thoughts | SOOOO happy to finally be wearing my dream dress!! Not only is the dress super cute, it's super comfortable!! This is the perfect piece for when I wanna wear lolita but don't want to deal extra fussiness. It's my favorite style of lolita too, late old school around 2006ish, and then that weird transitionary period before the rise of OOT 2010s sweet. Swapping out the moonstone drops for a different pair of earrings and adding a gold locket will be the cherry on top for this coordinate. I'm so inspired to style more of my lolita dresses!! |
April 30th, 2024
| Occasion | Tired Tuesday |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | A sleeveless mini jumper dress designed for layering in a shade of coffee brown. Beneath it I wore a cream top that had caramel colored horizontal stripes and big ol' collar with crocheted lace. Paired this with ankle socks that had black cats peeking out around the cuff! |
| Shoes | The most comfortable brown loafers in the world! |
| Accessories | Gold-plated pearl studs, and an ADORABLE bracelet with lemon charms and gold ribbons! |
| Hair/Makeup | A half-up ponytail; no makeup. |
| Thoughts | Loved loved LOVED this outfit!! Super cute and cozy, and it exuded warmth. I felt like a grownup version of Kit the American Girl doll! |
April 24th, 2024
| Occasion | PMS Persists But So Do I |
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| Style | Sarahcore |
| Clothes | Vintage ankle-length Gunne Sax dress from the 80s. It's black with a white, pink, and purple floral print. The bodice has gathered sleeves at the shoulder and! drops into a super flattering basque waistline, and is adorned with a lacy collar reminiscent of a reversed sailor collar? Paired this with a pair of bright yellow socks (trust me on the sock color!) |
| Shoes | Chunky lilac Filas tennis shoes. |
| Accessories | Gold-plated moonstone earrings, and a pinkish cream scrunchie. |
| Hair/Makeup | A half-up ponytail; no makeup. |
| Thoughts | This is definitely a "safe" outfit for me, I wear variations of this frequently. It's cute and comfy and fun to wear, but it doesn't require a ton of effort! This dress was a Christmas gift and I'm still SO in love with it!! |
April 23rd, 2024
| Occasion | Chewsday |
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| Style | Lolita Fashion |
| Clothes | My red gingham jumperskirt by Emily Temple Cute. Coordinated it with a long-sleeved ivory bolero that ties in the front and has two rows of adorable crocheted strawberries. Continuing the strawberry theme with white knee shoes that have lace and crocheted strawberries at the hem. |
| Shoes | Chunky black Mary Janes by Doc Marten |
| Accessories | Black velveteen headbow that lays flat and a pair of dangling strawbery earrings. |
| Hair/Makeup | Didn't have enough time to get my original plan to look right, so I lightly curled and teased my hair, and then pulled it back with a headband. No makeup. |
| Thoughts | It's been a few months since I last wore lolita and my first time wearing this dress! My coordinate isn't how I originally envisioned it since I had a few hair malfunctions and didn't end up wearing my black and white bow barrettes. That said, this is a cute plan B! Very cheerful, perfect for spring and summer! For coordinate pictures I'm probably gonna do my hair with barrettes how I wanted though. |
April 22nd, 2024
| Occasion | One Monday of Many |
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| Style | Mori-ish |
| Clothes | A secondhand fern-green high collar blouse with rows of lace and pintucks down the front. Bottoms were a pair of cream-colored bloomes with a lavender floral print. The bottom hems had a lacey ruffle as well! I tightened the drawstings at the legs for a gathered look. |
| Shoes | Brown Birkenstock sandals |
| Accessories | A set of gold-plated earrings shaped like violet harebells. Delicate, dainty, and dreamy! |
| Hair/Makeup | Gave my waves an extra curl and then teased them for extra volume. I bobbypinned one side back by my hair while the other hung loose. No makeup. |
| Thoughts | A consistent banger that's whimsical yet comfortable! This outfit is one of my go-to's when I wanna have the coziness of pajamas but look presentable. The bloomers have an elastic waist making them perfect for PMS weeks. Wearing this makes me like a fairy attempting to blend into the human world! |