Coordinates from 1 - 15 April 2020

NSW is in full lockdown mode, or whatever we're calling it. It's the "seriously, don't leave your house except for essentials, and going to the beach isn't essential, you idiots" phase of things, and regulations are in place until 29 June unless the situation drastically improves. As mentioned in my last coord round up, I'm trying to wear lolita every weekday for as long as I'm working from home due to the pandemic, so you're going to see more coords from me than usual! Hence why this is being posted mid-month. Can't have too many coords in one post!

Anyhoo, continuing the WFH coords from the day I left off in that last post, on Wednesday we wear wa lolita, apparently. Well, not really a proper wa coordinate, but I'd had the idea to match this haori with this JSK for a while and was glad to try it out.

JSK: Innocent World Icing Cookie

Shoes: Bodyline

Everything else: Vintage/Taobao/Offbrand

Unfortunately, I didn't really like this coord, and I've realised I am going to sell this dress off after all. I do love it the print, but the cut is bad on me. I also didn't wear a petticoat, isn't that naughty? Aaaand I took my headbow and haori and shoes off most of the time while I was working but hey, it's the thought that counts!

I decided to wear something very comfortable on Thursday, as I was starting to feel a bit tired of dealing with clothes that weren't quite right. So out came my handmade cherry skirt in an excessively cherry themed coord!

Skirt: Handmade

Cardigan: Banned

Shoes & Socks: Bodyline

Everything else: Offbrand/Taobao

Again, I did a naughty and didn't wear my shoes, petticoat, or headwear until it was photo time ^__^

Now, technically Friday is not a work day for me at the moment. In a money-saving effort my company has just closed on Fridays now. But I'd made an agreement with a colleague who is also a writer - we'd both continue to work on Friday on our respective fiction projects and check in in the evenings.

I did allow myself the luxury of sleeping in, but once I was up I got dressed in lolita, ready to write! In the end James and I also ran some errands (the checkout chick at Coles was very complimentary) and I was back in my PJs at 3PM with only 100 words written but hey, I needed a mental health day apparently and 100 words is still 100 words.

Skirt: Metamorphose temps de fille Flower Bottle

Blouse: Bodyline

Brooch: MadIllustration

Everything else: Offbrand/Taobao

I utterly adored this coord. So cute and quirky and casual! Totally me! And that's the joy of just dressing up to stay at home, I can try stuff like this. Wouldn't probably wear it to a meet, and I don't think I'd have come up with this outfit if I wasn't deliberately trying to stretch my coording possibilities while being relaxed about the outcome.

It actually felt weird not dressing up over the weekend, and I wore a coord I've had in my head for a while to start the next week off. I like how it turned out...though I entirely forgot to put a petticoat on at all. Forgive me!

JSK: Metamorphose temp de fille Rose Strip Shirring

Bolero: Lyris Design

OTKS: Innocent World

Everything else: Offbrand/Taobao

Tuesday it was back to berries with my trusty Chocoberry skirt! Unfortunately though the skirt fits it is a bit too tight, so I changed into my PJs at lunch. Oh well, I was cute for a while and then I got to be warm and cozy...it's a win-win!

Skirt & Shoes: Bodyline

Cutsew: Angelic Pretty

OTKS: Jane Marple

Everything else: Offbrand/Taobao

Ahem. So yes, I wore my cherry skirt last week and I wore berries yesterday, but I made the headband I'm wearing and posted about it on Facebook without a photo. Naturally, several people requested a photo so I decided I'd wear it properly! Buuuut I didn't get a proper outfit photo on the day, so have a selfie I took to show off the headband and a flatlay ^__^

Skirt, Headband & Wristcuffs: Handmade

Shoes: Bodyline

Everything else: Offbrand

I really liked this outfit! It's casual and quirky, just my style. It's also super-offbrand, which makes me very happy on principle.

Related question - should I post a tutorial on how to make this headband? It was literally a twenty minute make ^__^

Thursday and Friday turned into pyjama days for me so flash forward to Easter Monday, when I dressed up for all of half an hour for something exciting! I'll post a little more about it in it's own post, so for now just have an outfit rundown.

Skirt & Shoes: Bodyline

Cutsew: The Black Ribbon

Headbow: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Wristcuffs: Angelic Pretty

Brooch: MadIllustration

Everything else: Offbrand

On Tuesday, I woke up after a really bad night sleep with lots of aches and pains, and it was really cold too! I almost wussed out of wearing lolita because I wanted to stay in my dressing gown, but instead made a coord purely so I could wear my fawn fur cape, which was almost as warm and cosy.

Skirt & Headbow: Handmade

Cutsew: The Black Ribbon

Cape: Sweet Dreamer

OTKS: Innocent World

Shoes: Bodyline

My last coord from this time was also influenced by me being cold! It was also my first try as taking my own coord photos, everything else has been courtesy of my wonderful husband ^__^

JSK & Capelet: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

OTKS: Innocent World

Shoes: Bodyline

Hat: Vintage

Bracelets: Offbrand

It has been really weird and amazing to wear lolita so much. I've been loving how it's stretched my wardrobe out - several of these are outfits I wouldn't have worn if I was wearing lolita "normally" aka not much. I've been trying to not get in a rut, and my wardrobe does still lend itself easily to certain styles (black berry prints much?) that do feel repetitive when worn frequently so I've made an effort to avoid that. I've already worn more lolita coords this year than all of 2019 and I really like that.

So that's all for now...and by that I mean for a couple of weeks until I post the next roundup!