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Lolita Blog Carnival: Adding Offbrand to Your Lolita Wardrobe

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There are a select few people that can afford all brand pieces, and even if you can, maintaining that wardrobe can be a hassle. To wear your outfits every day and make washing easier, or to help pad your wardrobe out with non brand pieces to supplement your larger brand items to save some money, adding some great off brand pieces to your wardrobe is something almost all Lolitas do!

Especially with items that will most likely see more wear and general dirtiness, using off brand for blouses, bloomers, socks/tights, bags, and other accessories can save you a lot of time and money doing any kind of special washing and you can most likely buy more multiples of the items you like without breaking the bank.

This goes without saying, but you can also get some great main off brand pieces for your wardrobe as well, but I like to have the major pieces (skirts and dresses) be brand or clothing specifically meant for Lolita fashion (handmade or indie brands) as much as possible to help retain authenticity of the outfit. These pieces will typically have the right skirt length, silouhette, and general feel of Lolita fashion in the right place.



Here are some of my favorite finds, by category, of off brand items (handmade, indie, or non Lolita store brand):

Blouses
from Forever 21

from Forever 21

from Bodyline
from Surface Spell (through ClobbaoOnline)
from YesStyle


Tights/Socks
from Bodyline
from Kohls
from Walmart (yes, even Walmart)
Cardigans



from OASAP
from Rickety Rack

from Forever 21

I have this cardigan in a ton of colors, so versatile - from Old Navy
For fun, I thought I would show my off brand pieces that I have in my wardrobe as well, just to show how I mix my off brand together with my own wardrobe (practice what you preach!).

Except for the top left blouse and the bottom right blouse, the middle three are all off brand. The one on the bottom left is from Kohls - it's perfect under a jumperskirt!
It is essentially a circle of Lolita bloggers coming together to write about a similar topic to help them come up with cute post ideas, share each other's opinions and ideas, and share each other's work. To be involved, you must be an active, seasoned Lolita blogger - you can read more about the requirements in the group info at the Facebook group. Be sure to follow all the requirements to submit an application, and you can request to join. The moderators of the group include Caro from FYeahLolitaVictoria from Parfait Doll, and myself. Feel free to contact any of us about how to get involved, or with your application.

This Week's Participants
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