Lolita Blog Carnival: Adding Offbrand to Your Lolita Wardrobe

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):

from Forever 21

from Forever 21

from Bodyline

from Surface Spell (through ClobbaoOnline)

from YesStyle

from Bodyline

from Kohls

from Walmart (yes, even Walmart)

from OASAP