Wardrobe Post: Lolita #1

So remember that post where I wrote about how I would talk about my clothes and where I was going with them? Well here is part 1.5! I would have to say that my shirt cropping was part .5 though...
In this post you will see what I consider my full Lolita wardrobe and what it consist of. This will help me in later posts that I will make. I am glad to say I am laying the foundation for many interesting post to come.
So I am going to stop teasing you all and show you my clothes!
Hey, just a reminder, that this post leads to other post I consider basics. I just really want to help people out, in my own limited way and this is a good way to start.

Dresses:

1. Sweet Rococo
2. Metamorphose Ballerina Print JSK

3. Fan Plus Friend Shirring Back Tiered Pintuck Frills Dress/JSK
4. MILK Velveteen Black JSK

5. Strawberry Skies's Strawberry Space Rangers
6. Bodyline's Love Nadia(1029)

7. Bodyline (1142)
8. R-Series Antique Rosy Profile JSK

9. Angelic Pretty Sugar Pansy Tiered JSK
10. Baby the Stars Shine Bright Usakumya Sweets JSK

Shirts:

1. Anna House
2. Baby the Stars Shine Bright

3.Sweet Rococo
4. Anna House
5. Angelic Pretty

I am going to split my Lolita Wardrobe post into two. So I hoped you enjoyed the first part. Please don't be afraid to ask any questions, if you have any. Till next time.

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Wardrobe Update: DIY's

So as promised I will show you how I am updating my wardrobe. Taking the old ratty stuff I would just usually throw away, and making it wearable again. This post will consist of the one shirt I wore to see Brave.

So I decided to crop my top. I took my old hand-me-down shirt my brother gave me after he got too big for it and basically cut it all up. The shirt was faring pretty badly, there were holes everywhere! So to the chopping block it went!

What my shirt looked like before, without styling or anything.

Things you will need:
1. Marker, or something to mark where you will cut your shirt.

2. Sharp scissors, fabric scissors, or cutting blade. A way to cut the material.

3. A ruler, or a something that will make a nice straight line. Not pictured above.

I suggest that you put the shirt on, and see where you want it cropped at. You want to wear it after all and you want to feel comfortable wearing it out. This way you have an idea where to cut.
Take your marker and mark on the shirt where you want to roughly cut it.

Take your shirt and using the ruler draw a line across your shirt.
You don't have to do a straight line like I did, if you want to do a tilted line or zig-zag's do it! It is your shirt, have fun.

*~ I decided that I wanted my back to be a little bit longer than my front, here are some pictures of that. This is a step you don't have to do, this was just me making it my own type of style. ~*

For this part I made a slight curve and matched it up to the front line so it wouldn't look choppy.

Next step is to cut! On the line(s) that you made.
Here I am cutting up the seam because of the two different lengths in my shirt.

Next you cut off anything else you want, or you are done! Ta-da!
For my shirt I also cut off the sleeves and the collar. They had holes in them, and cutting them off created a nice breezy shirt that is perfect for summer.

That is what I did to my Shirt for the OOTD when we went to see Brave. I hope this encourages you to rescue some old items that you were going to throw away, and make them part of your wardrobe once again.

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