The joys of a kimono

paint the future black, if it needs a color
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I've recently had a small obsession with Wa Lolitas - or kimono/yukata-wearing lolitas.

The thought of wearing a short, black yukata with a red hem and thick obi belt seems especially appealing after seeing this picture;





More Wa Lolita inspiration;

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Outfit #1

Saturday, and a new excuse to wear a new dress.
While I was actually shopping for a winter jacket or coat yesterday, I instead came over this adorable zebra stripe print dress at H M, one of my favourite stores as of lately. (I'm on a tight budget.)
Mum insisted I looked like a young secretary.

Blouse and dress from H M, six black plastic bangles, three black tights and a silver ankh pendant.
I also wore a black leather jacket from Carlings and light blue (but so dirty they look grey) converse shoes when I went down town.


Good;
♥ I think I suit darker greys. And black looks good on everyone.
♥ Black and grey's a yay. No colour clash.
♥ The dress managed to give stick-like me an actual figure.

Bad;
My breasts seems much smaller. I can't wear a t-shirt bra beneath this. Push-up please.
I had to keep fixing the shirt, so it wouldn't curl weirdly beneath the dress. Suppose I could have tucked it into the tights, but that would have made the tights more visible.
Too thin materials for snowy weather.

Possible changes;
- Polo neck sweater when it gets even colder. Preferably a long one.
- A blouse with 3/4 sleeves.
- Black blouse instead of white.
- Black nail polish!
- Push-up bra.
- A hip or waist belt.
- Patent pumps!

Sorry about the picture quality. I managed to move out the focus point while taking them and I only had two desk lamps. As a result of poor lightning, most the pictures went orange-ish because I refuse to use the flash.

Note to self; Buy a new lamp and a white sheet to use as a background for the next pictures.

A slight introduction

Your mother used to say you looked like a little doll. Be a doll again.
~ Anna Sui.


Welcome to Doll-ishly, a fashion and inspiration blog.
My main topics are gothic (my interpretion of the term gothic is stylish, black, classic and tough - but still rather romantic), lolita and, though not as known and treasured as the Japanese lolitas, the western lolita fashions.

This is also an outfit and "obsessions" dairy, and I will try to keep a track of my own style and development by uploading pictures.

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