I consider Ero Lolita one of the most interesting styles in Lolita as it’s not really meant to be worn in public most of the time. With the following coordinate I tried to arrange an outfit that I personally would wear in public.
The “every day friendly” coordinate for this week has some points that draws it from the boudoir to the street:
- The colours. Sadly I wasn’t able to find pieces in exactly the green from the absinthe ad above, but if I had, I’d loved it to be a bodice or shoes. Green isn’t a colour generally associated with dessous, especially erotic ones, just as well as the old yellow from ad, parasol and bloomers. Black in contrary is a common colour for Ero Lolita and, of course, for lingerie.
- The stockings used for this outfit are woolen, opaque ones. While I’m a big fan of those, many people will rather think of a tomboyish little girl or a hippie, but that’s exactly what makes them everyday proof!
- The blouse is made of sheer fabric but with a high collar and pintucks that make it more present.
- The tops. I chose three of them, just for fun. We’ve got a short one on the top that would be great for a night out – actually, I’ve got one that’s pretty similar in my closet. For every day, one would need a tank top underneath the blouse here, at least I’d be more comfortable with one. The bodice in the middle is my favourite, I definitely need one like that. It’s very feminine but without any lace or too much cleavage and the look is almost baroque- or rococo-like. The last one is the most common choice for Ero, a corset. I took the plainest I found, but I’d prefer one made of matte linen. This is a case of “tank top or party” as well, but I’m not too much a friend of corsets for every day, anyway.
- The boots. While higher heels are pretty obvious for this style and rocking horse shoes at least have lacing ribbons that make them a very lady-like and even in the right outfit appealing choice, platform-only (whithout heels) combat boost are rather unusual. I love that chunky look!
- Accessoires. I don’t know why, but for me, Ero Lolita is always connected to parasols. Here it’s a asian-style one from Clockwork Couture and not only had it a colour similar to the light stripes of the bloomers but also was it not to delicate and lacy but added a fragile air to the look I wanted to achieve. The necklace was chosen randomly, I just like bird skulls, and if you just think of how lightweight and brittle they are, it’s a turn in the same direction as the parasol. Plus, I love the Victorian look of the pendant!
I won’t write about the bloomers, for me they are such essentials of Ero that they don’t need an explanation. The ginger beer and bonbons were only added for fun, by the way.
The second coordinate today – yes, there are two this time – is a more refined version:
The several elements are pretty much the same (the bloomers are even just another colour way!) but the outfit is significantly different.
- The colours. Again, we’ve got black as one of the three basic lingerie colours (the others being white and red), but this time together with a rose colour, something between a fresh baby pink and old rose with an apricot hint. Those colours are common for dessous, too, but rather for the innocent look, and they kind of remind one of bare skin, too, or of rose petals opening, if you like metaphors.
- The stockings. Here they are sheer, way more charged with certain associations. Silk stockings with a seam are best, if you ask me, but maybe the seam’s too much…
- The blouse. This is the opaque piece here. The ruffles make it more delicate and add a lavish feel without revealing any skin.
- The corset. Yes, the top piece needed no further thinking here. It’s not the typical corset as it lacks a front plate and has buttons instead which add a cute and very young feeling, and the seams are piped in a darker colour which makes it an even better combination piece with black.
- The shoes. I’ve been drooling over these since I first saw them some years ago on MakoChan’s blog. They are so delicate, so velvety, so innocent yet appealing… Ahem. You know what I mean. They are perfect. The small heel makes them very, very feminine but more in a pastoral way (think of shepherdesses in rococo paintings) than in a way that makes you think of a fetish model.
- Accessoires. Again, there’s an umbrella, this time the Lisbeth Dahl model I’ve got, too. I don’t have to explain the difference to the other parasol, right? For jewelery I chose cameos and a very simply painted porcelain ring for a classical look and a heart pendant as a choker over a blouse like the chosen would have been ridiculous. Plus, a tight necklace would have been more cliché. :) The last thing to mention is the rose Alice band to take on the innocent and pink again.
And now it’s my turn again, today with a fashion design:
I drew this back in school when we got the assignment the design either jewelry or lingerie and I chose the latter. The (very) small collection consists of a brassiere (what a great word, so much better that the abbreviation!) with lace that is meant to look like an old iron fence, french knickers with embroidery and a corset. Fabrics are linen, velvet and raw silk, which is really, really unlikely, but I’d have been satisfied with other high-class matter, too. You can see that I even planned other colour ways, but I missed to scan the second page with the exact brassiere and knickers design (the other colours were light steam blue, pastel park lake reed green and old mansion ochre with darkened stripes for the straps and pocket).
As for music, I’d reccommend Emilie Autumn today as her outfits remind me very much of Ero, most of the time.
Come to think of it, I could use an outfit like the first one for M’era Luna festival in August… Hm…
I’ll plant them into earth this week as I’m going to visit my family during the Easter holidays and therefore am not able to water the cotton. Putting them into the tub with wet newspaper wouldn’t work either as we don’t have windows in the bathroom and the boys aren’t here, either.
