Who Is Ashleigh

we had a comm member leave us 🥲 here's a few pics of my coord & our meet for their last day!

Coord:

Skirt - h.Naoto FRILL

Shoes - AnTaiNa

Socks - Angelic Pretty

Blouse - Sakurada Fawn

KC - MeLikesTea

Belt - Offbrand

We went to the Pah Homestead gallery & cafe, which is known for their cinnabuns sin in a buns!

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Socks - Wulala

Shoes - Modo

Belt, Turtlenec - Thrifted

Tshirt - Kmart

This year, Cosmos Con launched!

This was a brand new, locally organised, one day anime convention in a little town hall.

Nobody expected it, but it was a roaring success and they are already planning the next one!

I decided to go in decora, as I don't get all taht many opportunities to wear it lately.

The theme was Bears, with care bears sleeves and socks, bear ears, and bear necklaces.

Sleeves, Shirt, Kimono - ACDCRAG

Tights - Snag Tights

Shoes - Asos

Belt - Dangerfield

Accessories - Various

My coord includes:

Skirt - ToAlice

Bolero - Little Dipper

Blouse, Belt, Shoes Hat - Offbrand

Socks - SockDreams

Ft a pengy friend

I organised this meet via discord and Kelly Tarltons won out in the polls!

We learned later that there will be an Animal Crossing exhibition there later in the year, so will likely be going again soon.

Some of us also went into the city afterwards to say goodbye to the Hello Kitty store that was closing 😭

I have a Paimon ita bag.

Make of that what you will.

Overload is an artist-focused 2 day anime convention in Auckland, New Zealand!

Due to being very sick after the previous one, I opted to mask this year.

Sunday's coord was a comfy idol theme!

Skirt and accessories by Ocelot, blouse (hard to see) by Witchery. Everything else offbrand.

Here's my haul:

For the Auckland Lolita pre-Easter meet, we went to the Auckland Botanic Gardens!

My coord includes:

Jsk - Innocent World

Socks - Sock Dreams

Hat - Fox Cherry (taobao)

Bag - Lovely Lota (taobao)

Shoes - Asos

We had a group picnic, wandered the gardens, played Quiddler, and took the required shoe shot.

Due to a recent concussion I had to keep taking my hat off but it was so cute I couldn't not wear it!

Every Janurary, lolitas around the globe start filming and photographing every single their closets...

Call me lazy, but that's just not for me!

What I do like, though, is tracking the cost and usage of my items. Knowing what I do and don't use is of great help when choosing what to buy next without being wasteful, and knowing what I spent a lot on compared to that usage also tells me if it was worth buying (or not.) So that's what this post is!

Keep in mind all prices are in NZD. (1NZD=0.56 USD)

Some have been approximately converted from foreign countries, or I have owned them a lobg time so am approximating.

So, here's my:

MOST EXPENSIVE COORD:

No competition, it's a coord with Angelic Pretty's Charming Cherry JSK!

The KC and Bow came with a set but would be sold separately for around $30. The blouse was $25, the socks $10 and $5, the shoes are ancient but I'd estimate they were $35, the bag was $110, and the necklace $25, with THE JSK being a whopping $200 (ish) secondhand.

TOTAL: 440

My Least Expensive Coord:

Thritfting sure does keep prices down!

The blouse was $4.50 , found NWT in a thrift store, the skirt was $15 from a local auction and included a haori, the shoes were $25 on Aliexpress, and the socks were $12 on Taobao. The KC was the most expensive item at $30!

Total: $86.50

My Most Used Coord:

Not necessarily the whole coord together, as much as the blouse, socks, skirt, and shoes all happen to be my most used items. The bag is also used a lot casually.

This Squirrel Party OP is one of my least favorite items - as much as I adore this print and series, this item was unfortunately sold to me with many undisclosed damages and the seller was far from nice about it. The lace is also wildly itchy!

But caring less about a piece means I don't mind wearing it in the pouring rain where it will get soaked and possibly even a bit dirty, which happened to this coord.

Shoes, Belt - offbrand

Socks - Ruby Princess

Bag - Loris

OP & Headpiece - Bodyline

Cardigan - Little Dipper

Necklace - CheeseCat

I live in New Zealand, which means it's summer. Yes, I was very hot in this coord lol.

Jsk - Charming Cherry by Angelic Pretty

Socks - Wulala Meow on Taobao

Shoes - Sosic (I think)

Bag - Stami Studios

Ears - ChatonJardin

Necklace - Locally handmade

The rest offbrand

It's pretty rare for me to wear this much dark colour at once these days lol

The skirt was an impule buy and the Little Dipper blouse was a thrift store find I don't want to give up on despite not owning any navy so I figured they could go together maybe...

Blouse - Little Dipper

Belt, Socks - Offbrand

Kc - Bodyline

Skirt - Unknown Taobao

I had intended on a totally different adventure, but ended up derailed in a good way!

The nearly 1.5h drive (each way) meant needing comfy shoes and a smaller petti I was comfortable sitting and driving in, and the weather was a mess so I didn't want to break out anything fancy either, but I think it turned out pretty cute anyway.

Skirt - Bodyline

Blouse - Thrifted

Bag - Lovely Lota w. Miku insert

Cardigan - Little Dipper

Socks, belt, hat - offbrand

Shoes - Asos

Sick day decora style

KC - Unknown

Dress - KiraKiraKasa

Skirt - Decora Factory

Cardigan - Secondhand

Leggings - Sang x CareBears

Shoes - Asos

Accessories - Varies

Can we please bring back printed statement blouses for lolita? K thank.

Blouse - Offbrand

Jsk, Headpiece - Bodyline

Socks - WulalaMeow

Bag - Moana Rs

Socks - Truffle Collection