Dressing for your Body Type: Rectangle

Heya fellow Lolis! I'm back again with another body-type and a few tips for you. Now I want to say this again, until its ingrain into your frill-filled loli brains: no matter what shape/ type your body is, that does not mean that is it not beautiful and that does not mean we CAN'T work with it! We are all beautiful in our own way, and I know for a fact that everyone can wear Lolita and look good, it's just a matter of making sure we dress for our body type!


Now, today were going to work on the "Rectangle Figure". Don't know if that means you? Here is what a "Rectangle Figure" is usually considered to be:

• Your full bust and hip lines are about the same.
• You have very little to no waist definition
• You may have a smaller-medium bust

So to dress for your Rectangle figure you are going to want to dress by accentuating your shoulders, or your waist, what we are going to attempt to do is give the illusion of curves. 


In Lolita I recommend wearing Medium to High necklines, doing so will help to accentuate your shoulders. I also recommend wearing a typical A-Line style Lolita dress, what this is going to do is glide down the straighter sides for your body and at the beginning of your hips the skirt will bell out, giving the otherwise straight sides of your torso a shape.

A-Line dresses are another very classic Lolita silhouette, wearing either a JSK or OP with an A-Line silhouette with a short or long sleeved blouse with a high neck line, and of course knee highs and a cute pair of shoes will help to complete this coord! Remember not to slack when it comes to hair and make-up either, if you're putting all this effort into your outfit why not style your hair and throw on some make up to complete the look?


As always thanks for reading, next time we we will be covering one of the more typical Chubby Lolita body types, the Oval Figure.


Next Time: Dressing for your Body Type: Oval

Dressing for your Body Type: Hourglass

I know this is a really hard topic for a lot of us bigger lolitas, we want to be able to wear what ever we want, because honestly in Lolita fashion there isn't much of a variety of silhouettes for us to chose from. But I really want to emphasize how important it is for us to dress for our body type!

When you dress for your correct body type you will over come a lot of the hurdles there are with being a plus sized Lolita. This entry is going to focus on those with an "Hourglass" body type.

Don't know if you have an "Hourglass Figure"? Well here is a handy little guide. You have an Hourglass Figure if:

• You bust and hip are the same size
• You have a very defined waist
• Your body is well balanced in the bust and waist areas

Now some would think that this is the "ideal" body shape, but I honestly think each shape has something going for it. When dressing for your Hourglass figure you want to chose clothes that are going to accentuate your gorgeous curves without adding bulk to that area. 

For you Lolitas with an hourglass figure I recommend cupcake shape dresses. Why? Because with the cupcake silhouette the top of the dress is going to end where your waist is the smallest showing that off, and then poof out in one of the more classic Lolita silhouettes. Coord this with they typical cardigan or shrug, a pair of knee highs or tights and your favorite Lolita shoes, and of course the accessories and you have a well-fitting and beautiful coord. 


Remember there is no "better" body type you just have to know how to dress for yours!


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Etsy and why I LOVE IT!

Honestly while I love Brand accessories and what not, I really like like hand made items a lot more. So basically when I get bored or really need to find something to go with a coord I head over to my good old stand-by Etsy. Seriously some of the cutest accessories I have ever seen come from just searching "sweet lolita" on Etsy and browsing through PAGES of stuff. Its fun, and for the most part relatively inexpensive too.

You can of course refine your searches a lot more than I do, but a lot of the time I have no idea what i am actually looking for. I also really like looking for supplies to make items I have found at places like Walmart, Layne Bryant, Avenue and the like loliable. You can always search stuff like "decoden supplies" which comes up with some of the most adorable things I have ever ordered. And on a side note, a lot of the time just buying the decoden supplies or the supplies to make things more loliable is a lot more cost effective as well! And who doesn't like to save money?

The one thing I don't really like to look for on Etsy is clothes, it seems to me for us plus-sized girls the fact that we are going to buying something that may not fit is a bit scary, so honestly I just tend to stay away from more of the pre-sized clothes that the sellers post. Like one specific person style? Thats awesome! But why not try messaging them and asking if they would be willing to make something custom for you instead? It just seems the safer route to go, just so you don't waste your cash and get something that doesn't really fit. If possible have someone make something in your exact measurements, guarantee it fits, and be happy with the design! Its all win win.

Welcome!

Well, here it is! I have been talking about doing a blog for a while now, and honestly it feels good to finally start one.

Well first let me introduce myself. My name is Caitlin though I most usually go by Cat, I have been interested in lolita fashion for the past 8 years, originally my interest started with Gothic Lolita but ever since I started wearing the fashion I have actually stuck to Sweet and Classical lolita.

I am a 20 year old college student who also works full-time as a checker at a grocery store, not the most glamorous job, but it pays the bills, and gives me a bit left over to save for the fashion we all love and crave. All in all I am an offbrand kind of girl myself, if I can achieve the look and spend the least amount of money? Hell yes I will. I don't understand the obsession with braundo, and I don't think I ever really will. I like to get the most bang for my buck so.... Offbrand and handmade items make up MOST of my wardrobe.

As for brands that I do like the style of? I prefer Baby the Stars Shine Bright, mostly because their full-shirred JSK's fit me like a charm and because I really like their prints, and Meta for basically the same reason.

The point I really want to make with this blog is us plus sized lolitas are basically the same as any other, only we tend to put up with a lot more grief for our size for absolutely no reason. I figure I am going to be updating about good deals of loliable things that I find, featuring awesome crafters and Etsy shops, and all-in-all sharing what it is like to be a plus sized lolita.

If you have any ideas for shops or crafters I should feature please don't hesitate to shoot me a line!

My email is chubbyloli@gmail.com.

See you next time!