January 2023 - Wardrobe Post

I have a bunch of posts in my drafts folder that I've been poking at over the past year, but just didn't have the brain to finish. Maybe I'll get to them this year 😅

My friend gifted me a mannequin so I was compelled to re-do my wardrobe post with my pieces on the dress form this year. The form is considerably smaller than me so some of my larger pieces hang on her unflatteringly but it is easier to dress a mannequin for photographs than it is to carefully lay a garment out on a bed or the floor and then gain a perfect bird's-eye angle of it for documenting.

My First Wardrobe Post - January 2022

I've been doing this fashion for over 8 years and have never made a wardrobe post before. I don't have a beautful living space or a nice, well lit area to photograph, which probably contributed to my hesitation. I thought I had a small wardrobe... but once I photographed everything I really was able to comprehend the size of my collection. I hope future posts may be made with better quality staging, but for now we have my dim, beige closet-sized condo to work with and the few hours of glancing daylight for lighting.

Why do Lolitas make Wardrobe Posts in January? 11 years of January Wardrobe posts.

If you've been a part of this fashion for a little while you may have noticed that in January every year you start seeing and hearing a lot about wardrobe posts. Youtubers may film themselves wearing each of their pieces. Your instagram feed may become clogged with photographs of closets or their contents. Old curmudgeonly bloggers may also get in on the fun of painstakingly pretending to the entire internet that their closets are clean and organzed.