Guide to Sailor lolita ~ part 1

This is a guide about sailor lolita, a style not much seen in lolita. I decided to split sailor and pirate lolita into two different guides, because there is a lot to tell about both.

The first part is going about the elements of a sailor lolita outfit

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Colours

White, black, navy and other blues are the most common colours in sailor lolita. Usually white is combined with navy or black. Red is a colour less seen, but it can be used as an accent colour. A whole outfit in red and white is not impossible, but it's harder to pull of. Another colour less seen in sailor lolita is pink. If you want to wear pink with sailor lolita, you have to make sure you have enough sailor ellements in your outfit. I even found a black and yellow outfit, so a lot colours are possible.

Symbols and prints

Two rows of stripes at the bottom of a skirt or jsk are very common.These stripes are also often seen at the sleeves and at the collar. Again, they are not neccesairy, an outfit with out many stripes can still look good.

Other symbols seen in sailor lolita are anchors, shells, boats or a wheel. Just anything that reminds to sea and beach can be used.

Shape of skirts

The shape of the skirt is just like any other lolita outfit bell-shaped. Sailor lolita skirts tend to be more often pleated, but they can also be gathered.

Collars

A sailor collar is seen a lot in Japanese schooluniforms. Such a collar is not neccesairy, but it can make look a outfit more sailor. Usually sailor collars have a V-shape at the front and a square at the back, but sailor collars can also be round. That way it looks more mature.

This is part one of the guide, next part will be about Japanese school uniforms and some other history.