Ideas~♪

So, lately, I've been wanting to make a gothic lolita inspired outfit, as well as an ouji inspired outfit. Today, I finished up sketches of my concept ideas. ^^ Be prepared for some awful drawing skills. lol

Gothic Lolita Coord Idea~♪ 

I love birdcages and the other day, I really thought about how fun it would be to have a birdcage as a hat. ^^ So with the birdcage as my focus... I figured that  I would have a "breaking free" kind of theme. I'm not sure if it's noticeable or not. ^^;;; So, to keep with that idea, I figured that I would have a bird outside of the cage... hence why there's a bird ring. I want to have a red and black theme as well, so I'm thinking that it will be a cardinal.

Breakdown of outfit.

Since birds are related to nature and such, I decided to have a crown of flowers for the base of the cage-hat. So far, I don't have a color theme for the flowers, but I'm thinking probably neutral-ish colors. The blouse is going to be completely red. I actually have an old work shirt that I'm hoping to mess with... the lace will also be red. Yet, I plan to add a black bow center, under the collar. The dress will obviously be going over the blouse. I plan to have a fully, simple black dress with red lace. I will be using large safety pins to construct a faux corset, which I will run some red ribbon through. I'm think that the dress will be anywhere from knee length to a few inches under the knee. Since I love Grimoire, I will probably put on a pair of their printed tights. They have so many choices that I think would go great with this. If not... maybe just a boring plain color for tights. lol. And~ to finish off the look, I'm planning on having a nest attached to a small bag for a purse. Though, if it doesn't come out well, I'll just use an ordinary purse. lol.

I'm planning on wearing flat, black shoes; however, that may change. As for jewelry, I'm going to play it by ear... perhaps something nature-y or vintage-y. If I get creative, I might throw some twigs in the coord somewhere. I'm thinking of a fairly long, wavy chestnut wig... but, that also can change. lol. I pretty much change a lot of my original ideas when I test things out, so we'll see. :)

Idea of how it will look put together.

Ouji Coord Idea~♪ 

Alright, so... when it comes to guy type clothes, I've cross-dressed as Ciel and Boris... so I'm confident that I can pull off guyish clothes; however, I've never really tried designing my own type of guy clothing. lol. So, here's an attempt at a boyish style~

I originally planned to have this coord with the gothic lolita one that I was making, but it really isn't all that similar. lol. I actually pulled my hair out coming out with this design. I had the concept in mind, but didn't really know how to draw it out. So... I wanted a kind of Grimm theme originally, but I think that I kinda tossed that away... unless I can locate a Grimm tale that has these elements. lol. 

So, as per always with my designs, the focus is on the hat. (I just love hats...) This time, the hat's theme is lantern. Yes... as in a real lantern. lol. I ended up going to The Dollar Tree today and found these adorable LED lanterns! I bought two... but when I picked it up, my first thought was, "I MUST MAKE IT A HAT!" xDD (This happens more frequently than it should...) Yet, I must admit that it was designing the hat idea that was the hardest for this project (followed by the coat). 

So, for starters, this theme is mainly black and white, but I'm planning on throwing in either red or blue in the mix (with a little bit of purple). So, for the style, I really, REALLY wanted a cravat. I absolutely love the look of cravats in general and it really makes things look elegant. My cravat will be very fluffy~ because I love fluffy things. xD I'm planning on having a jewel in the center and possibly, some black ribbon. As I play around with the fabric and such, I'll have a better idea on this. I decided not to sketch out a white blouse... mainly because it's not going to really be seen. lol. With that said, the vest. The vest is going to be really simple... just a simple, black vest with a few buttons. Since I have the cravat, I didn't want to take away from that with the vest. So, simple is best~ 

Then, we have the shorts. I decided that I wanted a little flair to the shorts so that it didn't look so plain. So, I decided that white ruffles at the bottom would look nice, and match the cravat nicely. I'm also debating small black bows, but we'll see on that. lol. The coat was an utter pain for me design... I seriously went through eight different coat designs until I came up with one that I liked. So, I finally decided on a black coat with no collar and 3/4 sleeves. I didn't like full sleeves for this design, but I think that 3/4 sleeves pulls it together well. At the end of the sleeves, I plan to have a small area of color with some sort of bling on it. xD It will all depend on my resources at the time, but I'm not planing on having anything too crazy there. Just something, small and classy, then of course, more white ruffles! I'm really going all out on ruffles here, but I just think that the ruffles look good. The coat won't button or anything of the sort, but I do plan on using two large safety pins (or something else) to attach two pieces of chains in the front. Idk... I just like that kind of concept. I feel that it pulls things together... or maybe, I just have  a chain fetish. lol. I'm not sure whether to wear socks or tights... I'll figure that out when I have the outfit created. As for shoes, I've got some in mind... they're mainly black. I'm not really sure if I'll want accessories or not with this... of course, the hat is a must, but I'll just play around with things. Though a pimpin' cane would make me feel like a badass....  

Lastly, the hat. As I mentioned earlier, the hat is the main focus, but that's because I love hats. The lantern is key here. Think of it as the top of a top hat, and that's what it is. (It's battery operated too xD) I don't want to take apart the lantern at all, so I'm keeping the handle, which is why I drew a butterfly on the design... and quite honestly, I didn't think that it was a good idea at first, but I needed something there. After drawing the butterfly, I thought "I really like this." So, the butterfly is purple, but will have accents of either red or blue. The reason that the butterfly is purple is because I have a purple butterfly.... ^^;;; As for the rest of the hat, I'm thinking of a little bit of moss and a few flowers to finish off the effect. I'm not sure what color flowers yet though. 

Idea of how it will look put together.

So, those are my current ideas. I really like them. ^^ So, I plan to put them together soon (so long as I get the fabrics and such).