Coords - JSK

Here we have a true two-color harmony of sax and white. In this case, the two colors work very well together, with blue as the root note. We have some cottagecore vibes going on, maybe a little bit of Dorothy from Wizard of Oz.  With Halloween coming up, I have AP's ghost-themed cross-body bag, which is actually kind of a big bag. The coord is so simple that anyone can appreciate it, and it looks the closest to normie clothes of all my dresses. 

Here we have the Dreamy Baby Room JSK paired with a short-sleeve blouse in a two-color coord of pink and white with ancillary colors such as blues and yellows for variety. An absolutely perfect dress, featuring corsetry in the back and made of pure cotton, it is the epitome of what a sweet lolita dress should be.

Here we have a fairly simple coord consisting of a yellow JSK paired with yellow flats. The pink in the face mask is helping to balance out the pinks in the dress, but a more conservate approach would have been to use a yellow mask. In my own critique, a pink bag might have helped balance out the pink with the face mask. With so many colors in the print, it would look nice to have some pinks and blues in the stockings to add more visual interest.

Here we have Comic Toys in pink. I actually have this same JSK in sax, which I think is one of the rare instances where I like the sax colorway better than the pink, only because the details pop more on the sax. In this coord, we have an overload of pink, including a ribbon scarf and a blouse all in pink. A white bag serves as a disruption color, as there is no white on the print at all.

I wore this to coord to the 2025 Silicon Valley Pride Parade. Paried with a pink parasol, the outfit was a big hit with lots of people coming up to me and asking for pictures. This is what I would consider a two-color coord of pink and white with ancillary colors showing up in the print, which features an assortment of ice cream cones. It was a very hot day so the ice cream fit the vibe and the parasol provided much-needed shade.

In this coord I have a three-color harmony consisting of black, white, and pink. The dress features two other ancillary colors - yellow and blue. I've chosen to wear the matching headbow here so those colors are included elsewhere in the coord. Here is another instance where I'm not matching my bag with my shoes. Since the dress is already black, a black bag would blend in, whereas a pink bag stands out and provides visual interest. Another rule I tend to follow is to make sure that my shoes are at least as dark as my main piece. For that reason I didn't wear pink shoes since the dress's black has a lot of heavy visual weight and that weight needs to be counterbalanced by black in the shoes. 

On a side note, one reason I like this black colorway is that the print and all of the visual elements really pop and the leading lines are highly emphasized, giving the eye a lot of detail to dig into.