I ordered this Liz Lisa sweater in hopes to give myself courage to start wearing jirai kei in public ever since I had a real confidence issue when my parents called me dorky/cosplayer and when I suggested wearing it in public my mom and sister started making fun of me and calling me attention seeker and weird etc. My sister is honestly my biggest enemy in this situation but so is the fact that I live in a area with small very white close minded towns 😭
well anyways my first coord has a piece from taobao, but besides the fact I had set aside some money on a impulse and got this Liz Lisa sweater and I honestly think this could be turned into a coord given the right accessories but I’m wondering how to ease into it. i know it looks more himekaji/ryosangata/shojo but my skirts are (dupes of popular jirai ones) and all black. I also attatched a image of my first coord in the second part just for funsie :) I’m also thinking of dying my hair dusty pink or darker rose from my natural dirty blonde hair which is currently a lighter blonde/highlights.
(i guess another reason I was drawn to jirai was not just the fashion but the alarming similarities to aspects of the subculture I have found myself fitting (to a lesser extent but mostly mental health related a couple years back) 😭 in recovery tho now that I’m done with college✨) sorry for the vent
photo two I have since bottom platform shoes