This week's Lolita coordinates + An adventure at Raven's Manor

Today I wanted to share my coordinates from this past week. I ended up coording two new dresses, both of the gothic variety! Chiropteran Garden was a mid-week coord I put together quickly because I felt inspired the day this dress arrived in the mail. I got the special version that has a batless bodice off of a LaceMarket seller. The dress is a bit big on me, but I think it is not very noticeable. The second was my planned coord for this weekend, which was the fairly new release of Spiderweb lace from Alice and the Pirates. I bought this direct from the BTSSB Japan website, and it's been sitting in my closet a few weeks. Finally got to wear it out, and was able to get a small group together to visit Raven's manor, a local spooky-themed bar.

Here's my complete coord run-downs:

Chiropteran Garden

• JSK - MossBadger
• Blouse - Atelier Pierrot
• Headpiece - Antique Beast
• Necklace - Sweet Mildred
• Ring - Necrosarium
• Shoes, Tights - Offbrand

Spiderweb Lace

• JSK, Bag, Bows - Alice and The Pirates
• Blouse - Taobao
• Base Headpiece - Antique Beast
• Shoes - Demonia
• Necklace, tights - Offbrand

I knew I wanted to wear this bat blouse with Spider lace, but it unfortunately had these ugly, cheap-looking gold buttons which clashed with the rest of the outfit, so the morning of I went out to Joann and found some silver, ornate buttons to replace them. I think this will make the blouse go with a lot more of my outfit in the future. I also wanted to share a bit about my experience at Raven's manor, so more about that under the cut.

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