Lolita organization

[Anonymous No.7701749]

How do you organize your wardrobe and accessories?

[Anonymous No.7702421]

Hnngggg so neat! I love organisation ideas.

[Anonymous No.7702610]

Bump because I also interested in what experience lolitas do.

[Anonymous No.7702900]

> All my shit
> Jammed in a closet
> When gets full
> Sell some
> Sox in a box to the left

I wish I could organize stuff nicely but my closets are shitty diy from the previous homeowner and literally can't even fit normal hangers properly.

[Anonymous No.7702922]

I feel really lucky to have a whole room to dedicate to sewing/lolita. My boyfriend lives in the living room though (netflix, video games nonstop when he's in the house) so I don't feel as bad about having the second bedroom to myself.

My closet is all dresses, hatboxes, and shoes. There's some other miscellany that hangs but I'm at 70 dresses in a normal size closet (not walk in) and going over that makes me feel anxious. I keep blouses, underskirts, cardigans, and socks in a dresser. The little sock organizers (honeycomb dividers or drawer divider slots) are pretty great.

I like the look of matchy matchy shoes for pictures but my shoe collection doesn't actually look like that. I organize dresses by brand and it sort of works out as a rainbow.

[Anonymous No.7702960]

>implying I have enough to have to organize

I keep my dresses in the far right side of my closet, my socks and tights in a drawer in the closet, and my few accessories and stuff in various areas around my room, mostly in drawers and on top of desks. I'm not very organized. :/

[Anonymous No.7703265]

>>7701749
My closet itself is just jammed pack full of all my shit. My normal clothes, lolita clothes, and pin up clothes. However, I plan to get a separate clothing rack for just my lolita dresses in the near future.

I have a vanity with a small mirrored drawer thingy on it holding some of my jewelry. I also have one of those big pieces of jewelry furniture, you know the ones with a bunch of drawers and the sides that open where you can hang necklaces.

I also keep my lolita socks/tights in those nice cardboard boxes that sorta look like books with the magnet closures, you can get them at craft stores and outlet stores like Ross and Michael's. Then a bunch of similarly nice cardboard boxes that look kinda like suitcases that I got from Ross in which I keep all my hats and headbands and what not.

I might take a picture of all this stuff. I'm not good at describing stuff

[Anonymous No.7703394]

>>7701749
Looks really neat but I'll have to climb a chair every time I need to grab a bag.

[Anonymous No.7703398]

I have a closet with sliding doors, so I hang up everything (in order of and sorted by color: boleros, chiffon tops, blouses, skirts, JSKs and OPs). I put all of the detachable bows and headbows into a tote bag and hang that too. All of my bags and hats go on the closet's top shelf.
Jewelry goes into three jewelry drawers and other accessories go into a box. Detachable waistties get their own box. I have four other boxes just for socks, sorted by color.
Shoes go into a shoe-under, but since my bed doesn't have space under it anymore, it's just under my desk.

I am not really satisfied with how my shoes are organized, but it's the best I have now. My closet holds other clothes too and my lolita stuff is taking over and don't even fit.

[Anonymous No.7703516]

I don't have a lot right now, but I keep my dresses and skirts hanging up in a clean closet, with my shoes on a shelf above the dresses. I fold my blouses and store them in a drawer, and keep my petticoat in a shoebox.

[Voldie !YXLuNAGINI No.7703517]

This wont work for much longer, but I like hanging my dresses on my wall, cause I want them on display. I don't think it's very good for the dresses/blouses though. I keep headbows/other accessories in the JetJ bag

[Anonymous No.7703524]

>>7703517
That looks really lovely! I didn't know you did lolita, Voldie.

[Voldie !YXLuNAGINI No.7703603]

>>7703524
Thanks! And yeah, I just bought my first piece in April, so I don't really have a full coord yet.

[Anonymous No.7704702]

>>7703517
and slowly over time the front half of your dresses sun-fades and becomes lighter
flip them regularly

[Anonymous No.7704788]

How does everyone organize their many circle lens cases? I haven't thought of a good space-conscious way to keep all of mine together while also keeping them from tipping and leaking. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[itaqueen !!60RF7p3/Emf No.7705001]

My normal people/lolita clothes intermix in my closet, but it's organized like this going from right to left:
>hanging shoe storage cubby thing
>petticoats
>skirts
>dresses
>blouses
>sets
>vests
>blazers
>outerwear

[Anonymous No.7705255]

>>7704788
Your circle lens cases shouldn't be leaking. That means they aren't airtight and bacteria can get in.

[Anonymous No.7705279]

Main pieces are on clothing racks in the bedroom.

>but sun damage, anon!

My bedroom has blinds and sun-blocking curtains I have to turn lights on to see during the day.

Shoes are on giant shoe shelves along the wall.

[Anonymous No.7705291]

>>7704788
How many contacts must you have for them to be a problem? But >>7705255 is right, get new cases, and make sure you clean the lens properly before transferring. Avoid those cute animal cases, they're not good at all. Even the ones that come with the solution boxes are better and more secure.

[Anonymous No.7705293]

How do you guys store petticoats?

I've heard that some girls hang it upside down to make it keep it's poof but I don't understand how this even works?

I just shove them into grocery bags, although some people say that it reduces poof. But I like the idea that it keeps the material all crumpled up and folded, so when I take it back out the folds help make more volume? I don't even know how to explain it.

[Anonymous No.7705299]

>>7705293
I find keeping them stuffed in bags keeps the poof better. Namely gravity isn't constantly pulling the fabric in one direction, but it's all evenly distributed. When I pull them out of the bags, they're poofy as ever. When they start going low, I will toss them in the dryer to fluff them up though. I just have mine shoved into a giant shopping bag and then put them in a small grocery bag during transport to conventions and what not. Works well for me.

[Anonymous No.7705444]

Bit of a dumb question and barely lolita related, but how do you guys store cardigans, especially ones on the heavier side?
I get that you're not suppose to hang them up because they might stretch by their own weight, but I don't have any shelves to let them sit after I fold it up.

>>7705299
Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.7705454]

>>7705291
Thanks for the info about the cases.

I don't have too many, but I do have about 5 or 6 pairs (like one of each color which I thought was fairly normal - sorry if I'm mistaken) and I find it difficult to store them. I would love a company to make a contact case organizer, like a box with little sections to hold the smaller cases, but until such a thing exists, I was hoping to hear what sorts of things other folks do.

[Anonymous No.7705459]

>>7705299
Thanks for the tip about putting pettis in the dryer. I've never heard that before. I'm going to try that before I wear mine next time.

[Anonymous No.7705464]

>>7705454
Oh, ok. I have 8 pairs, I think that's fairly normal. All of mine fit into a small cosmetics case along with my solution, eye drops and enzymatic cleaner. I don't find it terribly inconveniencing that way, tbh. A huge case actually sounds like something that would take far more space than necessary.

[Anonymous No.7705484]

>>7705293
When I was a dancer we would store our poofy layered ballet costumes upside down in a garment bag. Not sure how to explain but they definitely stayed poofy when flipped to the right side.

[Anonymous No.7705573]

>>7703265
I'd be interested in pic. I'm cleaning up my room and have no idea how to spice up the way I organize my closet

[Anonymous No.7705724]

>>7705444
I use one of those hanging partition/shelf things in my closet. It attaches to the rack or pole in the closet, and has different sized shelves. Kind of like this one, but I found a pink one.

[Anonymous No.7705812]

Side 1: JSKs and OP, organized by brand. Soft hats/bags on hooks. Shoes on shelf.
Side 2: Outerwear, skirts, and blouses. Wigs and bonnets/hats on shelf.
Accessories: kept in drawers or on corkboard.
Socks, corset: in drawers

[Anonymous No.7705825]

>>7705444
I use those puffy padded hangers with little bows for them, from amazon.

[Anonymous No.7705852]

>>7705812
So beautiful! Excellent wardrobe.

[Voldie !YXLuNAGINI No.7705857]

>>7704702
That's actually a huge fear of mine. I'm going to IKEA soon to pick up a rack for all my dresses and blouses. I'll probably get some sturdy (like the thick plastic) suit bags from my old work so they don't get super dusty. Something cheap that can hold my shoes too. I do like keeping accessories in the JetJ bag so I'm going to try to get more brand bags for that.

[Anonymous No.7705859]

>>7705852
But...it's all boring and black?

I'm not a lolita, but...take that as you will.

[Anonymous No.7705868]

>>7705812
Honestly I'm in love with your all black wardrobe

[Anonymous No.7705872]

>>7705859
sweet naive thing. you don't need ridiculous prints to be fabulous.

[Anonymous No.7705876]

>>7705872
Ridiculous prints are too busy for me.

I like lolita to be modest is all.

[Anonymous No.7705889]

Boxes where I keep my socks, tights, headbows, hats, and some of my jewelry.

Also you can see the box where I keep my Yankee Candle tarts and a bunch of candles in the corner, sorry I just like my room to smell pretty

[Anonymous No.7705897]

>>7705889
Oh my gosh those boxes are amazingly cute. Could I ask where you bought them?

[Anonymous No.7705898]

>>7705852
>>7705868
Thank you!

>>7705859
Dats jus the way I roll

[Anonymous No.7705921]

>>7705897
Thanks! I really like them. They're kind of like a hard sturdy cardboard material with metal latches (the two 'books' up top have a magnetic closure).

I got them at Ross, but I've seen them at Michael's, Bealls Outlet, and Marshall's.

[Anonymous No.7705923]

>>7705857
Don't store in plastic bags, they can trap moisture and cause mold

[Anonymous No.7706296]

>>7705921
I have some just like that! I got them at Hancock Fabrics though.

[Anonymous No.7706340]

>>7705876
What is immodest about a black wardrobe?

[Anonymous No.7706358]

Bumping for more pictures.

Also how do you guys store your headbows? I don't like the idea of hat boxes because I'm an 'out of sight out of mind' person. I'd like to display them somehow but not have it look like a clusterfuck that takes up a ton of space.
For reference I have around 15 large headbows.

[Anonymous No.7706373]

>>7706358
I clip them on a chain with clips and then hang the chain on the wall

[Anonymous No.7706401]

>>7706358
I have a really cute basket that I rest them in. It works for now, since I don't have too many yet.

[Anonymous No.7708411]

>>7705812
I'm 99% sure I follow you on tumblr and girl you are fab.

[Anonymous No.7708414]

>>7705857
Are the bags meant for garments? You don't want to keep clothes in regular plastic bags or even dry cleaner bags because of what >>7705923 said.
You could also pick up something like this while you're at IKEA.

[Anonymous No.7708419]

>>7705812

All I can say is hngggggg!
Love your wardrobe.

[Anonymous No.7708420]

>>7705889

Those are really cute. I also dig your yankee candle collection.

[Anonymous No.7708959]

>>7706358
I roll up a yoga mat and stick the headbows on it. I think I could cover it with some cloth to make it look nicer, but it works right now despite it being an ugly blue foam colour

[Anonymous No.7708980]

>>7706358
This isn't quite relevant, because you said headbows, but I like to pin my detachable bows to my dressform
as for headbows, I just tend to keep them stored away. For display, you could put them on wig stands or something like that?

[Anonymous No.7708988]

>>7708414
>>7705923
Ahh alrighty, I had meant dry cleaner bags, but that one you linked looks really cute as well as being better so I'll definitely pick one of those up!

[Voldie !YXLuNAGINI No.7708993]

>>7708414
>>7705923
Ahh alrighty, I had meant dry cleaner bags, but that one you linked looks really cute as well as being better so I'll definitely pick one of those up!

[Anonymous No.7709023]

>>7708993
on a side note, where can i get a pair of boots like these?

[Anonymous No.7709025]

Here's my little closet. I keep my brand bags in the tub on the shelf so they don't get dusty and the offbrand ones are beside it. Petticoats are stored in brand shopping bags, and I keep everything else - like jewelry, detachable bows, socks/tights in bodyline shoe boxes. It's not very glamorous, but I'm too cheap to spend more on making my closet look fancy when it's not very big in the first place.

[Anonymous No.7709030]

>>7709023
those look like AP's engineer boots, or a replica of them. I know secret shop makes replicas of them.

[Anonymous No.7709034]

>>7709030
ahhh! found them, thanks!

[Anonymous No.7709077]

>>7706358
Hanging jewelry organizer! One side for headbows and necklaces and one side for smaller accessories like hairclips and rings. You can hang it in your closet or pin it to the wall.

[Anonymous No.7709088]

>>7705724
I have a similar thing to this but I use it for shoes. Works great since I need the bottom of my closet for storage.

[Anonymous No.7709237]

>>7706358
I make shadow boxes for mine and hang them up like frames in the closet or around the room. Here's a crap tutorial to explain.

>>7705812
Stunning, also think I know you from tumblr!

[Anonymous No.7709260]

>>7709237
Mind taking a pic of one of yours?

[Anonymous No.7709275]

>>7709237
These are super cute! I don't know if I have the patience to do something like this but it's a good idea
I'm so excited that I finally have a job where not only can I afford lolita, I can afford to decorate my apartment. January wardrobe post, here I come!

[Anonymous No.7709664]

Any more ideas? I'm doing up my storage space.

[Anonymous No.7709746]

>>7709260
Crap, I don't have any pics of them! (junked them because I moved a few times and am making fresh ones that aren't all bent) Best I can do for now is the one I made for jewelry. Flip it around, pink chocolate pattern and stuff on the inside instead of just the outside, same kind of thumbtacks with jewels, twice as long (because it is two box lids taped together) and along the top I gathered some pink tulle with a needle and thread, glued in place along the top, and hid that with pom pom trim along the top. Once I remake them I will probably post to a craft thread or something, I'm always in those.

[Anonymous No.7709752]

>>7709275
You might try a cork board instead. A friend did this and it was way easier. You spray glue a cute fabric across all of the cork, paint the frame something cute, and hang it up. Get cute pushpins from Target or Taobao or something, and you are pretty much done. no dust curtains, but those are fussy anyway.

[Anonymous No.7709754]

>>7709746
Holy shit, 4 of my dream dresses peaking out right there. I'm jelly.

[Anonymous No.7710221]

Do any of you not hang your blouses? I'm running out of closet space and need to rethink.

[Anonymous No.7710239]

>>7710221
I hang mine, but it would be perfectly lovely to fold them crisp and neat and store them in boxes/drawers/bags. You could use decorative hat boxes, maybe?

[Anonymous No.7711097]

>>7706358
I keep all my actual headbands in a basket, and then all my other j-fashion and loli ribbon ties, bows, and flower clips in my wardrobe cupboard. It's honestly such a huge waste of space though, I should put in more shelves or something. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.7711099]

>>7706358
I keep all my actual headbands in a basket, and then all my other j-fashion and loli ribbon ties, bows, and flower clips in my wardrobe cupboard. It's honestly such a huge waste of space though, I should put in more shelves or something. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.7711104]

>>7708959
I did this but with a paper towel roll, and I did cover it with fabric, but I didn't sew anything. I just stuffed the ends of the fabric into the roll. And then I strung some ribbon through it and hung it on the wall, with the unhemmed fabric side facing the wall

[Anonymous No.7711109]

>>7708993
>all that chocolate
grrl

[Anonymous No.7711110]

>>7710221
I hang mine

[Anonymous No.7711113]

>>7711110
I think you should definitely hang them otherwise you'll get wrinkles...

[Anonymous No.7711222]

I hang my rosettes and headpiece on a ribbon. I also just got one of those thread organizers from Wal-Mart to hold my necklaces.

[Anonymous No.7714479]

Just saw this pop up on my dash, all my jelly! I'm not sweet, but this collection is amazing.

[Anonymous No.7714491]

>>7710221
I hang the ones that wrinkle easily and fold the ones that don't. That's what I do with most of my clothes since I don't have a lot of space in the hanging closet.

[Anonymous No.7714738]

>>7709746
Did you make the jewelry holder yourself, anon?

[Anonymous No.7714795]

>>7709025
I think it's a little funny that I can tell who you are just by looking at your closet

[Anonymous No.7717379]

Bump! I am moving soon and I need some ideas.

[Anonymous No.7717386]

>>7714795
Is that a bad thing?

[Anonymous No.7717535]

>>7706358

Found a tutorial for this headband holder. No sewing involved and looks pretty simple to make.
http://baublesnbabbles.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/diy-headband-holder/

[Anonymous No.7717544]

>>7705812
I never seen a full black lolita wardrobe, usually i see gothic lolita wardrobes with a bit of red, white, blue, gold and so on but this is 100% pure black no print! Amazing!

[Anonymous No.7717556]

>>7717535
Precious.

>>7711222
I really like this idea! Is dust ever an issue or do you use most of them frequently enough?

[Anonymous No.7717567]

I have them hanging off my wall since my closet is so tiny, same with my petticoat, i dont know how to store it without it loosing its volume

[Anonymous No.7717570]

>>7717535
>>7709752
Now I know what to do with all that cute scrap fabric I've been saving!

[Anonymous No.7717818]

>>7710221
Hang them together with JSKs. I'm also out of space, and I have a blouse under each JSK on the hanger.

[Anonymous No.7718119]

>>7717544
you know how I can tell that you're new?

[Anonymous No.7718895]

>>7718119
It's pretty rare, anon.

[Anonymous No.7719259]

My boyfriend just got me a clothing rack so I can hang all my lolita clothes in one corner of my room,

They look so nice, all together, and not stuffed in my closet with my massive amount of normalfag clothes. I'm going to post a picture tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.7719281]

>>7705876
Your shitty man taste is showing

[Anonymous No.7719297]

>>7719281
I can't help it.

Besides, you won't be all that attractive to men if you don't keep them in mind.

Then again, why would you.

[Anonymous No.7719628]

>>7719297
>Thinking lolita takes any consideration about men's ideals.

[Anonymous No.7719804]

>>7719297
Unless the man is buying me burando I do not care. If you want a girl to wear bland lolita for you, shell out.

[Anonymous No.7719825]

>>7719297
>I don't like tomatoes on my sandwiches
>Why are you putting tomatoes on your sandwich

[Anonymous No.7719983]

>>7719259
waitspatiently.jpg

>>7714738
Yeah, I repurpose a lot of box lids.

>>7714479
hnnnng.

[Anonymous No.7720296]

do university dorm rooms let you put nails in the wall/have nails in the wall?

[Anonymous No.7720305]

>>7720296
Most do not, no. You sometimes can get around this by using Command strips/hangers depending on what you want the nails for.

[Anonymous No.7720308]

Happy I found this thread, I just moved from my childhood 1200 sqf townhouse into a 800sgf apartment and i have fucking nowhere to put anything. The closet insert in my new place is for men's clothing and therefor a fucking MESS for my wardrobe. I should take a picture, its such a fucking nightmare.

/r/ing your cool tricks for storing all your lolita head accessories?

[Anonymous No.7720313]

>>7714479
holy fuck

[Anonymous No.7720318]

>>7720296
Mine doesn't. I used Command Strips, like >>7720305 mentioned. Says they don't leave any residue or pull paint or anything, but I haven't had to take them off yet, so I don't know for sure. I also use a ton of them to make sure what I'm hanging doesn't rip them off the wall.

[Anonymous No.7720354]

>>7714479
this makes me rock hard

[Anonymous No.7720403]

>>7720318
>>7720305
ok, i'll hunt down some command strips. thank you!

[Anonymous No.7720823]

Related, but there's a few ideas that could possibly implemented for organizing a room. Figured there's some good small item storage ideas too since you know, lenses, false lashes, etc....
http://www.buzzfeed.com/twopoodles/15-lifehacks-for-your-tiny-bathroom-9g24
>inb4 bitching about buzzfeed link.

[Anonymous No.7723065]

Bump

[Anonymous No.7725483]

http://sunnytuesday..*****.com.au/2011/01/headband-organizer-in-less-than-15.html
replace the stars with blogspot
does anyone know if these work for our heavy loli headbows?

[Anonymous No.7727217]

This is a pretty weird solution but it's what i use to store extra headbows and clips etc. Its one of those decorative metal birdcages, it works well and it looks nice while fitting into the theme of my room. For bigger headbows and hats i just put a tack in the wall and hang each one on them

[Anonymous No.7727224]

>>7725483
I want to say no because most bows sit right on the middle of the headband. (I guess it could still work, just leave your bands lopsided)
But I want to say yes because that's pretty clever.

[Anonymous No.7727237]

>>7708980
sorry for the crappy photo, but this is how I store/display (?) my headbows and one of my bags. I haven't been using my dressform for garment making, so this is a good use for it in the time being. Ignore the giant ugly one in the back pls

[Anonymous No.7727484]

>>7705812
I'm not quite sure, but I think you're into gothic lolita

[Anonymous No.7727618]

>>7705812
What's your tumblr?

Also how should I go about storing my stuff?My wardrobe has no clothing rack (just shelves).

[Anonymous No.7728373]

how do you guys store your pettis? i recently bought this super poofy one & im puzzled on where i put it while im not wearing it & without it depoofing!

[Anonymous No.7728376]

>>7728373
A good way is to hang it upside down on a hanger, or just put it in a drawer. Dont hang it up regularly, as it will deflate faster.

[Anonymous No.7728389]

>>7727618
Well you've kind of answered your own question. Either you put it on your shelves or get a rack

[Anonymous No.7728433]

>>7728376
what exactly do you mean by hang it upside down...?

[Anonymous No.7728442]

>>7728433
inside out on the hanger, so the layers fall the opposite way they would if you were wearing it^^

[Anonymous No.7728472]

>>7728442
ohh, duh! sorry for my new! too bad, mines to big for that. looks like ill have to clear a drawer. thank you anon!

[Anonymous No.7730992]

>>7728373
I smash my cp pettis into ziplock bags.
I get them out a few hours before I'm gonna wear them and they haven't deflated yet. Had them almost a year now.