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So someone asked recently on the cosplay.com forums about sweet kodona, and basically whether or not it existed. I must admit, I’m not a great expert on boystyles. They’re a little vague around the edges, not as common as lolita, and not actually part of lolita fashion. But, I really like the look of boystyle and think it’s especially cute to see people wearing boystyle and lolita together. The looks really compliment each other well! If I were ever to wear boystyle, I would definitely do something sweet.
It surprised me a bit to see so many people saying that it couldn’t work because of the feminine color schemes! Our modern-day ideals of what is “masculine” or “feminine” especially in fashion are drastically different than what they used to be. In the Rococo era, one of the main sources of inspiration in lolita fashion, it was pretty common for men of noble birth to wear pastels and even high heels. So why limit ourselves to modern boundaries? We don’t for lolita, so there’s no need to for boystyle either in my opinion.
Plus, brands make such delightful pastel pants!
I, personally, would love to see more sweet kodona. What do you guys think?
You probably know this, but SkyBluePink of Goths Just Wanna Have Fun loves sweet kodona (if I remember right). She’d probably be good to ask if you or someone wanted to know more. Also I totally agree about not limiting ourselves to modern ideas of the masculine/feminine. Well said. :)
I love her boystyle outfits! I might just do that, I really like boystyle but it’s harder to find information about it. Thank you :D
No problem! Glad I was able to help. ^^
You make a fantastic point about male/feminine clothing/color schemes being very different in days past. Although not Rococo era… painter Thomas Gainsborough (most famous for the Blue Boy paining) painted lots of other portraits including this one of a boy in an all pink suit. I’d totally wear a modern-day version of this – http://www.museumnetworkuk.org/portraits/artworks/waddesdon/img5_lg.html
Thanks! Oh man, that’s so cute! I love the slashing on the pants and the little hat :D
Sweet Kodona is one of my favourite style for boys. 8D I think the outfit you putted together is very cute and represent the idea of Sweet Kodona very well. ♥
Thank you! I think it’s sooo cute :D
Old post is kinda old, but I was one of the few on there saying it couldn’t work. xD The reason why I don’t like the idea of ‘Sweet’ Kodona is the styling. I’m the last person to constrict colors to a particular gender but on the other hand if your styling it like that with cute bow/heart shaped rings, hair clips and bracelets it loses the masculinity which obviously is the point of BOYstyle. Pants/short-pants and a vest does not automatically equal to a masculine or boyish style. One of my biggest peeves about girls attempting Kodona is that they make it way too feminine where as it should be more so androgyny. This to me is taking it to a whole new annoying level. xD Wear your kodona with your AP accessories and your Tea Party shoes, but don’t call it kodona because your just creeping waist deep in decora/cute-kei/otome-kei if anything (which for the record is fine in itself; I’m not hatin’ in the slightest). Although I feel your coord there is flippin’ adorable and I’d wear it if I had the chance I would not categorize it as kodona. But yes I believe it could work, but keep it to simply using pastel colors and still keep the accessories, shoes and hair relatively unisex or masculine.
Anyway you have a great blog and I haven’t been here in a while so I must try and update myself on your posts! Keep up the great work.
Thanks for your really awesome comment. I’m always up for a good fashion discussion :D I can definitely see where you’re coming from, the implications of gender in fashion are pretty obvious in this day an age. But I don’t believe in any gender boundaries for fashion. So just because a fashion is labeled and categorized as male doesn’t mean it can’t be cutsey and pink and full of bows to me. I think the cut of things matter most. And this pretty much fits the boystyle outline. Pants, shirt, hat, vest, socks etc. I’ll definitely admit that the tea party shoes are a stretch haha, but they just looked so cute! I do think that it’s definitely a matter of personal opinion though, boystyle is so much more fluid than the more rigid rules of lolita that I’m used to.
Thanks you :D