Other popular accessories include (faux) fur scarves, comfortable long scarves (any kind, as long as it matches your coordinate) and accessories featuring forest elements and woodland animals such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and brooches. Toes are allowed to be seen in mori fashion after all. And in summer you can just wear no socks at all in a nice pair of mori style sandals. Or if you can’t get your hands on slouchy socks, buy over the knee socks or thigh highs and push them down for the slouch effect (you can do the same with cut off tights as well in warmer seasons). Socks (and legwarmers in colder seasons) are often used to further the layering of an outfit, but normal socks, or socks with added lace are also often found.Ī handy tip: if you can’t find lace socks, use wristcuffs as sock toppers. As long as it’s the right color and matches your outfit it’s all good. Wearing your hair down like it is, putting it up in a comfortable style (it can be a little messy it doesn’t have to be prim and precise, as long as it’s clean it’s all good) or wearing flowers in it is also often done in this fashion.įootwear ranges from comfortable boots, clogs, combat boots to even hiking boots and all kinds of sandals, mary janes and more elegant footwear. Small clockwork, gears… will work perfectly with this style.Ĭosy, cute and vintage style hats such as schoolgirl hats and (animal eared) bowlers as well as knitted hats are commonplace but by no means a necessity. If you want to use steampunk prints, you of course can, just make sure they are subtle. Subtlety is the key word when dealing with this style. While mori-kei is often a sober (not sombre) style, prints are not unheard of but they’re always subtle such as small polkadots, a discrete stripe or a nice animal print such as deer spots. If you want a normal cut pair of pants, look for something like traditional velveteen or corduroy trousers. Things like (skinny) jeans have no place in mori. Trousers range from bloomer like shorts to loose pants, Bermuda shorts and slacks. Often several skirts are worn over one another for the layering effect, although sometimes this is accomplished with long, and often oversized, tops as well.Ĭardigans, be they long or short (never cropped) are also popular garments on colder days. The length ranges from anywhere from slightly above the knee (not mini!) to touching the ground. Skirts and trousers are worn equally, although skirts are by far more popular with girls. The author in a steampunk’d mori-kei outfit ( Bert Van den Wyngaert) Parents dressed up in mori-kei together with their children is neither unheard of nor frowned upon.Īside from this, it is also an all-season kind of style thanks to the typical layering: just add more or less depending on the temperature as only the silhouette and colors are the things you should really pay attention to.Įven though there are several styles within mori-kei, the key elements remain the same: a basis of earth tones ranging from creams and beiges to browns with elements or accents of earthly greens, greys and whites. Based on, often ethereal, forests and fairy tales, it’s a style that appeals to many for its wearability and accessibility to literally all ages. Mori girl is one of the more popular styles of contemporary Japanese fashion. Or for those who simply want a different kind of scruffier or more casual look than what we’ve standard come to see in steampunk. Think the steampunks of the abandoned army sites and factories that have been reclaimed by nature. This style is particularly interesting for those who want a look that has a more outdoors or forest feel to it. Of course, to be able to successfully fusion this with steampunk, it’s important to understand a little more about the fashion itself so you can “steam it up” in the right way. Today I’d like to talk about one of the sister styles of steampunk: the Japanese fashion style mori-kei. It’s been a hell of a long time since we’ve had a proper fashion feature, so I figure that now is as good a time as any to talk about style once more. Mori-kei steampunk fashion (Bert Van den Wyngaert)
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