![]() (If not click HERE), and today, I want to share with you the 2 tester pieces I made during the pattern testing process. I hope you enjoy this overview of the style.TODAY IS A TWO-FER DAY! Which just means, two looks in one post! □ So you might have seen the Mori Dress from Elegance and Elephants when I featured it on Monday for the Nature Walk Sewing Challenge. Also, if I've completely butchered any of the facts, please let me know that as well so I can correct them. ![]() There is also a Mori boy checklist similar to Choco's checklist for Mori girls if you are interested in that.Īs always, if I've missed anything you feel is central to what Mori Kei is, please let me know. Dear Miss Kellie, Moss Marchen, Naomi N' Doll, Mori Girl Blog, and Bling Tree G have all made some great overviews of what Mori is. I do have some other resources you can check out if you're interested in learning more about what Mori kei is. ![]() However, I felt it important to put all of this information here all in one place even if I couldn't properly cite things. While she may enjoy the company of others, the mori girl loves her own company and indeed has embarked on many of her most memorable adventures alone."- Mori Girl BlogĪ lot of the original information on Mori came from blogs and websites that have since closed, so it's almost impossible to cite anything on this topic (which is an absolute nightmare to a History major like me). When she shops, she buys something based on how it makes her feel, rather than on how fashionable or expensive it will appear to others. The mori girl often looks whimsical or quirky. She lives consciously and chooses her own lifestyle. She does not care that the world may live differently from her. "In her own quiet way, the mori girl is an individualist. I could try to sum up this idea of "Mori lifestyle" myself, but I always find myself drawn to an old post by the classic Mori Girl Blog, which says it much better than I could ever hope to. However, there has, since the beginning, existed a sort of attitude within the Mori kei community that lingers to this day. However, there are some hobbies and activities that fit in well with the aesthetic, so many Mori folk have used these ideas to create their own versions of what the Mori lifestyle might be, with each of these ideas differing from one another. Mori Girl does not have any set lifestyle. Publications like Spoon, Mori Girl Lesson, and Fudge began to produce issues dedicated to the Mori style and became another basis for what the style was and was not. ![]() In addition, it soon made its debut in fashion magazines as well. Many street snaps appeared within the year in popular street snap magazines and on street snap websites. ![]() However, none of these styles compared to the popularity which Mori Girl would eventually develop.Īfter the creation of the Mixi and Choco's list, Mori Girl quickly began to gain traction as a popular street style in Harajuku. It also spurred some sub-cultures, such as Hama Kei (ocean style), Yama Kei (mountain style), Dark Mori Girl, Mori Gyaru, and Mori Boy. The style later developed its second name, Mori Kei, kei meaning something close to "style", by those looking to make it more inclusive. "Mori" is a Japanese word meaning "forest", so the original style name was, essentially, "forest girl". These rules were a loose guideline, and not even the original Mori Girls followed them completely, but regardless, they gave a basis for what the style was and wasn't. There had been a few girls who had been wearing the style in Harajuku (the Japanese fashion district) before this, but Choco gave it an official name and created a list of rules for the style. Mori kei, first known as Mori Girl, was created around 2006 when a Japanese woman named Choco made a Mori girl community on Mixi (Mixi is similar to Facebook). ![]()
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