Short hair post inspiration

After three years of not going to the hairdresser (three years?! Well, I usually cut my bangs and my sis cuts my ends) I'm finally getting a haircut in two hours! Yey!
And I want it shorrrt (yes, it's summer here in Australia! It's been hard for me and my long hair! haha)

Although I know I'll end up just telling the hairdresser "Do whatever you want, but I want it short", this was a nice post to make.

Mori girl for autumn/fall /winter

I know this post is late. VERY late. And I'm sorry about that! I don't know how this happened, but I didn't see Mori girl papier vol.4 neither Mori girl lesson nº3 until a few days ago (phew, this post took so long to get written! haha), that's why I didn't post about it until now.
This issue is supposed to talk about mori girl in the autumn/fall, but you can always use these tips in winter too.

I made a little glossary post of recurrent japanese words you come across when reading magazines, so check it if you're interested! Most of those words are used in this post/magazine hehe

Well, here she is, our (my) favorite mori girl, MEG!

The magazine features a few popular (I suppose, since the only girl featured I know is MEG) mori girls and their style.
Oops, I couldn't resist posting MEG scans!

Before reading: there are a lot of interesting topics in this issue (new brands, coordinates, ...) BUT, I'm only gonna focus on the mori girl lessons in this post, since there are a lot of images to show. Plus, translations in this post are only guidelines, I'm not translating everything the lessons say neither my japanese is good enough to do so.
(I only want to say, btw, my knowledge of the japanese language is very limited, so these translations are quite loose and don't have to be taken as completely correct. I'll try to translate everything the best I can though)

Lesson 1: Mori girl items
mori girl fall basic items
森ガールになれる秋の基本アイテム

Item nº1: A soft fur vest to take a walk in the woods.

Item nº2: A bit embroidery in a cute little girl's onepiece.

Item nº3: A light lace onepiece peeking underneath your clothes

Lesson nº4: a floral skirt with a romantic feel.

Item nº5: Soft and warm knit outerwear to be comfortable in winter.

Item nº6: Wear a poncho, like a Northen Europe girl would.

Item nº7: A camel outerwear is a classic for a Mori girl.

Lesson 2: Layering combinations
Mori girl's way of layering
森ガールーの着こなしは、重ね着テクから

Combination nº1: One piece + one piece

Combination nº2: Skirt + petticoat

Combination nº3: One piece + denim

Combination nº4: Knit + shirt + onepiece


Combination nº5: Vest + long cardi + onepiece

Lesson 3: Accessories
One becomes lovelier when using accessories
小物使いで、もっとすてきに

1st Accessory: Enjoy your classy self wearing something arround your neck.

2nd Accessory: Mori girls love fluffy fur hats

3rd Accessory: The degree of girlyness also increases with the cute hair accessory.

Lesson 4: Feet coordinate
Mori girl's way to footwear coordinate

森ガールーにぴったりの足元コーディネイト

1-サボが定番アイテムの仲間入り
Sabots are recurrent footwear for a mori girl.


2-ぺたんこストラップシューズでガーリーに
Girly flat strap shoes.


3-トレッキングブーツはお散歩には欠かせません
Trekking shoes are indispensable to go on a stroll.


I like magazines that help you define a style/trend and give you ideas on how to coordinate things, but everything loses a bit of its magic when you change the word "guidelines" for "musts". So I'd like everyone to take all this as reference to help make and/or develop your own mori style.
And avobe all, have fun dressing up!

Your thoughts on all this? Are you up for being a mori girl this winter too?

Go to the download page to find this and more mori girl magazines for download.

Magazine review. Beware: pic heavy!

It's been a while since I last talked about magazines or did a review of them (except for the TC mook)
So now, I'm going to talk about three magazines I love: Fudge, Tomotomo and So-en. You can download these magazines (and a few more) here.

Fudge is about fashion. And culture. And trend. And is not on the mainstream side.
I specially like it because it's full of fashion photography, and has a lot of shop information in it.

Fashion news, streetstyle, London guide this time, cool photoshoots. Lot of fur and knit featured and random brands and shops.

Natural/mori style photoshoot everywhere all the time (at least in this issue).

Beauty articles and how-to's can be found in the magazine too.

Worth taking a look even if it's just for the pictures.

Aaand also has hair style and arranging section!
Plus, movie, music, shop and event review too. You can say this magazine is pretty complete.

Tomotomo is a magazine about hair. But not hair arrange, it's a bit more specialized magazine about cutting your hair, basically. But has lots of pretty pictures of girls. And if you're like me who likes to DIY everything, then you'll like this magazine. If not, you can always bring the hairstyle you like to your hairdressed and get it done exactly like the magazine.

These pictures are just examples of finished stylings, but you can find diagrams and how-to's inside the magazine.


I already talked about So-en before, and even if I like lots all the magazines I post here, So-en is one that's in my top3.
You can find really inspiring images in that magazine, interesting stuff even if you can't read what the text says (and I wish I could,

Tsumori Chisato photoshoot! haha How can I not love this magazine?

Cute MEG is cute, specially with curly hair

You can find a lot of diferent interesting (and random) stuff in this magazine. From new talents and fashion show reports...

...to cinema reviews. And pretty photoshoots, of course.

Has everyone seen "A single man"? Because this is a movie I wasn't interested in a single bit and when I left the cinema, I was completely in love with it.

Anyways, get all this magazines here. And remember to buy whenever you can! (Plus, it's really nice having such magazines on paper, I'd have them all if it wasn't so expensive to import them!)

I haven't been able to find a place online where they sell these magazines (without being overpriced), so if you know any places to get these magazines, please do tell me!