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This month's Bibliotheca prompt is change. Change is something that is often on my mind being a long-term participant in the mori community. I've witnessed a lot of change, good and bad, big and small, in our little community over the years. Today, I'd like to reflect on that and share all the little bits and pieces of the community I've held on to for all these years but never had a reason to post on their own. Hopefully, you'll enjoy learning some little random facts and tidbits. Community Spaces Over the years our community has gathered across the internet in different spaces at different times. I've mentioned a few of these before, but I'd like to put them in order here. This order is somewhat fluid as I don't have distinct dates, but give or take a bit this is the order of communities as they have appeared.  Mixi Group Mori Girl Livejournal Blogging circles Tumblr Facebook Groups  Instagram Amino Group Discord Although mori folk have appeared and di...

 September's Bibliotheca writing prompt is, appropriately, Fall. There are so many ways to interpret this prompt, but I'm choosing to approach it this way: I want to share with you what made me "fall" in love with mori fashion. There are so many things that made me first fall in love with mori kei, some of them I've talked about online before, others I haven't, but today I want to point out some of the people and aspects of the fashion that really drew me in and have kept me hooked all these years. The Fashion First, let's start off with aspects of the fashion that initially drew me in. There are many, but I've narrowed it down to three. 1) The soft femininity : Mori kei, especially in its original form that I first discovered, has a soft type of femininity that really spoke to me and my interests. As far as fashion goes, I feel like mori reminds me of the fashion embodiment of a warm hug from your mom. Does anyone else feel the same? That kind of feel...

Hello Everyone! I recently participated in a panel on Mori Kei with Bay Area Kei's J-Fashion University. If you missed the panel, or simply want access to my links and resources, you can find everything here. Thank you to everyone who joined in! I had a great time and I hope you did too! Presentation Slides Links Document Extra links I didn't mention but that might be useful for you! This tumblr rant I made featuring a lot of images of variations within mori style This pinterest board for summer mori fashion

Let's set the scene. It's the early 2010s, and you're browsing on the internet. You come across this cute new J-fashion, called mori girl. Excited, you start to dive into the new street snaps and magazines that have recently been shared, and you decide you want to buy your own mori clothing. So you visit the websites of the many prominent mori brands to snag your first piece. For those of you who discovered mori in its early days, this probably brought back a wave of nostalgia for you. But for new mori folk, such a scenario would seem impossible. I can't count the number of times people have asked me where to buy mori clothing pieces, and I've had to sadly tell them I just don't know. Now that mori's heyday has passed, most mori brands have either shut down or moved on to new styles. But, I can remember a day when mori was a part of pop culture, and brands were fairly easy to find. Although most of these brands are gone, their impact on shaping the fashion s...