/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10347932

I feel like it's a definite cultural difference, kinari x shiro seems to be a staple traditional colour pairing for the Japanese. Whereas for western girls, wikipedia even lists "ivory" under "shades of white".

So if you didn't have a rule like "don't mix white and ivory", you'd end up with girls doing pink x white except the western girl will actually be doing pink x white x ivory x eggshell x cream x light beige x grey x off white x baby cream x antique white x warm white x cold white x "whoops dropped it in bleach" x "whatever, it's almost white".

Could also have something to do with major brands catering to Asian skintones. Most Japanese brand whites will be either warm white or stark white, never cold white as it tends to go badly with most Japanese skintones (which was their OG main market). It would very easy for them to put together kinari x white coords without running into cold whites that look grey next to ivory.

Anyway, for those anons that still doubt it as a "traditional" pairing, try this. Go to lolibrary. Set the filter to "onepiece", the colourway to "ivory". Then look at the dresses that have bibs, large collars, detachable sleeves. A lot of them still use ivory x white, it gives more contrast to the dress than ivory x ivory.