My Ideal Wardrobe

It's kind of funny how in spite of being in the fashion for many years, I still haven't quite gotten to my ideal wardrobe yet - let alone one I feel satisfied with, and it doesn't help that for many, we're always finding more things we think we need to "complete" them. 

My wardrobe have seen ups and downs, starting with babby's first pieces, to my sweet lolita phase (in which I learned that pastels looked bad on me), from wearing exclusively kuro lolita (because I was too afraid to get out of my comfort zone), some hiatus, to wanting to go back to old-school styles, and more recently, attempts at a more "daily" lolita wardrobe. 

If money weren't an issue and my dream pieces were easier to hunt for, I would start with the following:

1) Lots of blouses and other tops 

I'm not considered plus-sized, but it seems to be quite rare for a Japanese brand lolita blouse to fit comfortably and not feature so many frills and lace and a wide peter pan collars.

Having a wide variety of tops, including cutsews and boleros is important for flushing out a lolita wardrobe. I'm currently putting a lot of thought into a taobao spree (lol) on blouses in the near future.

2) Lots of Little Black (lolita) Dresses 

My current wardrobe is currently a mix of otome-like sweet pieces and classic, but I'm still a huge sucker for all black pieces. I can't help finding them very underrated and beautiful. It's one of the things my brain unconsciously searches for when I'm hunting for unrelated pieces in the auctions. Here's some of the LBDs I'm looking out for: 

3) One pieces

I used to not like these because there's not a whole lot of coordinating that goes on with one piece dresses, but I've come to appreciate their simplicity and practicality, especially in warmer weather. My problem is that most one pieces, at least the ones I like do not have shirring, and my body is dumb for wanting to shift weights on a frequent basis, so I'm paranoid about pieces not fitting and insist that every main piece has shirring. Fortunately, I'm not the only one with this problem. 

Dear Brands: PLEASE MAKE MORE OPs WITH SHIRRING!!!

4) Wishlist Dresses 

Help a lolita out? 

5) Dream Dresses

For me, the difference between wishlist and dream dresses are that wishlist pieces are somewhat obtainable (although, for some reason, in spite of most of the pieces above being quite basic, they're difficult to find, especially in the colorways I want them in), and dream pieces are items that I've wanted for years (some since I got into lolita some 8-9 years ago) and are not going to fit me at all, unfortunately.
 For example:

6) Casual pieces and more shoes

Again, it's that notion of having pieces to flush out a wardrobe, but for me, it's also that long held idea of becoming a "daily" lolita. I'd like to have a wardrobe that includes a number of fancy pieces or pieces that can easily be dressed up for meets and other special events while having casual items that can be worn when doing things like running errands. 

Like this, but with classic and some old school pieces, a collection of LBDs, otome-kei/casual pieces, and a lot of vintage accessories. 

What sort of things would help achieve your ideal wardrobe?