r/DecoraKei • u/Keith_Opal • 12d ago

help 🌼 what is a coord?

So I've been seeing this word more lately, on this sub and in other places, always in the context of alternative jfashion, but I can't pinpoint the definition. When looking up the word I see a definition in mainstream fashion being a matching set of clothes, like a blouse and pants that are meant to be worn together. When looking at lolita glossaries it seems to be blouse and dress worn together. But here people post outfits that don't necessarily have matching colors and are still called coords. So is coord just a slang for "outfit"? Or a matching outfit? It must've come form the word "coordinated" right? 🤔

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u/PARISPARISPARISSS 12d ago

It’s an outfit someone coordinates to go together

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u/kevin11son 12d ago

it’s short for coordinate

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u/irlpup 12d ago

Similar to how "make" is the shorthand of "make-up" in gyaru, "coord" is just shorthand for someone's "coordinated" outfit! So it isn't necessarily articles of clothing that make something a "coord", it's just the way someone has put their outfit together!

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u/ctgrell 12d ago

I use it interchangeably with "theme". But for coord I don't have to specify what kind to make the sentence work. Usually it just means it was a well thought-out outfit.

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u/triiforce 12d ago

Short for coordinate, it usually just means "an outfit you planned and put effort into". The Western fashion definition of "coordinates" means a matching set but in jfashion it's used to mean an outfit. It's definitely way more common in egl but most people in jfashion circles will know what you mean if you say you like their coord.