Sunday, October 6, 2024
Confounded Unpacking Woes
Saturday, August 6, 2022
New Shoes x 2
There has been a need for a classy pair of pink heels in my lolita wardrobe for quite a while. Cotton Candy Feet has some really cute styles. The problem is that there are too many good options! It's taken a few months, but I finally decided on a pair. It came down to choosing the pair with the name I liked the best. Fairy Ballerina Glitter Shoes was the winner! How can you go wrong with fairies, ballerinas and glitter?
I chose the light pink option. Here's a picture showing some my dresses I plan to wear them with:
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| Top Left: Toys Museum Top Right: Whimsical Vanilla Chan Bottom Left: Unbirthday Bottom Right: Dolls Tea Party All Angelic Pretty |
In other news I found a super cute Angelic Pretty blouse for sale secondhand online and I bought it!
It's the Decoration Ruffle Blouse from 2009. It has detachable sleeves! It wont come with the detachable ribbon on the front but that's okay because I can just make it myself. It will be my first completely blue blouse. The blue blouses I have are both striped. It is always funny to me how I've been in the fashion so many years but some things that feel like they should be essential (e.g. a plain blue blouse) I just don't have. Something else I don't have is a white bag. Probably, I need two. One for classic looks and one for sweet looks.
Since it's an order from Japan, I picked out a few other items too. Gotta make it worth it. ^^; (goodbye money *watches money flying away*)
I also got these shoes for more casual lolita looks in a local store! They had a few other pastel coloured shoes as well, but I resisted them. I wish pastel colours could stay in fashion for a long time...![]() |
| Top row (left to right): Fantastic Carnival, Happy Bunny, Marshmallow Bunny, Toys Museum Bottom row (left to right): Melody Toys, Toy Parade, Toy Fantasy All Angelic Pretty |
They'll go with many of my dresses! :D Personally, I think combining sneakers with lolita is super cool. It makes the outfits look way more casual.
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Weekend Adventures
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Bunny Pocket OP
Monday, March 7, 2022
A very special haul
I happened to see the matching KC for Holy Night Story by Angelic Pretty for sale on a Japanese secondhand site and this started a large haul (I also happened to find the matching mini hat as well!!).
I wanted to share a few of the things I bought. Most importantly, I found someone selling the first lolita dress I ever saw. I decided to try it on in a similar fashion to the way I first saw it. No blouse, petticoat or socks or anything.
| Innocent World Dot Stripe JSK |
| Innocent World Stripe Pleated Skirt Baby, the Stars Shine Bright Sucré Transparent Knitting Cardigan |
This skirt and cardigan are another two items I ordered. The skirt is kind of odd, which is the reason I bought it. I really love this cardigan. It's a light knit with half sleeves. It's going to be really nice for warmer weather.
| Innocent World Tartan Check Frederick Trump JSK Innocent World Noemi Ribbon Cardigan |
Both the jumperskirt and the cardigan here are new. I really really love this dress. It has a lot of velvet details and it's very nice and heavy and it's wonderful. The photo is pretty dark but I am sure I will wear it quite a few times before cold weather leaves us so hopefully I'll get some nice photos to share here.
I've been pretty busy recently. I hope March will be less interesting.
I have a goal for myself to make a headpiece to match my Doll's Tea Party OP. I have the materials already, and a design in mind. Just need to execute it!
Friday, February 11, 2022
Holy Night Story Jumperskirt GET
I really like the velvet fabric on this dress. The waist ribbon ends in a bullion fringe. Combined together with the fabric it reminds me of plush old fashioned curtains.
Sunday, January 30, 2022
The Wardrobe Post 2022
Main Pieces
One Piece Dresses
Angelic Pretty Whimsical Vanilla-chan OP A dress I never thought I'd own! It's so beautiful! When I received it, the lace was so perfectly pressed. I was amazed. This was before I knew about steamers. |
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Finally Trump Alice!
Background: I ordered the Trump Alice JSK from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright in the summer without realizing that they only ship with EMS. EMS currently doesn't ship to Canada. I thought, 'alright, let's wait and see if they start shipping again.' Half a year later I came to the conclusion it's probably not going to happen so I send an email to the company asking if I can change the shipping address to USA. They say yes and thankfully I'm able to have it shipped to a family friend and they forwarded it to me. Apparently when they saw the word 'Trump' on the package they were triggered, which is pretty funny.
I should have taken a photo of how everything looked out of the box, but that didn't happen. I'm going to show some worn photos now~
I'm not including this dress in the wardrobe post, although I bought it last year I didn't receive it until 2022 so~
Also! spy another new dress in the corner of two of the photos! I want to make a post about it soon!!
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Reflections after Ten Years in Lolita Fashion
As I mentioned in a previous post, I received an enormous package of secondhand lolita items last month. It may have been the most I've ever spent on lolita in a single order.
A lot of things needed to be laundered and due to health issues it took a while to finally get them all washed. Now the pieces are all scattered everywhere (read: put away in their places) so it's a bit inconvenient to take a haul photo at this point, especially because health issues are yet to be resolved.
There's also this matter of not wanting to encourage consumerism, as I also wrote about previously.
Anyway, I can't stand to not make some kind of record about it!
So... Now that I have been wearing the things from that haul, I am struck by a thought that it feels like this collection of items really represents my core values in lolita fashion. I've struggled a lot in the past with trying to define my lolita style, wanting that cohesive wardrobe but loving too many different things. My 10 year anniversary of wearing lolita fashion is fast approaching. I'm feeling nostalgic. Here's what I've learned:
I love old Innocent World. It is the quintessential lolita style. Without a doubt, that is because it was the first brand I ever saw, circa 2009.
| Innocent World's Dot Stripe JSK, the first lolita dress I ever saw. |
When it comes to Angelic Pretty, I prefer their lavender line and Kira Imai prints the most. I'm surprised to realize that I prefer muted pastels. Does this mean I will get rid of my 2010 era AP? No, definitely not. There's another type of nostalgia there (but I am not writing about that right now).
My current predominant style is best described as sweet-classic or classic-sweet. I'm not sure which one is more commonly used or if they are considered to have different meanings.
I would also describe my style as casual. I prefer things that are simple or more plain, easy to wear and comfortable.
At this time, I'm confident in saying that Innocent World is my favourite brand. Their older pieces revives the flame that my first encounter with lolita sparked.
| Here's a collection of stock images of my haul. Some items, I couldn't locate on Lolibary. |
I still have the original photos that started it all for me, but they were saved off of someone's personal LiveJournal so I wont be sharing them here. I can describe one of them though. It's a low quality photograph of a girl wearing the Dot Strike JSK in lavender, with no blouse, no socks or shoes. She's taking the photo in a mirror with a digital camera. Behind the mirror you can catch a glimpse of her closet, there's a white petticoat, a couple of blouses and a pink BTSSB skirt, it looks like the 2006 release of Scallop Hem Skirt. She's standing on a forest green Persian rug, the floor is wooden parquet. There's a bunch of beaded necklaces hanging off of one side of the mirror. In the background on the wall is what looks like oil pastel drawings of samurai. The lighting is warm.
I ALSO have to point out that I bought a black colourway of Doll's Tea Party. Black is making a comeback in my wardrobe, it's going to happen. I really am considering buying a few more black pieces. My closet is pretty full, but I love everything in it and also bought new hangers sooooo~
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Updating the wishlist
Just for record keeping's sake, the following are being removed from the wish list because they have been obtained.
- Candy Carol OP in ivory
- Stardust Fantasia in navy (although I wouldn't mind any of the other colorways, really)
- BTSSB bunny ear hoodie in sax
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Why I Love One Piece Dresses
Jumperskirts are great. The requirement of a blouse presents an easy avenue for highlighting certain colours in a print. Blouses in different styles also present the opportunity to change the look of the coordinate.
I've always preferred one piece dresses, but in the past years, I've gained this appreciation for jumperskirts. Experimenting with which blouse to go underneath the dress is a lot of fun.
As an example of this, I originally wanted the one piece dress of Angelic Pretty's Toy Fantasy. I changed my wishlist to be for the jumperskirt cut instead.
But I am having a personal renaissance with one piece dresses.
They are just so easy to wear. Sometimes, it's already kind of daunting to me to get dressed. So anything that makes it easier is a bonus. With a one piece dress, I can just put it on and instantly look cute.
I don't want to worry about wearing the same coordinate more than once (even though I do, even with non lolita items). It's nice to wear a coordinate I love over and over.
All of this is really to say, I bought the one piece dress of Toy Fantasy in Sax.
Here are some coordinate collages:
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| A sax themed coordinate. |
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| A mostly pink (with some blue) themed coordinate. |
I found it a bit hard to make coordinate collages because the print seems pretty detailed but I can't see it too well in the stock photo. Looking forward to seeing it in person :D
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Toy Parade!
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| I never realized there's no blue in this print! |
I also bought a new pair of gold Tea Party shoes as well from Angelic Pretty.
Here is a potential coordinate I came up with:
***I haven't posted in a while because I was pretty sick the past few months but I am feeling better now. I tried to make a post about it but deleted it shortly after, sorry to anyone that read it.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Wishlist Update
Today I am removing somethings from my wish list because I have gotten them!
Fantastic Carnival by Angelic Pretty! I wanted to get the pink colourway either JSK or OP, but it seems this is unlikely to ever happen because this colourway is really expensive. I saw the mint colourway come up for sale at a much more reasonable price a few times. Finally, I decided to get it because it came with the matching head bow too!
Milky-chan the Fawn Bag!! I saw it come up for sale on Mercari. I caved in and spent the crazy amount of money for it. I have no regrets! I'm so happy with it. It even came with the tags :o
I also ordered a pair of white rocking horse shoes from Taobao from the Bodyline manufacturer.
I am going to also add some things too:
- Mary's Sweet Sheep JSK by Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
- Edward Muffler by Innocent World
- Toy's Museum by Angelic Pretty
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The Wardrobe Post 2021
Welcome to my 2021 lolita wardrobe post~!
One Piece Dresses
Jumperskirts
Skirts
Blouses
Cutsews
Cardigans/Boleros/Sweaters
Left: Satin Ribbon Bolero (g443-g445) (Bodyline, 2008)
Outerwear
Socks
Accessories
Left (top to bottom): Sheep Garden Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2011); Ladder Lace Mini Ribbon Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2013); Happy Garden Headband (Angelic Pretty, 2010); Whimsical Vanilla-Chan Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2010); Milky-Chan the Fawn Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2009); Melody Toys Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2020); Wonder Memories Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2016); Triple Ribbon Lace Head Bow (Angelic Pretty, 2013)Top (left to right): Lyrical Bunny Ring (Angelic Pretty, 2008); Milky-chan the Fawn Ring (Angelic Pretty, 2009); Happy Bunny Ring (Angelic Pretty, 2010); Sugar Dream Bunny Ring (Angelic Pretty, 2014); Shyness Bear Ring (Angelic Pretty, 2010)
Bags
Top row (left to right): Milk-chan Pochette (Baby, the Stars Shine Bright); Kuma Kumya Pochette (Baby, the Stars Shine Bright); Osanpo Lamb-chan Bag (Angelic Pretty, 2011)
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