Official lolita blogs

Brands have their Facebooks and blogs, as well as models do. In case you wondered where the official lolita blogs are, they're mostly located on popular japanese blogging site Ameblo.jp and Yaplog.jp and written in japanese, but we care mostly about the pictures, right? So far, I was able to locate these:

Angelic Pretty designers

Maki and Asuka

Innocent World designer
Yumi Fujiwara

Angelic Pretty models

             
                                           RinRin Doll                                         Kimura U

                                              Sumire Sato                               Chitako                               

   Sayaka                                       Kayuu           

                       
BtSSB models

    Misako Aoki                                  Midori Fukasawa

Official blogs of AP shops

AP Harajuku

AP Oomiya

AP Sannomiya

AP Fukuoka

AP Hiroshima

AP Kanazawa

AP Nagoya

AP Okayama

AP Osaka

AP Sendai

AP Shinjuku

AP Tokyo

AP Yokohama

Official blogs of BtSSB shops

BtSSB Niigata

BtSSB Osaka

BtSSB Sendai

Official Metamorphose blog (till 2014)

Metamorphose english blog

Larme Kei: Risa Nakamura

If you know of any other, please let me know, I'd love to read them! I mean, look at the pretty pictures!:3

2017/02 Valentine meetup in Olomouc

My first Valentine meetup ever! The invitation looked very promising, but I got to know about it too late. Thanks to my friend Lavinie I could go though! The theme was OTT lolita and people came appropriately dressed up. The photos were taken by Michal Pospíšil.

I don't know everyone, but the ones I know better are, in the middle of the top row in Promenade de Paris, that is Ruki, to his left is Mitsu, to his right is Millarca who organized the meet. At the bottom row from the left side of picture: Kiki in black dress, Yuki in Wonder Party sax dress, Lavinie in The Longest name OP, and crouching in the front is the owner of a small local lolita shop Porcelain doll.

 

We went out to take photos in small groups. More opportunity for group photos, sweet lolitas this time! Brolitas above, top row on the right is Ruki in Promenade de Paris print in lavender, I fawned over his dress so much!

 

Skirt, bow: Angelic Pretty Wonder Party
Blouse: Bodyline
Parka: Bodyline
Shoes: An*Tai*Na

Michal Pospíšil took great photos, I look like someone from a jfashion magazine, yay! My outfit was OTT sweet! I used the skirt's bow for my head :D I wear three pairs of wristcuffs, a dozen bracelets, and I have soft pastel star clips in my hair! The parka has bunny ears and it's so cute, my favorite :3

It was around freezing point outside but I didn't mind much, I was so happy I could come! Yuki also took her Wonder Party (she got an OP+HB+OTKs for less than I got the skirt for, such a great bargain hunter!) and so we twinned!

And this is Lavinie, a big fan of older BtSSB pieces, thanks to which I could come! She offered me ticket of her partner, it was so sweet of her :3 She's wearing Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's The Longest name OP, full name "The World's Most Adorable Dog and the World's Most Delicious Frappe Print OP ", eeek!

The meet itself happened in a cake shop. We exchanged a lot of small presents and valentine cards, and the host ran a raffle with cute prices for everyone! I got a load of cute stuff!

Goodbye till next time!

Bodyline haul - closet padding.

I haven't looked on Bodyline's site for quite a while. The prices pleasantly surprised me and I decided to pad my wardrobe with some more daily wear! Bad news; the YEN trick doesn't work anymore. Even if you use Yen, the final price at Checkout will be in USD anyway, of course with use of their not so flattering conversion rate. Also no more free shipping! I paid 40 USD shipping, and they divided the order into two packages. It was a lot of stuff though so not all that bad shipping price!

The full order we ordered with friends, 3 dresses, 1 skirt, 2 blouses, 3 cutsews, 5 accessories. Wow!

My part of the order all together.

Alice printed dress. Not that thrilled about the quality, but it does its job and looks decent. The lace looks nice but is stiff and scratchy, the headbow isnt all that nice either. On the bright side, the dress has back shirring, a side zipper, and the front bow is removable. The lovely apron has a jingle bells =^.^=  and since the dress doesn't have waist ties, its meant to be worn with it. The whole set of dress, apron and a headbow for 6.66 USD? It's a steal!

This dress has better quality. Good cotton fabric was used, the color is nice and vivid. Quality cotton lace was used. The dress has shirring in the back, neck ties and waist ties. The skirt is long and full. Overall I'm very happy with this dress! For the price of 13.33 USD it cost, I wouldn't get even the lace used in local shops here.

Wristcuffs to go with the red dress above! Looking lovely, but the lace is scratchy.

OTKs with 'burgers' as we know from TaoBao's google translations. Macarons! :3

A short, low-poof petticoat. Looking so soft, but scratchy again. Why is most of Bodyline's stuff so scratchy? x.x It looks adorable though and would work under salopette, for Fairy Kei, or layering on another petticoat.

Cardigan and two shirts for much needed casual wear or under JSKs in summer. The fabric is thin, soft and pleasant, perfect for summer!

Side scratchy lace and petticoat, I'm very pleased with what I got, and if you are careful with picking out things, Bodyline can be great source of affordable lolita clothing or just padding your wardrobe with more daily wear if you want to!

TaoBao Haul!

I'm already getting stocked for this summer! Actually, I ordered the package On July 2016 with TaoBaoNow but only got it delivered now in January.. it's quite a story to tell.

TaoBaoNow got my order in July, and already had everything shipped on 2nd August. The tracking number didn't work, so I contacted them after a few weeks and they told me they will ask the post. I inquired again and they said it will take 2-3 weeks for the post to investigate. I asked yet again, and they said the post told them the package got delayed in customs. By then the tracking number was just writing 'EXPIRED', and so I inquired again. This time, they said the post needs 2-3 months to investigate! The end of PayPals buyer protection was near, as it was five months from my order.. so I warned them I'll have to ask for refund. They asked to wait more, that the package was too big to be sent by the mail I paid for (what? You know that just now?) and was on their way back to them. Sounding fishy, isnt it? I issued PayPal claim and was refunded the money. Whoa whoa, not end of the story yet! Soon after, they send me photo of the package and ask me to revert the claim! No way. I let them send me new PayPal invoice. Two weeks later, the package is safely in my hands no problem! Next time I plan on using another shopping service anyway.. not worth my nerves.

What took me such great pains and half a yeat to get? A two kilo box with summer haul!

Summer hat. I have a parasol but it is not always practical to carry around, or open and close all the time when the sky is only partly cloudy. I don't want to look like a fool having an open parason when walking through a shade. Not sure about the correct parasol etiquette? Use a cute hat instead!

A gorgeous chiffon blouse. Just look on those details! It's my first chiffon blouse and oh my, it's so light, it will be perfect for summer under my chiffon Cosmic JSK!

Then comes my much sought after Infanta cutsew. I adore it but never felt like I could wear it well. It's so cute and sweet! So I decided since we live only once to buy it regardless as a present for myself. Presents don't have to be practical if you like them, right? The lace is kind of thick and unyielding, it feels kind of baggy and would probably look very bad on breasty people. Still, its very comfortable and long, down to my hips, so great to combine with salopettes or even pants for the cute casual look! It's my first lavender piece, I so need more lavender in my life this year :3

Lace for ankles on an elastics. With these, you can  instantly turn any socks into their lolita version! Or use them as emergency wristcuffs... my wrists are small so I can't, though. Also great to add that extra color you may be missing it the lower part of your coordinate to achieve that balanced look you are after! The lace is great quality, too. Pleasantly surprised, though I ordered sax and BLACK pair. TaoBaoNow screwed up again.

A cute, light sailor shirt for summer coordinates I plan to use together with my Angelic Pretty Dreamy Horoscope JSK in navy when the day is hot!

And lastly, the much needed OTKs to go with my Angelic Pretty Wonder Party skirt in sax.

Some odds and ends like plain tights and two present were not included on my pictures :3
I certainly feel ready for hot summer now!