Bleeding onto other blogs

Hahaha nothing I can really share right now,

but things are kind of moving crazy fast for me at the moment, I'll share once I have something solid to show you guys<333333 (and when I have time :'D)

ANYWAY about the blog bleeding part- I recently took a class with an amazing milliner, Jasmin Zorlu ( http://www.jasminzorlu.com/ )

she posted some shots from the class here:
http://jasminzorlu.blogspot.com/

hahaha you can see the hat I made at the link above, but here's some clearer pics on my new foam head :'D





It's made from crinoline, feathers and netting

also I made a new hat and accessories for the Red Sky at Night party

(sadly the dress i wanted to buy was sold out so I wore my meta JSK and couldn't enter the outfit competition Dx)







I was really happy because a lot of people liked it and asked how I made it <3
I"ll post a tutorial on here later and on sew_loli once I have the time~


honestly my photos of the event and my outfit sucked! my camera was acting up for some reason that night!

however there better photos at looooo's blog : http://kalamarikastle.com/?p=259
(ahhh! I was really suprised a closeup of my hat was part of the main post ;___;)

anyway I took a breather the next day and went to tea with my friend Julia <3





The place was called 'Teas the Season' and is located in down town San Mateo- it's not quite as good as Crown and Crumpet in SF, but it's a hell of a lot closer for me! Also you can cut costs if you go with a friend and order one pot of tea and then seperate plates of sandwiches/scones/sweets from eachother~ They also have knitting nights (friday) and monthly book club meetings! I want to go knit there but I've been super busy lately. Read More......

Fanime + outfit snaps

Sadly I wasn't able to afford the 'Fancy french event' as we were all calling it, but I did have a blast at fanime! Not posting my cosplay photos, but I was in lolita for half the weekend.



I picked up a brand new Algonquins t-shirt from the swap meet on friday for 20$- according to the tag, the retail was about 60! (Never underestimate swap meets- 80% of the stuff you probably won't be intrested in, but you can find some real gems if you look hard enough!)

The head bow is from Chantilly (35$) , and the flower head band I think is from Paris kids(7$), both were bought at the magical boutique.

of course no photos were allowed, but it was crazy seeing so much brand in one place at once! It was amazing to be able to see tripple fortune head pieces and brands like atlier pierrot and chantilly up close- eventhough I'm more of a goth at heart, I fell half in love with the black colorway of Angelic Pretty's Wonder Cookie skirt *__*



This is what I was wearing on Sunday morning, repping the old school bxw coordinate- the JSK is by Baby and of course the bow is the one I bought at the magical boutique.

I wish I could have gotten more outfit shots but here's what I do have-











I wish I took some more photos before the lolita fashion show! Everyone looked amazing! Hahaha I was kind of out of it and half blind, (thankyou wig and contact lenses...) so I didn't feel like fiddling around with my camera





here's me and my pal Julia- I'm repping goth and she's wearing a super awesome punk loli coordinate!



full outfit...



in action! Eventhough I was in the fashion show last year too I was still really nervous and didn't know how to pose!



smiling because it's over hahahaha

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Hot mens and a hair cut :D

Sorry I haven't updated in almost a week- I've been busy though!

MMM nothing says glamorous life of a fashion student like 1 AM pattern drafting :D~

And here's the illustration project that was due next week- it's a shame I didn't get a close up of the bitch boots, but the teacher really dug the tattoo :]

(this week the assignment is striped spandex swimsuits from a back view- oh my!)

also- outfit snap from last friday! I don't know if anyone caught it- but I gave myself a bob the night before! (I should probably go see someone to even out the back though...)

That red jacket is one of my favs~ The skirt, jacket and blouse are all from goodwill!

and sadly... there's no way I can afford the Nightmare Before Christmas x Metamorphose colab, so I drew it :B

Someone posted scans of the pamphlet from Miyavi's current tour here at jrock scans and it is gorgeous! (you have to be a member to see-

here's some previews though!

SERIOUSLY considering buying it if/when he comes to LA!

Bitch is fierceeeeeeeeeee~!

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Dream Dress Syndrome

WHEW

to combat the ranty-ness of that last entry I thought I'd blog about something that made me really happy~
(again I'd like to apologize the swiftness in which I jumped from introduction to a informative post and then straight to uncoherant ranting! In my defense it was about 3 AM when I decided to word-vomit a rebuttal.)

Maybe it is because of the very nature of lolita fashion, the obsession with fantasy and fancy, the adoration of beautiful impractical things, that what I call the 'dream dress' syndrom is so prominant! 

Now, this isn't a lolita specific thing,  I know bjd owners often have a 'dream doll' they long to purchase, the average fashionista lusts over a pair of shoes she HAS TO HAVE, or with any hobby really, it's natural for people to make shopping lists in their head and have a particular item they quest for. (Ah glorious materialism how I love thee <3)

Anyway, back to the dream dress.  This is a fact; whether she (or he) knows it, every lolita has a dream dress.  This is the dress that maybe introduced them to the style or even fall in love with it, it's the dress that maybe sums up everything they love about lolita in one garment for them-  sometimes it might not even be a dress at all! (insert a JSK from moi meme moitie, a bonnet from tripple fortune, a tail coat from atlier boz or any other item here)

Haha unfortunately for me, what cemented this particular dress as my 'dream dress' recently, was seeing it on egl comm sales for a mere 170$ plus matching headbow and shipping.

Now, I was one of those girls who has a huge folder of dresses, hats, cutsews ect. that we one day hope to purchase (or replicate) eventually, and when ever a post on egl came up asking 'Show me your dream dress girls!' I didn't know how to reply.

But back to realizing it was my dream dress-  my heart beat quickened- my palms grew sweaty- I spazzed on aim to whoever happened to be online that OMG this dress was on sale what do I do?!  ( I would like to quote a choice couple of sentences from Kamikaze Girls here, but alas my copy is at home.  Novala, you might be a slightly creepy japanese dude, but you know the inner workings of a maiden's heart!)

At 170$, even for a Metamorphose OP which originally retailed at over 300$ (and if you add the shipping costs and the matching headbow, the price could very easily tip into the upper 400's) it is the largest lolita purchase I have yet to make- at a time when I know I'll be short of money anyway. (and yes, I am afraid I'll be living off of plain noodles ... with more noodles for quite a while)

After two days of completely irrational anxiety ( refreshing the sales page every 10 min. to see if there had been any offers so far- CHECK) I finally broke down and asked the seller to hold it a couple of days so I could purchase it.

Anyways, yesterday it arrived a couple days ago and I didn't know what to expect.  Would I be dissapointed finally holding this dress which I've longed for unknowingly for some time? Would I be completely furfilled and choose not to buy another item of lolita clothing because it couldn't match up to the hype and gorgeousness of this dress?

Can I just say that I am in love?

It's every bit as beautiful in real life as I pictured <3333>

SO my advice is as follows

- if you see your dream dress on sale and you know you're the sort of person who's going to have regrets- get it!

- of course this entails being considerate of your current financial position- last year I wasn't so smart with my bugeting and thus had be pretty thrifty so I wasn't living off of old halloween candy. (OH WAIT...)  

- So I suppose the point is, go ahead and indulge yourself but be knowledgable about what you can or cannot do- if you really want something, splurge only if you can deal with the concequences!  The saddest thing would be buying your dream dress only to sell it off soon after because you couldn't afford your rent/food/other nessecity.  

It might sound like I'm trying to act like your mom, but I know mine would say something like 'Devote your money to important things first!' That is certainly the reasonable approach, but if you love lolita, I feel that a love of a little bit of impracticality comes along for the ride!

And for gods sake if you buy that dress- wear it!  Confidence will only make you more beautiful<3

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