[coord] Alice coord for Okashi Con 2025!~

 Check out this fun and cute Alice in wonderland coord for San Japan and Okashi Con 2025! Loving this versatile dress from metamorphose, everything just came out perfectly!

Check out my blog post for more details! 

https://starsbegantofall.com/2025/09/30/fashion-okashi-con-j-fashion-mixer-coord/

[coord] Metamorphose Voyage in Memory spooky coord

 Be sure to check my website for the con report of San Japan x Okashi-con Japanese fashion events! I borrowed my bestie's Meta jumperskirt for the mixer since Meta was the guest of honor this year and I'm loving this coord I put together!

https://starsbegantofall.com/2024/09/08/fashion-metamorphose-voyage-spooky-coord/

[jumperskirt: Metamorphose Temps de Fille; blouse: Long Ears Sharp Ears; feather collar, tights: Moi Meme Moitie; shoes: American Duchess; earrings, hat: self-made; rings: Shojomonsta, off-brand; hat corsage: Empire Noir]

[coord] Vintage lolita for Thai-inspired high tea

 

Visit my website's blog (see link below) about this adorable retro lolita coord for high tea with friends!

 https://starsbegantofall.com/2023/12/23/fashion-vintage-lolita-for-a-thai-inspired-tea/

[meet/coord] Okashi-con 2023 - J-fashion Mixer!

 I decided to not post this on my domain anyway, I feel like it's kind of personal stuff that doesn't need to be archived forever on a portfolio site. Lol. Anyway, here are some photos from Okashi-con 2023 and related J-fashion recaps!

Okashicon is a small convention in Pflugerville, Texas and emphasizes inclusivity, Japanese street fashion and a safe and welcoming environment for all Japanese culture fans. This year the con invited Japanese guests Haruka Kurebayashi and Sebastian Masuda, along with a handful of western indie brands and vendors. They have a fashion show, several J-fashion panels, a swapmeet and a fashion mixer each year (when able to meet in person) along with the usual anime panels, cosplay contest, tabletop gaming, maid cafe, voice-actor guests, artist alley and dealer's room. If you are even slightly interested in Japanese fashion and kawaii culture and have the means and desire to travel to Texas in the summer, you could do much worse (I mean that literally lol).

One of the panels I went to is the Lolita Loteria! It's basically bingo but with lolita related imagery, some of which were translated to Spanish but some not for entertainment factor. I won the first round and got a cute little sweet!

Unlike a traditional lolita brand-sponsored tea party, the fashion mixer is open to all Japanese street fashions such as lolita, decora, ouji, gyaru, fairy-kei, rave, etcetera. This year's theme is space uchuu, featuring the cutest space girl mascot and very creative table decorations! The favor bags for attendees are hefty ones with tons of space-themed treats and small goodies from the vendors and fashion guests, kudos to the staff for putting it together!

 

[coord/meetup] Rapunzel Sakizo in the gardens

 For April, some of the local lolita crew went to the Japanese Spring festival in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, and I put together this Rapunzel coord from my latest purchase, a Baroque x Sakizo jumperskirt secondhand from Lacemarket. My actual coord was intended for comfort, so I wore a cotton cutsew and knee high socks, but the shirt and socks got sweaty and were not washed, so in this coord for a photoshoot, I wore a fancier blouse and different clean socks. The festival was closed the next day due to rain so it was really warm and humid for lolita, let me tell ya.

[JSK: Baroque x Sakizo; blouse, socks: Metamorphose; shoes: Sosic Shop; necklace and flower ring: TxarraOtsoa; necklace: Disney; other rings: offbrand, Etsy; hair corsage: Black Ribbon, Taobao; other hair flowers: Daiso, Claire's, off brand; bracelets: offbrand; earrings: iconografi]

Obviously I was very pleased to get another Sakizo dress in my collection at a bargain, and since this dress had flowers and Rapunzel's braids in the print, I thought why not wear it to the gardens with a Rapunzel inspired hairstyle? This Bodyline wig was ready to be retired permanently but as I couldn't really sell it in such poor tangled condition, I decided to braid it (permanently lol) and add pink and purple and cream flowers to match. One of the hair corsages is actually a kanzashi, which was perfect to wear to the Japanese festival. I also really loved the elaborate multi-strand pearl choker decorated with off-white flowers which I got from Etsy, as it matched the pearl chains that came with the dress well. But I really really loved the purple pansy ring I nabbed from a cupcake topper years ago because there were purple pansies in this print, too. It was meant to be. 

The only thing I didn't like about this coord is that the beige color did no favors to my skin. But I didn't think wearing gold or brown accents (like gold or brown shoes) would help that either. This dress comes in multiple colorways including white, purple and various pastels, perhaps one day I might try to get another colorway and see if it looks better on me. Overall, this was a solid coord, I loved the Rapunzel braid and the dress is beautiful on its own so I didn't need a fancy blouse or socks.

[coord] Happy Halloween! gothic lolita nurse

I wore this Taobao gothic lolita nurse outfit for spooky brunch yesterday as the evil twin, my friend who got the dresses was the less evil twin in white! I had to make tea sandwiches after class so I was rushed and didn't do the dramatic makeup I was going for, and couldn't find the best wig or socks or shoes to match either. I actually wore flats to drive in because I drove approximately a million miles yesterday.

This dress is pretty comfortable and well-made all things considered, fully lined, thick appropriate fabric, beautiful sparkly red button accents everywhere, dripping jewel blood drops on the hat. The gloves were kinda cheap looking in comparison, just flimsy costume satin with overly pointed tips (I guess to accommodate long finger nails or look extra creepy?), but could be worse.

[dress, hat, gloves, cuffs: Psyche Manie (Unicorn Tears); socks: HeartE; shoes: Sosic Shop; earrings: handmade]

I ordered a size large since the medium seemed like it would be a little tight around my waist and there is no shirring or elastic and I didn’t want to pop a button off bending over. Every time I ordered a Chinese size large, it either fit or was a little snug. Of course, this time a size large is too large!!! Hells bells! You can tell the shoulders are at least 2 inches too wide, and the fit around the bust and waist is about an inch too loose, not as fitted as I would have liked. So I cinched the back with a little waist strap to give it some waist definition, but as you can imagine, when I bent over, I did pop off a back button. Hells bells again! I think if I ever wear this again, I'll run a machine stitch to tighten the armscye and maybe make the shoulders less wide. But I can't do much about the torso area, so I'll just leave it as is.

Happy Halloween to all, I hope all of you fashionistas had a safe and healthy and fun night, even if you're just at home doing self-care!

[coord] Mad Hatter Tea at the Farmers Branch Historical Park

A friend invited me and the gang to an all ages tea party near our old stomping grounds at the city historical park. I have not actually been to this park, so it was nice to walk around after the tea party, which was quite nice for just $20. The food and drink was plentiful and good quality, they had polaroids with dressed up characters and yard games and cute Alice in Wonderland decor everywhere. I hope they continue running events!

[Jumperskirt: Mary Magdalene; blouse: Innocent World maybe; shoes: Bodyline (boots), Sosic Shop (heels); jacket: Victorian Maiden; tights: Baroque; purse: Innocent World; hat: handmade online; necklace: BB and B; earrings: Angelic Pretty]

I no longer had any specific Alice in Wonderland dresses, but I did have themed tights, so I rewore one of my first and favorite dresses into a much better coord. The Perfume Bottle JSK was designed by artist Sakizo, who also designed these Alice in Wonderland tights that are pretty close to the same color scheme. I also found this hat I purchased from copetilloarts.com and added a few brown ribbons to tie it into the colors of the JSK. And of course, my sweets necklace given as a birthday present, mint and pastels. The wig was heavy and frizzy by the end of the day, but overall this coord was a thousand times better than my first hime attempt. Huzzah! Improvement!

[coord] Holiday Tea at the Alexander Mansion (year 2)

My last lolita meet of the year was with my local comm in Dallas, and I revisited the Alexander Mansion for their European Holiday Tea again! It was a feast for the eyes and belly, the rooms were decorated wonderfully, although there was less of a craft market that day, we got to explore more rooms upstairs. I did not have a specific holiday dress, so I wore my new Arcadian Deer Four Elements of Astrology Fire Signs dress ordered from lolitawardrobe.com.

[Onepiece, bonnet: Arcadian Deer (Taobao); blouse: Innocent World, shoes: Secret Shop/off brand; socks: Angelic Pretty; necklace, earrings rings, hairpins: Kumacrafts, Forever 21, H&M, Hot Topic, offbrand]

I rewore my gold and pearl nails from the A-kon tea party and tested out a new auburn-brown wig, which was all right. The socks are not an exact match thematically, but I like the over the top gold/grey detail on them anyway lol. I think if I wore a less-wrinkly blouse, this would have been a perfect coord, but as it is, I don't like the feel of chiffon blouses, so wrinkly cotton blouses it is. Here is a shot of one of the upstairs storage rooms, so romantic.

[coord/meet] Okashi-con J-fashion "Magica Marina" mixer!

I attended Okashi-con as an artist alley artist and also went to the mixer with special guest Kimura U! I didn't really have a marine-themed dress that was summery so I just borrowed Cat's Baby mermaid dress and bought Mintymix's pastel rainbow bob wig and it was perfect! No detailed shots since this was a borrowed dress, lol.

[Dress, hairbow: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright; blouse: Innocent World; shoes: off-brand; mermaid tights: Etsy; necklace: Sanrio; badge: Preciousbbz, Kimura U; hair accessories: Daiso, Forever 21]

Anyway, the mixer was really cute with a DJ, fun drinks, cute ocean-themed backdrops for snapshots and a favor bag full of goodies and postcards. I had a good time even if we didn't have a crafting section like last year.

[coord/meet] A-kon Tea Party with Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Last year I did not make it to A-kon's tea party because it was in Fort Worth and I didn't feel like going through the effort/cost and instead just hung out with friends, but I went this year to check out the new venue at Fair Park in Dallas. It was super hot and humid and I'm sure my dress is ruined with sweat, but it was worth it. This year's tea part was in the elegant Capitol Hall, catered by a local tea restaurant, with fashion guests from Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Hard Decora, along with Haruka Kurabeyashi! I wore a new Baby dress bought from the Japanese website, but the matching accessories were not available, so I had to buy them from the American shop. I also bought new shoes for some reason even though I didn't have to lol. I'm too lazy to retake the photos in my bathroom but this is the gist of my coord, taken at the venue by a fellow lolita.

[Onepiece: Baby the Stars Shine Bright; shoes, socks, headdress, choker: Baby the Stars Shine Bright; rings, hairpins: Forever 21, H&M, offbrand]

This coord was almost head to toe Baby, because nothing else from a different brand would have matched, lol. I love this blue and white long length Rococco style dress and bought a hoop petticoat to wear under it, which was an experience. I am glad I didn't get the matching hairbow, I think this hairband from a different line worked very well without being too fussy over the curly wig. Also made a new set of blingy deco nails to wear, which I am very proud of. Hoping I can rewear this coord someday, as it cost over $1000 total lmao!!!

[coord] Halloween gothic coord

Hello! I managed to fit in a spoopy post-Halloween tea with my lolita friends and wanted to show off my gothic coord while I'm still feeling productive! I was quite happy to be invited and wear my new, never-worn Taobao dress.

[one-piece: Dear Celine; tights: Grimoire; shoes: Innocent World; headdress: Taobao, handmade; jewelry: Forever 21, H&M, off-brand]

I also made some gothic black blinged-up fake nails which I really liked but were silver themed instead of gold to match the dress. The actual headdress I wore to the actual party was the same Baby the Stars Shine Bright headdress I always wear for gothic coords, my original idea was to attach it and the veil to the horns, but I stayed up late doing my nails instead so I didn't get around to it lol.

[event] Project A-kon and tea party coord!

I was on J-fashion staff again this year for Project A-kon, and sure enough, things were suuuper hectic with the new venue in a new city and only our second year running a full program of events, with even more guests! But despite the last minute changes and constant chaos, what I saw of the programming was as good as it got. I hope we can learn from the gaps, expected and unexpected, and do even better next year, I'm like pretty sure of this, lol.

First of all, I had no part in this, but everyone in the community was super jazzed for our guests, Haenuli and Miss Octopie and Atelier Pierrot, who had apparently come to A-kon years ago but didn't have a great time, and a cameo from Minpha of the J-rock band, Pentagon (Japan.) I don't think we could have had a better lineup from overseas guests and local guests, good job to the higher ups who managed to get them to come to Texas. I hope they had a good time!

The panels this year covered both the basics and advanced topics of lolita, as well as a few other fashion styles. I wasn't able to make as many as I could due to work, only my own ouji/aristocrat panel, not even the fashion show, which was a bummer. But of course I had to put in work for the tea party! It took place in the Hilton, while we were packing and checking out, which I had to do for our room, lmao. We packed and distributed the cute tote bags with amaaaazing goodies, and we did my attempt at a parlor game, the shiritori game but to go with the "travel" theme. Raffle and prizes were done, and gifts for the guests, including these huge tacky Texas gift baskets from guest relations, lol.

Anyway, onto the important part of my post, my coord for the tea party. I was going to wear Atelier Pierrot, but the skirt I got was a mini-skirt, so I wore it Friday and rewore my Enchanted Fawn dress instead. I had grand plans for a completely new coord, but scaled plans back because I had to work on my ouji panel and a simple cosplay instead.

So here I am with Nunu, who said I was her deer princess, aww. Don't we look perfectly radiant? Anyway, I'm too lazy at the moment to rewear this outfit for a proper coord shot, so let me describe it quickly.

JSK: Haenuli; socks: Metamorphose; shoes: Secret Shop; blouse, horn headdress, jewelry, glasses, scarf: off brand, Forever 21, Daiso, H & M

I made the headdress from a set of golden horns on a headband I got from yesstyle by sewing Daiso and vintage lace and flowers on, then decorating one of the horns with wire strung with pearls and acrylic beads. Only one because I ran out of time to do the other one, lol. I also hung gold tassels on the horns and tried to elegantly drape this Pier Imports scarf over the back of the horns for a sort of mori-kei look. Overall, I really loved how everything looked so different from my previous coord, even though my glasses from cosplay were too shiny, lol, I had to wear them because I didn't get good sleep so I wanted to cover my red and puffy eyes. Here is a close-up!

Ouji outfit and panel info coming up next!

[event] Project A-kon 28 J-fashion Events in Fort Worth, Texas!

I am very excited to be part of the J-fashion staff at A-kon this year again! We have lots of cool events planned in a new and even bigger location, so I hope you are able to join us. On Saturday, there will be a Japanese street-fashion showcase with various styles as well as models wearing clothing from our esteemed guests, Atelier Pierrot and Haenuli. There will be plenty of interesting panels covering a variety of fashion topics throughout all 3 days, and of course Sunday afternoon tea, with games, prizes and delicious food!

I will not be modeling at the fashion show due to work commitments, but I will be hosting a panel on ouji and aristocrat fashion Saturday night at 10pm at the Hilton with Christian, a very talented local ouji and aristocrat expert. Please expect an informative (hopefully not boring lol) slideshow, followed by a fun activity with a nifty prize set!

[coord] Nasher Sculpture Center meetup

This was a last minute event, I had to bring socks to someone who I missed at previous meets lol. But I've never been to the sculpture center, so I saw cool sculptures, met some new-ish lolitas, used my selfie stick, caught a lot of new pokemon, so all was well. Here is my redo of an old gothic coord, sans lipstick.

Blouse, purse: Innocent World; skirt: Bodyline; socks: Angelic Pretty; shoes: Sosic Shop; collar: Hot Topic; jewelry, crown: Etsy, H&M, Forever 21

I was happy to show off the rings and bracelet, since the longer sleeves tend to hide those details. This wig is a nice color/texture for its price, but alas, it shed constantly, I hope the museum janitor doesn't find a nest of my wig hair in the statues lol. Anyway, while not perfect, I think it worked pretty well overall!

[coord] "Gal-entine's Day" wine meetup

We had a meetup at a wine bar for a Valentine's Day and someone's birthday event! It was a potluck style with finger foods and cake along with delicious sweet and sparkling wines, and afterward we walked around and had coffee and pizza. I decided to wear something red with a few cute handmade accessories with comfortable shoes.

Salopette: R-series Take the Crown; blouse: Metamorphose; socks: Ergi by Piratessen; shoes: Bodyline; purse: offbrand; hat, badge: handmade; jewelry: Daiso, Forever21

I had been planning to wear the gold glitter shoes, but decided something flat for walking around in and not falling over while drunk was the wiser choice. And it was. The salopette was a little looser around my waist than I would have liked, but that tends to be the silhouette for them, so it wasn't bad. I quite liked how my badge and hat turned out, close up pics coming! Again those socks are not an exact match, but I felt great finally wearing them out, lmao.

[coord] New Year's Community Meetup

The local community had another annual New Year meetup for the whole area last weekend. I wasn't sure I could make it since the theme was stars and I didn't finish a new headdress for my star-themed dresses. But I went ahead and wore my grandest dress, Angelic Pretty's Antoinette Decoration just to impress everyone and assert my alpha male dominance. Which I learned does not actually exist in wild wolf packs.

One-piece dress, bonnet, tights: Angelic Pretty; jacket: Zara; shoes: offbrand; flowers and hair accessories: Forever 21, handmade; jewelry: Forever 21, Daiso, Claire's

Since I bought the set from Angelic Pretty USA, there was not much else I needed to do to make it impressive, lol. I wore the jacket because it was chilly and wet outside, and since I wore my gold shoes recently, I brought out the cream heels for a more understated look. I added an ostrich feather to my bonnet and some flowers and head chains to give it a richer and more sumptuous feel, similar to Triple Fortune bonnets. But my favorite part of this coord is the braided bangs that I told myself I'd do for years and finally did on this old wig I bought for a cosplay that didn't work out. The wig had ringlet curls in the back but untrimmed parted bangs in the front, so I brushed the bangs to the front and braided them to the side to avoid cutting them wrongly. Anyway, I was impressed by myself so... yeah, lmao. I think my wrists looked bare without the jacket, I did have bracelets to wear but I put on super long deco nails and gave up trying to put on bracelets after that lol. Next time I will finish making some lace wrist cuffs and bell sleeves, another project I have yet to start on.

[coord] Ikki-con Tea Party with Baby the Stars Shine Bright

This year (last year a little bit) I headed down to Austin again to help out with the j-fashion staff for their lolita events! I came in on Friday night and helped out with the fashion show clean-up on Saturday, but most of my time was spent getting ready for the tea party on Sunday afternoon. Despite the difficult circumstances that came up last minute, I think we pulled off a fairly good event, I hope everyone, guests and staff, agreed!

The theme for the tea party was "fairy tale" and to match with the gorgeous centerpieces Cat designed for the tables, I bought an older Baby dress from takoyaki co, the Opale cut of the Sweet Jewelry Princess print, and made my own headdress to match.

JSK: Baby the Stars Shine Bright; blouse: Innocent World; neckbow: Metamorphose; tights: off brand (wearing Meta socks in this pic lol); shoes: Taobao; necklace: Forever 21; corsage, headdress: handmade; wig: Daiso 

I had wanted to buy a similar round flower headdress from the American Baby shop but they didn't have the colors I wanted, so I made my own using a large Daiso rose and smaller flowers I had lying around from Michaels, pastel ribbons from my stash, and some jeweled tulle and raschel lace from Joann's bargain bins because this Joann's will never call my number so I couldn't get the nice tulle cut. I might just go to another Joann's or shop online or something lmao. Anyway, I rather liked the look of the asymmetrical headdress even though the veil part was kinda oversized ooops. Another successful attempt at making my own accessories!

[coord] Tacky Christmas Sweater coord

We had a White Elephant and general gift exchange party with some local lolitas. Alas, the tea place we wanted to meet at did not take reservations and had a two hour wait due to the holidays, so we met up at a Bucca di Beppo and had a solid Italian meal in our lolita instead lmao. I promised to wear a tacky Christmas sweater so here it is!

Skirt: Metamorphose, tights: Grimoire, boots: Bodyline; jacket: Dear Celine, blouse: off-brand, wig and reindeer antlers, crystal pendant and bracelet: Daiso, stole and necklace: Forever 21, flower wreath and necklace: handmade

This was another budget outfit with Daiso items, handmade and offbrand items. The only true lolita brand was Meta, a lucky pack skirt from 2 years ago. But I was glad to coord this vest that my Australian family gave me, as well as the jacket and stole. Overall, it was a good attempt, I'm proud of myself.

[coord] Style Swap - OTT Sweet!

The Metroplex lolitas had their second Style Swap meet, in which we dress in a style that is different from what we normally wear. I did OTT hime lolita last year (not exactly different from my usual lol), but this year I went all out and put together an over the top sweet coord which was totally different because even though the dress is pretty tasteful for a sweet dress, the pink twin falls wig was definitely not my usual.

JSK, headbow, black socks, bracelet, ring: Angelic Pretty; purse: Innocent World; shoes: Bodyline; bow ring: Chocomint; mint socks: Daiso; everything else: Forever 21, Claire's, handmade.

I bought Angelic Pretty Fantastic Dolly jsk and headbow in ivory/mint from a local lolita at the new year's meet, right after I won the prize for best niche style which happened to have mint accessories and fake nails. Then over the next 10 months, I added more and more pieces, including the pink/gold wig, more jewelry, the socks and rocking horse shoes. Two days before the meet, after I was physically and emotionally wrecked by the results of the US election, I finished decorating the nails and making the ribbon hair clips. I ended up wearing the coord on the right because I just wanted to wear the rocking horse shoes, the matching socks were actually white than ivory so I wore the green socks instead lol.

Here is a close up through several beauty cam filters. I wore glitter make up and so many hair clips.

The nails, base made by a local lolita, I added more rhinestones and stickers to match my coord.

Anyway, I was the most impressive this time, but that's because we don't have a ton of OTT fairy kei sweet girls in Dallas, everyone is more classic or country because...  well, Texas, lol.

[coord] Mad Hatter Baker coord with hat!

I decided last minute to attend a local meet at the Mad Hatter Baker, which had a theme of "wear a hat!" I never got to wear my Alice and the Pirates Flim Flam Band jsk out, so I thought this was a great opportunity, since it's an Alice in Wonderland themed bakery. And since also it's Alice and the Pirates, I took out my pirate hat I bought years ago for a Musketeer costume and decorated it to wear with feathers and a rosette and some chains as well as the waist ties from the dress. People thought it was burando! But it's not, it's just me working on a budget.

JSK: Alice and the Pirates; blouse, bowtie: Metamorphose; corset: Fanplus Friend; socks: Innocent World; hat, shoes, jewelry: off-brand and handmade

The socks weren't the best match, but it was hard to find that shade of burnt coffee brown in my wardrobe, and I felt the card suits on the socks at least matched the concept. Should have worn the Alice tights now that I think about it. Regardless, time to cross this jsk off my list of to-wear!