[coord] Wa-lolita and Ero-lolita mashup

I bought an Atelier Pierrot skirt from Wunderwelt for something a little more casual to wear for A-kon since they are one of the guests. Of course I love kimono prints, so I was excited to work out a coord for this skirt. Upon wearing it, it felt a little short, and so I decided to combine with an ero look as well. I'm not sure I succeeded fully, but hey, it's comfortable for the summer!

skirt: Atelier Pierrot; bustier: Hot Topic; tights, gloves: Forever 21; shoes: Bodyline; jewelry: Forever 21, off-brand, Daiso, handmade; hair accessories: handmade, Daiso; parasol and purse: Daiso too

Anyway, another outfit purchased mostly at Daiso lmao. I bought the googly eye fish purse and parasol for the Dreaming Goldfish dress, but since they were red they worked for this coord too. I was lucky to find a few flower kanzashi pins from Daiso's Japanese product line, because before that, I made the large flower headdress using some using mums from Michael's and weeping plum blossoms from Daiso. I'm not so sure about the wig, I was planning to wear the bob wig but it looked a little rough lol. Also still unsure about the lace choker, I think it pulls the lace bits together better, but also the laces are different shades of white/cream, so maybe I will make a new choker from cream colored lace to match.

If I cared more and wished to wear more layers, I was going to wear a lace high neck blouse I got from YesStyle under the bustier. Another time, I will add some lace sleeve ruffles, but I'm feeling lazy and out of sorts for this convention, so time to work on the other coords and cosplay!

[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!

[discussion] Summer Hairstyle Ideas part 2

Piggy-backing on last year's entry, I made a new collage of slightly more current hair styles for spring and summer! Just like last year, I focused on hair styles that could potentially be done with natural hair (although I'm sure like half of these are wigs). For example, hair without bangs/fringe, side parts, natural/curly hair, or braids and updos that can bring hair off the back of the neck for a breezy summer look. As quintessential as the dolly look of blunt cut bangs and long ringlet curls is to the lolita aesthetic, sometimes you want options to stand out from the rest of the crowd, or fix up your own hair on an extra hot day when you would rather not wear a wig. I gathered these looks from various Gothic Lolita Bibles, Kera magazines and photoshoots for current release dresses from the brand sites. Hope this is of interest to you!

I am really liking the thick braids, ribbon braids, and puffy twin buns. I kinda wish we could see the back of the head for the up dos in the center!

[coord] DreamHack Austin Japanese Street Fashion show

This was the second year Dreamhack, an e-sports and gaming event, took place in Austin, Texas, and my good friend had volunteered to take care of arranging panels for the attendees to do when they're not gaming or watching others gaming. Since the programming didn't advertise early enough and thus get a lot of panelists coming, it was time for a few Japanese street fashion things! Some of the videogames were made in Japan, so it was relevant, lmao. I volunteered to mod the panel rooms, do one panel, and also walk in the fashion street with my ouji stuff because no one ever wants to do ouji. One of the DJs playing the event wanted to MC at the last minute, and it turns out he had modeled for visual-kei styles and vaguely knew what Japanese street fashion was about and thought my outfit was cool! Yeah, feels good to be validated by someone more famous than myself!

Jacket, hat, bowtie, rose pin: Alice and the Pirates; sarouel pants: Putumayo; butt-skirt: Black Peace Now; socks: Heart E; badge: Metamorphose; blouse, jewelry and boots: off-brand, handmade, Claire's (was not wearing glasses at the fashion show)

Notice that I am rewearing my jacket from Ikkicon 2 years ago, but I bought the matching hat on 50% clearance from the San Francisco shop finally. The matching pants haven't been seen for sale, lol, so I got a pair of Putumayo x Tales of Xilia shorts because they were relevant to videogames and matched, and added the half-skirt from a pair of Black Peace Now pants for a similar punk look. Anyway, not sure about the baggy harem pants look on me since I'm short, but I think it was a good experiment into a more goth punkish ouji style.

[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.

[discussion] 2017 EGL community annual wardrobe post

Hello, I've actually had this lolita blog for over 1 year now, because here is the second annual wardrobe post I've made! We made it! The actual 2017 post is on my livejournal, but I will repost it here. Sorry in advance for the large images again. Anyway, I'm really proud of this wardrobe, got a lot of animal print, cute socks, a good variety. I don't really have a lot of things to add, but I would love it if these darn blouses and socks and shoes match the dresses better. Anyway, time to get to wearing these in public at least once this year before I buy new stuff.

Original LJ post: http://insomniel.livejournal.com/941645.html

Main Pieces: 24 brand and indie dresses! 3 Innocent World, 1 Moi Meme Moitie, 7 Metamorphose, 5 Baby/AaTP, 3 Angelic Pretty, 1 R-series, 1 Haenuli, 1 Mary Magdalene, 2 Taobao brands

Skirts: 6 total, 2 more Bodyline and 1 Meta, Shorts are the same from last year

Jackets/Coats: added a Dear Celine white jacket

Vests/Boleros: added steampunk stuff

Blouses: some Taobao additions, 1 Meta luckypack blouse

Cutsews: added 2 more, forgot to take a pic of the punk top

Hair Accessories and Jewelry: some handmade stuff and indie brand included!

Purses: added 2

Shoes: got a new pair of gold and brown heels, brown boots, those pink Rocking Horses I'm not sure about lol

Socks/Tights: so many... some I haven't even worn yet lmao