[review] Baby the Stars Shine Bright sale purchases (San Francisco store)

This is my first unboxing type of post, I don't really do them, but figured if I have a lolita blog, I should write about at least one! I ordered (for the first time) from the San Francisco USA branch of Baby the Stars Shine Bright which had a sale going on during January. I didn't have anything in mind after spending for my ouji outfit for Ikki-con at the Japanese webshop, but I did find some pleasant surprises on sale and thought why not lmao. The online purchase and EMS shipping progressed smoothly and on time with no damages, so no issues there.


I bought the Florence Medicine Chest Louisa jumperskirt in ivory with matching ivory barette, Alice and the Pirates brown/ivory stripe socks and Pirates cuffs in off white.

A photo of the package contents, complete with free Baby logo sticker (sorry for the blurry camera phone nighttime shots)

close-up of the print on the bottom of the dress. I'm not so fond of the scallop hem or striped ribbons, the one-piece and the other jumperskirt looked better in that regard, but both were just too over the top for my tastes. But I love the antique bottles of medicine and statue of Florence Nightingale here, it's not often you find a pharmacy-themed dress.

close-up of the pirates cuffs, which unfortunately had every single snap button loosely sewn and about to detach. I'll have to re-attach them if I want to wear them without them falling apart. I guess that's why they were on clearance? 

test coords of the dresses while trying to justify re-wearing this hime wig again. As with my numerous brown/tan/off-white/ivory dresses, it's difficult to find items to match perfectly in color. I tried my best with a light and dark outfit, but I feel like I'd wear neither one out, there are too many shades of brown and ivory and tan to work with, so it looks busy and blocky. (Also that wig.) I'd say the one on the left looks best, maybe an ivory jacket and shoes would pull it together better?

Well, let's take a look at the sample coord from the brand, see how they did it!

Yeah... even using pink and off-white, that's not much better. I wish the chest and skirt bows were detachable, then we wouldn't have to worry about the dark brown stripes and just concentrate on the lighter shades, but there's all that dark wood on the bottom of the dress, too?

Anyway, I'd say this was an all right purchase. Except for the cuffs which need to be fixed, everything was of a decent quality and reasonable sale price for new, in season items. However, I think I may want to find the rest of the Florence accessories (tights, possibly necklace and bracelet or crazy nurse hat) to make this coord even somewhat cohesive. Buuut... that's probably impossible, I'll just have to make do like I always do.