Royal Pony Christmas Party

Hello my dear readers!

This year I was so happy that we could organize a Lolita Christmas Party! We searched for a room to rent or a café or restaurant, but everything was too expensive or already booked. But then the Lucky Chocolate Maid Café made an event and asked us if we want to have a Lolita meet there. So lucky!

This was the header I made, but sadly the weather was rainy and ugly and not really christmas-like T_T

So first we went to the park to take some outfit pictures. I have worn my Prisila hime half-wig for the first time! I like it but I think I spend too much money for it, it is not really worth it. When I see the hairpieces on other people they look so natural, but when I wear them I think they look too fake for my taste ^^''' But wigs are perfect in winter, they keep you so warm and you still look great :D

Group shot! I think this time all girls took a lot of effort into their outfits, I loved them all!!!

The print glitters *_*

Ami with her Eternal Rose Bouquet <333

Evangeline with her Royal Unicorn <333

The ground was so wet and dirty X__X

Burandooooooo $____$

After our small fotoshoot we went to the Maid Café. They have reserved some table for us and organized a small game: guessing brands and print names! I always thought I am good in this but I'm not, well I know all the Angelic Pretty prints but only a few prints were from AP so I didn't knew many names ^^'''

The cute Maids singing a christmas song:

Thank you for reading and I wish you a nice christmas time, only 1 week !!!! I am so busy that I kind of don't realize it X_x

Article about Lolita in Japan

Hello again after one month ^_^

Today I want to share an interesting article about Lolita with you. The article mainly deals with how such an extraordinary fashion style like Lolita and the "Kawaii"-culture in general could evolve in Japan, and only in Japan! It is really a phenomenon why you don't find something similar in other countries.

Also you can read about why the brands are so expensive and that the emloyees and owner of the brands actually are far away from being rich.

The article can be downloaded here: www.stanford.edu/group/sjeaa/journal111/Japan5.pdf
It is written by Teresa Younker who is a student from the USA (but I think she is Japanese) and she had the oppurtunity to work at Btssb and Mary Magdalene.

Picture from "Kamikaze Girls" movie

Here some interesting quotes if you don't want to read everything:

~ "Cuteness is used to soften up the vertical society, to soften power relations and present authority without being threatening."

~ "Unlike in much of the West, where adulthood is seen as a period of freedom, in Japan adulthood is viewed by many young people as a gloomy period of heavy burdens."

~ "Adulthood in Japan [...] places special burdens on women. [...] Unfortunately, life after marriage is not a glowing picture of family bliss. Mothers are discouraged from social life and increasingly expected to devote themselves to supporting their children’s trajectory through the education system.
Against this social background it is no surprise that cuteness has gained such widespread popularity and that Japanese cute focuses so squarely on childishness."

~ "By acting selfish and childish, the Lolita contradicts nearly every single “traditional” Japanese value: self discipline, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and hard work. She is saying, “I’m a spoiled, immature little brat and I like it that way!"

~ (about Mary Magdalene:) "They would usually only produce around 50 of each item, but each item would be impeccable. A staff member would personally inspect each product, remove lose threads, and iron it before it shipped out. The staff salaries were quite low. The starting salary at the time was JP¥700 an hour (US$8), and even the CEO could not have been making much. He ate sack lunches, shopped for used clothing, and rode his bike to work every day."

~ "Although Baby has larger operations than Mary, they encounter similarly high production costs and rely mostly on staff dedication to make ends meet. There were moments when I was amazed they could afford to stay in business, and it was clear that everyone working there, including the CEO and designers, were not in it for the money. Although the company spent considerable sums on marketing and goodies for their customers, they kept their labor costs very low. The average salary for a shop staffer was JP¥800 (US$9) an hour, and the highest paid workers were only paid JP¥1000 (US$10)."

Thank you for reading,
Miuko

Simple Outfit for Royal Pony Halloween Meet-up

Hello hello!

This year we also organized a Royal Pony Halloween meet-up. At the beginning, not many people wanted to come but a few days before, so many people wanted to come that I had to call the restaurant again to reserve more seats and then at the day of the meet-up, some came spontanioulsy so we barely had enough space to sit ^^'''

I usually have only Sweet Lolita items in my closet, but for Halloween I wanted something dark so I was wearing a dress from Zara. Since I also had to leave early because I had to work in the afternoon, I choosed a simple outfit. Many people told me it is so uncommon to see me in such dark colors xD

with Evangeline <3

Everything in my outfit is offbrand!
Dress: Zara
Coat, Bag: H&M
Blouse: Fashion Club
Hat, Tights: C&A
Shoes: S.Oliver

So yes, you can make outfits from offbrand items for less money than brand BUT honestly they will always look quite simple and not as elaborate as brand items. But I hope you still like my outfit ^_^

Thank you for reading,
Miuko

Carousel Shooting

Hello Lovelies!

Last month my friend Nyanko invited me to a photoshoot. It was my first photoshoot with a professional photographer and I was really happy that Nyanko invited me because I'm always too shy to ask someone I don't know for pictures >_< Also this shooting was perfect timing because I got my new DDC dress just 3 days before, and the carousel where we took the pictures was at a funfair which is only 1 weekend per year!!

Sorry that I put a watermark on the pictures, but recently I saw some pictures of my blog on Tumblr (which is NOT ok without permission and even not giving credit) and the photographers didn't added an own watermark so I added mine.

Here is the credit for the photographers:

Metamorphis

Daylight and Shadows

They are so talented, check out their pages!!

(btw if you live in Germany/NRW, they are looking for more Lolita models so you can ask them ^^)

What do you think about the pictures? I love the fantasy look of them, the more unreal the better <3

Thank you for reading,
Miuko~ <3

Kawaii.i video of Utrecht Tea Party

Hello!

Almost 3 month ago I went to the Tea Party in Utrecht, and finally they showed the video on Kawaii.international!! ♪ヽ( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ )v ♪
I think everyone was really excited for it and I think it turned out good... I just think it was too short xD But I understand that they can't make a 15min video from it, it would be interesting for us but boring for everyone who wasn't at the party! Though I would have loved to see more of us dancing in Lolita at the evening party, it would have been so funny to watch ┌（★ｏ☆）┘

Oh_tralala uploaded the excerpt about the tea party, you can watch it here:

I also made a few screenshots:

This picture was from the 2nd day but they didn't said anything about it ;)

Me talking with a cute girl~

Yuki was sooo cute when she finally could meet her idol Misako Aoki ^-^

I think this was after taking the group picture

All winners, unfortunately they didn't mention Evangeline as special price winner but I think they just had to cut the video shorter ^^

There weren't many other views from my friends I could show you but we have better pictures from the photographer anyway ^^

Thank you for reading,
Miuko

New Princess stuff I bought *_*

Hello my dear readers~ <3

I want to show you some items that arrived recently! After waiting for 5 month my dream dress finally arrived!!! ヘ(*_*ヘ) (ノ*_*)ノ

I bought Day Dream Carnival from the re-release. When my Shopping Service sent it out, it only needed 3 days to arrive at my home ~ without paying any taxes even thought it was the most expensive stuff I've ever bought *hehe*  (⌒▽⌒)☆

The only minus is that the sleeves are itchy -_-
I also bought the headbow and tights. I love that the golden color even glitters *__* Here are some more detail pictures:

my favourite Pony with all the flowers~

pretty Pony lace

golden glittery lace

The tights also have pretty ponys!!

Then I also ordered some stuff from Bodyline. I needed some new Lolita shoes because my other shoes broke AGAIN >___> I hate spending so much money for stupid shoes, I think I bought more shoes then dresses but the quality of most Lolita shoes is just bad! But oh well I think this shoes will make me happy, they look really sturdy and are the first shoes which fit me perfectly! And I think they are suitable for both Lolita and Hime ^_^

I also bought a coat. I wanted a simple one which I can also wear every day without Lolita ^-^ But I think the pink color is still too flashy for everyday (>_<)ゞ゛

They also had pretty lave gloves with a ribbon pattern:

And a pink glitter rose ring:

Then last month I was randomly searching for some jewellery on Ebay and I found two items for really cheap! The necklace cost only 1,35€ and the crown ring 3,15€ !!!

Click here for the link

Klick here for the link

I also bought some items from Prisila. I wanted to have some voluminous Hime hair for a long time, so I bought a half-wig, a matching pony and curly hair extensions. I'm so happy the color fits perfectly with my real hair! Prisila has a big selection and it is hard to choose the right items, but I read that Himena once recommened a specific half-wig in a magazin, so I bought that one!

Aaand finally my last new item, Harald Glööckler has again a small make-up collection at Rossmann, so I bought a lipgloss there. The package looks so deluxe, right? :D

Haha now I'm totally broke but happy ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

Thank you for reading,
Miuko ♡