Lolita Lesson #2: Gothic Lolita

Gothic Lolita is one of the three main Lolita styles (the others being sweet and classic). It is characterized as being related to western goth style and it has an overall dark and black look. Black is the most common main color for Gothic Lolita but white, jewel tones, silver and gold. Prints often contain gothic motifs such as crosses, castles, coffins, roses and bats. Platform shoes and high heels are used rather than teaparty shoes. Gothic Lolita used to be well known for its black with white lace look but after Gothic had been the most popular style for a while all the cheap badly made clothes that were trying to be lolita (horribly) started to try and copy that look and it lots all popularity due to being associated with this failed beginner look. I think the old school gothic look still hold up though if anyone wants to try and pull it of! 

The biggest brands are Moi Meme Moite, h.Naoto, Atelier Pierot, Chantilly and Atelier Boz. Moi Meme Moite is the brand owned by gothic lolita fashion icon Mana, he is a famous visual kei artist that used to play in Malice Mizer and later in his own project Moi Dix Mois. 

I made a collage to help you get the general feel of the style visually: 

None of these are any rules of the style, just descriptions of whats common so that you can get an idea of what the style looks like, so don't be afraid to experiment!

//Love Minty

Laforet x Barbie

As I mentioned earlier there will be a Barbie event in laforet with 20 brands there doing collabs with Barbie, there seems to be some great stuff coming up for sales, so sad that it only will be sold there. But at least we get to see the cool designs different brands made. For those of you that don't know, Laforet is a huge shopping mall in Harajuku, they house a wide selection of brands and a lot of Lolita brands have their stores there. So its a must see if you go to Tokyo. Some of the brands are: Angelic Pretty, Baby the stars shine bright, metamorphose, Algonquins, h.Naoto, Emily Temple Cute, ghost of harlem, Swimmer and Super Lovers to name a few. Its interesting seeing brands taking the idea of Barbie and designing something that still fits their brands aesthetic. I will be posting more about the different Barbie designs so be sure to check bad for that!

//Love Minty

Getting new clothes

With getting my money for next month soon I'm trying to decide what new lolita clothes to buy. I want to get a new dress from mbok, but I should get some more basic stuff like blouses. And the question of what dress or what blouse to get comes to. To get a clear picture of what look I'm going for I made two style guides for myself. I find myself going for two styles, but both are kinda close since they both are sweet and pink. But I still think it helps.

I really like the hime look. I would like to have some more just really pink more old school sweet dresses, something that will drown me in lace, frill and ribbons. I think that the pinkxwhite combo looks very stylish and polished.

I also lovey dove love OTT sweet. Rainbows, ice cream and lots of cute. I like to mix in pop elements in lolita outfits to get it to a fairy kei flavor. Milky planet in pink is my all time dream dress. It would just be perfect! But as most AP-fags know its not the easiest to find and when found comes at a pretty step price. Im really trying to build up a bigger base so that I can have lolita everyday before I invest in any really expensive pieces. At the same time I'm also investing in clothes to my fairy kei wardrobe, good thing that most sweet lolita things work with fairy kei too, tehe.

Will update you later when I decide what I want to buy this month ^__^ kisses~~

Tokyo Expo

This weekend I was at tokyo expo in Stockholm, I had lots of fun. It was nice meeting my dear friends again. I got some stuff sold, but not as much as I would of wanted. Though it was still lots of fun!

This was my table at tokyo expo, my new collection star candy~~

I also participated in the fashion show with my fairy kei outfit.

All the girls were soo adorable <3

 

But the best thing with going to Stockholm was being with my friend Shanti <3 She is so cute. ^__^

By the way! I have decided to start writing in English on my blog, so that everybody can understand ^__^