affordable goth/loli jewelry <3

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

Hey all. Today I was walking through the mall and I knew I was about to pass by Afterthoughts, and I thought of how I hadn't been there in a while and suddenly got curious. So I started walking toward it and I thought, "This is strange how I suddenly decided to go there. Maybe they'll have something I like."

Oh man, I am so glad I followed my intuition, because the first thing I saw as I walked in was an entire rack of black gothic jewelry, with crosses, silver studs, red and white stones, etc. (They even had keychains and candle holders shaped like crosses!) So if you have an Afterthoughts or Claire's nearby you, you should go check it out and see if they have that stuff there!

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[agentscuiy.livejournal.com]

I was just at Claire's today.. they have SO much stuff! Even bags with crosses and skulls on them. My personal favorite is the red heart jewel covered in silver spikes on a leather choker :)

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I almost bought that one. I have a character with a choker like that, and when I saw it in the store I was like "Hey! It looks just like my chara's choker!" Teehee.

[seeinglife.livejournal.com]

used to be, then apparently goth got trendy. gothy jewelry is everywhere now.

[aqui.livejournal.com]

I thought that was a girlie store with pink fluffy handbags and stuff.

Heheh! The fluffy stuff is what makes me go there! ;D Guess I'm more into Fruitsy style than EGL... But I do love to combine them! <3

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, combining stuff is fun ^^ Lately I've gotten into...what's it called? Babydoll-goth? Something like that. I dunno, I just like putting contradicting things together. Like cute+dark. ^^;

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[sun-in-her-eyes.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to add my two cents...If you get anything from Claires, make sure to reinforce seams/any weak areas as much as humanly possible. Every piece of gothy-type jewlery I've ever gotten has fallen apart. The cross necklace I had, the leather part fell completely apart, and the choker with the red jewel with spikes around it had a bad problem with the bigger ring coming apart (After going through two of those, I realized it'd be easier to just put a piece of duct tape over the piece where the ring came apart and hide that under the leather).

But yeah, just a word of caution.

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[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, my sister and I have also had bad experiences with Claire's jewelry. She refuses to buy anything from there anymore because their stuff always falls apart on her. I just make sure to take extra care of my things. Some of the stuff is too cool not to buy ^^; (And usually, it actually lasts ^^)

Hmm...you aren't talking about the cross choker with the black leathery stuff wrapped around a wire, are you?

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[sun-in-her-eyes.livejournal.com]

Yepyep, I am. The leathery stuff pulled completely away from the wire. :(

[aaluha.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's the 80's come back or what. Claires is turning into the Claires I remember from the 80's(yep,I'm *that* old to remember.I was a *gasp* teenager in the 80's!)
I've noticed a lot more stuff tipping it's hat to lolita style & I have the tendency to think that some companies keep on eye on Japanese trends. But they're keeping it secret so we(the public) don't know they are ripping off cooler Japanese companies.(Lip Service now has a 2nd lolita dress-it's kind of lame tho)
Does anyone else think this? I hope it's not me in my own little world.....

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

They might be watching Japanese trends, what with anime and manga being so popular in the states now! Visual Kei and gothic lolita seem to be growing trends too--I just recently went to an anime convention and there were hundreds of vis-kei/goth-loli cosplayers! (Last year there were NOT that many.) My friend and I were joking that Mana from the Japanese band Malice Mizer was secretly creating new jewelry for Claire's, since it all reminded us of the stuff he wears (lol^^;)

[aaluha.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! The mental picture I get of Mana rubbing his hands evily together, bent on world domination thru the creation of loli jewelry.Hee:)
In a way I'm happy that vis.kei/gothloli are growing in popularity as someday it will be easy to get the clothes & the music.In a way I am not happy about it because it will be just anyone who knows nothing of the original stuff can get into it & be stupid.I'm not saying it shouldn't be accesable to everyone.It's just a holdover from long ago that wants me to keep all the cool stuff secret.I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like that.

I also dread the americanization of the look,just because no american company is going to perceive the lolita look as anything but slutty. Do you know what I mean? I think if we ever get american made lolita clothes they will be altered & not be cute or pretty ,but clubby or fetishy.I hope japanese companies will import stuff.
I can't believe there where hundreds of vis.k.& goth/loli cosplayers at your convention. I expect to see alot this year at Otakon tho last year there weren't too many.A lot of Mana cosplayers tho.

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! The mental picture I get of Mana rubbing his hands evily together, bent on world domination thru the creation of loli jewelry.Hee:)

LMAO that is so funny!

Yeah I know what you mean about wanting it and not wanting it to be popular at the same time. I hope they don't Americanize lolita. Hopefully there will be a company who knows enough about it and likes it enough to want to keep it as close to the original Japanese style as possible. And yeah, there were a lot of Mana cosplayers at this con too ^^; But mostly, there were a lot of Dark Chiis. Even the regular Chiis--there was some type of Chii EVERYWHERE you looked O.o Many of them were in pairs, too.

[aaluha.livejournal.com]

HAha! yay!
I am happy to be humorous to you :)
I love Chii,Chobits is one of my favorites ,but the cosplaying is out of hand. I got a Cosmo(the cosplayers magazine) recently & there so many Chiis in it .It started this phrase of "...All Chii,*all* the time...." in a crazy announcers voice.
My poor blonde friend's phrase is "I'm NOT F**king Chii!!" it got shortend to 'not f**king Chii!'which she will say randomly all sad like.It's cute ;)


Have you seen the LipService lolita dresses yet? There are 2. What do you think?I think the skirts aren't poufy enough & there isn't enough lace & they are trying too hard to make it look sexy.
I did,however, get a really cute pair of mary janes from Hot Topic that are really lolita-esque.they are platform heels & have white hearts around the part where you put your foot in & the strap buckles are hearts too. Super cute!! Only $30 some too,which isn't bad.Never mind the 'evils' of HT...

[kittyhot.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't seen any lolita LipService dresses. Do you know where to find some pictures? I'm curious. I saw some cute shoes at hot topic that I wanted too, but I don't remember seeing any with hearts on them. The ones I saw had high heels and white trim along the...uh, opening, i don't know the word for it. ^^; I almost bought a pair of Hello Kitty gymshoes from there though. I am in serious need of new shoes lol. I've been wanting some black and white striped knee high socks too, which is funny because I used to think those were so ugly lol.