Question on Coordinating Lolita Outfits!

[averseofmelody.livejournal.com]

hello everyone! i'm hoping to hear some suggestions & comments with regards to my question below:

( and it's a CUT! )

Casual Rori @ Labrador Park, Singapore

[sassystrawberry.livejournal.com]

The S.O.  & I went to Labrador Park today to test his new lens..

The Canon 200mm F1.8 is *truly* a gem... at F1.8, the photos are extremely sharp, and the bokeh is superb. *_* If only it weren't so darn heavy..... ;_;

Outfit is more classic than my usual wont...
Ribbons: BtSSB
Corset: Oeisha for  Mumbai Se (its an Indian designer, and the strawberries are hand-beaded <3)
Underdress: Victorian Maiden
Socks & Pannier: BtSSB
Ring: BtSSB
Shoes: An*ten*na
Parasol: Swimmer

( Picssssss )

Sweeeeeet...

[theosakakoneko.livejournal.com]

I thought this post might amuse a few people. If you consider it something more appropriate for a personal journal than egl, I apologize most sincerely. But I just thought people might get a smile.

Today I went and picked up the first batch of reservations for AP's Macaroon series, as well as the Gingerbread House skirt I'd reserved from Meta, and a sweets print jsk from IW for a customer. As you can see, these are all sweets/candy prints! I spent over $1000, and I thought the spread was pretty cool when I got home, so I took a couple snaps!


( What's in those bags? )

hi girls!

[saaabrina.livejournal.com]

I found some cute shoes on amazon that might interest some of you.

( pics and link under cut! )

Picture request!

[jamie-chan-ai.livejournal.com]

does anyone have pictures of you or someone else wearing Rocking Horse shoes from either Lolita Lola or Double Decker?
I'm trying to figure out which to buy. It would be very helpful!
Thank you.

Feelers for a Los Angeles area meet up

[dreamshoppe.livejournal.com]

Here at dreamshoppe we were considering hosting a little Tea Party. It would give people a chance to see our store in person, and as an added bonus we would have some Angelic Pretty Macaron print items for sale before uploading them to the website. Would anyone be interested?

Parents + Loli =

[cerberusia.livejournal.com]

I have looked through the memories and not found anything, so I hope this is alright.

I 'got into' Lolita fashion a while ago, nearly a year ago now, and decided that considering the expenses of the clothes, I would wait until my birthday/Christmas (which are two days apart) to ask for them- both to make sure I really liked them and to hopefully make my parents a little more generous (I am still of an age -14- where all monetary matters are controlled by my parents).

When I first told them about Lolita, their response was at first the typical 'We don't like the sound of this, it sounds sexualised, show us the clothes and we'll see'. I showed them, and their next reaction?

'It looks daft'.

Not 'It's too expensive' or 'I'm not sure about you ordering from Japan', but 'It looks daft'.

(Before anyone asks, I showed them Meta, ITS and BTSSB).

So, anyone else had this problem and/or know how to get around it? I'm currently going for sewing my own clothes, to be honest...

Free AP anyone?

[mew-risachan.livejournal.com]

I just got an email from TokyoPop regarding G&L contests and giveaways.
( What could it be? )

Entertaining recommentations!

[harlekini.livejournal.com]

Hiya girls.

I came to think of a few stuff I think some of you might be interested in!

First, I was a bit shocked that nobody has mentioned Lady Lovely Locks! I watched it when I was about seven, and think it was something that drove me toward lolita. I still have two old VHS left :D There are a few episodes on youtube.com ! She is the ULTIMATE lolita! (Although her skirts are maybe a bit too long LOL) My favourite character is of course Duchess Raven Waves. Gotta love her voice.

Second, I watched a few animes when I was a kid too. One was the ooold, old version of Sarah Crew (The little princess) and another was one that I can't remember the name of (a girl who gets a doll as a gift but it's made of vax and melts in the sun? Her mom dies and her new mom is really mean...) however, it was really fun. At least what I remember from watching it about ten years ago XDDDD

Third, was a book I just finished reading yesterday! Although not clearly lolita, it's about four girls in the Victorian era of England in a boarding school to become fine ladies. Yeah, right. They realize they have the power to create illusions. So they have a little fun with it. It's called A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. I'm hoping for a sequel! It was very, very entertaining.

If any of you ladies have something to recommend, I'd be very happy!

Hair styles

[il-pleut.livejournal.com]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I am casually interested in loli but haven't yet taken the big leap to try it myself, mostly because I cannot imagine myself in it and not looking well... silly. I love the romance and elegance of a lot of the styles, but there are some things I just still can't visualise for me. I bring you this question:

Can one do a loli hair style (something cute, fashionable, in any way good!) if one does NOT have bangs? I mostly see loli girls with bangs and it's very cute, but I do not have and do not want bangs myself. Does anyone without bangs want to show me their look and help me see if I could pull it off too?


Thanks!

[art post] Chocolat and vanilla cupcake loli

[phoenix-filth.livejournal.com]

Hi °3°
I'm really obsessed with cupcakes and sweet things in general,so I've decided to draw some designs inspired by yummy sweets <3
( Chocolat and vanilla cupcake! )

Any pictures of this?

[t0tto.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have pictures of themselves/someone modeling this dress from Putumayo? Any of the colours is fine, I'd just like to see it being worn.

outfit advice

[antique-beast.livejournal.com]

( snip snip )

OH SOCKS!

[liemzie.livejournal.com]

( Im pondering about socks... )

BTSSB Snow Princess Stock Photos

[lilimarrionette.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had stock photos of Baby's snow princess line.

Baby the Stars Shine Bright Fairytale Print Timeline Scan?

[gothic-dollypop.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone :)

I saved this topic to memories:

http://community.livejournal.com/egl/10285109.html

Only to be dissapointed that my reason for saving it isn't showing up anymore and I came too late to view it ;__;

So does anyone happen to have the issue this timeline was printed in? If so, would it be too much trouble to ask you to scan it for me? If not, anyone know where I can find the issue of the Gothic & Lolita Bible that contains this Baby timeline? I have no clue which issue it's in even and it's not 26 as the OP suggested in that topic. (I have issue 26)

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you <3 !

~

Not another customs question...

[sherbertsugar.livejournal.com]

I know these show up here a lot, so i'm sorry to post something so dull, but as far as my searching/checking memories tells me, this hasn't been answered before.

Basically I have a big, big order from celga that's currently waiting to be shipped. Most of the items are bought second hand from auction sites and don't have price tags on them. I'd really like to mark down the value to avoid getting hit be customs *again*, but i'm worried they'll catch the parcel and make me pay even more for lying about the value. I've heard that they can do that. So, I want to know whether customs can only charge you extra if the items are tagged as being more expensive than the declared value, or if they can make their own assessment based on what the items look like they are worth. 
Also, what is generally a safe percentage to mark down a package by, 50%, 75%, 25%?
I'm in the UK so it's potentially a lot of money at stake and I would really like to give myself the best possible chance
of avoiding customs fees. 

Thanks in advance

Remember my polkadots question?

[call-me-pansy.livejournal.com]

Well I finished using the fabric a few days ago, so here are some photos of what I made!

( BEWARE: EXTREME DOTS! )

Where to buy EGA?

[lunar-shop.livejournal.com]

My friend who's a boy wants to get into the aristocrat style, but is not sure of what to buy or where. He's pretty skinny, so he can probably fit in girl's stuff. It doesn't have to be brand, but can someone recommend a few sites (besides Fanplusfriend) that have different EGA clothing he can look at to buy (preferably ones that can ship to the US).

Picture request e_e

[chiizukeekisan.livejournal.com]

Hello girls,


I've just come to realize I have two of the same blouse: black and white.
It is the BtSSB Princess Blouse with detachable sleeves.


Since my wardrobe is slowly transitioning to more dark colors, I was thinking about selling off the white blouse but if I do this, would coordinating the black blouse with a Red Tartan dress with white lace look odd?


So I am requesting pictures of a black blouse being coordinated with ANY color dress (any color tartan/plaid too!) with white lace on it.


Thanks to anyone who can help =3


=Tasha ♫

A Little Find I Thought I'd Share

[frillywitch.livejournal.com]

I got this random catalog in the mail today, and opened it to the first page and went, "Wow."

( Under here )

Photo and Info

[shantiny.livejournal.com]

Hello ^___^
I was looking for stock photos of this Innocent World dress:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2230851420_c4666035cf.jpg?v=0

And also, I wanted to know if there exist some matching headdress or something >.<
Thanks in advance <3 

Pattern Review

[lyrique86.livejournal.com]

First time post, hope it's okay.

I noticed a lot of posts about finding patterns; I know it's hard to find decent lolita-esque patterns in English, and I thought I'd try helping out. I only have two at the moment, but that's better than nothing, right? And maybe looking at my mistakes will stop one of you from making the same one!

( Pictures be here! )

So there you go. I hope this was able to help!

EDIT:

( A Lolita Wedding )

In The Starlight's new JSK

[velvet-ropes.livejournal.com]

So has anyone ordered/received the newly listed item, solid classic jumperskirt, from ITS?

I was curious to see if anyone could provide pictures of it in colors other than the blackXblack version that is shown on the website. :o