Sailor Coord with Angelic Pretty's Vintage School JSK

One of my goals for the summer was to put together my first sailor themed coordinate. I had been searching for a nice sailor style dress online for a few months with not much luck, but when I saw Angelic Pretty's Vintage School JSK in navy, I knew it was perfect for what I was picturing. The navy, red and white color scheme is one of my favorite elements of the sailor style. I feel that this dress really balances the three colors between all of the small details that are incorporated throughout the design.

Outfit Rundown:

Hair Bow - Enchantlic Enchantilly 

Wig - Lockshop

Blouse - Bodyline

JSK - "Vintage School" - Angelic Pretty

Bag - Loris

Tights - Target

Accessories - Vintage

Shoes - Bodyline

I coordinated the outfit with pieces that incorporated red and white together to bring out both of those colors in the dress. I accessorized with lots of pearls to match the aquatic theme. I think the star motifs in the tights and bag make a cute addition to sailor imagery. 

I had the chance to wear this out to a local convention today, and it was so much fun to wear! The dress has a lot of fabric, so I can make it super poofy. I also love it when my glasses perfectly match a coord. 

Thank you for reading! 

Angelic Pretty's Fancy Paper Dolls Print

The Fancy Paper Dolls print series has always been one of my favorite prints, especially because it was the print that I used in my first lolita coordinate! Recently I found the matching tights to the print series after more than a year and half of searching for them, so I thought that it would be fun to create a new coord using them. 

 Outfit Rundown:

Hair Bows - Angelic Pretty
Blouse - Bodyline
JSK - Fancy Paper Dolls - Angelic Pretty
Tights - Fancy Paper Dolls - Angelic Pretty
Bag - Angelic Pretty
Shoes - Bodyline
Accessories - Angelic Pretty and the Lolita Collective

I used every piece from the series that I have: the JSK, hair bow, tights, and necklace. I accessorized with pink bows and a pink blouse to bring out the pastel colors in the dress. 

I'm trying to collect as many items from the print series as I can. Thank you to my friend Haley who got me the Imai Kira illustration postcard shown below.

Here are some of my favorite details of the dress.

What are some of your favorite print series? Let me know in the comments below! Thank you for reading.

Bodyline Review: L410 and Shoes 291

This review is for Bodyline's cutsew L410 in red, and Shoes 291 in dark red. I bought these for a new sailor coordinate that I'm working on, and I think that they're perfect for what I need. I'll be posting more about that coordinate as soon as I finish it.

Cutsew L410:

First up is the cutsew. It's under Bodyline's blouse section on their website, but it's definitely a cutsew.  The quality isn't the best, but I wasn't expecting too much because it doesn't look that great in the stock photos. The lace is shiny and doesn't photograph too well; however, it does look a little better in person. The shirring and lacing in the back is a nice touch that allows a much wider variety in fit. Blouses are often too wide on me, but with this I can make the cutsew narrow enough. I like the rose lace that is used as a border. The main thing that I'm impressed with is the comfort. The material is very soft and this is easily a piece that I could wear all day long. I also like that there is elastic in the sleeves, so they fit perfectly around my arms.

The photos above show how shiny the lace looks. It doesn't actually bother me too much because even though it's shiny, it's actually quite soft and doesn't feel scratchy at all. Most of the lace on Bodyline blouses are so scratchy that I can't wear them for long periods of time. Overall, I'm happy with this piece because I feel that the comfort makes up for the lack in quality. 

Shoes 291:

When I first took the shoe box out of the plastic shipping envelope, I was immediately worried because the corner of the box was completely smashed in. Thankfully, the shoes were still in perfect shape. This is probably just a damage that occurred while the package was in transit to my house.

I'm happy with the shoes! I picked these ones because they were the only red shoes still in stock in my size. I'm glad I liked the style too. The color is a bit darker than how they look in the stock photos, but I think it's a really nice shade of red.

These shoes fit me the best out of all my Bodyline shoes. I've found that most of their shoes run a little wide for my feet, but these are a more close fit. I can keep the two cross straps buckled and slide my feet in by only unbuckling the ankle strap, which makes putting on these shoes very quick. The ankle strap is a little big on me, but it's not too noticeable. 

I like the white scalloping details on the shoes, I think it's a cute touch. The padding on the inside of the shoes feels like Bodyline's usual padding. Another thing to note is that the ankle straps are removable. I prefer to keep them on because when I remove them my feet don't really stay in the shoe. That's most likely just due to me having narrow feet.

Here is what they look like on. The filter on the photo makes them look a lot brighter than they really are. 

I hope this answered any questions that you may have about either of these items. If there's anything else you want to know, just ask me down in the comments! Thank you for reading!

Check out my other Bodyline review here:

Bodyline L581, L376, L328, L346, and Shoes 251

Bodyline Review L391, L416, and Shoes S507

Anime Midwest 2015

Anime Midwest is one of the most popular conventions not only for anime but also for lolita fashion in the Midwest area. This year I traveled to Chicago just for the convention with two of my friends. I saw the Baby the Stars Shine Bright fashion show and got the chance to meet Kumiko Uehara, the designer of my dream dress! I had never seen so many lolitas at once at a convention before, and all of the coordinates were incredible. You can click on any of the photos below to make them bigger.

Day 1 - Friday

Outfit Rundown:

Wig - Lockshop's Starlet in honey

JSK and Hair Bow - Alice's Dollhouse - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Blouse - Atelier Pierrot

Bag - Angelic Pretty

Necklace - Angelic Pretty

Bracelets - Forever 21

Tights - J-Crew (?)

Shoes - Bodyline

Friday was the day of Kumiko Uehara's panel so I decided to wear Alice's Dollhouse, my first dream dress, because she designed it. My favorite thing about wearing pink and blue outfits is that my glasses match perfectly. 

We spent half the day traveling to the convention. Kumiko Uehara had a Q and A panel in the early afternoon, and that was first on our list of things to do. I had preregistered online before the convention, but it was too late to have my badge mailed to me, so I still needed to wait in the registration lines. We waited two and a half hours in line and ended up missing Kumiko Uehara's panel. We got there right as it ended, but we did make it in time to get some photos. 

Meeting Kumiko Uehara was such a cool experience! She was so sweet, and her coord was adorable. Thank you to Julie for taking the photo above. We finished up the day by shopping in the dealer's room, and taking more photos.

Day 2 - Saturday

Outfit Rundown:

Sunburst Halo - Handmade

Accessories - Ann Taylor Loft

Wig - Lockshop's Starlet in honey

Blouse - Bodyline

JSK - Star Mille-Feuille - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Tights - Misty Sky - Angelic Pretty

Bag - Angelic Pretty

Shoes - Bodyline

On Saturday I wore an updated version of my Star Mille-Feuille coord. I was so excited to have another opportunity to wear this dress! I really wanted to bring out the star details in the dress, so I made the whole coord sky themed. I paired the dress with my misty sky tights, star accessories, and a handmade sunburst halo.

The lighting outside was perfect for photos, so we made sure to take a lot! On Saturday we went to the Btssb fashion show, the indie designer fashion show, and a few panels. 

Day 3 - Sunday

Sunday we spent the day doing some last minute shopping, and traveling back home. I wore a more casual version of my coord for Friday.

Shopping Haul!

I bought some cute accessories from a few booths in the dealer's room. Most of them were from the Lolita Collective. I can't wait to incorporate these into some future coords. 

LBC: Design a Coord Based on Your Favorite Meal

This week's theme for the Lolita Blog Carnival was to design a coordinate based on your favorite meal. My favorite meal is pancakes, but I have yet to acquire any pancake themed dresses or accessories. I decided to base my coord on my favorite dessert instead, an ice cream sundae!

Outfit Rundown:

Wig - Lockshop's Split Mermaid

Blouse - Angelic Pretty

JSK - I Scream For Ice Cream - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Tights - Melty Royal Chocolate - Angelic Pretty

Shoes - Bodyline

Bag - Coach

Accessories - Angelic Pretty, Btssb, Claire's, vintage

This rainbow gummy bear necklace is one of my favorite accessories to wear with this dress.

The dress represents the ice cream in the ice cream sundae. The tights are the melting chocolate topping. The accessories represent the candy and sprinkles, and the bag is the cherry on top. 

I really like designing themed coordinates! It makes picking out all of the details more fun. I hope I can get a chance to wear this out sometime soon. Thank you for reading!

Check out the other blogs participating in this week's theme below:

Art du noir

Courtly Dreams For Burgher

Capital Crown