My pic in Sucrerie Magazine!

For those of you who have never heard of it, Sucrerie Magazine is an online magazine for/about Lolitas, specifically western lolitas. They have some really great atricles and features. They have recently converted to blog format, which is cool because they can put out articles whenever they want instead of having to have everything ready to go at once. It's a really good resource for western lolitas. They also do a feature called Western Lolita Style Watch, which showcases outfit snaps submitted by real lolitas. I submitted my outfit from the Alice in Wonderland movie, and they used it! I'm very excited! I worked hard on that outfit, especially the skirt, and I'm so happy to see it being showcased. Check it out here. I encourage you to submit your Lolita outfits too!

Outfit Post

I went to see Alice in Wonderland of Friday with Nick, Himemiya, and a couple of our other friends. It was so wonderful! I grew up reading Alice in Wonderland, it was my favorite story. I also grew up watching Tim Burton movies. So when I found out that he was doing an Alice in Wonderland movie, my weird little goth inner child said "squee"!
I wore an Alice inspired casual-sweet Lolita outfit to the movie theater. (The finished product of the outfit I wore to Himemiya's tea party). I love how little kids like you so much when you wear sweet lolita. I told this to Nick, and he said it was because I looked like a Disney princess. Isn't that sweet?

"Drink Me" tee- Hot Topic

Skirt, Alice Bow, and bloomers- handmade by me

Socks, Necklace, and petti- Fanplusfriend

Shoes and Bag- Bodyline

Cardigan- off brand

You can't really see the cuteness of the socks, so here is a close-up!

I twisted my ankle leaving the theater, these shoes are really cute an comfy, but they are ankle twisters!

Here is my outfit from yesterday. It's not much, but I thought it was cute and so I had Nick take a picture.

All offbrand!

We couldn't get the lighting right, so I kind of look like a zombie. Those are also the most super comfy boots in the world. I have had them for years, and I have worn them in mud and snow, and they are still cute and in one piece.

Tea Party at Himemiya's House!

Last weekend Himemiya hosted a late Valentine's tea party at her house. We had to postpone the original party because of all of the snow we've been getting! (I am so sick of snow at this point. I can't wait for spring!)

It wasn't a strictly Lolita tea party, it was just a fun fancy party with cute outfits. I wore a super casual Lolita outfit, emphasis on the casual (I didn't even wear a petti, gasp!). I was lacking a few items because my Fan + Friend order hadn't arrived yet. I'm going to be wearing almost the same coordinate to the Alice in Wonderland movie, but slightly less casual. (Still casual though, Because I'm wearing a tee instead of a blouse). So here are pics!

 Himemiya had such a lovely spread! She decorated beautifully. We had super yummy food, cupcakes, cookies, chocolates, cucumber sandwiches (which I made, my cucumber sandwich tutorial is coming soon!), lots of tea, sparkling lemonade and strawberry lemonade, and a bit of wine. Everything was super tasty!

 

  

  

Mmm, cupcakes!

Here I am, drinking some really tasty tea! We had Earl Grey milk tea, and this lovely flowering green tea. It comes in little bulbs and when you put them in the hot water, they bloom like flowers!

 

Here's the full outfit. It will be complete for the movie, with a petti and socks and all that. The rundown:

"Drink Me" tee: Hot Topic

Skirt: Handmade by me

Alice bow: Handmade by me

Shoes: Bodyline

Bag (not pictured): Bodyline

Cardigan (also not pictured): offbrand

 

Nick and I, being cuddly. (Nick spent most of the time reading comics and napping on the couch. He's not really the tea party type of guy, lol.)

 

Himemiya looking adorable! I am jealous of her pearls!

 

Bec! I love her little hat, she looks very aristocratic.

 

Monica! I love this photo, she looks so classy and glamorous!

 

Aren't they so sweet!

We had such a fun time!  I left with a bit of a tummy ache though, from all the cupcakes and cookies! We're planning a garden party for spring next!

I also wanted to add that this was my first time going out in public in Lolita (or Lolita-esque clothes). (Except for one terrible outfit I wore to school years ago, with a poofy white hippy dress that was Lolita-ish and a black apron, it really looked costumey. ) I had to go to Walmart to pick up a few things, and I must say that I really had a positive experience. I was having a good day already, which helped, but I felt very confident, I had a spring in my step and I was smiling at everyone. One man told me that he liked my outfit. I had to ask one of the workers where the tea was because I couldn't find it, he was an older gentleman, and he smiled and said "You need a spot of tea milady?" He was very nice. I am glad that I had such a positive experience. I got looks, of course, but it seemed like it made people smile, not shoo their children away from me. It was very fun!

-Mariko