Innocent World Tea Party Vienna

Last Saturday was the great day - The Innocent Wold Tea Party took place in Vienna! It was the first Tea Party taking place in Austria, it was the first Innocent World Tea Party taking place overseas and for me, it was the first Tea Party I attended. ♥

Credit goes to M.E.Fotografie 

Can you see me?^^

At 8:00 am in the morning the day started for me. I made myself ready and traveled to Vienna. At the railstation I met up with Punkangel and we drove to the hotel were the event took place. I had a VIP ticket, so I was allowed to go in one hour earlier than my friends. Inside I met Miko and we decided to walk around together a bit.

We checked out the sales booths and at the beginning I didn't really know what to buy because I was so excited xD I ended up with an Innocent World fur collar, a indie brand dress and a brooch.
Finally the general entrance started and the hall began to fill with lots of gorgeous Lolitas ♥ I never saw so many Lolitas in one place before and it was really a magical feeling *0*

Punkangel and I checked out the sales booths once more and the fashion show finally started. I recorded the fashion show with my camera for my friends youtube channel and hope to share it with you in the next post, so stay tuned :D My friend Medoly was part of the fashion show. All the models looked amazing *o*

After the fashion show we took some outfit pictures and tried the buffet. I sadly was rather un-photogenic that day but here is I pic I like :)

Bow - IW // Wig - Lockshop // Blouse - Infanta // Dress - IW //
Tights -  Ophanim// Shoes - Secret Shop

I actually was quite content with my outfit but when I saw how many of the other Lolitas decided to wear a bonnet I wished I had had that idea too. Well I'll keep that in mind for the next Tea Party xD

After the fashion show the band Lolita KompleX gave a short unplugged concert and than the Q&A, where Innocent World's designer Yumi Fujiwara answered our questions, took place. Fujiwara-san is such a cute person! ♥ She is a bit shy but I think that's what makes her so lovely :D
We were allowed to take pictures with her:

After the Q&A the raffle and contest prices were awarded. Every raffle ticket was a winner and there were such cool prices! Not to forget to mention that every visitor received a goodie bag at the entrance. We got floated with cute items (and flyers! I love flyers! ♥ )

 I was also very happy to meet a Lolita of my area. I knew her for I saw her at the bus station sometimes but I didn't know she was into Lolita :D

She is so cute! ♥  And Fujiwara-san chose her outfit as the winner of the best outfit contest. I was really happy for her ♥

After all the Tea Party had to come to an end. Personally I thought is was too short. I really enjoyed the program but I wish I had had a bit more time for talking to others and taking more photos ~

Medoly, Punkangel, Miko,Yu and me (and of course many other Lolitas I know) also visited the After Tea Party Party which was great fun.

I was super happy to be able to go to this Tea Party and I'm so proud of the organisation team for making it such a great event! ♥

Yaya ♥

Clobbaonline order review

Already quite a time ago I received the items I ordered through clobbaonline.com, a taobao shopping service site.
I ordered brown Tea Party shoes from Secret Shop and a brown Infana blouse.

Communication: The communication with clobba works as follows: You send them the filled out order form that can be found on there page. Fill in the items you want, your measurements and some other stuff ~ You can also choose witch shipping method you want. I chose Airmail, a cheap but a bit slow shipping method. I wasn't in a hurry to receive the items, so slow shipping was no problem for me.

After you send the order form clobba will text you back if the items are still available and will double check you measurements. You can ask questions if you have any and place your payment.
Most taobao items are custom made so now it is time to wait until they are made. Then you receive an email that your order has been shipped and you only have to wait for it to arrive :)

The communication was polite and fast, as I expected, so 5/5

Shipping: As I said I chose Airmail. It took about 2 weeks to arrive and that is perfectly fine 5/5

Now onto the products:

Secret Shop Tea Party Shoes

 I was a bit concerned witch shoe size to get because I ordered Secret Shop shoes before (in size L) and they were too tight on me. I'm an European size 39 but my feet are strangely wide. This time I went for size LL and they fit a lot better :)

The colour is a nice dark brown like I wanted it and I couldn't find any flaws. 5/5

Infanta Lady Embroidery Chiffon Blouse

I ordered it in size L. On clobba's site it says that the brown material isn't stretchy so I was afraid it might be uncomfortable. However it is super comfortable and my favourite blouse now ^^

The sleeves are pretty, however, there were quite a few loose threads :/

I'm also very fond of the detailed collar.♥  The lace is nice and soft just how we Lolitas like it ^^

The button holes bother me a bit. Everytime I put the button through it feels like I could rip them apart or something :/ That's the downside of that blouse. 

4/5 because of loose threads and delicate button holes.

To sum up, I'm satisfied with my order and would buy the items again.

I hope this review was useful to you.

See you,

Yaya ♥

Vienna Summer Meet up

I'm sorry for the lack of posts for the last two weeks but I was on holiday without a proper Internet connection. I plan to post a little London diary soon but there still needs to be some photo editing done.
For today I want to share pictures of the latest Lolita Meet up I attended.

It was super hot that day so I skipped the blouse and wore a T-shirt instead and styled my own hair instead of relying on a wig. 

During the Meet-up we visited an art exhibition and went to an Asian restaurants afterwards. 

This was the whole group. We also had a special guest - La Carmina, a famous blogger who filmed us for some kind of documentation ~

It was a fun day and I enjoyed chatting with friends and also meeting some new people :3

See you next time,

Yaya 

Lolita-Birthday-Picnic

Yesterday, on 12. July I had my birthday. Today I celebrated it with my friends Medoly, Punkangel and Yukii. We held a picnic in a local park.

This was my birthday coord ~ I thought it is time to wear my AP French Cafe again. It's still one of my favourite dresses :3 

hat - selfmade 

blouse - fleemarket find 

wristcuffs - In the Snowfield (etsy) 

JSK - Angelic Pretty

socks - sockdreams.com

shoes - an*tai*na

For my birthday I also got a new camera. Can you see the difference in quality? 

Sadly, we didn't have a chance to take a group pic :/ Here are some close ups instead. 

We actually spent the day with eating and chatting and we had a lot of fun. 

 Cups- cutified by me ^^

Me and Punkangel wore same socks :D

Punkangel's muffins and Medoly's cake in the background :3

Sorry for the pic spam.^^ I really enjoyed this day and I hope we can repeat it soon again!

Until then,

Have a nice time,

Yaya 

Innocent World Sugar Cake Onepiece

There is something I didn't tell you yet. In October an Innocent World Tea Party will be hold in Vienna. I was lucky and managed to get a VIP Ticket (The VIP tickets were chosen trough a raffle).
I decided to take this occasion to get my first IW dress and it arrived yesterday <3

It arrived in a brown IW shopping bag.

The communication with IW was great. They sent me an invoice after I placed my order and sent me an email when the dress was shipped out. 

The lace is fine.

The waist ties are detachable. The bow isn't as opulent as it is the case with most of my other dresses, so I maybe won't detach them this time. 

Compared to the stock photos the print is a lot more pink. On the stock photo it looks like the print is brown only, however, as shown on my pics this isn't the case. No problem for me though as I like pink ;)

The quality is nice. The fabric is rather light and therefore quite suitable for summer. I love the details on the print. 

Another observation I made it that the dress isn't suitable for cupcake-shaped petticoats. I sadly don't own an A-line petticoat so I couldn't try it with one. A petti with low poof works fine :3

I would order the dress again even if I had to pay a quite high custom fee.

I'm really looking forward to the Tea Party now, however, I'm sad that some of my friends didn't get a ticket :/

Whom of you is going to the Tea Party? Did you plan your outfit already?

See you next time,

Yaya <3

A visit to the Linzer Fleemarket // LALOAM of June

On Saturday Medoly, Yukii and me went to the Fleemarket here in Linz. Rather spontaneously we decided to wear Lolita.

This was my outfit:
Sorry for the dark pics :/

I did a simple Country-Sweet coord ~

Hat: C&A

Blouse and JSK: White Moon//Taobao

Ankle Socks: sockdreams.com

Shoes: an*tai*na 

And this our little group:

Medoly and Yukii started a youtube channel lately. You can view it here. :3

The people at the fleemarket really loved us. At every stand we visited we got nice compliments and people were very interested in what we are wearing and so on ~  We also got some things for free. A man gave us free earrings and the bunny toy in the pic above was a present from a nice lady. 

So sweet <3 

It was a great day and I really enjoyed wearing Lolita again after this break.

Do you like going to the fleemarket?

See you,

Yaya 

Children's Books for Lolitas

Hello dolls ♡

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Lately, I'm dealing a lot with children's books because I need that for my final exams. I thought it would be fun to feature some a Lolita might like.

#1 Alice Adventures in Wonderland. 
Alice seems to be a fix element of Lolita fashion. Alice themed stuff is popular for dress prints and there is even an own substyle called Alice Lolita (It's not so popular in the west though ~).
I read the book myself and I enjoyed it a lot. Lewis Carroll also wrote a second story with Alice as protagonist. The book is called Through the looking glass. 
It's also fun to see which of the characters that appear in the movies are from witch book!

#2 Winnie-the-Pooh
by A.A.Milne
When I was a child I was crazy about the Disney adoption of Winnie-the-Pooh. I watched the movie/episodes nearly everyday. I read the book again lately and it's just so cute ♡
The characters are nearly all toys what makes the story interesting for Lolitas. I also love how the whole story plays in a wood.

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#3 The Moomins
Moomins are fairytale like creatures that live in a wood. The Moomin series includes nine volumes written by the Swedish author Tove Jansson. I sadly wasn't able to read the series myself so far but I heard that the German translation it isn't far as good as the original. Sadly I don't have any information about the English version in this matter ~

#4 Fairy-tales
Many Lolitas get inspired by fairy-tales. If you are of the opinion that the one's for children are too boring try to find the original versions that were written for adults.

Are there any children's books you enjoyed? Tell me in the comments!

Love,

Yaya  ♡

10 Lolita Spring Ideas

Hello dolls  ♡

It's march and spring is near! Many Lolitas see spring as the best season to wear the fashion as it is neither too hot nor too cold for all the layers.
Here are my ideas and tips on how to make the best of this season:

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collage made by me.

• Go for pale colours in you coordinates. Fresh, light colours fit perfectly into spring.
• Add flowers to your outfits. Either as a print or as accessory.
• Make sure you own enough cardigans to match with your outfits for this season.
• Do a special themed outfit for Easter.
• Make a Lolita picnic.
• Take walks in a local park. If the sun is very strong bring a parasol with you.
• Pick flowers, press them and add them to your scrapbook.
• Do a spring clean! Sort out your wardrobe and add new decoration to your room.
• Take outfit pictures outside with blooming flowers and fields in the background.
• Start something new! Spring often symbolises a (re)start. If there is something you wanted to do since ages but never started, do it now ♡

♡ I hope you all have a happy spring ♡

Yaya 

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Concert et le week-end a Bruxelles

Hello dolls ♡

As you maybe know I and three friends were in Brussels this weekend. The concerts was great and we had so much fun in general. I have so many lovely pics to share with you so be ready for a spam xD

♡ Jassi, me, Snii and Duplica.  ♡

I look kinda derpy xDD

We arrived at Friday night after an one and an half hour flight. It was my first flight and I have to thank Jassi for guiding me so well during it  :)

On Saturday we got up early because we wanted to do some sight-seeing. We decided to wear our concert outfits right away, as we weren't sure if we get back to the hotel before it.

My outfit...

...and my face ^0^

The centre of Brussels is so beautiful. They have lots of interesting shops and you can buy candy everywhere. I also liked the look of most buildings. 

Our outfits attracted quite some a attention and we got photographed like 1000 times xD

One of the funniest moments was when these guys all dressed in black came up to us, asking for a photo ^^

We found out they were on the way to a metal-festival. I actually expected troubles when they walked up to us but they were super nice!

We also got to know the mum of one of Kyary's background dancer.

She was such a cutie, showing us a video of her daughter dancing. ♡

Snii and I had the same idea for posing xD 

On the concert itself taking pictures was forbidden. Before the concert started we had the chance to buy some merchandising. I bought stickers and badges :3

Kyary started punctual. The structure of the concerts was fun. Between the songs she talked with us (sadly in Japanese ^^) and video clips were showed. I was so happy that she sang 'Cherry Bon Bon' as it is one of my favourite song of hers. Of course she also performed her well known songs like `PonPonPon' and 'Tsukematsukeru'  but also songs I didn't know yet.

The concert was over kinda early and we stayed at the bar and chatted with the people that were still around. After that my feet hurt so hard because I wasn't used to my shoes. So I was happy that we went back to the hotel. 

On Sunday we had some time before flying back so we visited the 'Atomium' ♡, a famous building in Brussels. 

and here three additional pics I absolutely want to share with you:

studying the map is kawaii xD

me and Snii, her sweet-tooth is incredible *-*

And another pic of my outfit ~

For me it was an awesome weekend filled with lots of fun and new experiences. I hope we can go on holiday like this again someday ^0^

And I'm not sorry that this post is so long and picture heavy. 

That's it.

See you again!

Yaya ♡