Halloween 2010

HUGE thanks to Hachi or saving the otherwise failure of a Halloween party.

Anyway.

My outfit for Halloween.

tumblr

I don't have a tumblr myself (I have a soup instead) but there are a few tumblrs that I like to go back to for inspiration. I wanted to share my favourite ones here.


I tried to divide them into categories but as you will see sometimes they're a little arbitrary. 

Dark fashion

 

Morbid Fashion

Frequently updated blog for adult goths, full of high fashion photos and mostly with a grown up feel.

Filth In The Beauty

Less frequent updates but still worth looking at.

Rebell Girls

Not really a fashion blog at all. But some of the girls have beautiful make-up, tattoos and interesting hairstyles, so I thought I might include it anyway.

And You In Your Funerary Glam

Again something for grown up goths. Lovely stuff.

White Blood, Black Blood. Bleed All Over.

Not all of the images are fashion related but most are. 

Felice Fawn

Clayton Addison

Are you dressed to kill or dressed to impress?

Gothic Style and Dark Glam 

Most of the time it's a little too old-school goth for me but there are some interesting images too.

You're So Sensitive, I Am, I Am a Machine...


Aristocratic Elegance

Romantic fashion

Universe Is Alive

Not just fashion, and not just romantic. But in comparison to the "dark fashion" blogs, this one seemed to fit this category better.

Lara Jade's Wonderland

Darque & Lovely

Isn't This Pretty?

High fashion

Inside my mind

Beautiful fashion photography, not really fitting into any of the above categories. 

Cross Stained

Perhaps this one should be in the "dark fashion" category?

Designer specific

Fuck Yeah Gareth Pugh

Hasn't been updated since April but you still might want to look though what had been posted. 

Oh, Alexander

Dedicated to Alexander McQueen.

Fuck Yeah John Galliano

Fuck Yeah!

Japanese or Japan-inspired fashion

 

street snaps in japan

Street snaps of stylish people. Very inspirational. 

fuck yeah japan fashion

A mixture of different styles. Gyaru, lolita, cosplay, visual kei, mori and decora tumbled into one.

Oh Yeah Gyaru

Gyaru, etc

Wicked Innocence

Not exactly a fashion blog, but many of the images are fashion related.

Loli Sekai

A Gothic Lolita's Memoir

Love Misako Aoki

reality dream
some lolita and other street styles

Fantasy Lolita

The Everyday Lolita

La Vie Classique
Classic lolita

Sweet Dreams
OTT sweet lolita and fairy kei

Long Live Lolita

EGL

Old School Lolita

Moi Mori

森ガール

oh yeah mori girl

A Glass Poppy

Gigi's Imaginarium

Dolly Kei

DOLLY KEI



Specific aspects

studs or fuck you

fuck yeah pretty nails

Fuck Yeah Makeup

If you know any other interesting fashion tumblrs, please share!

new project

I am currently working on a new dress, and even though I'm only starting I can already tell that it's going to be my most time-consuming project so far.

Here is the basic design.

The design you see at the bottom? Not a border print, no. Embroidery.

It's going to take me forever to finish this piece. To be honest I don't even remember the last time I embroidered anything. And I don't think I've ever tried doing anything like this.

The dress is going to be red, and the embroidery and the tiered underskirt are both going to be black. Not a very unique colourway, but a nice one.

I've already finished embroidering the first, central, panel. It took me 5 days. Now I only have 6 more to go! I hope that with time I'll get faster, since I won't be that inexperienced by the 7th panel.

Wish me luck!

Lolita - 5 things I love about it

1. Dark romanticism

Maybe punk lolita was the first style I liked, but the dark romantic styles were what made me stay. I describe it as "dark romantic" instead of "gothic" or "classic" because what I mean is really something in between. Not every classic outfit and not every gothic outfit would fit into my idea of dark romanticism.

(images from avant gauche)

Lolita in Secret challenged me; Lolita Pet Peeves!

It's not a strictly lolita blog, I wanted it to be a general personal fashion blog, but what the hell.

Here it is. My top 5 lolita pet peeves. They're not in any particular order other than the order of them coming to my mind.

1. Blouseless coordinates

Some dresses look great without a blouse, especially those with wider straps, like Princess Drop.

Other dresses don't look so good. Especially if they have very thin straps or are strapless. It's OK if you wear your dress as a sundress. After all, the fact that it was made by a lolita brand doesn't mean that you can only wear it with strictly lolita coordinates. Some dresses, especially those by Emily Temple Cute, can look really cute with sandals, straw hat, no blouse, no socks and no petticoat. But if you decide to wear a lolita coordinate and you even wear socks or tights then there's just no balance in your outfit. You're fully covered from toes to... arms. It doesn't make much sense.

Outfit post - Spirit Day

FCKH8.

That's all.

top: Autograf
vest + necklace: NewYorker
skirt: Reserved
shoes: QUAZI
hat: I am

Outfit post

I went out yesterday to a 70s and 80s themed party. I decided not to dress up according to the theme though. Hardly anyone did, so that was OK.
Instead I had a theme of my own for my outfit. I wanted to combine contrasting items. The heavy fur on my boots with the delicate lace on my skirt. The short and rather sexy skirt with the cute top.

I got this skirt last Christmas but yesterday I wore it for the first time. I never had any idea what to wear it with but I think I finally found things that actually look good with it. Or at least I hope so.

top: MOHITO
skirt: ZARA
boots: Tamaris
necklace: Bijou Brigitte