My Secret Garden

So recently I ended up making a new video on YouTube for a quarentine/stayhome collab with other Lolita YouTubers. Joëlle of  FluffyKawaiiJo  on YouTube, and Designer of  Fluffy Tori , has put together a collaboration project to share bring entertainment and give ideas to lolitas who are dealing with isolation. Other YouTubers who have also contributed to the project are  Fallen Princess ,  Clover ,  Embroidered Doll ,  Cupcake Kamisama ,  Lou Graves  and  Lovely Lor . The whole playlist of videos in this collaboration series can be found  here . I ended up making a DIY/sew-along for face masks, as I mentioned in my previous post about  things you can do in quarentine as a lifestyle lolita, I mentioned how recently I have been sewing face masks for my family members who work in hospitals, so I figured it might be helpful to others who might be interested in doing the same. Besides, sewing more often has helped calmed...

Well, not really, just the post. Just the latest development in the 2020 Apocalypse. Japanese post has suspended shipment of EMS and Airmail to the USA. Now everything I’ve posted before the last few weeks has come true. It is officially 2004 again. There is no longer any way to buy from brands overseas. We must make due with the leftovers of our own local secondhand market. Nothing new is coming in. I guess it’s a good thing I have almost the entire collection of Gothic & Lolita Bibles complete with sewing patterns. The only new Lolita will be at the expense of my pricked finger tips rather than my bank account. I remember when I first discovered Lolita in middle school. I taught myself how to sew so I could hold a little bit of this perfect world I discovered in my own hands. I would raid my step mother’s scrap fabrics to sew my own maxi pad styled headdresses to wear with my fishnets, camo mini skirts and big stomps boots. Wooo boy am I glad I never got any photos of that mess...

April 9, 2003 There is a post asking if there are any Jenny dolls with legitimate Lolita outfits. They say that they think they saw one wearing a "GothLoli styled outfit." Well, while I'm not completely familiar with the Jenny dolls of the past, I know for certain that Baby the Stars Shine bright had at least one collaboration with the doll brand. I have seen these dolls in two different color variations of the Sugar Bouquet print series. The last one I am including in this segment is a much newer version, which is a new collaboration with the brand Sanrio for the anniversary of the Little Twin Stars. However, because these are a Japanese brand, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there were many more lolita looking dolls just because, of course, Japan is where lolita and "kawaii" styled clothing originated, these just happen to be the two.

As I’ve discussed previously, as the world has mostly shut down during the COVID 19 pandemic, many Lolita’s have turned to remote twinning and holding virtual meetups. This has led me to both twin with local and non local Lolita. Most recently I had the opportunity to to do a tripleting coord with some long-time LiveJournal era friends. We coordinated our matching Meta skirts from their 2000 “Thorn Print” series. In addition to coordinating outfits together, we talked about how the world of Lolita has changed. The younger generation is obsessed with social media, likes, and influenced culture. It’s so strange. Many people seem to get into the fashion for aesthetics or because it’s flashy. I see so many people posting about engagement and followers and it’s so strange to me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just different and no one is bad or wrong for doing things differently than me. I’ve met a lot of amazing people who have gotten into Lolita more recently. In fact, most Lolita I know be...