Orders & outfit

So today my good friend through many years is coming over and I’m really excited as I haven’t seen her since July when I visited her in Wales. She’s in town again for the next week and I’ve taken some time off work, so I can hang out with her. Today we’re going to catch up and plan the following week. Then we’re going to go do a photoshoot. I’m not sure yet what we’re going to be doing for the shoot, but we’ve talked about several themes and some of the shoots we’re going to do in the next week are going to be Lolita related. Yay. Maybe I should mention this: She’s studying Photography at university in Cardiff.

My outfit today is a bit casual, because I know I’ll be changing into something else for the shoot, but still I wanted to dress up a little, since I’ve been wearing nightwear and been bedridden for the past week due to the flu. Also, I wanted to show off this skirt that came in the mail earlier this week. I love this print in this colour, so I was really happy when I got a chance to buy it on the sales community.

The t-shirt with Emilie Autumn is the casual part, haha. I got it in the mail (yes, I received so many things in the mail this week) a few days ago. It was a Christmas present from my parents that took a really long time to get here, because it was apparently being ’stalled’ in Germany for some reason or whatever. It was part of a gift set with EA’s new autobiography, her Opheliac album and a tote bag. We’ve been waiting for so long for this to arrive. The book so far is very fascinating. My friend and I are going to her concert on Wednesday. It's going to be awesome. :D

Like I said a lot of things came in the mail this week. I also received my Blooming Snow White JSK and my Innocent World dress. Both are beautiful. Unfortunately I will also need to alter both of them.

For some reason, the shirring on the dress from Innocent World is completely weird. It seems that some of the strings in the panel are tighter than others which mean that instead of stretching to make room for my bust, the dress is pulled tighter over that area, resulting in major squeeze-age. It’s so off, because according to their measurements on their site, I’m within the range and when you stretch out the shirring there’s plenty of room. The dress just doesn’t do it by itself, except for over the waist, where the shirring works perfectly fine. My mom’s going to take out the elastic and replace it with one that’s looser. Hope it’ll work.

Now for the Blooming Snow White JSK: I was very unhappy to see when I received it that it wasn’t in as good condition as the seller had described. The lace on the back was torn in several places. Here’s a picture:
It’s a shame, really. I can’t repair or replace it, so I’m planning to clip off the loops in the lace and then just wear it with no ribbon to lace it up. Alternatively, I’d have to sew on some new loops for the ribbon and I’m not even going to go there with my poor sewing skills.
The seller and I are working things out, negotiating about a partial refund, so that’s good. And besides the damaged lace, the dress is so beautiful. I absolutely love it and can’t wait for the weather to get warmer around here, so I can wear it. At the moment we’re getting a lot of snow here, which is a little annoying when you want to strut your Loli Stuff.