(Painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard).
I watched Kamikaze Girls for the first time a few weeks ago. I don’t know what I expected, but I was pleasantly surprised. Momoko’s infatuation with the Rococo era was a wonderful reminder of the origins of Lolita, something that I find is often drowned out a bit by the present busy prints and generally OTT sweet dresses. It also reminded me of my own love for al l things Victorian and Rococo – and basically the reason why I got into Lolita in the first place.
I find I often get sidetracked by looking at really Sweet dresses and I sit and ‘Uh’ and ‘Ah’ at these colourful prints, but in reality I don’t think they would fit me. The same goes for Gothic dresses, I love them and their lovely elegance, but I’m just bored out of my mind by having had so much black in my wardrobe for so many years. I need a change now. So I’ve started to organize my style and purchases.
Classic Lolita was my first love and I need to complete it more. I also want to soften my look more. Like I said, I’m tired of coordinating so many outfits with black, so I’m focusing on getting some brown and off-white items. I want my closet full of romantic dresses in lovely soft colours.
The black in my hair has also got to go, but that’s a bit slower process. It’s only been growing out for a year and a few months. I’ve been dying the roots with semi-permanent dye, but I’m letting it wash all out now and then I’ll try to dye it a dark brown instead until I get back to my old dark blonde self. And then, maybe I'll want to go lighter :3
On another note, I decided to give repairing the lace on the Blooming Snow White JSK a go. I didn’t think I would be able to do it, until I saw someone else who’d repaired a similar lace on their dress. It actually looks okay now. I put the ribbon back on, but I won’t use tighten it – it’s only going to be there for decorative purposes. It’s actually only upon close inspection that you can see some of it is a little stretched. I repaired it all the places where it had been ripped completely.
At the same time as when I was thinking of buying Blooming snow White, I also had the opportunity to buy Meta’s Pintuck JSK in lavender. I’ve always loved the simple design and versatility of the dress, but at that time Blooming Snow White won. Then around the middle of March the dress popped up again on the sales community and I immediately snapped it up. It arrived almost two weeks ago and I absolutely love it. The colour is so gorgeous.
I can't wait to wear it. I'm planning on wearing this dress and the Blooming Snow White for the Copenhagen Sakura Festival on April 17th-18th.
I tried to really pace myself and be patient for the Spring lines of the taobao brands. I’m happy I did, because I knew it would be worth the wait.
I love this Classic dress from Infanta. It was just the sort of thing I was hoping for:
And while I'm waiting for more Spring/Summer dresses, I'm trying to decide on one of these two beauties from Innocent World:
I'm leaning towards the Forest Harvest Festival, because of the many options for colour coordinations, but nothing is set in stone yet.
