It’s been one year since the Angelic Pretty store first opened in San Francisco, co-located with Harajuku Hearts. The weekend’s festivities included a tea party taking place today, as well as AP designers, Maki and Asuka, along with AP model RinRin, as shop staff. I wasn’t able to make the tea party, so I decided [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, celebrities, japanese brands, san francisco
Filed under: Fashion

In addition to the h.NAOTO Street Style Competition, there were several other h.NAOTO events planned for the weekend of the J-Pop Summit Festival, held August 27-28, 2011. One of the attractions was the h.NAOTO pop-up shop pictured above that was set-up in NEW PEOPLE’s revolving storefront in San Francisco’s Japantown. Fans of h.NAOTO that purchased [...]

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Tags: celebrities, gothic aristocrat, gothic lolita, h.Naoto, japanese brands, new people, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion, New People news

If you live in the San Francisco area, you’re in luck. The last few days have uncovered a few exciting, and bittersweet, pieces of news. Starting with the good news, h.Naoto will open a U.S. flagship store at the NEW PEOPLE building in San Francisco on October 7th. In the meantime, an h.Naoto pop-up shop [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, black peace now, bpn, celebrities, Events, gothic lolita, h.Naoto, Harajuku Hearts, j-pop summit, japanese brands, new people, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion, New People news, News

Lots of little tidbits about  Gothic & Lolita fashion and other Japanese youth fashion have been released lately. If you not had the time to keep up with everything, consider this your  crash course. New York-based Tokyo Rebel has announced the shop will be doing an interview with KERA model, AKIRA. Tokyo Rebel will be asking [...]

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Tags: 6% dokidoki, celebrities, Events, fanime, hawaii, London, los angeles, new york, san francisco
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In early April, Carousel of Crowns was invited to interview Angelic Pretty model, RinRin, while she was in town for Angelic Pretty’s special event. Angelic Pretty San Francisco has posted the video and we’ve re-posted it here for your convenience. See our very own ace photographer, Lydia, ask RinRin about her start in Lolita fashion, [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, celebrities, japanese brands, san francisco, sweet lolita
Filed under: Beauty Style, Fashion, Lifestyle

Q-pot has created a Peace Chocolate Band that it is selling for 525 yen to benefit Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami relief. The band comes in four colors – milk chocolate (brown), white chocolate, strawberry chocolate (pink) and mint chocolate (mint green). If you’re in Japan, do pick one up or submit an order online. Unfortunately, [...]

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Tags: celebrities, fashion show, los angeles, Music, paris, seattle, vancouver
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Recently, an h.NAOTO Frill fashion show was held in Tokyo. Frill is the most lolita-centric of h.NAOTO’s various iterations. Members of the Japanese Lolita community had a chance to attend, but as is evident from the video below (and the slow pace), this particular show was held primarily for fashion buyers (the folks with order [...]

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Tags: boystyle, celebrities, Events, gothic lolita, h.Naoto, japan, japanese brands, misako aoki, ouji
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Pacific Media Expo, otherwise known as PMX, is hosting a Harajuku-themed fashion show on April 2nd at the 2011 Los Angeles Cherry Blossom Festival. PMX is looking for models to participate in the fashion show in their own Harajuku-themed outfits, which include Lolita, Japanese Gothic, Fairy-kei, Mori Girl and more. For additional information on how [...]

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Tags: celebrities, entertainment for the lolita, Events, japanese brands, los angeles, Mori-girl, new york, Vivienne Westwood
Filed under: Entertainment, Events, Fashion, News

A few weeks ago I found Tokyo Kawaii Magazine, an English (a few Spanish issues too) digital magazine that focuses on Japanese youth fashion, anime, manga and all things cute. The digital magazine is only available on the iPhone via iTunes. The magazine currently has two free preview issues, however if you’re willing to pay for [...]

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Tags: 6% dokidoki, akira, Algonquins, baby the stars shine bright, boystyle, btssb, celebrities, DelilaH, entertainment for the lolita, fashion snap, iphone, japanese brands, misako aoki, sweet lolita, Wonder Rocket, yu kimura
Filed under: Books, Entertainment

For the past few weeks, the local Lolita community has been abuzz about the collaborative opening of the Angelic Pretty & Harajuku Hearts  (reseller of Algonquins, Atelier Pierrot, Deoart, Listen Flavor and Sex Pot Revenge) store in San Francisco on Saturday, November 20th and another state-side visit from AP designers Maki and Asuka.  Carousel of Crowns [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, Atelier Pierrot, celebrities, Events, japanese brands, Putumayo, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion