Yesterday, I blogged about Courtney’s adorable pom-pom adorned outfit. The other bit of wonderful craftiness I spotted at Angelic Pretty’s mini party was this sweets-laden whipped cream cell phone cover, made by Rebecca. Here is Rebecca on the left using her phone, and the rest of the early birds waiting for Angelic Pretty SF to [...]

posted by Lydia
Tags: Angelic Pretty, crafting, deco, Events, real people style, san francisco, sweet lolita
Filed under: Hobbies

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 [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: boystyle, celebrities, Events, gothic lolita, h.Naoto, japan, japanese brands, misako aoki, ouji
Filed under: Events, Fashion

6% DOKIDOKI founder and designer, Sebastian Masuda, has created a project called Mighty Harajuku in the wake of the 8.9 earthquake in Japan, followed by the devastating tsunami and nuclear crisis. The goal of the project is to report how Harajuku is faring in the days and weeks following – in part to counteract the [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: 6% dokidoki, Events, harajuku, japan, japanese brands, san francisco, tokyo
Filed under: Events, News

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 [...]

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

It seems the Japanese Lolita fashion brands have been stepping up their amount of work on special collaborations lately. Various Lolita brands are providing clothing for the Japanese drama, Deka Wanko and recently, most of the Lolita brands  at Laforet Harajuku did designs based on the Shiki manga. Normally, these collaborations  have had characters, or [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Atelier Boz, Events, Metamorphose, Putumayo, tokyo
Filed under: Anime, Entertainment, Events, Fashion, Film

On January 30, 2011, Angelic Pretty San Francisco hosted a mini tea party at the Angelic Pretty/Harajuku Hearts store location. All in all, there were 35 Angelic Pretty customers and about six shop staff and volunteers in attendance. The afternoon started off with mingling over beverages (water, hot milk tea or lemonade) and snacks (Pocky, cookies [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Events, japanese brands, real people style, san francisco, sweet lolita
Filed under: Events

Name: Alex From: San Francisco When did you arrive? Around 10 or 11 AM. Have you already been inside? We haven’t been inside yet, but just don’t want to stand in line. What are you most looking forward to seeing inside? Harajuku Hearts Is there any particular brand that they sell that you’re most looking [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Events, Harajuku Hearts, japanese brands, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion

At the Angelic Pretty/Harajuku Hearts store opening in San Francisco, we grabbed photos and interviews with the first two people in line, so it was only natural that we’d grab photos with some of the last few people in line before the store opened. Name: Georgia From: San Francisco How did you find out about [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Events, fashion snap, japanese brands, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion

Our featured snap for the day is Lindsey who was the second Lolita in line to shop at the new Angelic Pretty and Harajuku Hearts store in San Francisco. Name: Lindsey From: From LA, but currently studying at UC Davis How early did you arrive? We got here at 6:45 AM this morning, but we [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Events, fashion snap, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion

While waiting for the Angelic Pretty/Harajuku Hearts store to open on November 20th, we had the opportunity to take a number of fashion snaps of the folks waiting in line. Our very first fashion snap is Shannon, who was the very first person in line and was holding ticket #1  to enter the store when [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Events, fashion snap, san francisco
Filed under: Events, Fashion