While at the J-Pop Summit festival, I took a few street snaps of the fashionably dressed folks in attendance during the short time I was there. Click photos for larger versions. Share this:FacebookEmailDiggStumbleUponReddit

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, baby the stars shine bright, btssb, Candy Pop, Events, fairy kei, gothic lolita, h.Naoto, j-pop summit, lolita, new people, pop kei, punk lolita, real people style, rock style, san francisco, street snap, sweet lolita
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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

The Kawaii.i TV YouTube videos have been making their rounds on the Japanese fashion blogosphere lately, and for good reason. The videos examine Japanese fashion and pop culture in easy-to-watch short format videos with English subtitles. The channel has quite a few Lolita & Gothic fashion videos, but I’d like to highlight three – in [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, Atelier Boz, gothic aristocrat, gothic lolita, hime lolita, himegyaru, La Pafait, sweet lolita, video
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Since February 16th, maruione.jp, the online shopping page for brands featured at the Marui One department stores in Japan has been down due to malicious hacking attack on the website. Just yesterday, maruione.jp re-opened in all regions after a gradual roll-out to a few countries and regions. This is good news for fans of all [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, black peace now, bpn, Emily Temple Cute, gothic lolita, japan, japanese brands, Metamorphose, sweet lolita
Filed under: Fashion, News

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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It’s that time of the year again when the weather is turning colder and a number of Lolitas will consider purchasing a new winter coat befitting of their frilly or gothic (or ouji or pirate) frocks. Some of the Lolita and Gothic Lolita brands have already started shipping their coats, others still have them on [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, baby the stars shine bright, btssb, classic lolita, coat, gothic lolita, japanese brands, Metamorphose
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While the main event was all happening on May 29th, in truth the Fantaisies dans les Monde des Rêves festivities started on May 28th with the opening of the Magical Boutique and lasted until May 31st when the boutique closed. On the first day, the Magical Boutique was rather calm with just a select number of [...]

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Tags: Angelic Pretty, Atelier Pierrot, celebrities, Events, fanime 2010, Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves, gothic lolita, japanese brands, Metamorphose, Putumayo, san francisco, sweet lolita, Triple Fortune
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From May 28-31, 2010, co-located with Fanime, Oneesan Inc. hosted Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves which brought the American Lolita fashion community face to face with Angelic Pretty, Chantilly and Atelier Pierrot designers. Festivities included a hotly contested Miss Gothic & Lolita USA 2010 competition, tea party, fashion show, concert with Lolita musicians Kokusyoku Sumire, [...]

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Tags: American brands, Angelic Pretty, Atelier Pierrot, celebrities, Events, fanime 2010, gothic lolita, japanese brands, san francisco, sweet lolita, Triple Fortune
Filed under: Entertainment, Events, Fashion, Music

Queen Bee is a brand of Lolita and Gothic shoes I found on my last trip to Japan. Although it’s put out some designs that are a little questionable, Queen Bee produces cute shoes that fit most sub-styles of Lolita at a portion of the cost of what you’d pay for a pair of shoes [...]

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Tags: boots, classic lolita, gothic lolita, japanese brands, shoes, sweet lolita
Filed under: Fashion