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, [...]

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

Angelic Pretty’s new School Mate One Piece dress in red tartan, or the alternate navy tartan, which I’m equally in love with, is to die for. It’s got a bit of a retro feel, 1950s feel to it that I’m really loving. Cute carry-on luggage – need I say more? The Metamorphose Tales of the [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Deoart, items we love, japanese brands, Metamorphose, Victorian Maiden
Filed under: Fashion

I have to admit, I’m on a major polka dot craze right now (evidence to be found in an upcoming blog post.) Polka dotted items are mostly always in fashion, but this spring it seems both Emily Temple Cute and Angelic Pretty have also caught on to the polka dot craze in a big way. [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, Emily Temple Cute, japanese brands
Filed under: Fashion

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 [...]

posted by Umi
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 [...]

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

I’ve been going back and forth on making a post on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan for a few days. Stuck between making a post relevant to the topic of this blog (fashion) and the feeling that doing so would be incredibly shallow considering the lives that have been lost. In the end, I [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Alice and the Pirates, Angelic Pretty, baby the stars shine bright, btssb, japan, japanese brands, Metamorphose, Victorian Maiden
Filed under: News

We’ve never done outfit posts here on Carousel of Crowns before, so be sure to sound off if you’d enjoy more of these in the future or whether you could go without them. On a personal note, it’s amazing what a wig and a change of makeup can do to how you photograph! Pictured above [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Angelic Pretty, btssb, fashion snap, japanese brands, Metamorphose, sweet lolita
Filed under: Fashion

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