Last but not least in our fashion snaps from Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves is the organizer herself, Lynda Leung! Name: Lynda From: Bay Area, CA How long have you been wearing gothic & lolita fashion? Since time started to flow, and it seems like it’s frozen. Style or theme of the day: Goth [...]

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Name: Matsuki From: San Francisco, CA How long have you been wearing gothic & lolita fashion? Since 2004. Style or theme of the day: Chocolate bars! What’s your favorite part of this outfit? Dress (Angelic Pretty Melty Chocolate JSK in mint x brown), because of the cute buttons. Name: Ashley-Marie From: Los Angeles, CA How [...]

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Name: Laura From: Denver, CO How long have you been wearing gothic & lolita fashion? 4 years Style or theme of the day: Stars. What’s your favorite part of this outfit? The skirt. Also, wearing something for the first time. It’s exciting to put on something new!

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Coming at you this week, fashion snaps and short interviews from Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves… Name: Yunko From: CA How long have you been wearing gothic & lolita fashion? 2-3 years Style or theme of the day: Kuro, cute. What’s your favorite part of this outfit? The dress. Name: Alex From: Los Angeles, [...]

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We loved the positive response to our earlier post about Pink Macaroon’s latest creation, so we wanted to let you know that mom-to-be Sarah is doing well! Here she is wearing Angelic Pretty’s Soap Bubble OP at Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves… On a side note that’s hardly strictly loli, here are some photos [...]

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Umi and I were in San Jose this weekend to check out the lolita scene at Fanime and to bring you coverage from Fantaisies dans le Monde des Rêves, a gothic and lolita “extravaganza eleganza” (as RuPaul would say) put on by Oneesan Inc. We’ll have lots of photos and fashion coming your way in [...]

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As mentioned in yesterday’s post, it’s Carousel of Crown’s 1-year anniversary, so it’s the perfect time to look back at some of our posts and share our personal favorites. Best Fashion Snap Real Lolita Style Lydia’s pick for her favorite fashion snap is Kaydie’s Circus-themed Angelic Pretty outfit, taken at San Francisco’s NEW PEOPLE building [...]

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A few weeks ago, Lydia took this photo of me wearing a yellow BABY JSK, mint green cardigan from Wonder Rocket and a pink polka dot ribbon belt I obtained in a random shop in Japan. I paired it with antique white shoes, socks, blouse and bonnet. It was my attempt at merging my classical and [...]

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My sister Kat and her friend Lachlan visited my studio last week. I got to dress them up in some of my Alice & the Pirates pieces: A&tP sailor blouse on Kat paired with a F21 Cirque black dot tulle skirt, A&tP millefeuille OP on Lachlan, A&tP wide pants, his own jacket, vintage hats on [...]

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How many of you San Francisco lolis wore your Baby the Stars Shine Bright bunny earmuffs today? Umi and I decided the day we got them in our winter lucky packs that we’d don ours on Easter. Here’s a quick photo taken before brunch at Samovar Tea Lounge this morning.

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