Finishing off our coverage of the J-Pop Summit Festival, here’s a few miscellaneous photos, mostly fashion good from the festival vendors. Pictured above are rows of handmade and blinged out iPhone cases from sexi+serpico.  Hephzi Creations had a lot more jewelry and fashion accessories for sale than what is pictured here, but I found myself very [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: accessories, Events, fairy kei, jpop summit festival, san francisco, Viz
Filed under: Events, Fashion

This time last year Viz launched the New People building in San Francisco, establishing a home for the BABY, The Stars Shine Bright and Black Peace Now stores in the United States. To celebrate the building’s first anniversary, all the building tenants are holding specials. For the Gothic & Lolita fashion fans, this means: BABY [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: 6% dokidoki, baby the stars shine bright, black peace now, bpn, btssb, Events, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, Viz
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Let’s take a trip on the way back machine (which sadly was only 2 posts ago) when we told you about the 2nd Annual J-pop Summit Festival being held in San Francisco. At the time details were light, and they still are, but we do know that Black Peace Now is doing a contest in [...]

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Tags: 6% dokidoki, black peace now, bpn, Events, japanese brands, jpop summit festival, new people, san francisco, Viz
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On November 20, Lydia and I attended a private party at San Francisco’s NEW PEOPLE complex to celebrate the opening of the Tokyo Creators Market exhibit in the art gallery. One of the artists featured in the gallery is Kim Songhe who transforms kitschy knicknacks into artistic chandeliers and other pieces of home decor. Our [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Events, furniture/decor, new people, san francisco, Viz
Filed under: Events, Hobbies, Home Decor, Lifestyle

San Francisco’s BABY, The Stars Shine Bright has only been open a month, but it’s already featured two sets of Lucky Packs and now has its incentives program well under way. The store has just announced its first free gift with purchase – a plush tissue box cover of Milky-chan the bunny. The damage? Spend [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: baby the stars shine bright, btssb, furniture/decor, goods, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, Viz
Filed under: Home Decor, Lifestyle, New People news, News

The time has finally come for 6% DOKIDOKI to leave its temporary home at Viz’ San Francisco NEW PEOPLE centerc and return to Harajuku. The store officially closes on Tuesday, September 15th, however they will be going out with a bang by holding a store closing sale starting on Sunday, September 13th. The “THANK YOU” [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: 6% dokidoki, accessories, baby the stars shine bright, btssb, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, Viz
Filed under: Fashion, New People news, News

There are not many Lolita fashionistas out there that don’t know about the movie ‘Kamikaze Girls’ (Shimotsuma Monogatari or 下妻物語), which was based on an original novel by Novala Takemoto (嶽本野ばら), a writer who’s stories follow the lives of fictional Lolita characters. For English-speaking lolitas, a translation of ‘Kamikaze Girls’ has been available for quite sometime, [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: Books, celebrities, entertainment for the lolita, Viz
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In San Francisco and need something to do this weekend? Why not attend the 6% DOKIDOKI Fan Night event on Saturday, September 5? In a little less than two weeks, 6% DOKIDOKI will be closing up it’s doors and leaving it’s temporary shop in San Francisco. Before the stores closes on Tuesday, September 15 and [...]

posted by Umi
Tags: 6% dokidoki, celebrities, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, Viz
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The day after their grand opening, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright held an invite-only tea party for the first 50 people who spent $200 or more at the store. Festivities were held in the Superfrog Gallery, just upstairs from Baby, and was catered by Miette and the Secret Garden Tea House. Hit the jump for [...]

posted by Lydia
Tags: baby the stars shine bright, btssb, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, sweet lolita, Tea, Viz
Filed under: Events, Fashion, Lifestyle, New People news, Tea

In a way, the heavens parted on Saturday, August 15 for many die-hard Lolita fans. Frilly fashionistas had descended upon San Francisco’s Japantown from such fashionable cities as Los Angeles and New York to be there for the NEW PEOPLE grand opening festivities. Many of the first people to enter the NEW PEOPLE complex were [...]

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Tags: 6% dokidoki, baby the stars shine bright, black peace now, bpn, btssb, celebrities, Events, japanese brands, new people, san francisco, Viz
Filed under: Events, Fashion, Lifestyle, New People news