Lolita 52: Week 3

How was your week? Mine was okay. I'm having a little trouble with my right foot, but I make it work somehow. The show must go on ;)

So, on to the next topic of the Lolita 52 challenge:

This is definitely one of the easier questions and some of you may already know the answer, because it was quite obvious in my former blog design. It's "Dance of the black cat" by Alice and the pirates:

I especially love the JSK Version II in the black colourway, which is why it's on the top of my wishlist. But the green colourway is also nice.

But there is also another print that I love that is a little more recent (though still already a little older). It's "End of Immortal Eden", also by Alice and the pirates. I love all the colourways and especially the JSK, but unfortunately it wouldn't fit me :(

How about you, what are your favourite prints?

Week 2

First off: Woohoo! This week I passed my driving exam at the first attempt and now I have my driver's license! I am so happy that I'm finally done with this, the lessons were really expensive -.-

So as a kind of "reward" for myself (and because it was necessary) I got my hair cut today. I wanted to get the last remains of my attempt to become blonde out of my hair and now it's maybe a little too short for my taste. But it was worth it, now my hair colour is consistent again :)

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And now it's time for the second part of the Lolita 52 Challenge, so let's see what I pulled out of the box:

Wow, that's a tough one.
As I told you, I didn't really have the time to follow the recent trends, so it's kind of hard to say what could be the next.
"Alice and the Pirates" pay homage to Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary with their most recent (and gorgeous) release (Does anyone know why you can't see the JSKs anymore?). Maybe other brands will do something like that too? Lolita fashion draws much inspiration from historical fashion, so I think it would be really cool to see not only elements of historical clothing but also prints that depict historic events or personalities, like Marie Antoinette, Catherine II of Russia or Elizabeth I.
I just love history :)
But with spring lurking around the corner I could also see Country Lolita having a comeback, with straw hats and baskets, Vichy check and fruit and flower prints.

What do you say, what's the next Lolita trend?

Plus-sized Brand-rant (AatP)

As a lolita one has to admit: Brands do matter. They start trends, are prestigious and after all, in many cases their designs are beautiful.
As a plus-sized lolita one has to admit: Size does matter.
And somehow these two facts are mutually incompatible. At least they used to be. Little by little some brands are starting to introduce larger sizes, among them my favourite brand: Alice and the Pirates.

If we just ignore the fact that I cannot afford brand, I should be jumping for joy but somehow... I don't.
The AatP dresses that are made to fit larger sizes rarely seem as beaufitul to me as those who are not.
Let's see some examples.

The Beauty & the Rose Promise JSK. Maybe it looks better in real life but this cut, this somehow shiny fabric and this print just don't appeal to me :/

Next up: Vampire Forest. The cut of this dress is actually quite nice but this print is just... so not my thing. When I first heard the name I had a nice dress with  a dark border print, depicting the silhouette of a forest, in mind, maybe with some evil glowing eyes. (I still think that this would be an awesome print *___*) I was really disappointed when I saw it and even if this is not the typical case of a lace monster, the lace on the top seems quite monstrous to me.

Another example: Melty Mermaid Princess. The idea behind this print is really nice, the execution, however, could have been a little better but I could live with that. It's just that this cut seems extremely unflattering to me and why on earth would they use a different shade of purple for the lacing in the front than for the print itself?

Their newest prints also offer items for us larger girls but again I am a little disappointed.
For example the Lock the Pandora's memories skirt. This name also made me hope for something incredibly awesome but it turned out that it is an all-over-print that is... not really my thing. They made a skirt with this print that you can turn into a salopette. A great idea but still... just not my thing.

And now there is Misty Night Royal game and one of the dresses can stretch so much that I could gain double the weight that I've lost since last year and still fit into it XD I like the whole chess motif but I think all of the items just lack some plain-coloured parts to break the whole busy-ness of the print. I'd love to like it but... I just don't -.-

*sigh* Being plus-sized can be a curse but luckily it's not hopeless, at least not when it come to AatP.
There are rare exceptions like the Vanilla corset jumper skirt. It's elegant, rather simple and stunning. And I fit into it ^^

(All pics taken from either hellolace or the AatP online shop)

So now it's time to whine about not having any money XD But that's a different story and will be told another day ;)
After all we should not forget that brand is not everything. As long as an outfit is creative and well put together it doesn't matter if you spent a penny or a fortune on it. Sadly a lot of girls forget that lolita is not about status symbols but about beauty and creativity.

So, what do you think of these dresses or of the topic "brand" in general? ^^