Lolita Thug Life

So a friend of mine bought me the Heanuli "Enchanted Fawn" dress in fawn colorway to pay for a commission I am going to do for her. So as soon as I got it, of course, I had to go on a photo shoot! I wanted to shoot in a grungy cityscape location because, like I said in my last post, I love looking lovely and having everything around me look like ew. It's fun. So James and I decided to go on a "Lolita Thug Life" photo shoot. It was silly and fun (and exciting/disturbing, as we saw a hobo drinking beer bottles from the dumpsters.) So on with the photos and I hope you guys enjoy! 

Lolita Thug Life

I didn't chose the lolita life....

...... The lolita life chose me.

Until next time!

~Edward

Lots of lolita things.

Oh hi!So I didn't write a second blog post last week cus I don't have a ton to talk about so I figured I'd save it for today.

So let see, lets see.... What have I been doing?

Well I've been working on a few projects. I'm hosting another Lolita even this fall and it's Halloween/gothic themed. So I'm making an appropriate coord to wear to it. I'm excited because it's going to be a photo shoot in a graveyard! I am hoping like crazy that it snows. That would be so elegant!

Anyway, I've started making a blouse based on this pattern:

New Look 6599

Mine is going to have long poet sleeves (large bell sleeves gathered into a deep cuff). I've changed the pattern so it buttons all the way to the top, like lolita should. It's going to have a collar like C but instead of lace it will have a big ruffle. And it will have the ruffle down the front like D. It's coming along pretty well. The sleeves aren't as large as I'd like them to be but they still look nice. I think it will be very elegant with the high ruffled collar. Very Victorian, which is my favorite fashion era.

Along with my poet blouse I'm working a pin striped vest. 

Doesn't it look so pretty? Yes, well it would if it didn't look like this in the back:

My bane....

Yeah... it's like 2-3in too huge.  Because I'm not a perfect hour glass shape and my top is smaller than my bottom, I have to take in the pattern when I cut it out, which I forgot to do. So it's hugenormous. 

 So now I must rip out all of the beautiful lining and redo half the damn thing so it fits. 
But once it's done it will be lovely. And go quite nice with my ruffly collar and all my frills.

Then I'm going to make an underskirt with a chiffon ruffle to go under my black skirt so it's a little more frilly.

THEN I'm going to make another skirt for no reason in particular other than I have super beautiful fabric to make a skirt with.

Isn't it so pretty? XD

The green with birds and butterflies will be one panel in the front and the wine color will be the rest of it. I think it will be super elegant and very classic lolita.

Let see, what else? Oh I'm going to make some bloomers for my lolita coords with this pattern:

I'm going to make the shorter ones in the bottom right corner. I might actually make them a bit shorter. I also REALLY want to make the nightgown in the pattern because it's so gothic and pretty! I have no reason what so ever to make it.... except to wonder my house at night wearing it being melancholy and melodramatic. 

Hmmm... do I have any other exciting sewing things going on? I'm not starting any new cosplays yet. Well... except Pooh Bear. I was asked to join a Winnie the Pooh gijinka group, which I'm excited for! I'm really hoping I'll be able to attend the next con and get my cosplay together for it, because I've been wanting to cosplay as Pooh for a while! In our group we have a Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit and Piglet! So I really want to be able to participate. If I can't there is always Fandem next year.

And that's it I think! I'll try to be more exciting next week. I'm thinking of trying a new series of posts for this blog. So we'll see how that goes!

Until next time!

~Edward

Lolita Teddy Bear Picnic

I'm late again, I know. But I was driving home Monday and yesterday my internet was refusing to work. But enough of that-- on with the frillies!!

As I've mentioned in my previous posts, I hosted a Lolita Teddy Bear Picnic for the local Lolitas. Now, I KNOW Lolita is not cosplay. Even though my blog is mainly about cosplay, it's also about the convention scene and nerdy/otaku stuff in general. So I think lolita has a place here.

All in all, I think my first Lolita event was a success! We gathered at a park across from the Zoo. Most everyone brought their teddy bears or other stuffed animals. It was damn hot , but I think everyone still had fun. We all looked so lovely in our frillies! Some girls didn't wear lolita or didn't have full coords, but it was really laid back and no one was snubbed for not being the perfect lolita. Haha. Which is how I like it. I can't stand stuffiness. There is a lot of snobbiness within the fashion (I suppose that's true of all fashions), so some girls were afraid to come if they weren't dressed in the perfect lolita coord. But I'm not fussy and I don't want to scare away prospective lolitas. I think being snooty like that is a real disservice to the fashion. We all start out as "itas" even if you don't want to admit it.


If you aren't aware of lolita fashion a lot of that was gibberish, so I apologize.

Anyway! After we snacked and had tea (I made rosebud tea, which everyone seemed to love!) some of us headed over to the zoo! It was so much fun and I hadn't been in a long time. I really like the Boise Zoo and I think it's getting better and better. The tigers weren't there for some reason, but we got to go into the butterfly exhibit and they also had a tiny baby monkey!! And of course, they had my favorite, the red panda. I love those little guys! And he was actually awake and running around being adorable. If I lived in Boise, I'd go visit the zoo all the time just to see the red panda.

But now for photos! LOTS of photos! All of these were taken with my iphone. If you want to see more photos check out Tim Boothby's page.

The Bears:

All of my bears (And Raf. I had to bring him)

Everyone's bears.

My favorite of the bears that were brought. I love that he's missing an eye! I love toys that have been loved to death. So cute.

Photo shoot time!

A little shy. ^_^

The one in the middle is a nursing student, so she needed to get a photo with my doctor and nurse bears!

Teddy bear coord!

She brought her boyfriend in a matching coord. Adorable.

My coord. ^_^

She matched the roses. ^_^

She made her dress. So cute!

Some cult party and mori kei girls.

On to the zoo!!

First we went to the butterfly exhibit.

They kept landing on us! It was fun!

Some cuddling gofers 

They had animatronic dinosaurs!! It was awesome.

Some adorable monkeys

Lol.

Chillin' with a camel.

They had jellies!! It was awesome. 

Tiny baby monkey!!!

The perfect scenery for her sailor coord!

I don't know... but it's awesome. 

The meerkats were so photogenic!! I love them!

Lol. So lazy.

A lion to match my kitten dress.

I had a pretty awesome time. And I think everyone else did too. We are probably going to do another lolita event in the fall, which I will most likely host as well. I'm thinking it will be halloween themed! Hehe.

Next week will be back to cosplay! Hopefully I'll have an interview ready, but we shall see.

Oh, and one last thing-- MY SUPER AWESOME DAD BOUGHT ME A BADGE FOR FANDEMONIUM! Woooo!!! I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to go, but he saved the day! So I hope to see you guys there!

~Edward