Eltville's Rose Gardens

Hello there!

It's been a long time since my last posting, again. I know, but there are some more things I hope to post very soon.

Last month I was in Eltville with my good friend Chocola to take some nice pictures. It's always such a pleasure to meet up with her and taking pictures.

Eltville is known for its rose gardens, wine and lovely scenery along the Rhine. We'll definitly going to visit it again.

                

After the shooting we went for a short walk through the neighborhood and decided that we should go home and visit a local cafe which serves the most delicious macarons in Hesse.

That's it for today, thank you for visiting.

See you next time.

Blushing Rabbit

(Hopefully nobody noticed the popped button on my right sleeve.. No, my arms are not too fat for this dres.. ugly crying)

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Fragrant Rose Memories Details

Welcome back!

On Day 7 of the 365 Lolita Lifestyle Challenge we were asked to photograph the details of our favorite dress.
Well, it was very hard for me to decide which one is my favorite dress and Celadon defintily stole my heart. But there's another dress which is very important to me: Fragrant Rose Memories Vivienne JSK.

It's one of the most detailed prints I ever saw and owned.
When it was released I wasn't sure if I liked it enough to get it at release... and really regretted my decision not to buy it. Luckily I got the Rosemary colorway of the Vivienne JSK for a good price secondhand.
'Rosemary?' you may I ask now. Well, I sold it because I couldn't coordinate it well enough and found the Victorian colorway soon after it.

 I fell in love with the Vivienne cut because the hem reminds me of big, luxurious and elegant curtains. All the soft colors working so well together and the dotted fabric is to kneel down.
Today I would prefer the Camelot version with its rich lace.

 The only thing I dislike about the print is the vibrant green flower. It sticks out and distracts so much..

As I took the pictures I discovered so many new print details like this little jewlery case with the decorated top.

Even tho it's a very OTT print I think Baby, the Stars Shine Bright did a good job with not overdoing the overall design. Not too many bows, elegant yet simple body cut, lace, lacing and tulle that matches the overall colors.
A design that looks nice with a light petticoat, a full petticoat or without one.

How could someone not like this print and dress?

Well, see you next time!

Blushing Rabbit

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Day No. 26: 365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge

Welcome back to the challenge,

Today was a rather interesting task in my opinion.

... and explain why you bought it.

I gathered the purchases of the last ~30 days, which were good investems of my christmas money.
Nearly half of it was purchased secondhand, which is not very typical for me. I tend to buy from brands directly as I love the feeling of a brand new piece. In case I buy something secodhand I often don't wear it and sell it right away, if it's not an absolut dream piece or somethign I wanted for a very long time.

I purchased the black dress (which is by HMHM) secondhand because I wanted to have a dark/black dress for casual wear. I just have a more frilly dress by Alice and the Pirates which doesn't suit my taste of casual. Luckily I really like it and I think I can coordinate this piece in many ways. I'm not really used to dark colors as main pieces, so this will be an adventure for me.
At first I really disliked the design of Palace Rose Tucked JSK. The stockpictures are really unflattering with photoshoped colors. But as soon as I saw it coordinated on Closet of Frills I fell in love with it. When Innocent World had their 15% sale in December and I had to get the it, because I was sure, that it won't be on sale again in the near future.
It was a very close draw between the green and the blue colorway as they look so similar in real life in my opinion. I still think, that the green colorway has a lot of blue in it...

One of the few Bodyline pieces I like is this floral print in grey. I don't feel well in Bodyline and didn't wear my past pieces often, just because I wear my bradn pieces more often if I can choose. But this skirt is so nice and well done so I was happy to find it for a nice price. Although I need to get it altered, the corset part is too big/long on me.
There's this H&M lace cape which kind of every (German) Lolita owns by now and I'm late on the train I guess. The lace is so so so soft and delicate, very surprising for a H&M product. I don't know why I bought this one so late or why I didn't want it at first.. But I'm happy I bought it, because it's wearable above a dress as a cape or underneath as a blouse. Both looks are very feminine.
The My Anniceversary Dot Dobby Chiffon blouse by Baby the Stars Shine Bright was somehow a birthday present to myself in December. It's a cute blouse which can be worn in both, casual and facy, ways. I like dotted fabrics and the crochetted lace looks beautiful on the chiffon collar.

These head accessoires are part of my New Years resolutions. I don't had any dark headwear for the longest time and felt unbalanced everytime I wore something dark.
The two headbows are from Innocent World and purchased at their 15% sale. One in navy and the other one in black. I have many navy mainpieces, so I was in need of navy headwear. The bows are really simple and meet my taste to the fullest. You can always upgrade simple bows with more decoration but never downgrade the fancy ones.
The pillbox hat is by Alice and the Pirates from their Funeral Rose series. I traded this piece with a dear friend of mine. She always has such beautiful and unique pieces I never saw online for sale... 
By pulling the veil into different directions you can create different looks with it. A great addition to my wardrobe.

I think the hat and dark colors totally shows the direction I want to go with my Lolita style. More classic, more elegant and lady like. 
More grown up.


See you next time.


Blushing Rabbit

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Paris Shopping

Bonjour !

Although La vie en Rose is already a while ago I still want to post about it.

Paris is like a (European) Lolita's dream for in-store shopping - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, Axes Femme for major Japanese streetfashion brands and many many small boutiques and secondhand stores.
Baby opened a crêpe café a while ago and serves Japanese style crêpe, so if you're craving for something sweet you should totally try them.

I visited Paris with one of my best friends and did some shopping combined with sightseeing the days before the actual event.

 

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

The shopfront is so cute, isn't it?




























Lately Baby Paris gets all major releases, but only what is left after reservation, so they have a good and up-to-date selection of dresses and blouses. They also have special reservation periods for all new releases, if you really want a release contact them! Also their customer service is very good, in-store and online!
Like the Japanese shops they offer a pointcard, with every 30€ purchase you get one point. If you collected 20 points you get 30€ off your purchase over 100€. The special thing about their pointcard: It doesn't expire!
They also offer a pointsystem for online purchases.

Axes Femme

They cater more to a Gyaru-ish and girly style, but you'll easily find items which work very well with Lolita and Mori Girl, like blouses, accessoires and sometimes even dresses.
Axes Femme Paris offers a pointcard as well, just ask one of the shop girls about it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they opened their online shop through Facebook again.

Uniqlo

This shop is well known for their high quality basics. I'm talking about Uniqlo, also a Japanese fashion brand. There are already operating multiple stores in Paris, but my favorite store interior-wise is Uniqlo Le Marais.

"Disneyland" on a budget

A real Disney fan won't miss Disneyland you think? If you don't have enough time and/or money you definitly will miss this adventure. Like we did.
BUT! There's the Disney Store which we affectionately called "Disneyland Budget". It sure is worth a visit if you're a huge fan, but sadly it offers more items for children than merchandise for adults like Disneyland does.

See you next time

Blushing Rabbit

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