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Kissa menu series: ミルクセーキ (milkshake)

In Japan, there are two types of milkshake: the American one we all know about, made with ice-cream and various flavours, and the retro showa one served in kissa and other older places, weirdly called “French style” even though it’s not French. The latter is made with milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract, and is nowhere as thick as standard milkshake.

My friends and I make the distinction between the two by calling them “milkshake” (pronounced in English) and “mirukuseki” (pronounced in Japan). If you go to a junkissa and see ミルクセーキ on the menu, it is definitely the milk+egg version. It also exists in cans (that look really retro) you can buy in drink machines and shops.

I feared the colour scheme for mirukuseki and lemon squash would be too similar, so I opted for a creamier yellow and a retro train/flight attendant look to make them completely different.

Dress: Pink Muchacha
Cardigan: Axes Femme (with an added fabric belt)
Shoes: John Fluevog
Headbow: second-hand Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
Bag: thrifted
Gloves: vintage
Retro milk bottle earring: Chitose Ame
Ueno badge: official JR merch
Phone cat + swan brooches: various artists

~Sponsorship post!~

I love religious paintings and statues. Ever since I was a little girl and I would go to church with my grandmother every Sunday, there was something that drew me to the artwork and painting surrounding the church. So when I saw this dress by Doris Night from @devilinspiredofficial, I fell in love with it. The print and the colors used are so vibrant! Fabric used is very lightweight and perfect for summer. I paired it with a lighter blouse and sheer tights to withstand the SoCal sun! I also wore some of my favorite black and gold accessories to make the print pop out a bit more.

This is definitely a good starter if you are looking for a religious print dress but don’t wish to break the bank or are just starting out with Lolita fashion and discovering your style.

Dress: Doris Night @devilinspiredofficial

Bag: My Inspiration

Blouse, tights, earrings: Forever 21

Shoes: Fluevog

All else: Offbrand/vintage

Photography by @monodistortion ❤️ If you would like to purchase this dress, you may use code mar11OFF for 11 % off your purchase ✨

Special thanks again to @devilinspiredofficial for this amazing dress sponsorship! <3

Here is another (old,) unposted picture of my floral pirate (I don’t know the genre) outfit in 2019.

I wore this Juliette et Justine JSK in a heavily modified way from its as-is design, with a corset on top and with sections of the front pinned up. It’s pretty different, but I’m a fan of the effect and I think I’ll probably recycle the idea in the future sometime.

Herb took an excellent picture as always! ✨

Coord breakdown on my old post.

Another mint-grey outfit with regency inspirations.

We went to the botanical garden - mainly the greenhouses since it was not quite spring yet, and it was fun! I will post more photos later.

I felt like I had kind of exhausted the dresses I currently owned that had a regency feeling to them, but when I looked at this JSK I realized that it has some regency-like elements to it that fit pretty well. Hem ruffle detailing like this is fairly common for the era (although, much longer and not polyester of course).

The bust area has some gathering too that would have been alright too, I think, but straps are not entirely regency, so I decided to wear my trusty jacket on top as a faux spencer…which I think helps sell the look a little more. I ended up changing my shoes to boots before leaving - imo the mary jane style shoes lean the outfit more typical lolita.

JSK (Meririsu/Merilees), Blouse: Mary Magdalene
Underskirt: Victorian Maiden
Jacket: Visible Milky Way (Taobao)
Socks: Angelic Pretty
Shoes: Fluevog
Bonnet: Handmade

One more photo of (maroon) farutetto from our Valentine’s day meet.

I’m glad that the tulle ruffle of my underdress cooperated with me for this photo! It’s quite delicate, and therefore has a habit of sticking to itself in unflattering ways.

Coord breakdown on my previous post.

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Celebrating MM making a small comeback with maroon Faltetto. My guess is that the “new” maroon colorway will be very similar to this one here, which was originally a limited colorway from 2017’s Faltetto release (which was via special reserve for an event in China).

The new pieces being individually made and not mass produced like previously begs the question if there will be a noticeable quality difference, though - I’m curious! Only time will tell.

You can view my old picture here of a fullbody pic of the full dress, so interested parties can get an idea of the appearance and colour.

It seems the Faltetto has had a few minor design and material tweaks throughout the years it’s been re-released, implying multiple factory changes, I think.

Lovely picture by Sasa, thank you!!

Coord breakdown on my previous post.

This was my outfit for my comm’s recent Valentine’s Day/Lunar new year meet.

This amazing jacket with its sometimes reddish, sometimes purple colour was the piece that I centred the coord around - I love its 18th century inspired design! I tried to follow the historical influence with a wide bustled skirt. However, I think overall I’m not that happy with the final look…there are a few layers going on here and I felt a bit lumpy.

I thought about going down a 18th century chinoiserie path to tie the outfit into lunar new year, but I don’t think I had any pieces that were really suitable for it (mustard seems to be a much more popular colour for chinoiserie from the time, as well as printed items influenced by asia). Perhaps next time.

Dress (Faltetto JSK layered with Copine Georgette JSK), Jacket: Mary Magdalene
Hair accessory: Metamorphose Temps de Fille
Socks: Angelic Pretty (with ribbon I added)
Shoes: Fluevog

Happy Lunar New Year!

I planned to wear something like this outfit last year, but that didn’t end up happening…so now is the time!

My brooch features AP’s Milk Cat, because tigers…cats…right?

I own pretty much no qi so I used this Baroque OP (the only qi thing I own) as a blouse, tucking up the skirt portion. There are a few layers going on here - I wore another underskirt over the OP but under the JSK to reduce lumps and also because the OP’s original ruffles fell a bit too long. And then I added a few Meta wa pieces that looked passable (I think the informal theme of this outfit is ‘tassels and cord’)!

I would like to own more mandarin collar and frog button (cord button) type items in the future, I think they’re quite cute.

JSK (Rose Dress Up), brooch: Angelic Pretty
OP (used as a blouse): Baroque
Underskirt petticoat thing: Mary Magdalene
Socks, Hair clip: Metamorphose Temps de Fille
Shoes: Fluevog

Photo in Valeria and Therese peplum jacket from 2020.

Valeria is one of my favourite MM pieces of all time, a old dream dress. I love it still! I felt like I had to wear this jacket too, as the details are just so nice. The 18th century inspired design adds a lot of elegance and completely dresses up the more plain design of the dress.

(And bonus leggy pic)

JSK (Valeria), blouse, jacket: Mary Magdalene
Socks: Angelic Pretty
Shoes: Fluevog
Hair accessory (barely visible): Henriette (Japanese indie brand)

A Happy Holiday Traum twin

I loove traum, I think it highlights the best parts of a Victorian Chistmas village scene, all encapsulated in a print!

Bonus pic: We have the same coat

JSK (Traumerei of Bright Stars), headbow, socks: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
Blouse: Angelic Pretty
Shoes: Fluevog
Coat: Unideer (Taobao)

Yes it’s true. .we do pair up nicely with colorful shoes.
Legs by @sundayrose99
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#disneylandlolitaday2018 with my dearest @ireneismean! I had such a great time being around my friends Irene is definitely one of those friends in where we can pick up our friendship where we left off. I hope we can see each other again for Dickens faire!
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I decided on wearing this #mossbadger jsk I bought from @octavekitten! Since it was kind of warm I went for my tried and true #sheglit overlay and my #darkgardencorsetry cincher. My #fluevog shoes held up and we’re comfortable to wear all day! (at Disneyland)
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