MCM LONDON COMIC CON

We set off bright and early by train on 25th May to visit London Comic Con. I dressed in ‘Bitter Sweet’ Lolita in a casual coordination as I was trialing my sallopettes.

We had bought early entry tickets which I would advise as friends had to queue for over two hours for entry on the Saturday which is very tiring and can make a person grumpy by the time they get in.

My first stop was Nice Ice which I have wanted to try for a long time but have always left it to the end of the day on previous visits when to my great dismay they have sold out. This time we headed straight for their stall and the Nice Ice was delicious, my husband and I had mango and our friend had strawberry which I finished when he had had enough, yum, yum. We liked their face book page and now are the proud owners of key chains with the nice ice logo and anime characters, mine is Princess Mononoke. I am heading straight for their stall if they are at Hyper Japan.

We spent our time walking around all the exhibits but at midday it did become very crowded when all those who had been queuing entered.

I only bought a couple of items this visit one of which was this super kawai necklace from Candy Geisha!

As you can see from my photo this is a versatile necklace it goes well with my civilian clothes but also brilliantly with my Lolita outfits. I really like Candy Geisha’s accessories as they have a unique look and I will definitely buy again on line or at any of their pop up shops.

I also bought a new wig which I love. It is a split wig, black and purple, with twin tails photographed below. I think it enhances the look of my mini tricorns (for sale on my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/ShinkuRose) and I am looking forward to wearing it to Hyper Japan.

 

My husband bought himself a new T-shirt from fb.com/JoshClarkeDraws which we both really like but he found that due to the size he needs there was not a lot of choice and this is one area I am going to look into in the near future as men like interesting clothes. My motto is that life is too short to wear boring clothes and at the moment his choice is limited. I think this will mean that I will have to buy a cover stitch machine to get the professional finish that is desired and needed on both T-shirts and Hoodies.

I loved wearing my sallopettes, they were both comfortable and pretty so I have now listed them on Etsy and they are also available direct through me on my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shinkurose/593986427294641).

 

 

What to Do?

I have been thinking a lot lately about my business plans and have decided to move away from promoting the bridal and really work on ‘Lolita’ style dresses and accessories. To that end I exhibited at London anime Con which was great fun.

I needed to think of new and pretty hair accessories and this is one of them:-

Beautiful crochet roses on a hairband with ribbon bows, I love wearing mine

The beauty of these is that they can be made to order in any colour.

They are available from my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/ShinkuRose or message me direct.

Hyperjapan in Sailor Lolita

When Simon decided to go to Hyper Japan in Choji cos play I had to think of a good outfit for me.  I decided to make and wear Sailor Lolita which meant I had to learn how to draft a sailor collar (this wasn’t too difficult and I am going to write a separate blog specifically for this).

However because of shortage of time I had to be creative and realised I could use my navy blue layered skirt featured previously as the underneath layer making an ivory and navy dress to go over it.  I chose to make the main dress in ivory with the collar and cuffs in navy.  I also designed it so that both the collar and cuffs could be removed for washing.

The collar shape is as below embellished with ivory ribbon.

The dress was then finished as was the collar which was lined and edged with lace.  It tied at the front with ribbons and I added a bow brooch as well to the collar front both to decorate and also keep it in place.

The decoration on the bottom of the skirt was again ribbon and I loved the gold buttons on the front.  The side front and back of the skirt was ruched up to show the layers on the navy skirt.

To complete I made more bow brooches for the front and the back and made a bow headband.

I had a lovely day, met lots of lovely people and have booked a stall at London Anime Con, The Rocket Complex, N7 8DB on February 9th and 10th 2013 to sell Lolita dresses and accessories.