French Café Halloween Tea Time 2014

After the walk on saturday, there was a tea time planned on sunday November 2nd! I love love love tea parties, so I was really excited to actually organize my very first "official" one! Marie-Lou knew a super lovely place called "Le petit coin gourmand" (which can be roughly translated in English by "the small gourmand corner") in Lausanne and we decided to have the tea time there! All the guests had to get an invitation before the event and we gladly sold all the tickets, but unfortunately some guests were sick and couldn't come, so in the end we were 14 people. French Café staff had prepared lovely Halloween gifts for all the attendees with candies, Halloween buttons designed by Marie, a Yankee candle and cards from our partners.

Gifts and Hallowen decorations hand cut by me!

Once everyone got a gift and entered the tea room, we could sit and choose our drink. I took a delicious Earl Grey myself, one of my favourite kind of tea! And after a while, the AMAZING pastries were served.

"Saint-Honoré"

"Mille-feuilles, caracs, éclairs au chocolat"

"Mousse de fruits rouges, tarte tatin"

My pastries ♥ They were more than delicious!

While eating our delicious food and drinking our teas, we chatted and took pictures. Then, it was time for the raffle! French Café prepared 3 prizes for each of the 3 tea times in Lausanne, Bruxelles and Toulouse! There was a cute bat clip from Moon Bunny, a lovely accessory from Owloli and a bat bonnet from Medusa Couture.

I really like this picture of me, taken by Lea :)

It was already quite late and we wanted to enjoy the last rays of sun, so we left the tea room to have a walk in Ouchy, near the Leman Lake! We were really lucky because it was a beautiful Fall afternoon! We took individual pictures of all the attendees and also group pictures! Lots of people were staring at us and some were quite rude as usual, but as Lolitas we're used to it I guess! Haha

Kokoro ♥

I can't post ALL the pictures I took, but here are some of my ultimate favourite:

Marie-Lou, taking pictures! With our beautiful Swiss mountains in the background :)

Hug ♥

Gorgeous Geni ♥ Isn't she lovely in these colours?

Lea was so elegant ♥

The organizers: Marie-Lou and I

After that, the sun was almost gone and it started to be quite cold... so it was time to say goodbye! It was a wonderful day ♥
To end this entry, here is my outfit rundown :) 

 ♥ AatP Elisabeth Bride of the Death JSK - November 2nd 2014 ♥

Headband: Claire's
JSK: AatP
Blouse: H&M
Tights: DIM
Shoes: Bodyline
Wrist Cuffs: AatP
Sash: Handmade
Rings: Claire's & Chocomint

I wanted to be the ghost of Empress Elisabeth!

Trying to look spooky... *fail*

I was a little sad this Halloween weekend was over. I had a lot of fun planning everything with Marie-Lou and French Café team and I can't wait to organize other events in the future!

French Café Halloween Fashion Walk 2014 in Lausanne!

On November 1st, there was a special event in Lausanne organised by my fellow Lolita friend Marie-Lou and I for French Café: the Halloween fashion walk!
French Café was hosting a walk in all the francophone countries of the association: France, Belgium and Switzerland! We were a little late in Switzerland ( I know, that's bad for a country famous for its watches!) and joined the project in late August. We didn't have a lot of time to plan everything, but I think we did great!
I really enjoyed working with the French Café team and I hope we will be able to have other events in Switzerland in the future :)

Here was our route, planned by Marie-Lou!

In the end, we were not so many participating in the event, but we had a great time and everybody looked amazing! And I think it was not that bad for a first time event in Switzerland!
At 14:45 we left Place de l'Europe and headed to Parc de Mon Repos where we would have a picnic! Marie-Lou even made delicious brownies for us to eat!

Leaving Place de l'Europe! Weather was sunny, yay!

Walking in the streets of Lausanne!

Arriving at Parc de Mon Repos!

We made quite a long stop at Parc de Mon Repos, to eat our picnic but also to take outfits pictures! Here are some that I really like:

Anne was a cute little candy demon! ♥

Iro had a spooky skull makeup! It was amazing!

Marie-Lou was a creepy doll!

And me! I went for a circus inspired outfit :)

 

 ♥ Angelic Pretty Moon Night Theater JSK - November 1st 2014 ♥

Hat: Offbrand
Cardigan: Vivienne Westwood
JSK: Angelic Pretty
Socks: AatP
Shoes: Montreal
Wristcuffs: AatP
Brooch: Chocomint
Necklace: Claire's
Rings: Chocomint & Claire's

It's Halloween, so I needed to pose with a pumpkin!

 

This outfit was quite different from what I usually wear, but I really liked it :) Maybe I should wear black more often? What do you think? 

Anyway, back on tracks! After our picnic, we went to the Lausanne cathedral where we made another stop to take some more pictures! Here is a picture with my lovely friends: 

After that, we slowly went back to Place de l'Europe where we said goodbye.... but not for long as on the next day an Halloween tea party was planned! But I will talk about this in my next entry :)

What about you? Did you celebrate Halloween? What did you wear?

Review: Sweet Lolita Bow T-strap shoes from Meilrs on Ebay

I have been looking to buy purple/lavender shoes for a while now. I first tought of buying tea party shoes, but after some thinking I decided I wanted something more elegant and feminine. I made a quick search on Ebay and found this link:

Sweet Lolita Bow T-strap shoes from Meilrs

As they were quite cheap, I decided to buy them. I didn't really have great expectations, because for the price I didn't expect the best quality... I was wrong!!! I received the shoes today and they are amazing, so I thought I should write a review about them for all the Lolitas who are searching for cute cheap shoes :)

First of all, here are the stock pictures of the shoes I bought, taken from the Ebay listing: 

They come in purple, pink and beige colours

 

I made my order on October 15 and I received the shoes (from China to Switzerland) today November 4. So they took a little more than 2 weeks to arrive. I paid 19.99 USD for the shipping and got a tracking number from the seller. The shoes were really well packed (sorry I don't have any picture of the package) in a sturdy shoe box wrapped in plastic.

Inside the box, here is what I found:

Lovely shoes ♥

It was a really nice surprise! They looked well-made, sturdy and of course really cute! The only thing that was not so great was the smell, but the shoes themselves don't smell bad, I think it was more the box!

I inspected them carefully but I couldn't find any glue stain or problem. They were perfect ♥
Then, I tried them on and I have to say they run a little small, but they still fit me quite well so I would say the size is accurate. If you prefer to have some room in your shoes, I would definitely recommend to order a size bigger. 

Here are more details of the shoes: 

Cute front bows ♥

Soles are clean!

Finishing details are perfect: no lose thread, no glue, no stain!

You can use the hook to easily close or open the strap!

I paid the shoes 13.66 USD which makes 13 CHF or 11 euros. It is REALLY cheap for such a great quality! I now can't wait to wear them in a lovely lavender coordination!

You can check Meilrs Ebay page here! They have lots of different cute shoes!

Let me know if this review was useful, thank you :)

Quite an experience! Angelic Pretty in store release at Laforêt Harajuku!

On April 19th, I was lucky enough to be in Japan for the release of the new Angelic Pretty series: Sweetie Violet. After seeing pictures of it in KERA magazine some weeks before, I knew I had to have it and I was more than happy to discover it would be released when I would be in Tokyo myself. It was time for me to experience something special: a popular print release at Angelic Pretty Laforêt shop in Harajuku!
I got quite a lot of questions about it so I thought that making an entry on my blog to share my experience would be a good idea!

First of all, I went to the Angelic Pretty shop some days before and talked a little with the shop girl (who was really friendly by the way and talked English quite well!) about the release. She was kind enough to show me fabric samples, a sheet showing all different shapes of dresses and accessories and explained me what I had to do on the day of the release. It was quite simple: the shop would open at 11:00 so she suggested me to come at 10:30 to wait in line.

Waiting in front of Laforêt

On saturday I was in front of Laforêt at 10:30 and some lolitas were there already. I didn't really know what to do, so I waited for a while until some girls started to form a line. Then, I went at the end of the line and started waiting too. I think there were maybe like 6-7 girls before me. At 10:45, a Angelic Pretty shop girl came out and let us draw a number from a bag. I felt so nervous at that moment, especially when I saw that the girls before me got great number like 3 or 4 or even 1! The girl who got number 1 was so happy! Then it was my turn and I got number... 17... I was so disappointed. I thought that with that number I would never get anything I wanted.

Will n°17 be my lucky number?

But anyway, I decided to stay positive and wait for my turn to enter the shop. At around 11:30 I could finally enter and I rushed to get the Sweetie Violet JSK in dark blue (the cut and colour I wanted). I felt so proud as I was thinking I got the very last one, but then the shop girl asked me if I wanted this JSK, went to the back of the shop and came back with a wrapped JSK for me... so actually only one JSK is displayed in the shop, while they keep the stock in the back. I also took the matching socks in white, but the matching barrette in dark blue was sold out already. It was not so important as I already spotted another barrette which matched the dress nicely! At that moment I saw a Japanese Lolita almost crying because her first choice of dress was not there anymore ( I think the OP was the most popular). The shop girls were so sorry for her and tried to cheer her up. It made me a little sad for her...
Then, I came to pay, got a point card which was already almost full (haha) and then left the shop, filled with happiness!

What I managed to get! I love this dress so much!

After that, I had to meet my brother at noon and as I was a little early, I went to wait in Yoyogi park (I love this park ♥). My brother was also kind enough to take a picture of my outfit on the Harajuku bridge! I had just bought the dress the day before, so it was quite simple as I had to coordinate it with what I had in my suitcase, but hey! It was my very first time wearing lolita fashion in Japan and it made me happy :)

It was so relaxing to be in Yoyogi park after the craziness of the release!

Outfit picture on Harajuku bridge :)

To conclude, if you plan to go to an Angelic Pretty release in Japan, here is an advice: don't go too early. It's useless, because you can be first in line and still draw a bad number... Many girls who arrived after got a better number than me. It's all about luck!

Dream Dress: Angelic Pretty Sugar Hearts

I think every Lolita has a dream dress (or even several dream dresses) and today I wanted to talk about mine: Angelic Pretty Sugar Hearts onepiece in white. Yes, the onepiece only and in white only. 

 

Sugar Hearts series was released in 2011 and I remember that I fell immediately in love with it the moment I saw it on Angelic Pretty website but, I still don't understand why, I didn't buy it back then. My first choice was the JSK, but after some thinking, I decided that the OP would flatter my body type better. Anyways, one thing never changed: I wanted the white colourway only. 

 

Time passed by, my style changed, I bought other dresses, I sold some dresses too, but I still had Sugar Hearts stuck in my mind. In April 2014 I went to Tokyo and I desperately hoped to find it at Closet Child, but with no success.

Back home, I started to look for it seriously on Mbok, Yahoo! auctions and other second hand shops. And one day, miraculously, it was there on Lacemarket! I didn't think twice and bought it immediately. I just couldn't believe it, I found my dream dress!

Some days later (yes it was fast! The seller was amazing), I got it in my hands and I was just so happy. It was even more beautiful in real! On the stock pictures, the colours look really light and almost washed out, but in real the hearts on the print are really colorful and bright! I think this is why I love this print so much: it has so many different colours! You can wear it with yellow, pink, mint, blue, lavender, white and even black I think! Haha. But let's see some details in pictures! 

Amazingly colorful Sugar Hearts print ♥

Delicate heart lace ♥

Conversaton hearts buttons and front bow (which is detachable by the way)

Detail of the waist ties. They remind me of the maid outfit somehow?

After looking at all the details, I wanted to try it on of course... but I was a little afraid. What if it doesn't look good at all on me? What if it is too small or too short? What if I don't know how to coordinate it? So actually, I waited some weeks before being brave enough to put it on! Haha. This let me have some time to think of a nice outfit and I finally decided to wear it with pink and touches of mint and yellow for my first coordination. Here is it, my very first Sugar Hearts coordination: 

♥ Angelic Pretty Sugar Hearts OP - September 5th 2014 ♥

Bows: Bijoux Brigitte & H&M
Bolero: BTSSB
OP: Angelic Pretty
Socks: Angelic Pretty
Shoes: Bodyline
Wrist Cuffs: Angelic Pretty
Bracelets: Claire's & Angelic Pretty
Rings: Zygomatics & Angelic Pretty
Bag: Angelic Pretty 

 

 

I am quite satisfied with this first outfit :) and I already have ideas for another one! I would love to wear it with a yellow bolero, yellow shoes and a yellow conversation heart bag ♥ What do you think? And also, what is your dream dress? Did you manage to get it? Let me know!