We went on our way and met several other Lolitas and the French Café team in the metro and we rode all together to the location. There, the French Café team left us as they still had some secret things to plan before the tea party.
This is where something really bad happened to me: I heavily fell on my knees. I don't know if it's because of the heat or because I was too tired, but suddenly my legs weren't carrying me anymore. My knees were bleeding and bruised and also my left shoe was quite damaged and rubbed. I wanted to cry, but I tried my best to keep calm and managed to get over it.... After all, it was the Angelic Pretty tea party day and nothing would ruin it!
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| Marie, gracefully telling me we arrived at the hotel! |
Fortunately, even if we were quite early, we could enter the hotel and wait in an adjoining salon. My poor knees were hurting badly, so it was great we could all wait there. I could put down my bags, drink some water and I was already feeling better! As we still had plenty of time, Marie, Rosalynn, Marie-Lou who had joined us in the meantime and I decided to have a small photoshoot! It was fun, because we all had very different outfits! Angelic Pretty is clearly a Sweet Lolita brand, but that doesn't mean you can't wear something more elegant, classic or even gothic with their clothes! I love tea parties for this reason: everybody tries to show their very own style and I love to see that diversity!
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| Marie in her gorgeous Mercator Antique Show outfit! Her scepter was handmade! |
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| Rosalynn in her pre-tea party outfit! She actually wore something even fancier later! |
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| Marie-Lou in her retro-inspired strawberry outfit! |
Taking pictures made time go faster and as it was almost time for the tea party to start, employees told us to go upstairs where our tickets and names where checked. We all got a number too.
At this moment my heart was pounding! I was so excited about that tea party and when the salon's doors finally opened, I felt like running to the room (I didn't by the way, haha). The room was BREATHTAKING! Everything was so fancy and it really felt like we were at Versailles! I already went to several tea parties, but this location was really the best ♥
Marie was kind enough to reserve seats for Marie-Lou and I at her table so we quickly joined her.
After everone had settled, Maki and Asuka entered the room and made a short speech. They even said "Bonjour, ça va?" in French, which was the cutest thing ever! They explained how the afternoon would go: first, we would have time to eat, then there would be a mini fashion show and later there would be a raffle and also the announcement of the winners of the best dressed prize! They also told us there would be a very special guest!
Waiters came to serve us drinks. I took a delicious ice tea, which was so refreshing with the heat! We also had 4 different pastries to eat and the were all delicious (I actually only ate 3 of them as I was more thirsty than hungry). We also had a small glass with fresh red berries to eat. One of the waiters, while serving Marie, unfortunately hit a glass of red fruits and red juice was spread all over the immaculate tablecloth. We joked about it saying that this poor guy probably lost his job at the end of the day (I hope not though O_O)...
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| Our beautiful table, before the waiter ruined it with red juice :P |
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| Delicious pastries ♥ |
After eating, we had some free time so I went to talk with Mrs. Honda, the owner of Angelic Pretty. She is always so funny and kind, I like her so much! I tried to explain that I was at the Princess Dreamy Carnival tea party in Tokyo last December and that I was happy to see her again, but I don't think she understood... But she is such a cheerful person that I didn't really matter :D
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| My fellow Swiss Lolita friends and I with Mrs.Honda :) |
I then had to go back to my seat as the fashion show was about to start! It was really exciting because we would see a totally exclusive print for the first time: Classic Fairy Tales! I could also see Dreamy Planetarium in real for the first time and really made me love this print even more! Then, Luminous Sanctuary was displayed, worn by the lovely Mila and..... RinRin Doll!!! Actually, even if by then everybody had gussed she would be the special guest, we were all very happy to see her again! That meant more time to spend with her! Yay!
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| All the lovely models during the fashion show! |
After the fashion show, we had some free time so I went to give my presents to Maki and Asuka (you can read more about it here). I also took pictures with them and Maki took made a snap of my outfit! By the way, I am really happy because my outfit is actually shown in the report of the tea party on Angelic Pretty website!
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| Maki, taking my picture! |
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| Lovely Asuka ♥ |
It is a tradition for me now: since my very first tea party back in 2010, I always ask Maki to make a heart with me on pictures ♥
French Café, which helped organizing this tea party, also had the best idea ever: a small photobooth with props! I went 3 times: one time alone, one time with the cute Lou and also one last time with Marie-Lou!
Next activity was the raffle! Two years ago I actually won the 1st prize: a beautiful set with Milky Planet JSK, so I thought I wouldn't be that lucky again.... and I was right as I didn't win anything! Haha. I wasn't even sad as I actually really liked the consolation prize: a cute postcard with a small printed tablecloth!
We again had some free time during when we could also vote for the best dressed! There were so many great outfits and I think everybody had a hard time choosing their favourite one, but in the end my dear friend Tiya and a beautiful German Lolita won! They were both wearing Mercator Antique Shop :)
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| Tiya had a Harry Potter themed outfit! |
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| Isn't she pretty? I love this colour combo! |
Then Maki also chose her favourite outfit: a girl wearing Dolly Cat in the most elegant and fancy way! I think that was well deserved too and she seemed so happy!
We also took a group picture in the hall. We had quite a hard time all fitting in the frame, but we eventually managed! Thank you Marie From French Café for the beautiful picture!
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| Can you spot me? :D |
After that, it was almost time for the tea party to end. I was a little sad, because as usual time went too fast! I didn't even talk to everybody I wanted to, but yeah... that's the problem with tea parties: they're always too short! Haha.
Maki and Asuka made a speech again thanking us for coming despite the heat. They also said they'd come again next year! Yay! I already looking forward to that!
Marie-Lou and I also went to talk a bit with RinRin, as Marie-Lou loves her but couldn't come to the fansign in the morning! She was so happy to finally meet her! We invited her to Switzerland again, she said she would come with pleasure and then hugged us! RinRin is really the best! ♥
We couldn't just leave yet, so we stayed a little more to talk and take pictures, but after a while it was really time to go. I said goodbyes to friends and went on my way back to the hotel with Marie. I was SO hot and tired at this moment and just wanted to be at the hotel to take off all my clothes and take a cold shower. Wearing Lolita during a heat wave is really the worst....
Back at the hotel, something bad happened to me as I fell AGAIN and badly hurt my my left arm. I even first thought I broke it as it was really painful.... but I fortunately only ended up with a very big bruise (that I still have right now! Poor me... Haha)
Marie had to go back home, so I went to the station with her and we said goodbye. I then joined Marie-Lou and her boyfriend to have dinner together! Eating something warm was the best way to end this tiring day and I really enjoyed my meal.
Around 22:00, I went back to the hotel alone and quickly went to bed. This is how this very long, but magical day ended. Thank you Angelic Pretty and French Café for making such a great tea party!
