Twinning Meet-up

A twinning meet-up was held at the beginning of August at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Lolitas found each other by listing their wardrobes in a google spreadsheet that was accessible on facebook and meetup.com.  I was getting nervous as the date approached because I hadn't found anyone to twin with, but one week before the meet-up several different girls contacted me and I ended up having to choose just one.  I twinned Melty Mermaid with two other girls, Jeanine and Giovanna.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

I wore the OP in black x purple, Giovanna wore the skirt in black x purple, and Jeanine wore the JSK in navy.  We took one shot in front of the fountain because there are air bubbles and water in the mermaid print on our dresses. ^^

I accessorized with a canotier and purple roses in my hair, lace gloves, AP wrist cuffs, black tights with gold bubbles from BTSSB, and Steve Madden shoes.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Jeanine took some awesome photos of me standing next to the pillars adjacent to the stage area. 

Photo by Jeanine Lewis 

There was a huge turn-out, about 30 lolitas (tons of food!).  Most were twins or triplets, but a few came solo just to be there.  We took our group photo in a heart shape (above) and made hearts with our hands. ^^

Our event was so popular that we drew a crowd.  Rowena and I took a picture posing like tourists in front of the crowd!  Rowena wore Pony in Sweet Dreams from BTSSB with a bonnet.  She coordinated with Converse for a more casual style.

And for some of the twinning coordinates...

AaTP - Trick Hat, Pricked Heart

AP - Honey Cake

AaTP - Poison de l'amour

These four coordinated together to make a super cute group!  Wendy and Chen wore Poison de l'amour, and Bri and Shaf coordinated boy style with each other and the color with their partners.

Chen and Shaf

And what is a meet-up without a jumping photo?

I split off from the group after a few hours and went to Japantown for purikura with some friends, but a small group went to the Japanese Gardens.  The theme was a hit and everyone is talking about doing another in the near future!

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Fanime 2012 Photo Dump

I went to Fanime Con 2012 over Memorial Day weekend.  I opted to spend my cosplay budget on lolita, and subsequently wore lolita during the entire convention. Hehe.

Day 1 - Friday

We didn't get to the convention until after 4pm and the pre-registration line was out to the street!  We waited in line for 3 hours to get our badges. (T_T)  I was told that the general admittance line was actually shorter!  For the first day, I wore BTSSB Pony in Sweet Dreams.

BTSSB - JSK (Pony in Sweet Dreams), head bow, socks, purse, parasol

Angelic Pretty - Blouse, ring, wrist cuffs

Everything else is off-brand

This hairstyle took me forever; it's a pain to pin up wigs with bobby pins because the top portion of the wig has a fake scalp and the pins can't penetrate it.  I finally got lazy and left a portion of it down in style of Marie Antoinette.

Hamutaro endured the grueling line with me.  I almost bought one of these suits in the dealer's hall. (^_^;)

What can I say? Boys can love Kiki too. ^^


Day 2 - Saturday

The lolita fashion show was scheduled for Saturday so I decided to wear my newest dress, Toy Parade from Angelic Pretty.

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Angelic Pretty - JSK (Toy Parade), head bow, OTKs (sweethearts), purse, wrist cuffs

Offbrand- Everything else

Close-up so you can see the contacts.

I got pictures with Ashlyn and Jeanine, who are wearing dresses from the lolita fashion show.  I see these girls regularly at local meet-ups. ^^

I think I was jumping up and down when I spotted Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.  Her skirt is made out of real potato chip bags!

This is a shot with my sister and brother.  I tried to get up on the wall to sit with them, but I only scuffed my shoes and, as you can see, I didn't make it onto the wall.

I ran into Erika, who I first met at the Angelic Pretty Anniversary last year.  At that time she was reserving Decoration Dream, which she's wearing now.  I also recently purchased the JSK in yellow and can't wait to wear it!

In the evening, my brother and I returned to the convention.  I tried for gyaru, but I didn't get a picture of my outfit! (T_T)  Oddly enough, I ended up at a rave dancing next to Flynn (Tron) and Domo.



Day 3 - Sunday

Sunday was a double-booked event, so we dropped by the lolita picnic for about 30 minutes before heading over the Cafe V.  I didn't get any group pictures, but snapped a few with some friends.

AATP - OP (Melty Mermaid), head piece

Angelic Pretty - purse, wrist cuffs

Offbrand - everything else

Cafe V isn't part of Fanime, but it was scheduled at the same time for obvious reasons.  For me, Cafe V was by far the best part of the convention.  It was my first time and I'm excited for the next one!

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Ryuusei and Nobu came over to the convention to escort us to the tea house.  In a spur of courageousness I volunteered to be escorted by Ryuusei personally.  

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Tsukasa <3 served our end of the table.

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

My sister and I at the tea house. ^^ She's wearing Angel's Whisper in the Holy Night by Baby.

More photos here.

Melty Mermaid in the Garden

Today my boss gave me a huge raise, so I decided to celebrate by getting dressed up and taking some photos in the garden!  \(^o^)/  I have a new pair of circle lenses - the Princess Mimi Sesame Gray Lens from the Bambi Series.  I have hazel eyes, so these don't alter the color too much but they do pop a little more.  The lens definitely brings out the green in the center of my eyes.

Cuteness is definitely amplified!

I'm wearing the Melty Mermaid OP from Alice and the Pirates.  

This dress has a beautiful pattern with circular panels around the bottom that seem to tell the story of the Little Mermaid.  There's one panel where the humanoid mermaid dances with a prince.  The dress is adorned with pearls and rose lace

I found these great hair falls by chance.  I was absolutely in love with this dark brown wig that I found on eBay.  I decided to order it along with some hair falls from the same manufacturer, hoping that the dark brown wig and dark brown hair falls would match.  When the products arrived I was disappointed to find that the wig was not only cheap and thin, but it was black too!  I honestly think they sent me the wrong wig, but it wasn't worth sending it back to China given the cost of the wig in the first place.  However, the hair falls match my natural color!  I probably wouldn't have tried hair falls with my natural hair if there hadn't been a mistake.  I like this style, it's very Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. ^^

...and a few more shots

getting silly ^^