Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Black and White

Just a quick post this time. Went out to eat with my husband and one of our couple friends, so I decided to wear Lolita for the first time in front of them. Something simple since we weren't doing anything special.

Me with my good friend Maria. She's so adorable ^^
And my full coord (I love my new white shoes <3)
OP/Socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Panda Purse: Ebay
And my husband thought it'd be funny if I posed with our car. So here it is for your amusement: Lolita Car Model. lol

That's it for now...

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Woodlands Mall Meet

Our Community had a meet up a couple months back in the Woodlands to see the new movie Monster's University. I wasn't sure I would go at first since I had a Dr. appointment, but my husband said that I should make the effort since the girls always drive out to other places for meets. So though I wasn't able to make the movie in the morning; I was able to meet them up afterwards when they headed over to the mall after eating.

Didn't get to spend loads of time with every one but it was still nice seeing them and supporting the community outside of "Houston", plus I did meet a few new faces ^^

Here's one of the lovely ladies I had the pleasure of meeting (*°∀°)=3
Brook <3 She's such a cutie
Look at that face ^^
And here's me and Pengu with our red tartan prints (*´▽`*)
Even though most of the girls left about an hour after I got there; there was a handful of us that got to sit and talk for a bit.
It was nice to get to know the girls on a more personal level. They really are great people.

Here's a full shot of my coord. One of my favorite styles; punk <3
Dress: Bought 2nd hand from a girl in our comm
Blouse: Bodyline
OTKS: Sock Dreams
Shoes: Secret Shop
Head shot so you can see my skull bow ^^
I'm not sure if it's just me but I think even my punk cords still have a sweet feel to them. Haha. What do y'all think?

Until next time... Angel Brite



Friday, August 30, 2013

My very first ILD

As most Lolitas know, International Lolita Day is held twice a year. The first Saturday of June and the first Saturday of December
(so we can show off our spring and winter style). Since I started wearing the fashion in February, June 1st was my very first ILD ^^

When I first started talking to our community about doing something for the day, I was told that they usually forgot about it so they rarely did anything on that day. So I was a little disappointed and tried to bring up the issue as the time came near. Luckily one of our awesome members, the lovely and super sweet Becky took the initiative and put together a meet at our local museum. We had an impromptu meet there once before but it was very short since we only had 30 mins to look at everything; and this time we were also going to the butterfly exhibit <3

I tried to take pictures of our group as they started arriving but I'm sure I missed some of them >< Sorry!
(and another sorry in advance as a lot of my photos are blurry. I need a new camera :C)
I'm horrible with names so of course I forgot these lovely ladies' names but the one on the left came to support her friend (on the right) as this was her first meet :3
BFFs: Ivy and Vivian; These two are too cute <3 This was also their first "meet"
First timer Gabby and her boyfriend
The gorgeous Carol and Lillian
The ever so adorable sisters Hina and Alys
The cutest couple: Aaron and Becky (our lovely host). Seriously they are so cute ^^
After "everyone" got there we headed off to the butterfly exhibit
Look at all that walking poof
Obligatory group pictures before we headed in. Some people were missing
Being fascinated by the cockroaches they had
I didn't get a "coord" pic so hopefully this will do (look at all the pretty butterflies *^*)
JSK/Headbow: Baby the Stars Shine Bright
Blouse/Socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Bag: Loris
 Charro the Iguana
Picture of the pretty waterfall they have inside
They also have butterfly shadows projected on the wall. So cool
 Another Group Photo
Top (left to right): Hina, Alys, Becky, Christina, Gabby, ? ( I feel horrible), Carol, Aaron
Bottom (left to right) Lillian, Me, Celeste, Isabel
Not sure if you knew, but we straight gangsta up in here. lol
Our "bee" family. lol
Kinda blurry but I like this picture
Lillian and Me
And before we all parted ways we took a few more group pictures since we had more people come ^^
Although I have not been a Lolita for very long this meet/day was very special for me. We had so many new faces and the excitement they all exuded reminded me of all the feelings I had at my first meet. I can't speak for them but when you're surrounded by so much gorgeousness; and I'm not just talking about the dresses but the people, it's hard not to be sucked in to this soft fluffy world. Plus it helps that the people in our community are so awesome. I really love HLC so much. Everyone has been so nice and made me feel a part of something so beautiful ;3;
 
After an awesome filled day with lots of wonderful frillies I really wanted to end the day with more happiness;
so when I got home I busted out my favorite thing ever. My karaoke machine <3
Awwww, yeaaaahhhhhh!!!! Karaoke Time!!
How did you spend your first International Lolita Day? I'd love to hear about it ^^
Until next time... <3 Angel Brite
 

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Grocery Shopping Coord

Just wanted to dress up for the day so this is what I ended up wearing back in May. 
Blouse: Bodyline
Skirt: Anna House
Purse: Loris
Wahhh! Starting to miss my long hair more and more ;A;
It was nice dressing up just to dress up, even if it was only to do some shopping ^^

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Road to Lolita

On May 17th, we headed up to Dallas for the weekend to attend/celebrate my sister-in-law's graduation. We arrived Friday afternoon just in time for her ceremony. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the actual ceremony since only a certain amount of tickets were given to each graduate and her mom, dad, boyfriend, aunt and brothers got priority. But I didn't mind since it gave me time to get dressed without having to rush.

I was a little nervous as this was going to be the first time I would be wearing Lolita around my husband's family and I wasn't sure what they'd think. But I think it all turned out all right and everyone seemed to like what I was wearing *(^-^)* I even wore it out when we hit the town. Had quite a few stares but no bad things happened so I say it was a win.
(My sister-in-law is so beautiful <3)
JSK: Baby The Stars Shine Bright
Blouse/Socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Saturday we went to the museum which was lots of fun but I wore a simple outfit since it was really hot and we were going to be doing lots of walking.
Then Sunday we had a chill day (to recuperate) but went out to eat at Benihana's, so I dressed up
 
OP: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Headbow: Innocent World
Then on Monday before we had to head back to town, we went to eat brunch so I dressed casual since it was very hot out
(not in love with my sock choice on this coord ><)
Top: F21
Skirt: Anna House
Shoes: Steve Madden
That weekend was awesome. I enjoyed hanging out with my husband's sister and her boyfriend since we don't get to see them very often; but another great thing about this weekend was afterwards I finally had the realization that I was a Lolita. Even though I had wore the fashion prior to this, it wasn't until after that weekend that I felt like I was "officially" a Lolita. Maybe it was wearing the fashion in another city. Maybe it was showing my "other" family this side of me. Or maybe it was finally "going out" to party in Lolita. Whatever the reason I finally felt I could call myself a Lolita <3

Do any of you have an experience that made you finally consider yourself a Lolita? Or were you a Lolita after the first coord you put together? I'd love to hear about it ^^ Until next time... Angel Brite

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Mother's Day

Just a quick post this time ;) For Mother's day this year we had a small little gathering at my big sister's place for an outdoor movie night. I decided to dress in a casual Lolita outfit for the occasion because I really wanted to feel festive but still comfortable, since we weren't doing much.
 
 And here's my coord ^^
Dress: Handmade (bought off Etsy)
Top: Marshall's
Jacket: American Eagle
OTKs: Bodyline
Shoes: Angelic Pretty
And a picture of me and my Mommy. I freakin love this woman so much <3<3<3
It was a fun night and I was really happy that my mommy and big sister loved the gifts I made them; which was photo albums with pictures I had taken years earlier. I didn't fill them all the way but I still have lots more pictures so I'll be saving them for future gifts, huhu. That's it for this one ^^;

Friday, July 26, 2013

Madame Butterfly Ballet

While the city I live in might not have lots of fashion events like in CA; we are lucky enough that our big city likes to do free events at the long standing Miller Outdoor Theater. Since its beginnings 89 years ago, Miller Outdoor Theatre has provided a unique resource for the City of Houston and its visitors. Steadfast in the founding principal that the theatre shall provide cultural and educational events free of charge for the public (yeah, that was not my wording. I took it from here), this time the event was the Houston Ballet performing Madame Butterfly. I had never seen a ballet before so I mentioned it the girls in my comm and two of them ended up coming out. Great thing about Lolita is usually even if you don't know each other it's easy to find on another ^^ just look for the big poof. It was a great show and I will definitely be attending more events in the future.

After the show ended we took a few mandatory pictures
Jessica, Emi and Me (We didn't plan it but we all wore black-white)
Emi let me borrow her parasol for my first parasol picture <3
Dress/Socks: Bodyline
Cardigan: H&M
Shoes: Secret Shop
After taking regular pictures we decided we didn't want the fun to end,
 so we went off to find more places to take pictures and ended up with a flurry of silly picture taking

Christian Rock Band cover. lol
Look at our cute butts #^.^#
Sailor Senshi Posing
Blowing away the competition
Then we started trying to get jumping pictures but it was so hard to get one where everyone was off the ground,
 and Jessica was wearing heels so it was even harder for her XD but still lots of fun
Almost got it
And surprisingly I got a good picture of me jumping with no hair in my face and smiling. Yay!
 Then we started dancing
And finally ended with a Jojo pose for Stephany (because we love her) She also gave us her nod of approval for this photo.
Yes!!! So glad we did it justice <3
We ended the night close to midnight and walked the girls to their car. And when me and my husband went to get our car (in the zoo parking lot) we found out they close the gates and no one can get in or out. So we did what any rational adult would do and jumped the curb. Ok, I lied. Rational adults wouldn't do that! Please don't do that >< We ended up hitting the back of the car hard onto the ground coming down and had to get stuff fixed Monday (which meant we missed work) and it ended up costing a lot. Totally worth it though. huhu
(special thanks to mu hubby for taking all of these pictures ^3^)