happy birthday to my dearest

 
we recently celebrated my partner's birthday!

my partner chose to put on a powerpoint night party for everyone (which is seriously the most fun thing ever lol please host one with your friends) to celebrate their 23rd lap around the sun. i asked them if they'd like me to wear lolita or tone it down for the night, and they said i should don a coord for the party. :-) and so: low-effort comfy coordinate.

coord rundown
skirt - perfume bottle, metamorphose
cutsew - angelic pretty
headbow - angelic pretty
socks - angelic pretty
accessories - dolly house and chocomint
cat - lady wynnifred

(this is the third time in a row i've worn this cutsew to something, but in my defense, it's super comfortable and my other brown cutsews are running a bit late!)

 

summer swap meet

yesterday was our comm's summer swap meet!

i've been looking forward to the swap meet since last year. we had one scheduled for january, but because of some really tough circumstances out of anyone's control, the mod team made the call to cancel it. it was a good call to protect the members and keep everyone safe - but it was very sad that we couldn't all get together that month! when they announced a swap meet for may, instead, i was over the moon and waited excitedly for the day.

coord rundown
skirt and headbow - clockwork tea party, baby, the stars shine bright
cutsew - angelic pretty
socks - baby, the stars shine bright
boots - antaina
bag - baby, the stars shine bright
accessories - dolly house and a bright green seller sticker :-9
 

supercasual afternoon stroll

today, i bring you super-casual no-petticoat criminal activity.

 tomorrow? who knows...

coord rundown

jsk - melty cream doughnut, angelic pretty
cutsew - angelic pretty
barrette - angelic pretty
socks - angelic pretty
boots - antaina
bag - traded with my bf because i didnt wanna carry my backpack anymore 

impromptu dinner date

  

i've been a bit down lately, so my lovely partner took me out on a dinner date!

 

coord rundown

jsk - astro regimen, angelic pretty
blouse - baby, the stars shine bright
headbow - angelic pretty
socks - offbrand
boots - antaina
accessory - chocomint 

5 things angelic pretty is definitely re-releasing this year (real) (not clickbait)

stellar news: 5 epic things angelic pretty is re-releasing this year guaranteed REAL and not FAKE. incredible LEAKS from trustworthy source!!!

so, my source is that i made it up. but i can dream, right? maybe if i put it out into the world the stars will align and it'll actually happen. (it won't. but it would be cool!)

the actual title of this post is top 5 things i think AP should re-release.

or, maybe, top 5 things i'd re-release if it were up to me.

deka wanko is peak cinema

 

well, maybe i'm exaggerating a little - but deka wanko is a really fun ride, and i wish more people talked about it in the year of our lord 2026.

 

deka wanko is a 2011 j-drama that follows ichiko "wanko" hanamori, a homicide detective with the sniffing power of a bloodhound, and the rest of her division as they solve a variety of crimes. it's based on a 2008 manga by the same name, but i haven't read it, so this post is about the tv drama only.

i'm not sure why they chose this coord to put on the cover, i think her other outfits are more fashionable lol

some background on the show and how i found it -- i'm always looking for ways to enjoy this fashion even when i'm not out and about while wearing it, so movies and film are a good way of doing that. that being said, accurate depictions can be a bit tough to find, and i'm a stickler for things being just right, so i was happy to stumble across an old blog post recommending some. i'm not a big fan of tokusatsu, so i was intrigued when the blogger detailed a brief premise of a lolita cop/detective show where the main characters wears a lot of angelic pretty. "fun," i thought, "cop shows are my guilty pleasure, and i love angelic pretty."

 

my expectations were set for a fairly conventional and just-fine short tv show. i'd heard literally nothing about the show until now - absolute crickets compared to the legendary kamikaze girls, or even lesser-known media, like these are clothes i want to wear. (side note, i want to re-read this and blog about it sometime.) the lack of chatter around it made me assume that it would be nothing special, just something i could watch in the background, occasionally pointing out dresses and prints i liked, and that would be that. but when the show started with our protagonist buying charms at angelic pretty to put on her gun, i knew i was in for something a little more interesting than that.

deka wanko exceeded my expectations a hundred times over. i won't spoil the exact plot details of this show, but i have some thoughts!

 

birthday tea and funny miis

last week, i turned 23 and celebrated it with a bunch of my friends! 

 

(fair warning - cool pic of animal bones in this post)

 

 

floral fashions (literally)

it's been a few months since i went to a comm meet! for various weather and safety reasons, most of the meets i was going to attend ended up cancelled, so i was very very excited to join this one. not only because it's been a while, but because the event was very cool and like nothing i've really seen before!

fleurs de villes, a flower art show of sorts, came to our state for just a few days to display a number of literal floral fashion arrangements. emphasis on the literal - everything was made out of real, living flowers and other plants!

coord rundown
jsk - magical etoile, angelic pretty

sweater - vintage

hat - offbrand

socks - baby, the stars shine bright
shoes - LIEF
accessories - chocomint, dolly house 

welcome to my blog!

 

nice to meet you, and welcome to my lolita fashion blog!  

i've really enjoyed reading people's j-fashion blogs for many, many years now, and so despite the fact that it's (as of writing) 2026 and that era has largely passed, i wanted to start my own. there's something very sweet and very comforting about those 2010s kawaii aesthetics and simple j-fashion blogs that that completely dominated the internet back in my youth, so this one is modeled after both! i want to use this blog to document the fun things i get up to with this hobby of mine. it's fun to have a collection of memories to document and reminisce upon - and maybe others will be interested in taking a peek.

 

very briefly, a little bit about me - as of writing, i'm a 22 year old recent college grad living in the midwest. my favorite style is sweet (unsurprisingly) and i specifically love 2010s sweet and chocolate + cookie themes. i've been interested in this fashion since i was a kid, i started wearing it on and off in 2017, but only started getting seriously into it in 2025, when i finally had access to both adult money and post-college free time hahaha. even though it's been a long time, i probably only have about 2 years of cumulative experience. i'm still at the beginning, i think. 

 

i hope you'll enjoy my writings and photos!