Seifuku photos! (^o^)/

Hello everyone!

I finally got the photos my friend Tiffany took at DeDeCo in February. Yes, it has been a while but for some reason I haven't received them earlier... But now they're here and I'm gonna show them to you. I'm quite satisfied with many ones, but I still think I should practice posing. >< And my legs are looking so strange and super skinny, I have no idea how to make them look more "normal". Any ideas? ;w; Aaaand I can't smile... I knew it before. xD

                       

What do you think? ;w; 

The next post is gonna be a Lolita timeline! And maybe cosplay too! <3

See you soon. ♥

Yours,

Kanon

How I got into Lolita fashion!

Hello everyone!

Today I'd like to talk about on how I got into Lolita fashion. ♥

I got to know the fashion long before I started wearing it. It was in Primary School when I started being interested in Japanese culture and anime, because I watched Sailor Moon daily on TV. But I wasn't that kinda child who watched anime all day long, I only watched Sailor Moon, just saying. That's why I have no real clue about Dragonball, Inu Yasha and Naruto. :'D I also started learning Japanese by myself around that time.

In 2009 (I was in grade 9 back then), I went to a city festival of my town where Cinema Bizarre, a German Visual Kei band, performed. On that day I realized that they weren't as bad as I thought and remembered one of my former penpals who once told me about An Cafe. So the next day I spent on YouTube, searching for Japanese music and came across An Cafe, LM.C, Miyavi and the GazettE as well as many other groups. This was when I started wearing Visual Kei, Decora and Oshare Kei. I also discovered Lolita fashion but I never thought about buying dresses because I just couldn't effort it. J-Rock was my life and I got to know awesome people because of it. I also started reading Manga.
Here's a photo of my Oshare-Decora-Kei-Whatever Mix outfit. :D

Photo taken in June 2012

In 2011 I went to the Book Fair in Leipzig for the first time with my friends. I was wearing an Oshare Kei Misa Misa outfit and saw so many beautiful Lolitas. But still I had no chance to buy an outfit.

Sorry for the bad quality, but this was my first outfit for the Book Fair in Leipzig 2011. :D

The same year, in October I went to the USA with my family. We visited New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In San Francisco I visited the Angelic Pretty and Baby the Stars shine bright shop. When I entered the Btssb shop, I was super amazed by their dresses and the outfits the shop assistants were wearing. At that very moment I knew, my final prom dress has to be a Lolita dress! I wanted to wear one of these beautiful coords at my final prom!

The next year, in 2012 we went to San Francisco again, and I could chose my final prom dress. I decided for the Sweet Jewelry Princess JSK in black and a matching blouse in pink. And I already knew that this wasn't my last dress. I loved how I looked in the dress, and it just felt "right". Do you know this when you're in the changing room, trying on a piece of clothing and you think "Yes, this is it!"? That was how I felt and still feel when I'm dressing up. I wanted to wear pastels, frilly dresses and petticoats. When I looked into my mirror, I saw myself and not just a person who dressed up in Lolita.

A few months later, I ordered from Bodyline with a friend, so I got my shoes, bag and socks from there and my first coord was ready to be shown at the prom in summer. I got my wig from eBay but I didn't wear it at the prom because it was "too much".

Here's a photo from the final prom in 2013:

Somehow I hate the lightning in photos because it always eats my make up. >-<

My classmates already knew that I wouldn't wear a normal prom dress, haha. Since I was wearing Decora or Oshare Kei everyday for school, no one really wondered. Of course they were looking at my because I was wearing "such" an outfit, but I was fine with that. I also remember the words of my history teacher who came to me and said, that she really loved my dress. She was so happy that I wasn't wearing a normal prom dress and that I was continuing to wear my own style even at my final prom. Actually I don't have to say that she was my favorite teacher all the time. :D

Basically this was how I got into Lolita fashion and my very first coord. You can see that it has only been 3 years since I got my first dress. 

Here's my first coord with the wig I ordered: 

I took it in London, summer 2013.

I hope you liked my post~ ♥ The next post is gonna be a kinda Lolita outfit timeline, where I'm posting all my outfits until now! I don't have a lot but I think it's still worth sharing.

Yours,

Kanon.

Cute coord idea by Syndrome Store

Hello everyone!

Sorry for my long absence, but I was busy because of three weeks of exams at university. Actually I'm awaiting photos from a shoot at DeDeCo in February but I still didn't get any of them! So I'll post a super cute coord idea from cloths you can find at Syndrome Store! 

Use my promotion code "kanoncupcake" to get a discount! If you buy something and use my code, don't forget to send me a message and I'll prepare something for you! ♥

1. Cute bow dress ♥

Perfect for spring, this chiffon dress matches any himekaji or everyday coord <3

2. Elegant pearl sandals ♥

These sandals look super comfortable and are perfect for longer walks. 

or

if you don't like sandals that much:

2. Simple elegant high heel shoes ♥

These shoes have higher heels and are looking more elegant than the other ones. Perfect for a date, hehe. 

3. Cute headbow ♥

Makes the whole outfit cute. <3

4. Retro pastel pink bag ♥

Very useful to carry your make up, purse and phone. And it's so cute. (*o*)

I hope you like the items I found for you. <3

And don't forget to use the code "kanoncupcake" at the checkout!! 

Yours, Kanon ♥

P.S: I'll be at Dokomi in Düsseldorf in May! Hopefully my friend will take a lot of photos there. I'll do a post about my trip before Dokomi, so don't worry, haha. :D

I also would like to do some outfit posts but the most stuff is offbrand, so I dunno if it's interesting. ;A;

Report: Book fair in Leipzig ~ 13th March till 15th March ♥

Hello everyone,

finally I can make a post about my weekend at the book fair in Leipzig. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of my coords except the ones I'm gonna show you here. I just didn't find any time. ;A;
By the way tomorrow I'll get some pictures a friend took at DeDeCo of me. In these photos I'm wearing my seifuku. I'm so excited to see them!

Okay, so on Friday was my first day at the book fair. It was a calm day, because most visitors come on Saturday. I spent the day with my boyfriend and another friend. We walked through the hall and looked at all those cute things. Sometimes I ask myself why I'm not collecting figures because there were so many nice Vocaloid figures... or Sonico. But then I remembered that this is a very expensive hobby and I already spend a lot of money on lolita, so I just cannot start such a hobby as well. ;A; I was looking for small Aikatsu figures but couldn't find any. Instead I bought the current issue of the Gothic & Lolita Bible. I even got two posters for free with it! I also showed Ramune to my friends. I'm collecting these bottles and now I think I own every bottle which is sold at the conventions. :D Oh and now that I'm talking about Japanese food... I could seriously spend all my money on cute packages of Japanese candy. Why isn't German candy that pretty too? ;__; It's sad. xD
I bought two small cube-shaped alpacassos... one in pink for me and one in blue for my boyfriend. But when I wanted to give him the blue one, I noticed I lost it.... and it was the last blue one. My life was ruined, haha. xD
I also met a lot of nice people... and I really should start taking photos with everyone.
I only have this photo. I knew her from Twitter, because she's a lolita too but on Friday she didn't wear lolita.

Her boyfriend was kinda tall so this photo looks kinda strange, haha. Or I'm just too small. :D

On Saturday, it was super crowded... so many people and you could hardly pass through the crowed. We spent most of the time near the main stage and watched the shows because it was too exhausting to walk along. I met a lot of friends anyway and it's always cool when you find someone you know though there are thousands of people. I didn't buy anything but food that day. 

But here's a selfie from my coord. Symphonia of Birds by Angelic Pretty. ^w^ I still need a black blouse, because pink just doesn't really fit. That's why I wore a pink cardigan. :D

I also got the autographs of Mayu Sakai and Takeshi Obata! I'm so happy about that! In the morning you had to queue to get a card, so you can take part in the autograph session. I was waiting almost an hour and got a card for Mayu Sakai only. Another girl who wanted Obata's card, gave me hers, so I had to Mayu Sakai cards. I gave one to a friend who was a huge fan. One of my friends had a friend from university with him, who wasn't into manga yet, but she got a card for Obata. So she gave me hers! I'm so lucky sometimes, haha. :D

In the evening I suddenly felt dizzy and I was shaking... I couldn't eat anything and during the night I had a horrible headache... When I woke up I could hardly move. I had high fever... But it was Sunday... no doctor and I didn't want to go to a hospital. So I slowly put on normal cloths and it even got a little better. I made my way to the exhibition center with my sister and with my boyfriend I was looking for someone who had pain killers. After meeting someone who gave me one I felt a little better and after eating even more. We went through the dealers hall and spent the rest of the day at the stage, because I felt weak and dizzy. 

In the evening I went back home and my boyfriend even stayed with me because he said he couldn't leave me alone in that condition, haha. :D He's so nice. He stayed till Wednesday and accompanied my to the doctor, cooked for me and cleaned the dishes. But thank god he didn't get ill either. I'm very thankful that he stayed with me, haha. Because I felt so weak that I could hardly move and when I did I felt dizzy. 

Right now I'm healthy again and yeah... uni starts tomorrow, so I have to be healthy. :D 

I finished my shitty essay and now I can focus on my three exams every upcoming Friday, yay. 

Thanks for reading! 

Yours,

Kanon. ♥

Kawaii finds ~ 2015/03/02

Hello again,

sorry for another delay of my kawaii finds post. ;A;

But here are some cute things I found at storenvy!

1. Lolita inspired gothic dress

I don't know about the quality of this dress, but it looks perfect for old school gothic lolita (the black one, haha)

Price: $50,90

2. Floral Himekaji dress

Yes, I'm a lot into floral dresses and this has also strawberries on it! *o* 

Price: $48,99

Note: I didn't order any of these products. If I did, I'll post my own photos as a prove, I wished I could order every single piece I present here, but unfortunately I can't at the moment. But as soon as I ordered one of the cloths, I'll write a review!

I hope you liked the items! ♥

Yours,

Kanon

Bookfair in Leipzig ~ 13th March till 15th March

Hey cuties!

Only a few days left until I'll attend the famous book fair of Leipzig. It's not really an anime convention but it has a huge part of anime, manga and merchandise, so it's a MUST for many cosplayers and people who are interested in Japanese culture.

I went there since 2010. A lot of time has passed since then!

My first cosplay was Misa Amane from Death Note in an Oshare Kei style, haha. Maybe I should do a cosplay timeline. :D

But I want to show you my coords for those three days, so you're able to find me. <3

Friday:

Baby the Stars shine bright - Merry Sweet Castle JSK in pink <3

Saturday:

Angelic Pretty - Symphonia of Birds JSK in black

Sunday:

Angelic Pretty - Day Dream Carnival JSK in lavender

I hope I'll meet some of you! If you see me, just talk to me, since I'm bad at remembering faces. xD

Hope to see you soon. <3

After the weekend, I'll post some photos. 

Yours,

Kanon

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Kawaii Finds 2015/03/01

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry, I'm a bit late, because I was so busy at the weekend! But here is today's post. ^w^

1. Cute earmuffs in pink

I really think these are perfect for cold days in lolita, because when you're wearing a wig, it's difficult to wear a hat to protect you from the cold. >w<

Price: $18,00

2. Floral Himekaji dress

I'm in love with floral prints because they look so casual and pretty, especially when spring is about to come. <3

Price: $29,70

Thank you for reading! <3

Yours, Kanon