Servery - Lolita Level Up status

I found this on Jobiberry's blog and it looked interesting and a bit fun so I wanted to do it as well. Its an average servery type thing but, yeah..

LOLITA LEVEL START!

:Key:X= yes__= no

X-You've been to egl.
X-You've posted on egl, without an onslaught of 'USE THE MEMORIES' and likewise.
X-You've bought a lolita mook.
X-You've picked a favorite brand.
X_You've ordered your first item.
X_You've worn a full outfit.
X-You've worn a full outfit out in public.
X-You've worn a full outfit and posted photos of it on the Internet.
X-You know what JSK, OP, and cutsew all mean.
X-You've bought your first brand piece.
__-You know your measurements.
X-You know you shoe size - in American, European, and Japanese.
X-You know who Mr. Yan is.
X,X,X-You know who Mana is. (+1 points if you know his band. +2 points if you know his brand. +3 points if you know why he's featured in every GLB. +4 if you have a shrine to him in your closet.)
X,X-You know who Maki and Asuka are. (+2 if you've met Maki and Asuka).
X-You've watched Kamikaze Girls. (+1 if you know the real name of this movie. +2 if you know who wrote the book this was based on. +3 if you've also read the manga or novel. +4 if you love the author despite his criminal record).
X,X-You own a wig. (+1 if you own more than 2.)
X-You own a pair of falls.
X-You can identify lace on the spot.
__-You can identify an item's brand on the spot.
__-You can identify the year a dress was made by a specific brand on the spot.
X-You can name several different dresses or prints.
__-You answer stock photo requests.
__-You mod a lolita community.
X,X-You decorate your nails. (+1 if you wear fake nails. +2 if you make fake nails.)
X,X-You own a pair of a rocking horse shoes. (+1 if you know their abbreviation.)
X-You've made your own rose corsage.
__-You've made anything out of your brand dress's waist ties.
__-You've made anything out of a matching eco tote. (+3 if you were the first one to do it, you think).
X-You know how to apply false eyelashes.
X-You know how to pronounce shirring.
X-You know how to pronounce Moi-meme-moitie, or Metamorphose tempes de fille.
__-You know a reliable shopping service.
__-You bid on Yahoo!Japan or Mbok.
__-You've been to a meetup.
__-You've planned a meetup.
__-You've planned a meetup with catering or more than 20 attendees.
__-You've met up with lolitas while on vacation to foreign or faraway locales.
X-You've seen a lolita fashion show.
X-You've seen a brand fashion show.
__-You've modeled in a lolita fashion show.
__-You've modeled in a brand lolita fashion show.
X-You wear bloomers.
X-You know how to make bloomers.
X-You tell other people to wear bloomers.
__-You draw lolita art, write a lolita blog, or provide the community with some sort of creative services.
X-You've taken purikura in lolita.
__-You've decorated your room/house/apartment in lolita style.
X-You've listened to lolita music.
__-You've learned kana.
__-You've learned enough Japanese to read a magazine. (and make the dresses from the patterns!) (aha!)
__-You wear or own circle lenses.
X-You've been called a princess by a young child.
X-You've dressed up a friend.
X-You've convert a friend.
__-You've been in media (television, newspaper, magazine). (+2 points if it's Japanese media.)
X-You've learned a handicraft, like jewelry making, embroidery, or sewing.
X-You've become a lolita mentor.
X-You've attended lolita events at an anime or multi-genre convention.
__-You’ve organized or presented lolita events at a convention.
X-You've visited a brand shop.
X-Trip to Japan!
X-You've dressed up and gone out alone.
X-You're prepared for inclement or colder weather in lolita (coat, parasol, boots, gloves, other climate-specific items.)
X-You've learned face contouring.
__-You've made a lolita valentine.
__-You've got a lolita pen pal or online lolita friends.
X-You have local lolita friends.
X-You know how to modify clothes that don't fit you.
__-You know how to dress for your body type.
X-You've been in a street snap.
__-You've been to multiple world locations of the same brand store (BABY Paris, BABY Tokyo, BABY San Francisco, etc.)
__-You've created a makeup/hair/sewing tutorial.
X-You've sold hand-created lolita goods.
__-You have your own lolita fashion line.
__-You've gotten a lolita haircut, style, or color.
X-You've mixed other street fashions with lolita.
X-You've thrown a lolita party/had a lolita wedding.
__-You've dressed your child/small children in lolita or kodona style.
X-You've successfully cross-dressed in lolita style at least once (boystyle for girls and girls' clothing for guys).
X-You've lolified or made sure all the contents of your purse are cute (wallet, lipgloss, keyring, etc.)
__-You have a lolita pet (small dogs, cats, rabbits, exotic birds, fancy fish) or have dressed/accessorized your pet (bows or pet clothes).
__-You've dressed your significant other or dated someone who dresses in J-fashion/alternative fashion.
X,X,X,X-You've read Alice in Wonderland. (+1 if you've seen the animated movie or other variations, +2 if you've seen more than one variation, +3 if you own more than one variation)
X-You've dressed as Alice or another Wonderland character in lolita style, or own Alice themed items.
X-You've made something from a Japanese pattern.
X-You've found, bought, or made lolita underwear (bras and panties).
X-You wear lolita daily, or have gone 7 days straight wearing only lolita.
__-You have lolita calling cards or business cards.
__-You play a lolita instrument (i.e., piano, violin, harp, French horn... well any instrument really.)
__-You can translate yen to your country's currency in your head. (+1 if you can convert other currencies you shop with as well. +2 if you read the news to know how the yen is doing.)
__-You've sold lolita clothing online (secondhand, egl_comm_sales).
__-Your article or entry has been put into the egl memories.
X-You take photos of your outfits/daily outfit photos.
__-You’ve posted to daily_lolita.
X,X,X-You own a petticoat. (+1 if you own more than one. +2 if you wear three or more at a time).
X-You’ve bought a lucky pack.
__-You keep a style diary or look-book.
X-You can put together an outfit made entirely from offbrand.
X-You’ve bought offbrand or non-Japanese brand.

Adorable Admirer (lvls 1 - 20) You've started studying or liking lolita but haven't taken that leap of faith yet. Good luck!

Resplendant Rufflebutt (lvls 21 - 40) At home within the land of the rufflebutts and spilling frills from every edge.

Victorian Maiden (lvls 41 - 60) A classy lolita of taste and experience, who knows her way around the lolita social set.

Starry Celebrity (lvls 61 - 80) On page six of the lolita world, you've risen to the ring of the upper crust.

Pretty Princess (lvls 81 - 100) Lolita royalty, truly versed in the ways of the lacey ones, the lolita princesses have achieved a special level of enlightenment.

Ultimate Lolita (Boss Fight!) (lvls 100+) Wow, you've gotten over 100 levels? You're the ultimate lolita with unlimited hitpoints. That's actually a little scary...


I scored a 72.  Some of the things look like things I can start doing though, like the look book.  *nod*

Lolita Closet - Alice and the Pirate

The following are the AatP pieces that I own in my collection.

I tend to feel myself more on the side of fluffy Sweet Lolita but I really like the darker qualities of Alice and the Pirates.  A lot of them make perfect additions to any cute Steampunk outfit and I've worn a few of them to those types of events.

Gathered Chiffon JSK

This was the first AatP dress that I bought.  I got it at the opening of the BtSSB store in San Fransisco.  As I stood in line various people told me how it was their dream dress but I held onto it tightly.  I had fallen in love with it too and love it just as much to this day.  It is the fanciest lolita dress that I own and I won't part with it.

a/p Circus Print JSK
I loved the print on this one.  The little monkeys and the elephants and Alice balancing on a ball.  It's super fancy and I love to wear it.
On many occasions I have worn this dress on special occasions to steampunk events.
The only downside to this dress is that when I first was wearing it my arm would hurt like hell.  I wondered why and then I found out what was wrong.  The top is a bodice with plastic boning and one of the bones was protruding it's little super sharp tip out of one of the seams.  It was not fun...  I cut then filed down the bone so it was not so sharp-- cut myself on it a few times before I actually found it but happily did not get any blood on my dress.

  

AatP - Original Tartan Check Vest and Half-Pants

I bought these two matching pieces when they were on sale at the SF store.  I tried them on when they first came out and was giddy it was ridiculous.   I glowed, but at that time I got a different dress.  I didn't have any "boy style" items and wanted to stick with dresses.  I was glad that I did get the dress that time because it let me get it on sale.

Event - BtSSB SF Opening

Let's go back in time a bit to August 14th, 2009.  I was u in the Santa Cruz mountains LARPing when I told my fellow Plot members that I would return late Saturday night.  I'd be going to crash at a friend's house to sleep and wake up early to the opening of a very special store in San Francisco's Japantown.

Me and my friends in line to get into the New People building on opening day!

We went in a full car down to SF in all our lolita to find an epic line.  We all showed up pretty early but we were still down near the crosswalk.  There were people all over the place and, like all festivals in Japantown, it was full of sellers and crafters.

I found someone with the same print on as me and so I had to take a picture with her.  We were both pretty excited to find someone matching us in an older print.

I was a genius and left my credit cards up on the mountain so one of my friends greatly offered to front the payment and I payed her back a few days later. <3  That way I could buy my first AatP dress in sac.  I was told a few times while I was in line (took 2 hours after we were inside) that it was their dream dress I was holding-- I just held it tighter because I loved ever little piece of the dress.

They were, by far, the best dressed people there.  It made me happy.

Excited and oh so tired, we finally made it over to the mall to have Ramen and relax a little.  I changed into my new dress and after visiting Sanrio we headed home.  We drank tea and talked and then I left for the drive up 17 and Bear Creek Road back up to the LARP game.  That night was the first and only night I wore brand "camping."  It was quite glorious.

The dress I bought that night.
The picture was taken of the cord I wore when I went to see Beauty and the Beast on Stage.

The whole experience I will never forget and I always like going back and visiting BtSSB and the other stores in Japantown.

**Tomorrow's post will be on my Lolita Closet: Angelic Pretty!
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Lolita Update - BtSSB's Disney Print

So I know that this has probably been addressed quite a few times and a bit out of date but I wanted to say my little part about it too.

Baby The Stars Shine Bright has put out a collaboration with Disney to do an Alice in Wonderland print with Disney's official images as well as the offical Carol images so widely known from the illustrated books.

I find the fact that Disney is allowing this, amazing and I love them all the more for it.  Girls who dress as Alice and are inspired by the movie when they were young should be able to wear the lovely official prints that come out of it. I for one was seriously considering forking out the cash to pre-order one.  However it was later stated that they did not have licenses to sell in the United States but only in Japan.  Stupid Disney and their tight fisted empire.

The collaboration items are licensed in Japan, and are not for international sale. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

This quote just made me sad when I read it, but it did not surprise me.  I thought it was too good to be true.

Now onto the PhotoPorn!

Link to the official Blog (where the pictures were taken from and the official info): http://baby-aatp.blogspot.com/2012/10/babypirates-disney-dress-collection.html

Art project I had my class do <3

**Tomorrow's post will be on the BtSSB SF store opening!