I'm trying to make some room for some new non lolita clothes in my wardrobe, and to do that I'm selling off some of my hardly worn and never worn lolita items.

I have a Baby the Stars Shine bright dress, Jumper skirt and skirt for sale, and well as an Innocent World skirt. You can get to the sale page from here... 2nd hand lolita sale. I'm going to be going away for the holidays so I won't be able to ship after December 14th till i get back January 6th.

I hope a few people here can give these clothes a good home!

Also for those who like to support their domestic brands All Vivcore labels will also stop shipping December 14th-January 7th so get your holiday orders in whilst we are still shipping!

I did an interview recently for the lovely blog Lolita Charm

Mostly about the new atelier items and the new quaintrelle movement. Pop over to read all about it, and see what elese is happening in this charming lolita's frilly world!

I've had a problem with Lolita as a label for a while, like pretty much all lolita, the name has been a point of trouble as it has a negative and well known definition here in the west outside of Japan. As a designer I have found the box has become more and more limiting, and the schism between "it's only fashion" and "It's also a lifestyle" become sometimes almost too bitter. I love all the things that go with lolita, the frills and the lifestyle and wanted to take it further, with a forgotten word from our own language. Quaintrelle.



I see Quaintrelle as an expansion of the Lifestyle Lolita, a space in which girls who enjoy the lifestyle aspects of the culture can grow and  mix with more like minded people. Like most successful subcultures, it is culture first. I also hope to expand on the philosophies of the small box of lolita style into a wider world of historically influenced fashion and finery. Just like the cyber goth, trad goth and industrial goth inhabit the same space of 'goth" I hope that a whole world of frilly girls can come together under the space Quaintrelle. The Lolita, The hime, the natural kei and beyond. It maintains the high level of detail and historical aesthetics and luxury, so still not a jeans and t-shirt kind of world, just  wider frilly world

I have a small manifesto of sorts, and I hope to grow a new look and lifestyle. One my long time lolita customers can enjoy, as well as girls from the wider world. As a designer I am excited by new possibilities, as a girl with a teacup collection I'm excited for new friends, I hope you are as excited as I am!

It's been a while since a big group of local lolita got together in our area, but Saturday thanks to kawaiinekochick it was frills in DC once again!

Starting off with pastries and macarons, we moved out for shopping and a stroll in the lovely late Summer weather (much cooler walking down hill for the shops!) The biggest surprise of the day was finding a fantastic fabric shop had relocated to George Town! getting every one out of there was apparently difficult, myself and a few others were pulled in by the unusual laces and milinery flowers, and could probably have camped out there till Tuesday!

Every time I get to go out with the local frilly folk I feel so happy to have such a wonderfully friendly and fun bunch of girls and guys close by. I can't wait to see every one again at the next big get together!

The Summer is almost over, and that means so is our first Atelier event!! Next month these Items will be taken down making way for the next atelier theme.

All of the Visions of Versailles dresses were based on dresses worn by the women who lived there
( Let's take a look at the portraits that inspired the dresses!... )
After the launch of the first items many people asked for Small and Large sizes, Going through some more of my favorite portraits I was able to design 2 new dresses (Royale and Lamballe) in these sizes. Since the Smaller and larger sizes haven't sold as well as the mediums our current plan for the next event is to create just mediums once again, so any remaining stock doesn't go to waste. Any one interested in these other sizes, we still have these 2 dresses up for a while longer, and if they end up selling as well as the mediums I'd love to add some more of these sizes to the next event!

I hope every one will enjoy the rest of this event taking a romp through 18th Century France! I wonder what time and place we'll visit next event?

So Who's going to Otakon!!???! This is going to be my first year attending, and I'm pretty excited! I keep seeing people on my friends list posts from there each year, it would be so nice to meet some of you guys if you are going to be there!!!

I made myself a pretty over the top dress to wear there recently, and then got carried away with accessories!!
( What I'll be wearing to the ball... )
If nothing else the dress is big enough I should be easy to spot! I'll be doing the lolita fashion show on Saturday if anyone wants to say "hi" and if you can't make it there and you see a big purple dress shuffling through the crowds come say "Hello" it would be nice to really put a face to all the journals!

See you in Baltimore!

Sunday some of the NoVa lolis saw off our friend kalisafish  before she ran away to Norway for a month with an impromptu karaoke party!

( A few photos from Freakshownia... )Most people started off at a local Korean restaurant after which mmymoon  and me arrived just in time for some shopping, and bing soo before the karaoke!

I've never done karaoke in my life before, it was sooooo much fun! I hope you have a safe trip Catherine and we'll see you when you get back!!!

Saturday was International Loli Day! All over the world lolita got together in their local towns in their best dresses, to hang out, have fun, and enjoy being a part of the world wide lolita community!kisei_prophet  from the MD lolita organized a huge meet in DC for all the DC, MD, VA lolis, and we had a great sunny day in the city!

( Meet some of our local lolis!... )It was amazing the number of people who wanted to get photos of us, or more often WITH us! So many people visit DC this time of year from all over the country, and even all over the world. Maybe we did a small part to show that there is more to our town the gray suits and senators?
Photos embezzled fromtian_shi  kisei_prophet  and freakshownia )  

\We are back again from one of the best trips I've ever had. Seeing my family was as always really wonderful and much too short. We managed to pack an awful lot into the last few weeks, and with my smashing new camera Dusty bought for my birthday, I even took pictures this time!!!

( Due to a large amount of photos, you can read all about our trip and adventures under here!... )
It really was the best birthday I've ever had, and the trip of a lifetime! I wasn't really ready to come home, and struggling to get back to life in this timezone again.
I have a ton of photos over on my Flickr for any one craving more gold and cherubs. I was sorry I couldn't update whilst I was there, but i think this is the first time I've had any real photos of any of our trips and adventures!

Last year I wasn't able to go back to England, but tomorrow we're leaving for a big 3 week trip to visit my friends and family, along with a stop over in Paris for a few days in the middle! I'm so excited to see my sisters new place, in a new town, as well ( I hear there are also lots of big ships to see!)

The stores are now closed till we get back, we'll be re-opening May 29th, with new items on the heels of the trip for Candy Violet.

The last few weeks I've been putting together a few new clothes and accessories...
( Come see the new wardrobe!... )
Also as an early birthday present Dusty bought me a wonderful new camera! I'm going to take it every where this trip and hopefully be able to keep posting from England and France.

Right now I need to finish prepping for the trip, I'll post again soon!