Videos and a Lolita Sleepover

Last week, I went to visit my friend Iris for the first time! She’s been at my house for my birthday before, but I had never been to her house. So finally, we planned a sleepover together! On Thursday I went on my way in the early morning, with my ridiculously large bag (Lolita problems much?) and finally arrived in Iris’s town, where she picked me up from the station. Together we walked to her house. There, we first just talked for a while. It’s funny: even though we don’t know each other that long, we feel so comfortable around each other!
Iris recently moved to an adorable apartment that is entirely her own, so she can decorate it however she feels like. Result: her house is slowly turning into a Sweet Lolita’s dream! There is pink lace, beautiful curtains, flowers and butterflies everywhere! Iris makes a lot of things herself, it’s truly amazing! ♥

Some details of Iris’s bedroom. Isn’t it gorgeous!?
But the highlight of Iris’s apartment is definitely her Lolita room! It’s a special room where she keeps all of her Lolita clothing on display like a freaking Angelic Pretty shop.
It’s so cool! :3

The entrance to the Lolita room.
Iris has a lot of beautiful dresses. She especially loves princess sleeved-one pieces and blouses. ♥ And cute things. Lots of cute things.

Some close ups of Iris’s clothes.
Not only does Iris’s closet look amazing, it’s also a wonderful place to take pictures! It is the ideal background for pastelly, Lolita-ish pictures. And you can also make great videos… :3

More detail shots because I like it. ♥
So as you might have noticed from my ‘subtle’ hint, we made a video together! No, even better, we made two videos together! We had already been planning upfront to make some videos, but it wasn’t until I arrived at Iris’s house we really decided on what to do. We decided to make two videos: one for Iris’s Youtube channel and one for mine. For Iris’s channel, we would answer 10 questions about Lolita we made up ourselves. For my video, Iris was super kind to let me try on some of her dresses for a Style Switch! A ‘Style Switch’ is an expression I have come up with to describe the process of trying on a fellow Lolita’s dresses and through that adapting his/her style in a bigger or smaller way. It can mean trying a whole new style (for example: a Classic Lolita trying Sweet) or just simply the same style you're used to but in a different way with different dresses! I have done it twice before with some friends. I was super excited, since Iris has some lovely dresses. ^^
This post will contain a lot of outfits, haha! Prepare yourself! First, I will show you Iris’s and my outfits from before filming.

I wore my Tea Time à la Carte jsk for the first time! I wore a fairly casual coord.
I borrowed my mom’s fork and spoon ear rings for the occasion,
I love them so much!

Iris had so many cute details in her outfit! Too much cuteness! ^o^
And then the filming and dressing process began! The dresses I chose were Sugary Carnival in the special set colour: blue, Melty Chocolate and my biggest love: Crystal Dream Carnival. That dress is truly a dream… ;_; It is so gorgeous. I loved it so much I ended up wearing it for the rest of the day to shoot the other video, so I wore the two other dresses the next day, but I will show them to you in the order of the video. ^^
First up: Sugary Carnival. Together with Iris we made an outfit of different shades of blue. I really liked the outcome, especially with the pony necklace as an extra eye catcher!

Isn’t this dress a dream? I love it so much… ♥
Iris put on one of her other Sugary Carnival dresses as well, so we could twin! She owns Sugary Carnival in sax, pink and blue! I am not jealous, nooo! ♥

Iris in her Sugary Carnival outfit. She looked too cuuute! ♥
Twinning with Iris was so awesome! It was quite a special moment for me. ;_; And in Sugary Carnival too! It was like a dream…

Twinning in Sugary Carnival! ✧
After Sugary Carnival, I tried Iris’s Melty Chocolate one piece. I really love Melty Chocolate, it’s one of my favourite chocolate-themed prints in the Lolita world. Maybe someday I’ll own it myself..? *_*
I also tried one of Iris’s wigs. I had tried it on briefly just for the fun of it and I quite liked the result, but somehow in this outfit I am less convinced. Oh well. ^^’ The overall outfit is really cute though! ♥

Me in Melty Chocolate. Do you like it? ^o^
So these two dresses I actually wore the second day. Now on to my absolute favourite dress of Iris’s collection: Crystal Dream Carnival in royal blue. I was so excited to try this on, I could barely contain myself! *o*

I may not look like it, but I was glowing on the inside… ✧
Many people prefer the navy colourway of the Crystal Dream Carnival series, but this particular colour happens to be my favourite. And the one piece is just so gorgeous! Aaah, I felt so pretty wearing this! And I haven’t felt like that in a long time.
As I said, I tried Iris’s blonde wig just for the fun of it and I actually tried it with this outfit! I posted some pictures on my Instagram and some people didn’t even recognize me at first! XD

Do you like this rare blonde look on me? I must say I do!
So while I was wearing this dress we filmed the video for Iris’s channel. This is the video we made, I hope you will check it out and that you like it of course! =D


We had a lot of fun filming this video. If I had included all our bloopers, the video would have been much longer! x)
And of course, here is the link to the video we made for my channel. It’s basically a portrayal of everything I wrote about in this blogpost, only this video is a bit special. It features my new special, small intro and… I talk in this video! This is the first time you can hear my voice! I really like the result of the voice over and will definitely do it more often. ^^ I hope you enjoy the video! ♥


I had a wonderful sleepover with Iris. We had pizza, played Mario Kart and talked deep into the night. It was wonderful. ♥ I am so happy to have her as my friend!
Thank you so much for reading~! ☆

A Trip to MFashion

Last week I visited MFashion for the very first and also very last time. MFashion is the Netherlands’s first Lolita shop and it’s been around for a very long time. Unfortunately, I never got the chance to visit it. Now that Leyla and her mom have announced they are leaving their physical store (although they will continue to sell at conventions) I realised this was my last chance to see it! So I decided to meet up with my friend Michelle and visit MFashion during its last week. ^^
While Michelle planned on wearing Lolita, I didn’t feel comfortable enough so I opted for a more casual outfit with some Lolita elements. You can see my full outfit a bit further down this blogpost.
My mom was kind enough to drive me to the train station, from where I had to take two trains to get to my destination.

Some pictures I took during my journey. I really like
(subtle) Lolita elements in ‘normal’ outfits.
I had forgotten to bring my book, so it could have been a bit boring sitting by myself just staring out the window. But I had brought my camera because I wanted to make a video, so it was okay after all. ^^ And when I arrived at my transfer station, a kind old man complimented me on my bow! That was nice. ♥

Some of our trains have strange prints on the glass doors.
Sometimes it’s bugs, this time it was… bird feet?
Finally I arrived at the station and I immediately spotted Michelle. She looked super cute in her sailor-like outfit! You can check out her outfit a bit further down below as well. ^^

Meeting up with Michelle! ☆
We went on our way to find the shop, but we didn’t know where it was located exactly. We walked into the first shop we saw and went to ask for directions. The kind shop lady asked us whether we were looking for ‘that clothing store’. Apparently we looked like the kind of customers that goes there? XD
After a bit more walking, we found the MFashion shop!

Arrived at the shop! It felt strange to finally visit it, but also exciting!
Michelle and I entered the shop a little early, where we were welcomed by Leyla’s mom. The shop was small, but cute and cosy.

Inside MFashion.
While Michelle and I were browsing for a bit, one of our fellow Lolitas came in! It was Eline, which was nice because I hadn’t seen her in a while. It gave us a chance to chat for a bit. ^^
There was a big sale and it continued some lovely dresses, but I had told myself not to buy anything big and I stuck to that! I really needed to save my money. Instead, I browsed for some small things and there was plenty to see! The shop was small, but contained

Some detail shots to give you an impression of the shop.
I found some really nice Metamorphose socks that I was hoping would match my Fancy Egg jsk, since no pair of socks I own really has the same colour of blue. I was a bit tempted by an Angelic Pretty head bow to be honest, but since nothing in my closet would match it it would have been a waste.

Dresses, skirts, petticoats and much, much more!
Metamorphose’s new ‘Vintage Cameo’ line had just come in and the details on those dresses were absolutely gorgeous. It’s so classy and beautiful! ♥ The dresses weren’t part of the sale as they were very new, but even then I wouldn’t have bought one (although they were very tempting…)

Vintage Cameo dresses and some more details.
After a while, Eline left and Michelle and I were alone again. Michelle decided to buy herself two Angelic Pretty head bows and was doubting about some jewelry, while I eventually settled with an adorable gold hair pin from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright that was on sale for 5 euros! ☆

Michelle being adorable with her moustache bow. ♥
Despite the fact I had decided not to buy anything big, I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to check out the dresses available. There were three (actually, four) dresses that I adored and I must show them to you so you can all drool with me over their awesomeness.

Aren’t these pieces to die for?
Especially the Lief piece (which was an apron skirt by the way) captured my heart. The colours of the print are so striking and the lace has glitter! God, it was so pretty…
Finally, I also found a pair of Metamorphose lace gloves and since I had been looking for a pair of lace gloves for ages I couldn’t leave them behind. I am so weak. ^^’
Michelle and I paid and then it was time to leave MFashion again. I am very happy I could have visited it before it closed. ^^
Of course, we couldn’t leave without taking some outfit pictures, so here you go:

Michelle’s adorable sailor outfit.

My pink and black casual outfit.
Michelle and I left for the train, took the same train for one station and then we went our separate ways. I had a lot of fun, it was just what I needed. It had been a wonderful day~!

Also, I made a video about our adventures!


I know it’s not perfect, but I am quite happy with the result nonetheless. I am really planning to make more videos, so please keep an eye on my YouTube channel! ^^

Purchases of the day

Refinery29 – Style Out There

In my previous post you could read all about the amazing Summer Tales Boutique Tea Party, but also a little part about the film crew who were making an item about the Dutch Lolitas for their ‘Style Out There’ series. Yesterday, Friday November 7th, the video finally aired! Asha Leo, the host of the show, visited not only our Tea Party, but also went to Katie’s shop, walked around Utrecht (and not Amsterdam as the video suggests, hihi) dressed in Lolita and talked with Linda Friesen, a Dutch fashion designer.


The video has been received with a lot of positivity from the international Lolita community. Personally, I am overly happy with it! I think the Lolita style is portrayed wonderfully and everyone who was in it got taken very seriously. Plus the video editing is so pretty! I am so happy and honoured they kept some parts of me in it, multiple times in detail shots and an excerpt of my interview. ♥
So what do you think of the video? ^^ I would love to hear your opinions!