Halloween and The Zombie Walk

Happy Haloween everyone!
Did you all have a suitably spooky experience? Did you get all dressed up?
I did!
On Saturday night we had a Halloween Party, to which I dressed as "The Slenderman".

Here's what I hope is a suitably convincing photo of me as slenderman (or as I was calling myself, SlenderChick :p)
If you haven't heard the stories of the Slenderman, and like a good scary story, look him up! Watch the MarbleHornets series on YouTube if you have the time.

Today however, I got gored up and walked..or shambled.. up to face my biggest fear. Zombies. The Glasgow Zombie Walk saw roughly 1000 people, ambling, running and groaning, blood stained and with severed limbs through Kelvingrove Park.

I went with a Little Red Riding Hood look, along with the classic red and white guro look.

There were a lot of photographers and even TV cameras at the walk, and some of the professional shots of me appeared online! yay:



All in all, it was superb fun and I probably won't be as afraid of zombies as I was before from now on. Because being a zombie is FUN!

I did it, I faced my phobia and joined the Zombie masses. So now, I challenge you readers to do the same! Face something you fear, even if it's just a little thing. Do it!

Fairy Goth

My halloween weekend started on Friday night with a party at a friend's place. I decided my costume would be "Fairy Goth Mother", mostly because I wanted to wear wings and have a magic wand!
I wasn't entirely sure what to wear, but considering the theme I decided to take inspiration from Fairy Kei fashion, and mingle it up with my usual gothic look!



And here's the result!

(note: I spoke previously about facing fears, well as you can see I am wearing a wig. When i was little I had a fear of wigs, no idea why or how or when I got over it. I still avoid them, even for costumes, most of the time. But I just really, really liked this one!)


Closeup. LOOK AT THE WAND. It's so pretty and it lights up! It's easily the best thing about the whole outfit :p

Lolita Halloween Outfits

IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN! Are you excited? I am!

As I promised way back at the start of the month, here are the Lolita Halloween Costumes I've been putting together on Polyvore;

"Little Girl Vampire"

Vampire Lolita by SkyBluePink featuring leggings tights

"Ghost of Lolita Past"

Lolita Ghost by SkyBluePink featuring a white hosiery

"Cutie Witch"

lolita witch by SkyBluePink featuring a gothic lolita dress

and.. something sort of aristocratic or lolita, inspired by Willy Wonka :D

wonkette by SkyBluePink featuring a print coat

What are you doing for halloween? I hope you're getting all dressed up!

Music with Manners

Lately I've been completely consumed by the the beat, rhythms and manners of "Mr B, Gentleman Rhymer".
It's hip-hop, with a little more old fashioned ettiquete, it's dandy, it's Chap-Hop!

Irrational Want

Something that all lolitas learn with time is that, even brands get it wrong sometimes. For every beautiful print, gorgeous hat and perfect pair of shoes there's a strange, slightly confusing and firhgtfully ugly item out there.
In fact there's a whole LJ community dedicated to these things called "WTF Burando"

http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_burando/

And Makelovely's blog does a weekly post called "WTF of the Week", which showcases some of the most bizarre items in recent releases.
When Baby came out with their lace cat ears, shown here;

The first thing I thought was "well THAT's going to be this week's WTF".
And at the same time I realised that I quite.. liked them.. and kind of want a pair. This was BECAUSE od their inherent sillyness and not inspite of it.

This is a feeling I call "Irrational Want", and is something that has affected the way I shop even outside of Lolita.
Do you ever see something and it's just SO weird, you have to have it? Or something so ugly you want to wear it and just rock it? Do you ever see something you want but then think "but really, what would I wear something like that with?" and then the little voice in the back of your mind goes "what WOULDN'T you wear it with?!"
Yes, this is irrational want.

Here are some examples of things I currently love, even though I know they're a bit questionable;

Yes, a faux fur leopared print fox stole with jewels for eyes.
I found this on WTF Burando a couple of days ago and thought it was the perfect example of "what would I wear it with/ what wouldn't I wear it with"!

To my dismay, I also saw this on WTF Burando;

I say "to my dismay", because I really like it and had been eyeing it up on the AATP site completely unaware that it was questionable. But now that it's been pointed out... it IS a black and white striped jumpsuit.. and that is a little bid mind-bending.

There is also this suit, dubbed "the most vulgar suit in the world"

article: http://thechap.net/content/section_news/?p=399


THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is a suit jacket with diamonds studded in it. Tacky? Yes. But if a highstreet store made a cheap version with rhinstones that I could afford? Yes, I would buy one. And I would be a sparkly dandy.

maybe I was a peacock in a previous life!
I might make the "Irrational Want" thing into a series, to compliment and counter act the "WTF" posts.

Do you suffer from Irrational Want? If so, what is the msot outlandish thing, you just really really wish you owned? :D

Facing your Fears this Halloween

(Guro Lolita, 2008, Worn as part of a Silent Hill cosplay group)

As a batty little horror loving goth it often surprises people to know that I am absolutely terrified of Zombies.
Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, Ghosts, Creepypasta, Murderers.. all make for good scary stories. Zombies? I run a mile.
Here's why; it's a Cluster Phobia. Cluster phobias are the most bizzare and yet common phobias, almost everybody has one, but it manifests itself differently in most people. For some it's Swarms. A swarm of bees, or a flock of birds, a school of fish maybe? For some it's a jar full of pennies, or a box of buttons. Vines growing up a wall? Or even the holes in a sponge.
My brother can't bear things that stretch. When you bite into a pizza and the cheese pulls out into a long string? That turns his stomach.
For me, it's things that multiply. That snow-powder you get at xmas that puffs up into snow when you add water? That makes my skin crawl. Zombies follow the same principle, where there's one, there can be millions, they just multiply and the masses grow from one into hundreds and... oh god my head is swimming just thinking about it *shudder*.

I've decided to challenge myself this year, and am considering taking part in the city's anual Zombie Walk. I'll probably wear some good old fashioned Guro Lolita, and join the stumbling, bloody masses as they stagger around town.
Maybe.
After all, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" right?
The fearful part of my brian is screaming NO, Don't do it! Are you CRAZY?!
But the halloween, horror loving side of me wants to do something that genuinely scares me this Halloween!

If I do it, I will subsequently challenge all of you readers to also face a fear this year!
If I chicken out and don't go.. well.. there's always next year.

Professor Layton and the Eternal Lolita

Yesterday, the Glasgow Lolita's got togehter to go to the 'Scotland Loves Anime' festival showing of the Professor Layton Movie!
I was rediculously excited about this. Being something of a Layton geek, it was an exciting prospect to get to see the movie on the big screen.
Sure, it was a little bit haphazard and the plot seemed to move as if the characters were just making it up as they went along! But that was part of the charm for me.

Out of sheer fandom, I wanted to make Professor Layton inspired lolita co-ordinates!
So, my newfound Polyvore skills came into play:

Professor Lolaton by SkyBluePink featuring a brown hat

The Professor!
and

Lolita Luke by SkyBluePink featuring white socks

Luke!

If only I had one of these outfits to wear to the movie! But I didn't, so here's a look at what I did wear:

Innocent World OP,
Marble neck piece,
the rest of offbrand :)

Steampunk (+ Usamimi)

Last weekend there was a Steampunk event on in Glasgow's Panopticon Music theatre, run by GUESS (Glasgow University E Steampunk Society).

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=242611740444

http://www.gu-steampunk.co.uk/gaslight.html

Being a bit of a steampunk virgin, I wasn't sure what to expect. Im more of a gothic-vampire-victorian than a steampunk girl, but the event promised a variety show, in a beautiful victorian building and craft stalls and a great oppertunity to ogle some fabulous fashion! So, I rounded up a friend to drag along with me and we went to the Panopticon on sunday afternoon.

here's a picture of the stage set-up, found on http://www.spab.org.uk/spab-in-scotland/past-events/
(it was much too busy on the day to get a clear photo!)

The show itself included a very impressive magician and juggler, some brilliant comedy, and talented musicians! It was a lot of fun.
After the show we went around the market stalls, where I bought some bloomers and cake. There was even gluten-free cake for Gayle. :)
I completely forgot to take pictures, until i spotted this beautiful girl carring this gorgeous little baby all in victorian clothing:

The girl's dress looks to me like a BTSSB replica?
They made such a cute pair.
I was also all dressed up for the event, but like I said.. forogt pictures of myself.
There is ONE picture of my friend, Gayle.. in which you can mostly see her outfit:

*giggle*
yes folks, that is a stand-alone public bathroom, disguised as a HUGE BOLLARD in the middle of a busy street. It was too funny not to take a picture ;)
Personally, i'd never have the guts to use it. (even if it is only 10p)

So, that was Sunday. My introduction to steampunk went well and it was a very enjoyable afternoon!

Now, a note on Usamimi. A few posts back, I attempted to make my own Usamimi Headband. The tutorial was sound, but my sewing skills are not. Regardless, I was pleased with it. However! This weekend I found an usamimi headband for sale in the local highstreet shop Primark.

Complete with wire inside and how-to-wear suggestions on the tag.
It sure doesn't take long for fashions to cross the seas :)

Polyvore Sweet Kodona

Up untill this afternoon, I hadn't the foggiest idea how polyvore worked. Other people seemed to be able to make interesting co-ordinate ideas and outfit plans, but I just couldn't imagine how, and never really got into it.
Today, curiosity got the better of me and I signed up for Polyvore, to explore how to put together things of my own!
And the proverbial bug has deffinately bitten me.

My first 'creations' were exploring the Sweet Kodona style I've been formulating for the last few months, I thought this would be a good platform to really see what it would be like put together.

Sweet Prince by SkyBluePink featuring striped socks

Pink and Purple Boyish outfits! As sweet as sweet can be in angelic pretty blouses and matching shoes.

The next one, was the first outfit I made and it is slightly more classical. It's classical/sweet kodona.

PinkBrown Kodona by SkyBluePink featuring knee socks

I have some more gothic and halloween-appropriate polyvore sets to share with you at a later date, but this is all for now!