Steampunk Ball

(Photos in this post taken by the stunning Kerry becker (above))

This past weekend, I attended the GUESS (Glasgow University E Steampunk Society)'s summer ball.
I wouldn't call myself a steampunk, or claim to know much about that particular scene. I'm just a victoriannaphile, a dandy and a lolita. But this seemed like a good chance to meet a lot of people who had similar lifestyle and aesthetic interests as me.

So, I put on my dandiest, and went out to dance.

Me and my faithful Hound, before leaving.

LovingLoLisa and I, preened, polished and ready to go!

Everyday life, with photos.

Every so often, I purge my phone of all the random photos I have taken with it. These are usually from various different places and outings, over a long space of time, so they don't really fit in with one another.

The Picture above, is of ice cream I had in a cafe recently. The sp (With warm apple pie... my favourite) The sprinkles are star shaped! How cute is that?

This next picture is recent, as in, I took it this evening. My poor pup Silver fell over her own feet and broke a toe. We had a quick trip to the emergency vet and she's got a very fetching pink stookie on her paw now.
She's in no distress, and in fact, doesn't seem to notice it at all most of the time. Occasionally she sniffs it as if she forgets it's there for a few seconds, then remembers and carries on with life.

The other day, while out shopping with Clare, we stopped by the local Illamasqua counter to look at the pretty things and be pampered a little. Here's the makeup the artist put on me:

I'd asked for a dark, blood red lip, as I've been looking for a shade like this for ages. All my other reds are very bright, bold, or pinkish. It's perfect, so I slurged a little and bought it. Good makeup is worth the money in my opinion!

This shade is called "Howl"

That same day is when we found the wonderful colourful loafers and a whole host of other shoes I blogged about in my previous post.
I honestly can't decide which colour I like the most <3

Then, there were some deco hipster glasses.

This picture is from some time ago, and I belive taken in Claires Accessories. There were no clear-lens glasses in a style I would wear personally, but these would be so cute on a sweet/fairy/pop-kei lolita.

Sweet Kodona/Rococo Shoe-Shopping

(from Ebay shop: RedCarpetShoes)

Now that my eyes have opened to the world of pastels a little, I find myself more into Rococo style than any pop-kei styles. It's the victorian goth in me, I want the exact same ruffle and flounce in velvet and brocade, but I'm just willing to branch out in the colour wheel more.
Something that took me completely by surprise is the world of colourful shoes. All my current shoes are black, brown or red. And there's one white pair.
That was I really needed. Standard black maryjanes go with everything after all.

My interest was sparked by these pink loafers I spotted while wandering the city center yesterday:

(Schuh "Villa" Loafer)and these, (Schuh "Mindy" loafer)


Aren't they wonderful? The colour in real life is a vivid, but not overpowering sugar pink. They would look fantastic with any sweet Kodona outfit, although I can't decide which would look best; the high heels or the flat version. The high heels are slightly too high for my usual taste, but they would look quite stunning. The flat ones however, might be cuter for a more trasitional kodona/lolita look.
The same could be said for these:(Office: William Tell)
These also come in plain black <3

(Yosuke Leche)

This picture has been kicking around my folders for a long time. Every time I see it, i regret not buying them when I had the chance more and more.

(Irregular Choice: "Tea and Cakes" in Pink)

Not a style I would ever have considered before, but am deffinately looking at now.

(Irregular Choice: "Rosanna")

These might be my favourites of the whole list. Imagine them with a Melty Chocolate, or Metamorphose candy house or fruit punch print co-ordinate in mint.
Personally, I'd wear them with my Bodyline mint Clock skirt.

And last, but certainly not least, the shoe that started it all:

(Irregular Choice "Spoilt Rotten" in mint with white rabbits)

While the red band looks quite intrusive in this picture, it's not so much in real life and the green and white stripes are far more obvious. I can imagine these in so many co-ordinates, sweet or not, pastel or red or even black, or alice themed.

A key aspect of any outfit is the shoes, they really do "make the outfit", and statement, unusual shoes is something I've always been a sucker for!

Which are your favourites?
What kind of shoes would you wear with sweet kodona?

Or what unsual styles do you like to see worn with Lolita?

Kodona Code: Curly Hair

When I think of boys with curls, particularly to fit the Kodona style, I think of the kind of cherubine curls you would see in old shoujou manga (above) and victorian greetings cards (below):
for longer hair, yes, i am once again using Mary Pickford as an example, but she really is a major style icon of mine! Here she is as little Lord Fauntleroy, with long ringlet curls!

Here is an example of short curls, shown on a live model. Also an example of a slightly older/ more grown-up look than the previous images.
An important aspect of curly hair is maintenance, and finding the right products for your hair.
If your hair is naturally curly, you'd probably benefit from softening and detangling products, such as leave-in serum.
If your hair is not naturally curly, and you're going to be using heat methods to style it, try and use a protecting spray, and a light-hold gel once you're finished to keep it in place.

Kodona in the Works

Today's outfit, not quite kodona, but certainly inspired thereof. I've been slowly building up my tollerance to the Sweet colour pallet ;D
(the shirt and tights are pale pink, that didnt come out so clearly)

Last night I took one of my many attempts to dye some clothing another colour. This time, determination prevailed and I went with white jeans and sleevless blouse to duy mint green.
Could I find mint green dye? Of course not.
So instead I had to use tropical green and add it slowly, diluting and so forth as I went.
The results are hanging in the bath now:

cropped, tweaked, ironed and done up a little and it'll be an adoreable begginer's sweet kodona suit set. Just wait and see!

while I've been feeling crafty, I made this little keychain for my new 3DS:

Not loli-related, I realise, but it's ment to be an FOE from Etrian Odyssey (one of my absolute favourite games)

A meetup in Wonderland

On Saturday, the Glasgow lolitas got together for a meetup in Wonderland!
Glasgow science centre currently has an Alice exhibition on;

Glasgow Science Centre - Alice in Wonderland

It was a dream meetup for me, and I'm sure a lot of other lolitas too.





The hallway of doors!



Some of the doors had peepholes on them. I could see a forest through one of them, and a poem through another.



Tea Party!



Lisa made friends with this sweet little guy, whose favourite book is Alice in Wonderland. We encouraged his good taste and listened to his own version of the story!



"off with my head..."



And the magic of the Amez Room!



I'd always wondered how effects like this were done, an Amez Room is a very interesting thing!

"An Ames room is a distorted room that is used to create an optical illusion. Probably influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz,"

My Outfit Rundown:

JSK: Angelic Pretty
Capelet: Leg Avenue
Shoes: Bodyline

100+ Followers and Update!

First and foremost, I recently got to just over 100 followers on this blog! I'm gobsmacked, honestly. Thank you all so much. Here's hoping my blog continues to be of interest to you all <3

Second is a quick update on the Kodona Code section of the blog. I'm sorry it hasn't been updated in a long while, in truth, both Amanda and I have been busy but she, moreso than me.
She has moved on to bigger and better things, and into her own kodona-inspires style, so, for the forseeable future I'll be updating the Kodona Code myself.
So look out for the next section, which will be about curly hair, in boystyle.

Red and Black in lolita, kodona and sewing

Taking the same basic idea for an outfit and applying to both lolita and kodona, I tried to make what looks like the same outfit in both styles.


(I pulled a face, sorry :p)


OP - Metamorphose
Shoes - Primark
Capelet - Living Dead Souls
Waistcoat - Vintage

The rest is from unknown, offbrand sources.

I looove that red wasitcoat. It goes so well with my hunting coat, there's no way I couldn't buy it! However it was a little too big. Luckily for me, my flatmate Kerry is an excellent seamstress and offered to take it in a little for me!
So now it fits perfectly.
Sewing is not my skill, but it's such a cool thing to know how to do. So today I decided to finally take up this pair of red shorts I've had for a long time and hardly worn. With some input from Kerry, since she was willing. Mostly, I was determined to do it myself :p

Before, the shorts weren't really that short... They were below knee length, and wide, which was just all sorts of unflattering and misshapen looking on me.
A quick briefing on pinning, and how the sewing machine worked and I was away! Taking up some shorts.. there were a few small hiccups with tangled thread and whatnot, but now I know how to fix that too.

There's a lot of peices in my wardrobe I'd like to customise or alter, so with this small start maybe I'll slowly move on to bigger things.

Anyway, here's what my shorts look like now:

I love the way they look on me now :)

When good girls get their knees out....

yesterday, International Lolita Day happened to co-incide with the Glasgow Slutwalk (an events a few of us had already planned on attenting).
for those of you unfamiliar with a Slutwalk, it is a protest for "the radical notion that nobody deserves to be raped". There has been some dispute for a long time about the hideously unfair attitude that people who 'dress like sluts, deserve to be raped' and it came to a climax recently when Ken Clarke made a comment to that effect.

Womens rights activists have, for a long time been trying to make it clear that society needs to teach people not to rape others, not to blame the victim and teach us how to not-get-raped.

Personally, I dont identify as a womans rights activist, so much as a human right activist. not only women get raped and not only men are rapists.

And on a broader scale, NOBODY deserves to be harrassed or harmed for what they wear or how they look. Ever.

At a slutwalk, one wears whatever they want. Usually something considered 'slutty', to show that it is your right so to do.
I am a lolita, and wear it on an almost daily basis, so I went in Ero-Loli. The others were there in their usual Lolita attire.

Today, the slutwalk hit the newspapers.

(blurry photo of the Sunday Mail article)

The Daily Record has an online article here:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2011/06/05/sluts-hit-the-streets-of-glasgow-to-protest-against-rape-86908-23181586/

in both reports I am described and quoted;

"Christina Murray, 22, wore Victorian inspired underwear, including a slip dress, corset, bloomers and knee-high socks.

She said: "I would have been arrested for dressing like this in public 100 years ago but today it looks like I'm fully dressed, so who can say what is and isn't appropriate?""

The quote, a tiny bit out of context, but ultimately, close enough considering how badly people can and have been misquoted in the media ;)


Whatever we wear, wherever we go, Yes meas yes, and NO means NO.

Daily Outfit, June 3rd

(lol, excuse the shadow)

All offbrand.
(vintage blouse, primark dress, qutieland boots, clip ponytails bought locally)

Daily Kodona

Salopette and Jacket - Innocent World
Boots from QutieLand