The Most Challenging Substyles, And How To Pull Them Off: Punk-Lolita

Many of the lolita substyles tend to be kind of tricky to execute. Many of them are difficult as a style, because most of the substyles are playing with elements from other styles. Combining two styles can be a challenge and it needs a lot of background work, so you can successfully mix unfamiliar elements to lolita. Let's face it, the general lolita style is kind of based on same, repeating elements such as basic accessories (bows, roses etc.) and themes in prints. That's the reason why I really like many of the lolita substyles. They bring something new and exiting to lolita.

This week I'm talking about punk-lolita. Punk has been kind of a personal thing for me for a long time, because as a teenager I used to be a punker.

I still like to listen punk every now and then. My personal style is often kind of punk-inspired. I like studs, spikes and leather in my normal clothing. I've been thinking for a long time, that punk-lolita should be more popular. I think it's clearly underrated. The biggest problem within punk-lolita in my oppinion is that people tend to think that punk-lolita is only about pleated tartan skirts, ripped clothes from Putumayo or h.NAOTO and bit awkward looking coordinations. Maybe it's because the style itself isn't that popular, it hasn't even evolved that much. If we think about punk style, it's not as general as people might think. The style itself has changed a lot since the 70's, though some of the elements are still the same. Leather, spikes, studs, platforms, creepers and piercings are still popular. So why not use these in the new wave of punk-lolita? 

 

Wonderland Gone Mad

So how to execute punk lolita well? Take a basic lolita elements, such as a JSK, one piece or a skirt and start adding other elements to it. Studs are a big part of punk, use them. You can also add band shirts (not too baggy ones), fishnet stockings/tights, skulls and even combat boots to your coord. The main idea of this style is in my opinion to have fun. Play around with different kind of accessories and jewelry. You can mix harsh and cute elements together (lace and spikes). And don't forget, punk is not only about the style. It's also about music. Here are a couple of coordinations I put together (and I didn't use tartan at all!)

Jacket: Gina Tricot

JSK: Alice and the Pirates

Leggings: Black Milk

Creepers and headband: eBay

Skirt: Angelic Pretty

Jacket: Storenvy

T-shirt: Hellcat Punks

Shoes: Storenvy

Stockings: Luulla

Headband: eBay

Earrings: Storenvy

Bracelet: eBay

Choker: Creepyyeha

JSK: Angelic Pretty

Blouse: Alice and the Pirates

Boots: eBay

Spike crown: etsy

Jewelry: Alexander McQueen

What's your favorite substyle and if you've tried it how did it go?

P.S.

I made an ask.fm account. Feel free to ask me anything!

Sleeping Sweets

Whimsical Adventures of Me

Northern Star

Breiðholt

Lemon Tree11

Sparkling Girl

Lolita Post Carnival: Book inspired coordinations

This week's Lolita Blog Carnival subject is book inspired coordinations. I had about million outfit ideas for this post. I was thinking about Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and other really popular books, but I figured that everybody would do the same so I tried to think a bit outside of the box. 

So for this time my book inspired coordinations are completely from a Finnish book!

Kalevala

Kalevala is the national epic of Finland. It was compiled by Elias Lönnrot, from Finnish and Karelian folklore and mythology, in the 19th century. The Kalevala begins with the traditional Finnish creation myth, leading into stories of the creation of the earth, plants, creatures and the sky. The Kalevala is telling a story of the people of Kalevala and Pohjola (The north). The story is filled with quarrels, revenge, love and lust. 

Aino

JSK & Blouse: Alice and the Pirates

Socks:  Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Headdress: Innocent World

Shoes: Modcloth

Necklace and earrings: Kalevala jewelry

Aino was a beautiful sister of Joukahainen. When Joukahainen lost a singing contest to Väinämöinen, who's a great shaman and influential man, he promised Aino's hand in marriage to Väinämöinen. Aino's mother was pleased that Aino would be able to marry such an great man. Aino however despised the idea of marrying an old man by force, so she ended up drowning herself. 

The Daughters of the North

OP: Alice and the Pirates

Shoes: Minna Parikka

Ring, necklace and earrings: Kalevala jewelry

The daughters of the North (or maidens of the North) were high born beauties, who were highly desirable among men. They were also very hard to get as a wife, since they often ordered the suitors to accomplish difficult tasks, such as killing monsters and in one case to plow a field filled with vipers and rocks. They were almost like deities, since they had magical powers and they lived in the sky. It is told that the daughters of the North were so pale that you could almost see through their clothes,skin and bones.

Sampo

OP: Victorian Maiden

Jewelry: Kalevala jewelry

Tights: Galstern

Headdress: Boring Sidney

Shoes: Dolce & Gabbana

Sampo is a magical machine, which smith Ilmarinen made for the Mistress of the North so he could marry one of her daughters. In Kalevala Sampo is one kind of a mill, which makes salt, flour and gold out of thin air. The holder of Sampo will be obviously the richest person in the world. Later on Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen hear that the people in the North are rolling in riches so they decide to rob it back. They go to the North and Väinämöinen tries to bargain with the Mistress of the North, so they both could use Sampo. The Mistress doesn't accept this, so Väinämöinen starts to play his kantele (finnish "harp") and all of the people of the North fall asleep. Meanwhile they're sleeping Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen and Ilmarinen rob the Sampo. When the Mistress of the North wakes up she gets furious and sends a mighty beast, Iku Turso, after the robbers. Väinämöinen however manages to crabs Iku Turso from the ear and commands him to go back to the sea. And so the robbers return to Kalevala with Sampo.

So this is it! Let me know if you liked this post and what book inspires you. I think that this was really fun to make, because I was able to mix my own culture to a thread. I think I'll do Finland related lolita later on too.

Elegant Poupée

Papillon De Nuit

A Little Bit of This.. Alittle Bit of That Too

Sweet Indeed

New Vogue Children

Lolita Cor-de-Rosa

F Yeah Lolita

Under the Parasol
Snow Rose
Alice in Lolitaland
Sipder Sugar
The Bloody Tea Party

My very own Halloween/Samhain

So today I celebrated both Samhain and Halloween. Samhain is the most celebrated and important sabbath for wiccans. It's the witch's new year. The end of October and beginning of November has been traditionally a very important time for many cultures. The summer is over and it's time to enjoy of the harvest. It's also a time to celebrate the dead and to look back the previous year. For me the previous year has been full of exciting things and lovely memories. I will cherish those memories for the rest of my life. This year I really put an effort for celebrating both Halloween and Samhain. 

Vilya  was posing with me 

I think Halloween is kind of the "fun" side of the harvesting celebration. It's time for dressing up and have fun. I was wearing the "traditional" witch outfit for this year. It was actually the first time I was properly wearing my Alice and the Pirates Black Cat, Witch and the Apple tree skirt. I love this print so much since it's remanding me especially of Samhain. So what's the better time to wear it than today, right?

Blouse: eBay

Skirt: Alice and the Pirates

Tights: Teja Jamilla

Shoes: Bordello

Our Halloween decorations!

Samhain dinner: Karjala Roast Beef and Pumpkin pie

I'm off to watch Nightmare Before Christmas and to sleep. Have a super happy Halloween and Samhain! )O(

First Lolita Blog Carnival post: Your favorite print theme in lolita

A couple weeks ago, I decided to join The Lolita Blog Carnival, which is basically a bunch of people, who decide a topic, which we're talking about in our blogs. It seemed like a fun idea, and I wanted to perk up my blog a bit, so I decided to join the group (｀・ω・´)”! I think I'm also getting a bit sick, so I haven't had any energy or time to dress up. I'm hoping to take some autumn (and especially Halloween ⊙ω⊙) themed pictures in some time soon. I wish that there's still some beautifully colored leaves in trees when I'm able to take the pictures.

Anyways let's get back to the topic, which is: your favorite print theme in lolita! Actually there's quite many themes I really love, but this is definately the number one theme I love.

Alice and the Pirates Tarot Card print and the dress.

I absolutely love everything related to magic and occultism. Maybe it's because I'm a pagan myself. I kind of like to represent the things I believe in with my clothing, jewelry and such and that's why I really like this theme. Halloween or Samhain is also one of my favorite holidays. Not only it's not the most important Sabbath of the year, it's also the time for everything creepy and scary. And don't I just love creepy and scary things. Whether the print is about witches, vampires or ghosts they're instantly on my must have list! Usually the colors of the brand's occult-themed prints are also really nice. Lots of dark and warm colors. Here are few of my favorite prints. Apparently Alice and the Pirates is kind of specified of releasing these kind of prints. That's one of the many reasons why I love this particular brand.

The first dress in the main title is Tarot card print, from Alice and the Pirates. Tarot reading is a very important for me. It's part of practicing my religion and it's also a good way of figurinng out things, that are bothering me and how to evolve my thinkind and the way I act.Last year I was able to get my hands to this dress. There are cards from the major arcana in the print, which are beautifully illustrated. This particular dress is very precious for me.

Picture of the print and the dress.

The Castle of Nightmare print from Alice and the Pirates, is an interesting print, with a lot of details. It's filled with bats, haunting pictures of empty dinner tables and empty rooms. You can almost imagine that there could be a faint shadow of a ghost lurking in the background. I also like the way the print is arranged in the dress. It's like you're part of the nightmare castle and these pictures are hanged on to you. I hope I'll get this piece of art to my closet someday.

Picture of the print and the dress.

One of the latest prints from Alice and the Pirates (AatP again, oh well (;-_-)/) is Merry Making in the Ghost Town! This is also totally in the head of my dream dress-list at the moment. I would like to have this dress in navy, because in my opinion the color is more like purple, which is my favorite color. As the title presents, the main theme of the print is about a ghostly town. The houses of the town look like my dream homes! In my opinion the print looks more of bunch  of mansions, than a town. Nevertheless, I think it's a really beautiful print with lovely color combinations.

So that's about it. Let me know how did I do with my first Lolita Blog Carnival-post and what's your favorite theme in lolita in the comments! Have a nice weekend everybody!

The Cute Lifestyle

Lace a la Mode

Smithsonian

Under the parasol / Päivänvarjon alla
Pink lace + Glitter
Lolita Glamour
Miss Milly's Boudoir

Meeting Elena ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ

For the longest time, I thought that I was the only lolita in a small city that I grew up in. A few years back I noticed that hey, there's an another lolita in here too! It took all this time, that I finally met Elena. On Thursday we decided to go for a coffee and a bit of shopping, and I must say that it was really fun. I was a bit nervous at first, because it was the first time I was wearing lolita in the city center of our town. Nobody really payed any attention to us (I only heard one "hey look, it's a red riding hood"-comment ゜∇°). We gotta do loli-business again soon!

Blouse: eBay

Cardigan: Alice and the Pirates

Skirt & Bow: Angelic Pretty

Bag: Innocent World

Shoes: Bodyline

Thank you for a lovely day Elena (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)!