Gothic Lolita: 2007 Archives

I'm looking forward to having another shot at the Salopette A&P outfit... but even if I don't win (the chance to buy) one, I still have this. ♥

The first two are the same blouse, but you can see detail better on the white. It is very see-through, but very CUTE with ruffles. The stripey babydoll next to it is satiny, and very tim-burtonesque. Which is happy making.

Some of this stuff is already on sale and I've had to order online. But wowie, I haven't been this excited for a long time!

Did I say something about trying to add more color to my wardrobe??? Bah!

K, I bought that first jacket a couple weeks ago, and have been wearing it TO PIECES. Works with jeans, works with slacks. Yes. Uh, and more houndstooth, booyah!

Aaaaaaaaaand, zee cutest li'l jumper set evar. It is black knit over stripe t-shirt.

And we haven't even hit the Velvet Season™ yet!

Lost Angeles Dolpa! Something to look forward to:

Baby the Stars Shine Bright... we get a second chance! Waaah! Good thing, cuz I'm not jonesing for any of the other special releases. Heh.

Trick or Treat! Volks' October Collection... swoony!

I love the crazy boy shoes with that outfit. They're also getting better with the hats. I'm not hating them so much.

I'm still here though. Still fixing my blog. Working on the backend at DoA. Working at work.

But I'm flying out to Chicago at 6am tomorrow to attend the Adobe Max conference and taking Mr. Kallisti with me so I don't have to fly alone :p
I'm such a noodle.

But we're staying at The Allerton, which looks super swank, and is right in the middle of the Magnificent Mile. So go me! I may be a Flash in the pan, but it'll take some Ajax to get those Flex out. Or I could just photoshop it.

Har-har.

OMG, look! A couple of my dolls!

Astræa & Aphra sitting on their new mantle. Astræa is wearing a dress I made between all the chaos. The over dress is out of scraps of embroidered edwardian batiste, over green and white seersucker I tea-dyed ages ago. My own pattern *proud*

After having lost the Volks lottery for the A&P outfit last month, I pulled myself up and made the pattern included with Volume 8 of DollyBird for the Alice & the Pirates dress. If I weren't so overwhelmed this month I'd make all three patterns... but I have stuff to do! Lulu looks fantastic, don't she? They didn't include the hat pattern, so I had to figure that one out myself. Oy! I used inkjet decals for dark fabric to get the patterns on the dress. It turned out really well, I think!

I also had the very great fortune to get invited to have dinner with the Isobe's of Baby, the Stars Shine Bright here in San Francisco a few weeks ago. I'll make more hay about that at a later date.

I just want to say though, that VIZ Media/VIZ Pictures, the lovely folks who hosted the dinner, will be building and opening the VIZ J-Pop Center in San Francisco's Japan Town some time in 2008. Including a small theater featuring anime and Japanese live action films. It sounds like it will be all kinds of amazing!

You can preorder from Helina at Jenny-Land.com!

It seems quiet here, don't it. Well looks can be deceiving! All the action is IRL and I can barely keep up.

I lost the Volks lottery for the BtSSB Alice & The Pirates outfit, so if there is anyone out there who wants to let a hapless girl takeover their lottery or what have you, pleeeease let me know!

I just paid for my tickets to Europe in June! OMG. First time going, I'm completely freaked (hate flying) and ecstatic (dream come true) at the same time. Mostly I'll be on tour to the Kallisti-Fest in Boveresse for the Absinthe Festival... but the Mr. and I will be in London for five days on our own.

I need suggestions for the absolutely coolest things to do for a art-history-lit geek like me! Tower of London, Madame Tussaud's & the V&A are a given. What else?

And maybe spend two of those nights in another town? But where?

In any case, there will be more coming from me soon. No worries. This is a big, busy year!

I'm not usually very moved by the real life pictures of dollies. If a she is a must have, I'll know with the release pictures.

But... but... this. Pictures of Luna up close and personal. Omg. There are little dolly devils running in circles sceaming in my head, poking the backs of my eyes with leetle peetchforks.

This too shall pass. But O! The pain is exquisite.

New Who's That Girl Spring Collection on the Volks Intl. site. C'mon, VolksUSA.com!

The only thing better than Little Red Riding Toppi, is releasing the outfit in SD10 size for Dolpa this month! VolksUsa.com has posted that they will be taking preorders (or lottery) on the Dolpa LE's and BTSSB outfits. Home Town Dolpa Osaka 3 Limited Items.

There is lots of happy going on, can't wait for good pix of the rest of the outfits etc! I love Luna's pooty mouth. And I love the wig. And, and...

 

 

Thanks to Rachel for posting digi-camera shots of the catalog though! There is a whole lot of SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE going on here. There's a new Baby The Stars Shine Bright dolly: Luna... and more BTSSB outfits, including the Red Riding Hood for SD10!

Breathe, dammint, breathe!

Luna & Kurumi, Kurumi & Luna. They kill me. The liiiiiiiiiips!

Evangeline Ghastly from Wilde Imagination & Tonner. She's ball-jointed and resin... is this a first for Tonner? Slated for Summer 2007 release.

The weather on the night of Evangeline's birth was as expected. The wind was howling, the moon was full, and the doctor was unavailable.

And so begins the story of Evangeline Ghastl™. With a mysterious diary entry, a pet skunk named Mouette, and fashions right out of a Victorian novel, Evangeline is definitely.....a whole other story!

Introducing Evangeline Ghastly™ - the new 19" resin ball jointed doll from Wilde Imagination. Created by Joe Petrollese and sculpted by award-winning artist and designer Robert Tonner, Evangeline is what most people would call unfortunate; she likes to think of it as misunderstood….(click here to go to Evangeline’s website)

And at 19" Ellowyne Wilde's new little friend is rather imposing. It is hard to tell if she is as big headed as Ellowyne. Totally different face sculpt esthetic, appears to be a different line entirely. I really like the sculpt, kind of a catty-eyed gene marshall type, though her eyes seem a little wonky in that picture, probably due to the fact they are changeable inset. Her hands look awesome. Again, the story premise supporting her is a little on the "um..." side, and hints at her lack of intelligence (wtf? is that supposed to appeal? to whom?). The tale picks up in 1928 and she's from Ipswich, England. I see a lovely wardrobe, albeit generi-goff, more victorian inspired than art deco in nature... she must be an old fashioned vamp, er... girl.

I know I'm fussy, but I ♥ spooky dolls. That's how I found super dollfie, dontcha know! By doing my usual "goth doll" search on ebay. I think they need Elder-goth marketing expertise. There's a little bit too much, um... Cher Goth meets Vampira, perhaps? I dunno, a lack of subtlety. Hey, maybe they're going for the classic Hollywood Vampire, the technicolor proto-hystorical wardrobe. That'd be cool.

I'll probably love her when she's released though. Vive le Spook!

I would love to share the pretty, but your site is not loading, and hasn't for about a week. I haven't been able to post in ten days because of the ennui this has caused.

I've finally seen some thumbnails, and they appear yummy. Thank goodness Hobby Search posts really bad scans.

I'm also intrigued by Angry Girl Clutching a Small Bun.

Perishing,
kallisti

Spent a superbly wet and stormy Saturday afternoon at Kelly & Robert's for a Valentines Dolly party. My pictures didn't come out (wah! dumb old memory card).

But it was lovely! Amazing the group of people crammed into their mini urban victorian apartment. Dollizens are so well behaved though, I don't think a thing was broken, despite having supplied a nearly full bottle of absinthe for the hosts ~_^ There were heart shaped ginger cookies, a big pink fluffy cake, heart shaped pasta salad and pink champagne! Yay!

I brought Hermione, St. Trinian & Aphra Diver. To make up for my lack of party pictures, I spent Sunday afternoon, finishing up the dolliverse cleanup, and taking pictures. It was a surprisingly bright and tepid day, so the light was none too bad!

Hermione is wearing the new Musedoll.com wooly hoodie. It is very snug, you have to take the head off to get it on, and the hoodie part will probably only fit an 8-9" head like Ciel's... Hermione's F16 noggin is way to big to pull it up. I love it however! And Trinian's coat perfecly matches.

Just to say: redheads are better.

And an especial thanks to Mssr. Robert for the gifty-poo, hoping to post pictures on that later!

Blythe News!

Volks: 2007 Sweet Valentine Fair

(Engrish courtesy of the url ^_^)

Fifi needs that first outfit. Just sayin'.