Category: photo

gothic and lolita, photo, shopping, victorian maiden

Stock photo found!!

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A bit less than a year ago I bought a Victorian Maiden skirt off the sales community.  I couldn’t find a stock photo of it anywhere and neither could the seller.  I just found one – in the weirdest place!

I found it on Gothicplus.com – it’s apparently selling this skirt.  Except, when I read the description, it seems they’re selling a cheap Chinese-made replica.  It says that it comes with corset lacing at the back – which mine doesn’t have.  I guess the makers only saw this one stock photo of the front of the skirt.  Who knows if it has corset lacing?  It’s called a “Black and White Retro Lolita Dress”.
Weird.  You can tell it’s the true VM stock photo because a) it’s my VM skirt, b) it’s a VM blouse, and c) the backdrop is the same they always use.
So if you’re planning to buy from Gothic Plus, I’d stay away from the clothes as all the photos are real brand stock photos, and they clearly have no idea what the back of the dress looks like.  The shoes they sell look like they’re legit as they say what brand they are.  I like some of the Demonia steampunk boots!

I love this skirt.  It’s totally wearable without a petticoat for a more casual look and it’s still beautiful.  It’s just the right length.  This is probably my most-worn piece of brand, and I haven’t had it that long!

diana mini, holidays, perth, photo, recent, the aquabats

*Here’s the News*

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So recently, my plans to take over the world have been going very smoothly.  Things have been progressing at a modest but steady pace.

Last weekend I went to Sydney with my brother and sister-in-law to see The Aquabats!  They have been my favourite band for YEARS, like DECADES.  My brother is older than me and I just liked whatever he liked, so I got into the Aquabats when I was like 8 years old.  They were AMAZING and SUPER RAD and I had a great time!  The Aquabats are superheroes from Aquabania!  They wear masks and superhero costumes!  I highly recommend looking them up!  MC Bat Commander (the frontman) said “When you dress like this every day, you start to feel a little weird… because it’s just so AWESOME, you feel kinda bad for everyone else!”.  Man I love the Aquabats.  Here’s me and my brother (I was super enthusiastic and the Sydney humidity + hot venue made my hair go stupid).
I finished my knitted long johns!  They are truly warm and super great.  They are itchy, but not as bad as I’d thought, and they would easily fit a pair of tights underneath to shield my legs from the scratchy wool.  I ran out of the lovely brown-y wool and couldn’t find any more in the shops, so had to improvise with my stash for the last 15cm or so.  They now are brown brown brown brown brown BLUE brown BLUE WHITE BLUE WHITE.  Awesome.
Tomorrow I’m graduating!  I shall have a BMus/BSci(Psych) this time tomorrow.  I do plan to do Honours next year, but my parents wanted me to have a ceremony and retrieve my certificate now because they’re worried I’ll abandon my degree and flee to Sweden.  That fear is perhaps not JUSTIFIED, but at least valid.
And I leave for Sweden on Tuesday!  I’m almost all packed!  Wow!  The travelling time is like 28 hours, so I won’t get there until Wednesday evening (Canberra time).  I’m a bit worried about my flights (freaking out a bit) because I’m so inexperienced at doing stuff like that.  What if I feel sick?  What if I get lost at Bangkok airport?  What if I’m next to a smelly person?  It could be TORTUROUS.  But then I’ll be there and it will be awesome!  Seeing Charles again is going to be so … relaxing.  I feel as though I’ve been uptight and on the edge since we parted.
Here are some half-frame Diana Mini shots of Perth… only just got them developed and scanned (lazy Chrissy).  Enjoy!  I’ll post pics of my long johns soon etc.
This is breakfast AND morning tea.
This one looks like a full-frame photo but I swear it isn’t!  Train.

This is at the Perth Botanical Gardens.  I like that I’m a ghost in the second frame.

So… turns out that dress is really short?  It didn’t seem that short at the time.

I really liked the ground fountains.

Train station!  Interesting!

Okay that’s all for now!  More fun times later!
fashion, modelling, photo

Fashion photoshoot!

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A friend of mine does fashion at CIT and needed models for her assessment.  Of course I put my hand up!  We had a photoshoot yesterday at the Glassworks – an old building that looks cool.  There were three models, three designers and four photographers!
These are the outfits I got to wear.  I originally thought I would only be wearing the main one in the photo, but then at the photoshoot they were all “Ok Chrissy time to get changed into your next dress!” Which turned out to be the mini dress next to it in this photo.  I was slightly uncomfortable because it was so short!  The first outfit I LOVED because the skirt is just gorgeous.
They got a makeup artist in to do our makeup – it was supposed to be light and ethereal around the eyes and dark and intense lips.  I think it worked pretty well!  I have never worn so much makeup.  They also teased my hair and put it up (frig it took ages to comb that out last night).

I don’t have any photos from the actual shoot, since I was too busy posing.  It was weird but the photographers were really nice and told me what to do.  I got sunburnt on my shoulder, which is weird because the photographers wanted us in the shade most of the time, and it was also partly cloudy yesterday.  When I get sent the photos from the shoot I’ll be sure to upload some!  I hope I get to do this stuff more often because it was awesome fun!
We have a fashion parade next Friday that I’m involved in… I hope I don’t trip on the catwalk!  That would be hilarious!
In other news, I just ate the best breakfast ever.  WOW.  
Museli + raisins + glace cherries + a few choc bits + dried apple + dried apricot + crushed peanuts + milk + yoghurt = delicious.
corset, dress, photo

New Corset Photoshoot

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As promised! Charles was at my house for long enough to take some photos!
For my birthday, my friend who does costumes made me a corset: It is super nice! Here I’m wearing it with my FanPlusFriend giant skirt.


It certainly does make me sit up straight!

Check out all the detail:
Fully laced at the back:

And just in case you didn’t know how huge this skirt is…

Outfit rundown:
Blouse: Offbrand
Skirt: FanPlusFriend
Corset: Handmade by my amazingly skilled friend 🙂