I first started becoming interested in lolita when I was back in high school. I was busy writing a novel and was doing some research, getting some inspiration online when I came upon my first lolita. She was wearing pink rocking horse shoes with a fluffy pink and white dress, a matching bonnet covering her light brown hair. I started doing more research and found out the girl was a model for one of the big brands (I can't remember which now.) I started researching more and more about this culture. I had just gotten out of my goth phase and was looking for a new style. This one was right up my alley, with lace and all sorts of styles and themes. It spoke to me.
I wasn't able to get a brand dress or even a dress at all until my first year out of high school. My boyfriend bought me a offbrand dress for our first con up in Seattle to wear since our cosplays had yet to show up. But it was horrid. I wont even go there. Not suitable for a lolita dress at all. And it was too short on me! Me!! I'm 5'2 1/2 I'm short as heck. But during the con I saw real lolitas. And boy, they were all so beautiful and elegant looking.
I wanted to be one.
So when I got my first job I started looking for a dream dress to buy. That was when I found this...
BABY's Starlit Sky
I fell in love with it. I had bought a FanPluFriend pink JSK for my last birthday and have grown sick of pink. So I'm selling it. I wanted to buy my first brand whether it was used or not. That was when I checked BABY's site and saw this. It was perfect. I didn't want anything too sweet, no pink. Yet mature enough for someone my age. With lots of lace of course, but not too much.
Starlit Sky in navy had become my dream dress. With its soft stripped fabric and tiny little stars I knew I just had to have it. But drama arose at work and because of a mistake that was the managers's fault, I was not given the full amount I was owed for my first paycheck. Then I was let go from that job due to being seasonal. I lost my chance at getting my dream dress....
But then it went on sale.
I sat watching it day after day. Soon I came into some money but the navy had sold out. Then the black ones. All that was left was the white. I thought about buying it. But my fiance asked me "Are you just settling?" And he was right. I was. Just because I wanted this dress so much. White wouldn't work for me. I wanted to be able to wear this dress outside of cons. With a white dress I would be too afraid to. Too nervous it would get dirty and stain. I'm very nervous when I wear white so I don't own much that is white.
We I waited. Soon everything was sold out.
I gave up hope until a few days ago when I checked back and the blackxpink was in! I was so excited! All that waiting paid off. Sure it had pink but it was only on the stars. That would be okay. We researched how to pay BABY since it would be going overseas and emailed them. The person/s who said to email didn't explain that wasn't for sales items. So we were told we had to put it in the cart and they would email us from there but...suddenly something happened on the site and it wasn't loading right. None of the in or sold out buttons were working. Nothing entered the cart. We freaked out. My fiance had offered to get my jsk for my twenty first birthday which is coming up in nineteen day. I was so excited! That is the best gift ever! I would always be thankful for such a wonderful gift I can use again and again.
We finally found out over BABY's facebook that they were preforming maintenance on the site for the cart and other stuff. Now it all made since. So we waited. Then at seven that night we checked again and there it was. Navy was in. I almost dropped onto the floor I was so excited. NAVY WAS IN! My dream dress in the color I wanted was in! When does good things happen to me? Rarely.
He quickly scooped it up and placed it in the cart. When I went back to site later I realized we had bought the LAST one. With the sale ending on the fourth I couldn't feel more blessed. My first brand dress. I can't believe its mine. We just have to wait for the email and to pay them and it should be here within a week. Thank goodness they have fast shipping.
So now I can step into that world of frills and lace become one of those girls. I'm now working on finding things to go with this JSK and make a cord. So far I already have a blouse, bloomers, white stockings, rocking horse shoes and a petticoat.
I'll post pictures of what I'm getting once I know.
It should be enjoyable.
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