Happy Halloween Saturday, Oct 31 2009
Events and Fashion and Lifestyle costume, holiday, real lolita style 12:51 pm
Review: Seeing Pink at Crown & Crumpet Wednesday, Oct 21 2009
Lifestyle and Tea reviews, san francisco, Tea 12:19 pm
Pot of tea at Crown & Crumpet (Photo by: Lydia)
Tea Place: Crown and Crumpet
Location: Ghiradelli Square, 900 North Point, San Francisco, CA
Website: www.crownandcrumpet.com
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2009
“SpecialTeas”: Marie Antoinette
Menu: Tea for Two
We Recommend: Marie Antoinette, Happiness is…, Hibiscus and Cinnamon
Highlights: Wonderful service, cute decor,wide selection of great tea, good food, Lolita-friendly owners
Needs more sugar: Cupcake frosting not to our taste, expensive parking
in Ghiradelli Square
Full review under the cut.
Rounding Off: 2009/2010 Winter Coats Friday, Oct 16 2009
Fashion Alice and the Pirates, Angelic Pretty, Atelier Boz, baby the stars shine bright, black peace now, boystyle, bpn, btssb, gothic lolita, japanese brands, Metamorphose, ouji, pirate lolita, sweet lolita 4:17 pm
Metamorphose Frilly Dolly Coat in red (Source: Metamorphose)
Somehow, mid-October has come around. If you’re still searching for a winter coat and haven’t found a design you love yet, perhaps one of these will tickle your fancy. The remaining coats in the Winter 2009/2010 lineup are offered in Sweet, Military and Gothic styles.
New Staff Member! New Advice Column! Thursday, Oct 15 2009
Advice Column and News admin, advice 4:14 pm
Some home Internet problems have been keeping me from posting and the blog has become quite stale because of it. To help keep Carousel of Crowns fresh, we here at CoC have invited a new staffer to join the team – a gentleman advice columnist. He will be making a self-introductory post in due time, however, please join us in welcoming him.
We’re very lucky to have him join our humble little blog as he an expert on fashion, party planning, etiquette and tea-quette, so please send him any questions, quandaries or condundrums you have. Want to have a tea party, but can’t figure out how to brew a pot of tea? Need some advice on what present to give your Lolita-loving friend? Not sure how to accessorize an outfit (include pictures!)? Please send your burning questions, even those you think might be a little silly, to deercarouselofcrowns@gmail.com and he’ll post responses as soon as possible.
For purposes of suspense, we’re not telling you who this is yet. Any guesses?
Cape Carnival: 2009/2010 Winter Coats Tuesday, Sep 29 2009
Fashion Angelic Pretty, aristocrat, Atelier Boz, baby the stars shine bright, black peace now, boystyle, bpn, btssb, classic lolita, gothic lolita, Innocent World, japanese brands, ouji, sweet lolita, Victorian Maiden 11:04 pm
BABY, The Stars Shine Bright Charlottie Cape (Source: BABY, The Stars Shine Bright)
Whether you want to hint at a Red Riding Hood look, or simply want to add an unexpected flair to your winter look, capes are the way to go and there is no shortage of selection this season.
Hit the jump for more on capes this season.
King for a Day Monday, Sep 28 2009
Fashion crafting, handmade, real people style, sewing 12:17 pm
Had to do something special for Umi’s birthday, so I spent the eve of International Umi Appreciation Day sewing a fabric crown out of upholstery velvet, fully-lined, complete with faux dalmatian fur and hair clips on the inside.
How cute is our little editor? She has no trouble keeping her subjects in line!
My crowning acheivement: Umi's present!
Celebrations! Sunday, Sep 27 2009
Fashion admin, real people style 11:27 pm
This is about 1 week overdue, but thanks to all you blog readers for 30,000+ hits!
Blogtographer Lydia and Editor-in-Crowns Umi love you, dear readers!
Also, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our editor Umi! Photos coming soon of today’s fantastic tea party at a wonderful SF location every lolita should visit!
YesStyle.com’s San Francisco Store Friday, Sep 25 2009
Fashion and News accessories, hong kong brands, jewelry, korean brands, san francisco 11:54 pm
Lace Tiered Shorts by Sechuna (Source: YesStyle.com)
YesStyle.com, the website that sells clothing and accessory brands and from Asia, including Sechuna, My Little Thing Co. and Sweet & Co. which all stock items that will inexpensively add to any Lolita’s wardrobe, is opening up its first brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco this Saturday, September 26.
The store can’t possibly carry everything on the website, but here’s hoping they carry a portion of the cute stuff offered at YesStyle.com
Opening Day festivities start at 2 PM PT at Stonestown Galleria at 3251 20th Ave., San Francisco with an appearance by Miss Asian California, Victoria Pham and a few gifts with purchase for the first 10 and 100 customers.
Animal Instincts: 2009/2010 Winter Coats Wednesday, Sep 23 2009
Fashion Angelic Pretty, baby the stars shine bright, black peace now, boystyle, bpn, btssb, casual lolita, coat, gothic lolita, Innocent World, japanese brands, Metamorphose, ouji, punk lolita, sweet lolita 11:29 pm
Two versions of Angelic Pretty's Milky-chan Fawn Coat in polkadots and solid
Last time we shared our top picks from the 2009/2010 Lolita winter coat collections. We’re continuing our coverage with a theme that was hard to miss – animal prints and motifs. Rabbit ears and leopard prints are old standbys that are accompanied by this year’s growing trend – fawns. But don’t make the mistake of thinking the brands aren’t taking risks, one succeeds in giving us a coat featuring an animal that is not at all predictable.
Fawns
First up, and pictured above, are the polka-dot and solid versions of Angelic Pretty’s Milky-chan Coat. On the left is the polka-dot print version with solid colored fur. On the right is the solid version with a spotted fawn print fur. The coat features an adorable Milky-chan applique and this may be an abosolute first for a piece of clothing that features a fawn-earred hoodie.
More after the jump.
Tokyo Rebel to Carry More Lolita Brands Monday, Sep 21 2009
Fashion and News Atelier Pierrot, gothic lolita, Innocent World, japanese brands, maxicimam, new york, Putumayo, Victorian Maiden 9:59 pm
A short while ago, we interviewed the owners of online Lolita and Japanese punk clothing retailer, Tokyo Rebel, about their plans to open a brick-and-mortar stor in New York City. More good news for Lolita fashionistas in NY, Tokyo Rebel has just announced that they’ll be carrying clothing from three more lolita brands. In October, Putumayo, Maxicimam and Innocent World will be sold by Tokyo Rebel in addition to Victorian Maiden, Atelier Pierrot, Algonquins and SEX POT ReVeNGe.
With this latest update, NYC Lolitas will be spoiled for choice of brands when they go out shopping.
