Blog Hiatus?

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Don't worry I not going on a blog hiatus, I kinda was on hiatus. Maybe you are wondering why I am not so active on blogger anymore for the past few months.I didn't feel like blogging anymore because I couldn't think of anything interesting to write about. It's weird, I always liked to blog but now I just don't know...

I hope the weather is going to be nice again, then things are going to be different. I don't have to stay inside anymore... And from next week I'm not that busy anymore! 

So.... 
From now on I try to start making blogposts, at least more than 2 each month? ~~ Stay tuned for some catch up posts and some posts about my oh so interesting life. There are lots of things I want to tell you! ^___^

The dancing alpaca is there to make this post a little bit more positive!(and because I'm  going to visit a alpaca farm when the weather becomes better)

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4 O'Clock review

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A few months ago I commissioned Linda Friesen from 4 O'Clock to make a dress for me. I already have the dress here at home for about two months so I'm a little bit late with the review. I just want to share my experiences with 4 O'Clock with other lolitas. And I also promised Linda to review the dress I commissioned. Let's start with the review!



The brand
About 4 O'Clock:

4 O'Clock by Linda Friesen. A brand that specializes in creating elegant custom made doll-like garments. (from facebook)

4 O'Clock is an indie lolita brand located in the Netherlands and every item they sell is made and designed by Linda Friesen. It's an unique brand which sells amazing dress, skirts and much more. Every item is custom made that's why 4 O'Clock doesn't have clothing in stock because every item is specially made for you!



The Design 
I asked Linda to make a Rococo inspired black dress for me, even though I wanted have a Rococo inspired dress I wanted to keep it simple and elegant. The design ended up even more beautiful then I ever could expect. It's such an amazing dress, I really love it.









Quality
The quality is very good, it's even better than most of my brand dresses. This dress fits perfectly, it's very clear that it's custom made for me. Most of my brand dresses do fit but I don't have much space left and most of the time I'm aware that it's a one size dress. The fabric is amazing, it makes me so happy. Every lolita dress should be made of high quality fabric I think. The lower layer of the dress is really soft and the top is made of high quality tulle. The tulle is all over the dress and the decorations are also made out of the same kind of tulle. However tulle is very vulnerable I always have to keep when I will be wearing this dress, only it was my decision to use that kind of fabric. It was also the intention that the tulle will fray a little bit because the dress get more of a old rococo doll feeling.



Details






The lining

Baleen for the corset


Communication
The communication was very good, we used facebook to send each other messages. That's easy, isn't it?
Linda always replied in a few days, most of the time at the same day. She is very friendly, she also wanted to make the dress fit in my idea of a 'perfect dress'. I told her all of my ideas which I had in mind for the dress and she tried to note all that. Linda kept me up to date about the progress of the dress, which was very nice, I exactly knew when I could expect the dress to arrive.

There was also a sort of misunderstanding about the zipper of the dress, in the end it was all my fault but Linda stayed calm and helped me to understand how to use the zipper correctly. You might think why so much fuss about a zipper? The fabric of the dress is very vulnerable  it can't get stuck otherwise it will be damaging the dress.

Price
The dress cost me 350 euro, it a lot of money but I think it's definitely worth it! Brand dresses are sold  for about the same price these days.


Shipping and arrival time


On 24 October I've send a message to Linda for information to get some information about commissioning a dress. The next day I got my answer and I decided to commission a dress from 4 O'Clock for real. On 30 October Linda started with the dress design, I knew it was going to take a little bit longer because she first had to finish another commission. A few weeks later I got instead of one design two designs from which I had to choose one, that was extremely difficult because I really liked both designs. At 24 November I decided which design I wanted to have. Linda started to work on the dress in the first week of December, the dress was finished at the end of December. My dress arrived at 7 January after the holidays. (it arrived two days after Linda sent it to me) I didn't want Linda to send the package between Christmas and New Year, the postal service in the Netherlands isn't very reliable then because it's extremely busy. I don't want to lose my dress before I even get it!

24 October 2012 ~~ 7 January 2013

Overall
I totally recommend to commission clothing from 4 O'Clock! The dress I ordered was well-made, made from high quality fabric, the communication was very good and the design is beautiful. I'm very happy with my dress and I would commission again from 4 O'Clock. This is how the dress looks like when it's worn by me. I'm still searching for some more accessories to make a more OTT coord with it. I hope you like the dress and I hope you know a little bit more about 4 O'Clock's clothing now.



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Lolita Wishlist spring 2013

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A list of  my twelve favorite lolita items at the moment.
It's all random, there are no items I want the most!

1. Amour d'armants - Juliette et Justine

2. Moi-même-Moitié - Cathedral OP or JSK

3. Moi-même-Moitié Pleats OP

4. Angelic Pretty Lady Pleats JSK
Black and Pink



5. Pink Bag (Random example)


6.  Angelic Pretty Toy Parade (Pink)

7. Angelic Pretty Bloomers


8. Black hats (random)



9. Pink Cardigan (random)

10. Alice and the pirates - gathered chiffon jsk (Black) 

11. Alice and the pirates - Claudia the Fairytale Princess

12. Black umbrella (random)

I hoped you like my wishlist, it's more dark than before...
Dark and classic with a little touch of cuteness <3
It not my complete wishlist, those are the items I like the most for this spring. ^__^

I would like to know, which piece of clothing (lolita or not) do you want the most at the moment?

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Paris February 2013

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Bonjour!!

I'm back from Paris again, it was so much fun!!! I'm not going to give to much details about it because I went there for my studies. Some parts of my trip to Paris are more personal and not really interesting for everyone, so I won't bother you with it. I'm going to show you some pictures ~~

Centre de Pompidou






Eiffel tower



Louvre



This is my favorite one, I would like to know: those people do they really like the Mona Lisa/La Joconde
or are they just there to take a picture to show there friend & family?

Palais de Tokyo




Moulin Rouge & Sacre Coeur





Notre Dame


I forgot the name of this museum...


Alcapa brains O_O



This museum was a little bit creepy but very interesting!

Other part of the museum... why did I forgot the name??! >.<


It wasn't my intention to go to Baby the Stars Shine Bright because I didn't want to buy lolita
stuff this time.I traveled a lot with the metro and I was so close every time. I thought just taking a look would be okay?  I went with one of my classmates to the shop, of course it went wrong... I can't leave Baby the Stars Shine Bright without buying anything.

 


Hopefully you all had a great week like me!
And I hope you like the pictures...


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