[40.] ☆ Milk Tea Day UK ☆

Hello dear readers (^-^)

Today, I'd like to tell you about an event I attended earlier this month!

☆ Milk Tea Day UK ☆

The day actually started out quite hilarious when I got to the coach station.
There was a man wandering around in his underwear...
Yet still, I was getting all the looks when I turned up for my coach wearing Lolita!

At 'Milk Tea Day' Japanese band Die Milch (The Milk in German), had their UK debut.

It took place in The Nave; a beautiful and historic venue near Islington in London.

When I first got there, I thought I was lost as I had never been to Islington before,

and comparing it to other event locations, it just looked like I was in the wrong place!

BUT. I spotted a sign and noticed that it was indeed the right place.

An impression from inside the building

Once I arrived, I travelled alone, I was glad to see many friends straight away!

Some friends I hadn't seen for around 2 years, so it was lovely to catch up.

Entry to the event was free, until 5pm when the concert would start.

I walked around for a bit, took outfit shots with friends & had a tea in a Maid Café :3

There were lots of cute stalls selling Lolita accessories and some even sold clothing!

I tried to spend minimal money, so this is all I bought:

Metronom CD - a sweet from Coco - rose tea and a tea strainer

The ever so kind Florrie took Outfit pictures of Reina & I before it went dark.

These days the sun goes under at 4:30pm already...

My outfit picture, you can view here:

~•* Outfit Rundown *•~

Flower Crown - Primark

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Tights - TejaJamilla

Shoes - SecretShop

The ever so sweet Florrie

The ever smiling Reina

A stupid selfie with Jess

After the silliness with friends, we were called back into the venue.

The concert was about to start, yay!

I have to admit, I hadn't listened to their music before, but I decided to go anyway.

My main reason was seeing my friends, which meant a lot to me!

It turned out that I really enjoy Die Milch's music, so that was a nice bonus, haha!

I have 3 little Instagram video's from the concert.

I hope you enjoy them!

After the concert, I was very fortunate to have my CD signed by Coco & Yui.

I was also able to have my picture taken with them, before I had to rush off for my 

3 hour coach journey!

I'm so impressed, they are so nice and even speak a tiny bit of English.

Coco tried to make us sing "White Christmas" with them,

but I don't know the lyrics to any English songs....

Super embarrassing!

Yui & Coco in the middle of a mini dance routine

Coco, Yui & I <3

All in all, it was an amazing day and I'm so glad that I attended!

Hope to see all of my friends again soon <3

If you like what you're hearing, then I suggest you go see Die Milch when you have the chance!

As always, thanks for reading!

x Chrissii x

[38.] ☆ Innocent World Tea Party ☆

Hello dear readers (^-^)

Better late than never, right?

Today I want to tell you about my time at the Innocent World Tea Party in Vienna, Austria.

I stayed at my dear friend Mimi's house for about a week.

It was my last holiday from work for the whole year (;____;)

So, I thought I might as well make the most of it!

Mimi was a great hostess, as always, and she took me & the bf to see loads of things.

Firstly we went to the Naschmarkt, a big market full of sweets & foods.

Naschmarkt - look at all the deliciousness

After visiting the Naschmarkt in the morning, we spent our afternoon at the Zoo!

Tiergarten Schönbrunn is apparently the best zoo in Europe.

And OMG, it was beautiful!

This panda was such a prick, he didn't wanna turn around!

During my stay I have eaten many great things, for example:

Goat's cheese ice cream, several buffets and amazing sushi!

Of course there are many food pictures, but I'll leave them for now....

I'm sure if you're reading this, you must be more interested in the: 

☆ Innocent World Tea Party ☆

It was a really awesome day!

Super well organised & even the weather was good!

I wonder how they got the weather to play along...

I had a Super VIP Ticket, which meant that I got early entry,

a goodie bag and we were greeted with a glass of champagne!

There were many stalls and a huge buffet.

After the buffet was opened, the fashion show started.

It was beautiful to watch and the models did the routine really well!

Even the hotel staff was looking at the fashion show and taking photos, haha!

Delicious buffet things <3 nom nom nom

My fashion show pictures turned out rubbish, so none of them here... Sorry!

After the fashion show, we had some browsing time and you could make use of

the professional photographer who had been hired for the whole day.

Lolita KompleX did an unplugged live set, which was awesome!

The previous night, I had seen them live with Mimi, which was so much fun <3

At the Lolita KompleX concert

Lolita KompleX at the Innocent World Tea Party

Before the Q&A with Yumi Fujiwara, the Innocent World designer, I managed

to grab a picture with her together. She is such a sweet & gentile person!

I'm very happy I met her.

Yumi Fujiwara & I

After the Q&A, there was a raffle and I got super lucky!

I won an Innocent World bonnet D:

With the raffle over, it was time to announce the outfit contest winners.

Yumi Fujiwara handpicked the 3 girls who she taught represented Innocent World the best.

Congrats if you were one of the winners!

The outfit contest winners!

Here are pictures from the rest of the day :3

I hope you enjoy them!

For the first time ever, I had a twin <3 Love ya!

Eve & Nana from Lolita KompleX

My hostess Mimi <3

With Sylvia, who looked like an Autumn Fairy!

Being naughty with The Flat Fat Cat ;)

With Duplica, who you may remember from my Foreign Lolita's series!

With fellow girls from the UK

With fellow Dutchies & Belgians

Everything from the goodie bag, incl. Innocent World socks & hair ties!

I bought some Innocent World tights and a brooch / hair clip!

My raffle prize, an Innocent World bonnet!

Pictures from the professional photographer: M.E. Fotografie

With my twinsie <3

Mimi & I being our usual selves... I'm not sure if our behaviour should be encouraged...

My outfit shot :)

~•* Outfit Rundown *•~

Headgear - Various Roses

Golden Key - Now Voyager

Necklace - H&M

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

Skirt - Innocent World

Socks - River Island

Shoes - Jeffrey Campbell

I hope you enjoyed reading this post / looking at the pictures!

This event happened 2 months ago, but I have been so busy with life

that I hardly have time to blog.... 

Keep looking for the next post, because I have some more things to share :)

x Chrissii x

[36.] Getting my Frock On!

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

(if there still are any)...

So uhm, it's been a while!

Sorry there were never any "Long Lost Travel Series"...

To be honest, I lost my motivation to write.

I've been having a hard time at work and when I come home,

I just don't feel like sitting in front of a computer again...

Anyhow...

Today, I finally feel like writing about some things I've been up to!

So, without further ado, let's start post [36.]

I went to London for a weekend!

My boyfriend & I left here on Friday after work.

It was our 1 year anniversary that day <3

I've never been so in love with anyone...

Beautiful flowers I received

We exchanged our cards when we got to the hotel in London.
We are soooooo lame XD

On Saturday we did our separate things and I ended up at:

Frock On! The Tea Party Club's 6th Anniversary event.

I didn't feel very well during the day, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped.

I did, however, have some great chats with some old friends.

And! I also made some new friends from Holland <3

Here are a few of my photos (^-^)!

My Dutch friends <3

With Ziggy, she's craaazy!

The main shopping hall with loads of stalls!

With special guest Hitomi from Grimoire <3
She was so sweet & adorable!

With my favourite Portoguese, always cheering me up <3

On my way out I got a goodbye photo with Reina & Florrie, love you!

My main purchase, a beautiful OP by Millefleurs <3
So happy to finally own a piece by them!

I couldn't leave without these beauties!
Tights from Grimoire <3

I hope you enjoyed my photos!

I didn't stay for very long, because I wasn't well... 

but I had a great day!

~•*Outfit Rundown*•~

Bear Ear Hat - eBay

Hat Accessories - Now Voyager, H&M, Primark

Wig - Mermaid Beachy by Lockshop

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

JSK - Moi-même-Moitié

OTK Socks - eBay

Bracelets - Accessorize

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

I promise I won't be long with the next post,

because I already know what it will be about!

Thanks for reading

x Chrissii x

[33.] A Day in Utrecht with my Dutchies

Hello, my dears!

Hope you're well <3

I've completely forgotten that I went on holiday :3

It was a while ago, but as you can tell by my archive,

I didn't have much motivation to write anything!

28/01/2013

Utrecht, The Netherlands

(Shamefully late post, I know)

Utrecht - Such a beautiful city!

After a drive of an hour and a half, I eventually made it to Utrecht.

After getting lost a few times, trying to find a parking spot...

Damn roadworks everywhere...!

I met up with my lovely friends Marloes & Damiën for the day.

It was so much fun! We went to the Cathedral of Saint Martin, 

or as it is lovingly known by the locals: De Domtoren!

It's THE symbol of Utrecht.

The Cathedral tower is 112 meters high and 

it is the highest tower from the Middle Ages in The Netherlands.

It's also over 600 years old!

De Domtoren

After walking around the Cathedral & looking at the beautiful stained glass,

we got a bit peckish and decided to have some tea & cake (obviously)!

The Cathedral had a little tea room which was surprisingly nice.

It looked out into the gardens where we went later on.

Traditional "Domkoek" on the left + a biscuit & Cinnamon tea <3

After lunch, we ventured out into the cold to see the gardens!

We couldn't help taking pictures as it's such a lovely place :3

It looks like Marloes is floating haha, no legs!

The 3 of us managed to squeeze into one picture :3

Damiën & I

We didn't take any single pictures because we were freezing to death,

so I'm going to write my Outfit Rundown below!

~•* Outfit *•~

Hat - Gift from a lady who bought it in 1943

Rose Clip - H&M

Faux-fur Stole - H&M

Blouse - Primark

JSK - Emily Temple cute

Tights - Primark

Shoes - Primark

Bag - muchacha achachumu

After visiting the Cathedral, it was nearly time to go home already. 

However, we couldn't resist getting some Bubble Tea first!

Damiën is a total addict, it was his second one that day already!

Bubble Tea - Mine had a cute monkey on it!

Managed to get my tea fix as well, haha!

I always get my tea in a shop called Xenos.

One packet of 10 tea bags only cost about €0,50!

I do love a good bargain, haha :3

My tea tower - Melon, Oriental, Apple & Cinnamon, Vanilla, Raspberry, Cherry & Cranberry!

 Then it was sadly time to hit the road again!

I had a really great day and I'd like to 

thank Damiën & Marloes for making time for me.

Thanks guys, I love you <3

I'll leave you with a picture of me in the car, lol!

Bye bye, back to the freezing north of The Netherlands!
(the hat is from Juicy Couture)

Thanks for reading <3

See you soon!

x Chrissii x

[31.] The Lost Princesses of Kensington Palace

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

Firstly, I'm so sorry for not keeping up this blog.

This will all change, right now!

At the moment, I don't have the opportunity to wear lolita very often.

I'm super busy and stressed at work every day,

so at the weekend I prefer to relax!

I do have some things coming up though.

In this post, I'd like to talk about a little meet-up, 

with my London friends in January!

(Late, I know... Sorry!)

The Lost Princesses of Kensington Palace

It was a rainy and very cold morning of the 12th of January.

I was taking the coach to London to see my lovely friends!

The plan was to have Afternoon Tea at Kensington Palace.

The theme of our meet up was "Classic Lolita",

so I wore my new La danse de la dame JSK by Juliette et Justine.

The afternoon tea was so amazing! 

We each got an individual tray...

Photo by Intrinsically Florrie

Sandwiches, scones & sweet desserts 

Who can say no to that?! Not me...

My beautiful friends Mel & Memz!

Sadly we didn't manage to take a group picture,

because we were chatting so much that it was dark when we left!

Here's my outfit!

Photo by Intrinsically Florrie

Veil - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Wig - Mermaid Beachy by Lockshop

Jacket - Bebe

Jumperskirt - Juliette et Justine

Overknee Socks - eBay

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

After it went dark, we decided to take a trip to London's China Town!

I can't imagine going to China Town without taking purikura,

so obviously that's what we did!

Nice, crazy, imaginary burgers & derp, we're falling off the seats!

Awww, we all love classic so much <3

It was such a lovely outing, missing all my friends already!

Well, that's it for today...

I have another post planned for Easter, so stay tuned!

Thanks for reading,

x Chrissii x