[39.] ❄ Merry Christmas ❄

❄ Merry Christmas ❄

I hope you were able to spend it with your loved ones!

I celebrated Christmas with my boyfriend and his family on the 24th.

We had a traditional Polish Christmas with 12 dishes of food on the table!

Needless to say, we were all pretty stuffed by the end of it :3

Before the meal started, we all had a piece of opłatek.

It's a Christmas wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water.

The opłatki wafers are embossed with Christmas related religious images, varying from the nativity scene, Virgin Mary with baby Jesus, to the Star of Bethlehem.

The eldest member holds a large wafer and breaks off a piece to begin the ritual.

The remaining wafer is passed on to another member while a prayer for loved ones is said. 

This continues until everyone at the table has a piece of the wafer. 

Finally, everyone eats their share.

This was the first time I did this and I thought it was a really nice idea.

Made Christmas a little bit different.

The Christmas meal consisted of the following 12 foods:

1. Herring & onion in sauce

2. Grilled Salmon with Herbs

3. Grilled Salmon with Lemon

4. Smoked Salmon

5. Greek Style fish

6. Pierogi with cheese filling

7. Pierogi with sauerkraut filling

8. Filled egg halves

9. Salad

10. Barszcz

11. Croquettes

12. Bread

As you can see, there is no meat involved.

Polish people will still be fasting from meat until Christmas Day.

~•* Outfit Rundown *•~

Christmas Headband - Claire's Accessories

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

Cardigan - New Look

Dress - Primark

Tights - M&S

I didn't feel like dressing up in lolita for Christmas this year.

I feel like every year, I'm using the same dress for it so it gets a bit boring...

This dress does the job alright, I think. It's very simple, yet cute and I like that.

Thanks for reading!

❄ Season's Greetings ❄

x Chrissii x

[34.] Uniqlo x Ladurée

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

A lot of good things have been happening,

so I'm finding it a little hard to blog!

I've just moved to a new house with my amazing boyfriend ♡

We finally have wifi since this week, so I have some catching up to do!

Today, I want to tell you about my recent purchases.

I recently heard that Uniqlo was doing a collaboration with Ladurée.

I normally miss out on all the cool Uniqlo collaborations, because

either I don't have any money or I just don't know about them until it's too late!

NOT THIS TIME! CAN NOT MISS OUT ON LADURÉE!

So, I've sent my friend Wing shopping for me in London,

because there is sadly no Uniqlo store in my city...

Thank you Wing, you're the best!

I got 3 lovely T-Shirts.

The writing is in gold glittery letters <3

ALL THE MACARONS <3

ALL THE MACARONS AGAIN <3

Wheeee~ They are so cute and look much better in real life!

With that in mind, I wanted to wear one of them today.

I have been very ill over the last week so all I was wearing was sweatpants :/

Now that I'm starting to feel better, I wanted to look better as well :3

This is what I've created and how I look today!

Bit blurry? :/

~•* Outfit *•~

Headbow - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

T-Shirt - Uniqlo x Ladurée

Belt - New Look

Skirt - Emily Temple cute

Socks - Birthday gift from boyfriend's mum ♡

Shoes - Primark (£3!!!)

Ladurée draws it's inspiration from elegance and refinement,

nostalgia and modernity, the beautiful and the tasteful.

Ladurée speaks to our senses between pleasure and tenderness

and fullfills all our cravings.

Yes. You do, Ladurée ♡

ALL MY CRAVINGS.

Love,

 x Chrissii x

[32.] Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone (^-^)

Hope you all had a lovely time!

I've spent Easter with my boyfriend's family,

as all of my family lives abroad.

I had a great time!

We arrived at 10 o'clock on Easter Sunday for breakfast.

This wasn't just any breakfast, but a traditional Polish Easter breakfast!

~•* Here is some foodporn for your enjoyment *•~

ALL THE FOOD

Barszcz Biały - traditional Easter soup

A selection of ham

Fresh herring

Sałatka - a vegetable salad

Filled eggs with mayonnaise

Kabanas - a type of Polish sausage

Galaretka - chicken & vegetables jelly stuff

Well it's needless to say, after all that, I was pretty stuffed!

I absolutely love Polish cuisine, it's very similar to the food I grew up with.

Plus it helps that my boyfriend's parents are amazing chefs <3

You'd think this would be all the food you can eat for breakfast...

WRONG! Not in a Polish house. Eating kind of never stops.

But hey! You don't hear me complaining ;)

A selection of delicious cakes

MOAR CAKE - this cheesecake was amazing!

Of course, because I hadn't worn lolita properly since January,

I took this opportunity to wear something nice...

Here's my Easter outfit & greetings!

Happy Easter to all my Dutch readers <3

I'm a bunny...

~•* Outfit *•~

Bunny Ears - Supermarket

Rose Wreath - Primark

Blouse - New Look

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Tights - Accessorize

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

For the first time in ages, I've used my natural hair...

I still think it doesn't go very well with lolita,

and I should just keep wearing a wig!

I've only just noticed how horribly short this dress is on me D:

Does anyone know where to get an underskirt?

Maybe I should just sell it (;_____;)

Opinions?

Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

Thanks for reading (^-^)..

x Chrissii x

[11.] "Foreign" lolitas, part 8...

Good afternoon, readers ^-^!

Sorry for the delay in this post!

Here's the final part of the "Foreign" lolitas series for now,
until I meet more frilly people on my travels!

~*"Foreign" lolitas, part 8...*~

 The Netherlands

Being born and raised in The Netherlands,

it's not exactly foreign to me.

I'm going to start this entry with little bit of my lolita history ^-^!

I first came across lolita fashion through my dear friend Nonette!

Nonette & I were classmates whilst studying Multi-Media Design.

I always thought that Nonette has a superb sense of style.

One day she was wearing lolita to class and I asked her what she was wearing.

She explained that it was lolita and how she got into it herself.

I told her that I loved how it looked and would love to try it myself!

That's kind of how it started ^-^!

~*Nonette*~

Nonette in 2011. Isn't she just stunning? <3

Nonette has helped me so much over the years and 

she is a constant style inspiration to me <3

You can follow Nonette's blog at:

http://lady-nonette.blogspot.co.uk/

•

As part of the history lesson, 

I thought I'd find the oldest photo of me in lolita XD

I went to my first lolita meet-up on 06/12/2008,

but there are no good photos of myself so I'll spare you!

I remember wearing an Emily Temple cute mini skirt with a tulip on it.

•

Anyway, less about me, more about my Dutch frillies!

I haven't met many Dutch lolitas as I've moved to the UK shortly

after I got into lolita properly, but here are a few of my friends ^-^!

~*Damiën*~

Damiën at Summer Darkness, 2011.

Damiën is my food-partner-in-crime!

We're a bunch of proper fatties, trapped in skinny people's bodies!

Every time Damiën & I meet up, we somehow end up stuffing our faces XD

But it's cool, we love eating so it's not a problem!

Damiën can pull off any style, may it be sweet/gothic lolita or EGA.

He always looks totally fabulous <3

Follow Damiën's blog at:

http://damien7002.blogspot.co.uk/

He also has a vlog channel that you can follow at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/damien7002?feature=results_main

And here's a Golden Oldie of us for the fun of it :3

~*Marloes*~

Marloes in April 2012.

I first met Marloes in May 2011 at the Anime Con in Almelo.

I always feel a little nervous when I see other lolitas,

especially in my home country.

But I somehow found the courage to speak to Marloes,

I thought she and Danchelle looked lovely so I wanted to tell them!

I think Marloes looks great in almost every style
and she has the most amazing wigs!
I think my favourite styles on Marloes are shiro (all white) and classic.

Myself, Danchelle & Marloes at the Anime Con in May 2011, where we first met!

~*Danchelle*~

Danchelle in May 2012.

I first met Danchelle in May 2011 at the Anime Con in Almelo,
same as with Marloes, as they were there together!

Danchelle looks so amazing in sweet lolita!
It's like she was made for it ^-^!

We met again later in 2011 at Hyper Japan in London.
Sadly I didn't have much time to catch up as I was working at the event!
I hope all is well and we can meet up again soon :3


~*Leyla*~

Leyla at Summer Darkness, 2011.

I've met Leyla only briefly a couple of times.
Sadly we never really get the opportunity to talk properly!
Hopefully that will change in the future, though!

Leyla is always super nice and she looks great every time!
Even when she's not wearing lolita!

She's also the owner of the only lolita shop in The Netherlands.
Mfashion in Bilthoven - http://www.mfashion.eu/

You can follow Leyla's blogs at:
http://www.leylajapantravel.blogspot.co.uk/
and leylafashion.blogspot.co.uk


Thank you for reading ^-^!
Hope it's entertaining, haha :3
I've already got an idea for the next entry.

x Chrissii x

[10.] "Foreign" Lolitas, part 7...

Good evening/night, readers ^-^!

Super late entry, sorry! I've been really busy & had a frustrating day today!

Anyway, I won't bore you with the details, lol!

"Foreign" Lolitas, part 7...

~* Czech Republic *~

I went to the Czech Republic in December 2009, specifically Prague.

December 2009 seems so long ago now, wow!

Once there I met up with a lovely lolita called Vita.

I met Vita through one of my online friends called Lucie.

She's another lolita from Czech Republic, but wasn't living in Prague at the time.

Sadly I have lost touch with Vita now (;____;).

Vita showed me around the whole of Prague, 

I remember my feet were hurting from walking so much XD

It was totally worth it though, prague is such a beautiful city!

Here are some photos ^-^!

A little bit of the Christmas Market.

Eating a crêpe <3 Delicious!

The view from Karlův Most.

City view from on top of a tower!

While I was in Prague, I also went to visit the Alphonse Mucha Exhibition.

He's my favourite artist, so it was a must for me!

Vita & I at Prague Castle.

Close-up of my outfit. Very bad lighting! My jumper is brown, lol :3

•What I'm wearing•

Headbow - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Jumper - C&A

Blouse - H&M

JSK - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Tights - Accessorize

Legwarmers - H&M

Boots - New Look

It was SO cold; a couple of degrees below 0!

I feel a little bit sad that I've lost touch with Vita,

but I'm very happy that I eventually got to meet my 

long-term online friend Lucie, too <3

Lucie was studying in the UK for a year or so and

it was actually really close to where I lived at the time!

We would meet up lots and go on silly adventures ^-^!

Pro Tip: There is no Nando's in Newport.

Lucie is currently on holiday in Sri Lanka and lives in Prague,

where she works for Czech Television!

We try to meet up as often as we can and she recently came

to London and stayed with me for a whole week!

We had so much fun!

Pro Tip: Stay away from Czech alcohol.

While she was in London, we went to a Mori Girl meet-up.

Neither of us had tried the style before, but we I think we did OK!

Here's some silly pictures of us... ^-^!

(we actually don't have any normal ones)

Natural History Museum - April 2012, Mori Girl meet-up.

Lucie, Mary-Ann & I <3 Purikura after the Mori Girl meet, April 2012.

My outfit for the Mori Girl meet-up, April 2012.

My outfit actually won a prize for "Best Dark Mori Girl"!

It really made my day and I got a really cute cat necklace <3

•What I'm wearing•

Pompom headband - Claire's Accessories
Rose hairclips - H&M
Faux fur shawl - H&M
Wooden necklace - Accessorize
Wooden bracelet - SIX
Long sleeved hooded jumper - ZARA
Khaki T-shirt - H&M
Black knitted top - H&M
Maxi skirt - All Saints
Overknee socks - Vivienne Westwood
Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

This post was slightly different, I hope you enjoyed it anyway :3

The next entry will be the last "Foreign" Lolitas part (;_____;)!

You'll have to wait until Friday night for it, as

I'm going to a concert tomorrow, so excited!

More about that later!

Have a great night,

x Chrissii x

[9.] "Foreign lolitas, part 6...

Good afternoon, readers ^-^!

I was up bright and early today (for a change, lol).

"Foreign" lolitas, part 6...

London, United Kingdom.

I love the London lolita communities.

We have "The Tea Party Club (TPC)" and "Frills & Frolics".

There's always something going on and all the people are lovely.

If you'd like to have a look in the communities; I've turned the words into links, just give them a click!

I've lived in London for just over a year.

Just moved back to the countryside!

I've even lived in a house with 2 other lolitas :3

Aggie, doesn't like photos so I won't put one here.

Kyra, does though and she always looks fabulous!

My favourite picture of Kyra & I at the 4th Anniversary of TPC

Kyra is wearing Angelic Pretty's "Chess Chocolate".

She's also the owner of jewellery brand "Patisserie Pink" 

and she's the founder of the TPC.

The TPC is currently organising a Tea Party with Juliette et Justine!

Read more about this special event in my post: 

http://chri-chan.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/3-juliette-et-justine.html

•What I'm wearing•

Plastic headbow - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Red headbow - Claire's Accessories

Earrings - Icing Sugar

Blouse - H&M

Bracelet - SIX

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Bag - SWIMMER

Socks - Angelic Pretty

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

There are so many amazing lolitas in London, 

it's really hard for me to pick who to mention!

I'm just going to randomly pick 3 people...

~* Dodo *~

Dodo & I at the Wallace Collection, London 2011.

We're totally wearing the same JSK on purpose ^-^!

•What I'm wearing•

Hat - Juicy Couture

Bracelet - SIX

Blouse - Primark

JSK - Emily Temple cute

Belt - From a different blouse

Bag - New Look

OTK Socks - New Look

KH Socks - New Look

Boots - New Look

Sorry if we're offending anyone with our pose,

we were definitely not trying to offend anyone; we just love being silly!

I adore Dodo's style SO much, she's a constant inspiration!

When she doesn't wear lolita, Dodo wears other Japanese street fashion.

You can follow Dodo's blog at:

http://dodo-potato.blogspot.com/

~* Tania *~

Tania & I at Hyper Japan, July 2011.

•What I'm wearing•

Headdress - Alice and The Pirates

Blouse - H&M

JSK - Victorian Maiden

Tights - Accessorize

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

Tania always looks so amazing!

I love how she's so creative with her outfits

and never looks like anyone else.

Tania is one of the models for Gothic Lolita Wigs 

and one of the founders of Frills & Frolics.

You can follow Tania's blog at:

http://lapetitemarionette.blogspot.co.uk/

And like her page at:

https://www.facebook.com/pixie.late.lolita.fashion

~* Sapphira *~

Sapphira <3 We don't have any good pictures of us together D:

Sapphira is a beautiful Classical Lolita.

She looks stunning in anything she wears 

and she makes a lot of her dresses herself.

Sapphira recently moved to Japan to realise her dreams.

I'm so proud of her and I hope everything works out well!

You can follow Sapphira's adventures at:

 http://poupee-sapphira.blogspot.jp/

Thank you so much for reading,

When you're in London don't be shy to ask anyone to meet up!

Londoners loves meeting new lolitas from afar ^-^!

x Chrissii x

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[8.] Brighton Japan Festival 2012

Good afternoon, readers ^-^!

Yesterday I didn't have time to write an entry,

as I was in Brighton all day for

Brighton Japan Festival

http://www.brightonjapan.com/

I had to get up at 6am, so I would be in Brighton for 12 noon.

It was such a long journey, but definitely worth it as I got to see my friends.

Brighton Japan Festival is an annual event that first started in 2008.

It has become the largest annual Japanese cultural festival in the United Kingdom.

It was my first time there, so I was really excited!

Yesterday's event was called "Asahi Anime Festival".

This is part of the Street Festivals, so it was outside!

Now we've all heard of the phenomenon "British Summer"...

But it was ACTUALLY sunny all day!

So lucky  ^-^!

 I was there to model in the "Japanese Street Fashion Show"!

My friend Memz was showcasing her sculptures in the fashion show.

She's an amazing artist and you can follow her work at:

http://memzart.wordpress.com/

Memz was also my model partner, as we all walked up in pairs!

Here are some photos of us!

Memz and I on stage, showcasing her Cult Party Kei sculpture!

A close-up of my outfit - sorry for the bad quality :3

•What I'm wearing•

Red rose hairclip - H&M

Pink rose hairclip - H&M

Rose wreath - Primark

Cardigan - Supplied by Memz

Red cross necklace - eBay

White cat necklace - Roxie Sweetheart

White rabbit ring - Roxie Sweetheart

Red bow ring - Accessorize

White heart ring - Accessorize

Belt - H&M

Top - New Look

Skirt - Moi-même-Moitié

Stockings - Leg Avenue

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

We were modelling the style "Cult Party Kei x Lolita".

I hope I pulled it off, what do you think?

In the end, I left Brighton at 6pm and 

was back home at around 11pm and super tired.

Totally amazing day, though!

Thank you for reading,

For more photos, have a look at the Brighton Japan website!

More "Foreign Lolitas" entries are coming up, too ^-^!

x Chrissii x