tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27663493174638150552024-03-14T09:53:53.523-07:00Pop*Princesspop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-36922085325173790342015-08-04T08:36:00.000-07:002015-08-12T15:21:33.825-07:00Pop Princess 2015 Illustrator Contest: The Finalists! Time to Vote! (Voting: CLOSED)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome back, royal citizens of the Candy Kingdom! The time has finally come for you to see the 3 finalists who have braved their way through challenges and difficult tasks to be here! It is time for you to see their completed fabric design illustrations in all their glory!<br />
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Pop Princess and Coffeshere cannot be more proud of their hard work and dedication! It was very difficult for both of us to narrow down the contestants to just three with such a very talented group of artists! <br />
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So without further ado, we would like to present to you the following artists and their illustrations. (If you would like to review the artists interviews and learn more about them, you may do so <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2015/07/pop-princess-2015-illustrator-contest.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>) (If you're looking for the artists portfolios/links follow the "here" link as well!)<br />
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Remember, it is <b>you</b> who decides their fate! You who appoints the next royal illustrator, and you who can make their dreams come true of turning their design into the next Pop Princess collection full of beautiful dresses and accessories!! (And then of course you'll be able to wear those designs! :) )<br />
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</b>I wanted to create something creepy and cute so I made the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I found a quote by Warsan Shire:</span></span></span></div>
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and strange and beautiful, someone not everyone knows how to love.”</span></span></span></div>
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something that showed that you can take your broken parts and put
them together; the end result will be something so tragic and
beautiful. People would wonder what kind of things you've been through. The
scars and cracks you so hate will be the untold stories that would mesmerize
those who behold them. I like the thought of a dollmaker, putting together
broken parts and turning them into one beautiful doll who stands out because of
how imperfectly she was made. </span></span></span></div>
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duckling" because is a very beautiful story about courage and finding your
place in the world. Most people think the ugly duckling is about changing to
become a beautiful swan, that's why it's been an inspiration for extreme
makeovers in tv, but it is not. The lesson behind the story is about finding
who you are, and how by knowing yourself you can become a better version of
yourself. The ugly duckling was always a swan, but he didn't know it. </span></span></span></span></div>
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are in some way the ugly duckling, scared of the world because we don't know
who we are, but we all are a beautiful swan deep inside of us. We only have to
know ourselves and appreciate all the good things we have.</span></span><b> </b></span></span></div>
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fireflies; fireflies have actually a small amount of life, so when they pass
away, they continue shining in the sky. But it's not like a automatic thing
that happened. Once they die, they are reborn into fruit stars, that grow on
the heavenly trees, guarded by the night goddess. Once the fruit stars are in
full bloom, they are released into the skies and all the heavenly creatures
reunite to see that happening, which is the part that is represented on the
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after the stars are done with their lives, they fall back once more into earth
and turn into fireflies, so that light is never gone, it just keeps changing
over and over, but the light is always there, in the<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span>skies or in the forest,
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Welcome back, ladies, gentleman, and all citizens of the royal Candy Kingdom to this year's Pop Princess Illustrator Contest! Last month, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Coffeshere" target="_blank">Coffeshere</a> (who brought you such prints as Starry Garden and Bright Star) and Pop Princess decided to team up to host another illustrator contest in hopes to find another artist to create beautiful fabric prints with us!<br />
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We went from 30+ contestants who submitted their portfolio works to us to review from all over the world and had the difficult task of of narrowing those down to just 8 artists! We were so grateful by the response and enthusiasm from each candidate who applied! There was a range of unique talent from all of these talented contestants and it was a task that both Flor and I found very difficult, but as a team and a lot of discussion we made our decision!<br />
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Our remaining finalists are 6 very talented artists who come from every corner of the Earth! Each was asked to go through an interview process which was overseen by both Pop Princess and Coffeshere, with a series of questions from both the designer and artist perspective, and a few questions just for fun to get to know each of the candidates on a personal level.<br />
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We were very thrilled to find how serious each artist took the interview, answering both passionately and professionally, allowing us to get to know them on a more personal level as artists and friends. Each had answers unique to their own taste, experience, and feeling! This not only helped us get to know them, but for them to display their passion not only for their illustration and art, but their eagerness and desire to be a part of the Pop Princess team to create unique works and grow with us. It was touching to hear how much they cared about us as a brand, taking the time to really get to know us! It showed a lot of character and heart, and we really appreciated that!<br />
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So what was the theme challenge this year for our artists? What kind of fabric illustration would they create with it?<br />
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figurative. Perhaps you are inspired by the fairy tales of old? Or
rather you prefer the more modern tales from the pages of a book? Or the
works of the poets are more your style, or a symphony of Mozart
resonates with your soul? Perhaps this story is one that comes tumbling
out from your own head, either from a fantastic daydream or something
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">What is your
main job?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">My job title is
Overseas Marketer. Basically, my job is to write descriptions and
specifications for several clothing brands in Korea that would be posted on a
blog that handles their promotions. I just started last June 1 but so far, I am
having a great time. You can check the stuff we post there at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kstylick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">kstylick.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">, the clothes we feature are really cute! ^^</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">What does
Lolita fashion mean to you?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Lolita fashion
is the physical manifestation of every girl's whimsy. For me, donning Lolita
fashion is one way of celebrating life and looking at this world with the
childlike innocence and wonder we used to have as children, It's a declaration
of who you are and what you feel inside. It's like a feminist movement with the
message that girly girls are just as cool as any kind of girl. I'm not speaking
for everyone, but there was a phase in my life where girls have to "man
up" and girly girls are considered sissies or immature but I say with
Lolita fashion, let's embrace and celebrate our girliness! Fight like girls! :D</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">What is your
favorite (artist/illustrator) technique and what is your process?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I have always
been in love with Imai Kira's works (illustrator for Angelic Pretty) and I
could say that her technique greatly influenced my works. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">My process is I
sketch out on paper with a pencil till I come up with a form I like, I then
finalize this with a fine-tipped pen. I scan the lineart and color it in Photoshop.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Your goals or
wishes?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">My goal and wish
is to fulfill my dream to become a professional illustrator or character
designer. :D</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">What’s your
favorite tea and sweet or cake? Or just your favorite food?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">For tea, I love
Earl Grey and Peppermint tea with cream. I really really love cheesecakes. No
matter what flavor. But blueberry cheesecake takes the cake for me ^_^ I
also like matcha green tea flavored desserts.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"> What
do you feel you could add to or bring to the brand as a Pop Princess
illustrator?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I
think I could make some prints for the classic pieces of Pop Princess (like Ms.
Flor said in her assessment ^^), If Pop Princess would venture into making
accessories with illustrations or printed items like notebooks and posters, I
would be glad to make illustrate for those too ^^</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Which
is your favorite Pop Princess print, and why?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">My
favorite would have to be Bright Star in white. I just love how the memory of
someone so loved was turned into something so beautiful despite the tragedy
that took him away. It's like one of the wonderful evidences of his meaningful
existence and Flor really captured the wonderful time and memories Mr. Kyle
spent here on earth and didn't focus on the impermanence of life but
rather the permanence of the love and connection that transcends beyond the
physical realm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Favorite
Lolita or other street fashion brand?</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">My
favorite brand is Innocent World :)</span></span></div>
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</b>I wanted to create something creepy and cute so I made the
Dollmaker print.</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #181818; font-size: 11pt;">“You are terrifying
and strange and beautiful, someone not everyone knows how to love.” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I wanted to make
something that showed that you can take your broken parts and put
them together; the end result will be something so tragic and
beautiful. People would wonder what kind of things you've been through. The
scars and cracks you so hate will be the untold stories that would mesmerize
those who behold them. I like the thought of a dollmaker, putting together
broken parts and turning them into one beautiful doll who stands out because of
how imperfectly she was made. </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>♥</b></span> Name: Merenlha </span></span></span></b></span><span style="color: magenta;"><b>♥</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Portfolio: </span></span></span><a href="https://www.behance.net/magicalbunnies"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">https://www.behance.net/magicalbunnies</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text2:0"><b>A Little About Yourself: I</b>'m a graphic designer from Chile who loves and wear lolita fashion for 10 years. I paint girls in dreamy landscapes and concepts I'm interested about, like innocence and being young. But my style range from cute/kawaii to guro/creepy cute, so I'm quite versatile.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is
your main job?</span><br />
</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm a graphic
designer and work doing ui/ux design for websites in a retail shop in my
country.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What
does Lolita fashion mean to you?</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started lolita a long long time ago (2006). I was very
depressed and lonely in that time, and i could say that Lolita gave me a new
hope. I meet new people and made friends though Lolita so is very special to
me.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I often say that Lolita to me is related to art, because you
look like a walking piece of art or like you belong in a dream.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When i wear
Lolita i feel like i could do whatever i want, i can make all my dreams come
true, and i feel strong and cheerful! So when i have a difficult day i try to
wear Lolita to feel confident and strong! <3</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Your
goals or wishes?</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love
animals and i want to have a house near the countryside so i can have goats,
chickens, lambs, and lots of dogs!<br />
<br />
In the artistic side i want to keep working and painting, one of my goals is to
exhibit my work in a local gallery. I have exhibit work on USA but not in
my home country aside for some fan arts, so i would really like to have more
confidence to approach art and illustration galleries and see what they think
of me.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What’s
your favorite tea and sweet or cake? Or just your favorite food?</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love tea, my favorites are the ones with berries, any
berry! i also love rose tea.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I also love
sweets and cakes and can not choose one as favorite, since i loveeee
sweets!!!!<3</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What
do you feel you could add to or bring to the brand as a Pop Princess
illustrator? </b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love painting sweet things and i would love to
work with you to bring to life new prints. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My
personal work is very bright colored/dreamy/naked girls but I'd love to make
dreamy prints with you, specially cute animals, flowers and cute insects :)</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What are the
stories behind these two important Pop Princess prints? </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One
is about one of your pet rabbit and i remember when you held the first
illustration contest because i wanted to enter but i felt i wasn't good enough.
I loved Flor's design because it not only have cute bunnies but she also read
the Lolita trends in adding the constellations in the sky.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bright Star was
made in memory of the boy you loved and was going to get engaged but he had an
accident. I remember the idea was to have little domes with important moments
of your relationship and i find that so cute, like a fairytale.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What do you
feel are your strengths as an artist? What are your weaknesses? </b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm very good at
bringing to life concepts or ideas, but my main weakness is my personality, I'm
very shy and don't have enough confidence to promote my work or show it.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Favorite
Lolita or other street fashion brand? </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I
love BTSSB but i mostly own Angelic Pretty. I have an issue here! i love
unicorns and AP is the expert here! :P I mostly wear sweet and hime style,
maybe that's why i own mostly AP hehe!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I chose "The ugly
duckling" because is a very beautiful story about courage and finding your
place in the world. Most people think the ugly duckling is about changing to
become a beautiful swan, that's why it's been an inspiration for extreme
makeovers in tv, but it is not. The lesson behind the story is about finding
who you are, and how by knowing yourself you can become a better version of
yourself. The ugly duckling was always a swan, but he didn't know it. We all
are in some way the ugly duckling, scared of the world because we don't know
who we are, but we all are a beautiful swan deep inside of us. We only have to
know ourselves and appreciate all the good things we have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">That's a hard one!
Just kidding, but no, really. I work as a professor at a local University of Visual Arts, when I started out I had
the subject of Illustration, but after a few years I have several new subjects
like Campaigns Design, Exposition Design and even Grammar (I totally have fun
with this one).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> I also work as
an external designer for a local supermarket that's quickly growing up in other
states. It's called Alsuper. I do mostly design.</span><span style="color: black;"> Other of my job
is as a freelancer working for a company called 4DE where I do illustration for
an upcoming web comic, and also bits of package design.</span>
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<span style="color: black;"> I also (I like
to keep busy) work for free doing a local anime convention once a year that has
around 3,000 per day. Although after 8 years, this is the last one we do!</span><span style="color: black;"> And in between I do freelance work for illustration an design from various costumers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">What does Lolita
fashion mean to you?</span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.1pt;">
<span style="color: black;">Since I am almost 30, when Lolita fashion started out on my city I was intrigued by it, I mistaken it for cosplay at first, but because I
was curious on the subject I started reading about it, where it came from, the
divisions it had, and os much more that I tough it was wonderful. A way to
express yourself trough fashion in such a unique and amazing way. Whenever I
hear people telling that all the Lolita fashion is the same, I am quick to
explain them that thinking Lolita fashion is the same, as thinking that ALL
fashion is the same. If it's a t-shirt, it's the same everywhere in the world.
So for me, Lolita fashion is a way to express yourself inside a community,
which allows you to meet people that share the same taste for fashion.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Your goals or
wishes?</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.1pt;">
<span style="color: black;">My goal is to keep improving my illustration skills and
work for different companies, and be able to see m work out there in the
market.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.1pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: black;"> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">What’s your
favorite tea and sweet or cake? Or just your favorite food?</span></span></b></span></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.1pt;">
<span style="color: black;">My favorite sweet is Tiramisú but I'm also head over hills
for cheescake. And because I don't drink coffee I have tried loads of different
teas over the year, and so far I don't have a favorite one, I just really like
them all so far. But I do have to admit my favorite food is seafood, I just
love it so much.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; color: black;">What do you feel you could add to or
bring to the brand as a Pop Princess illustrator?</span></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;">Because of the many styles of illustration I do, I am sure
I can bring variety to reach even further to appeal more Lolitas out there.
Also I am a great team player always willing to pitch in, but be able to stop
and hear out what the others have to say. Also, I think I can help out more
than just by drawing but helping out where it's needed, if it's thinking out
promotions, or a new banner, or how to reach even further into the market.</span></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;"> Because I do so much different work out there, and
have worked with all sort of different people, I like to think I am able to
adapt where and when it's needed and make any project reach it's fullest
potential.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;"> <b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Which is your
favorite Pop Princess print, and why?</span></span></b></span></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;">Bright Star. The first time I saw it at Flor's Facebook I
was astounded! The amount of detail and cuteness was perfect. I was amazed on
how many things the print had and still everything worked out with each other
in a perfect balance. I have always loved Flor's work, but this one was my
instant favorite. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">And as a plus fact is that precisely when I saw this
particular design, it's when I started going even deeper into Lolita's fashion,
and loved to see how much it had changed and grown since early years when I
first heard about it.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">What are the
stories behind these two important Pop Princess prints?</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv0575374852msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: black;"> First of all I love that both of this have
back stories, when you have a story in mind you can really out your heart into
the design and think in more and more details to help fill even more that story
through the illustration.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div>
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Bright Star: This story touched me, even tough the first time I saw this
design and loved the cuteness of it, when I heard the story, it made me feel
nostalgic. This print is about preserving memories of a dear friend of Annika
that was killed during a car accident after serving in the marines, and meeting
up with her. </span><span style="color: black;">I do love that even tough it's a sad story, the
inspiration itself focuses on the good memories, which is what we have to
preserve after the people we love is gone.</span><span class="hps"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".p3.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11434260993331=2b101db7e3b24794470.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".p3.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11434260993331=2b101db7e3b24794470.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text4:0"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text2:0"></span></span></span></span></span><span class="hps"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".p3.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11434260993331=2b101db7e3b24794470.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".p3.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11434260993331=2b101db7e3b24794470.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text4:0"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".s2.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432553869246=21a932a9604b2e29960.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text2:0"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;">This design took 9 months to be completed, and I love how
you both worked out the idea as a team. Great job. My favorite, you can feel
that love that was placed on this making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; color: black;">Favorite Lolita or other street fashion
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<span style="color: black;">Well I do like a lot of the stuff I see at Baby The Stars
Shine Bright. Alice and the Pirates. What I like from this brand is that they
have a really wide variety of accessories and different kind of clothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Could you tell us the story behind your print?</b></span></span></div>
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Well yes, there is a scientific explanation, but many years has the man wonder
where those beautiful shining stars come from, and there have been many stories
surrounding it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My story is about
fireflies; fireflies have actually a small amount of life, so when they pass
away, they continue shining in the sky. But it's not like a automatic thing
that happened. Once they die, they are reborn into fruit stars, that grow on
the heavenly trees, guarded by the night goddess. Once the fruit stars are in
full bloom, they are released into the skies and all the heavenly creatures
reunite to see that happening, which is the part that is represented on the
fabric.</span></div>
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after the stars are done with their lifes, they fall back once more into earth
and turn into fireflies, so that light is never gone, it just keeps changing
over and over, but the light is always there, in the<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span>skies or in the forest,
always leading the way into new things.</span>
</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span class="3qi9"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>♥ </b></span></span>Name: Nanthanit</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b> ♥</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Portfolio: </span></span></span><a href="http://nanthanitillus.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://nanthanitillus.tumblr.com</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".q7.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432544486669=22e1acf3defd7d4a556.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span data-reactid=".q7.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432544486669=22e1acf3defd7d4a556.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$end:0:$text2:0"><b>A Little About Yourself:</b> I am second year student at architecture faculty, communication design. I want to become Illustrator after I graduate. Lolita is my most beloved fashion, I often get inspiration from it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">What is your main job?</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff9300;"> </span>I am 3rd
year student in Communication Design in Faculty of Architecture.</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span><br /><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What does Lolita fashion mean to you?</b><span style="color: #ff9300;">
</span>It is my most beloved fashion. I think of every Lolita clothes I own as
my children. Lolita fashion can express myself and gives me plenty of
inspiration. The world without this fashion would be very boring.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Your goals or wishes?</b><span style="color: #ff9300;"> </span>I plan to
become illustrator. I am now trying to gain experience and building up
portfolio as much as possible so I could try sending it to some publishing
house within this year. I would love to to have experience with designing
fabric print as well because I want to see people wearing my illustration.<span style="color: #ff9300;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span><br /><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>What’s your favorite tea and sweet or cake? Or just your
favorite food? </b>I like fruit tea, less-sweet hot chocolate and any kind
of coffee . I love all kind of food and sweet but my favourite must be any
dessert that has strawberry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9300;"> </span><b> What do you feel you
could add to or bring to the brand as a Pop Princess illustrator?</b><span style="color: #ff9300;"> </span>Astonishment. People who see my
illustration will be impressed and will fall in love with the brand and no
matter what design your brand deliver, they will follow and become loyal
supporters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> Favorite Lolita or other street fashion brand?</b><span style="color: #ff9300;"> </span>My favourite brand is Innocent World, Mary
Magdalene and BTSSB. I am into classic and sweet-classic style. I love the
elegance of MM and their used of colour. IW and BTSSB are mixed of elegance and
playfulness. </span><span style="color: #ff9300;"></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Could you tell us the story behind your print?</b></span></span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I choose one of my favourite fairytale 'Red
Shoes' by Hans Christian Andersen as my theme. I like how this fairytale is
different from any others, it has dark theme but the story is told very beautifully.
It also contains many metaphors, so I can enjoy thinking about it after
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span class="3qi9"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>♥</b></span></span> First Name: Suzette</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span class="3qi9"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b> ♥</b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="mailto:sualpineda92@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></a><span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Portfolio: </span></span><a href="http://suzettecrepe.tumblr.com/archive"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://suzettecrepe.tumblr.com/archive</span></a><span class="3qi9"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<b>What are your hobbies, your passion?</b> I love to draw, its the only thing I
want to do with my life and make art! Lately i've been doing different types of
hobbies like, making ribbons, resin, and doing sweets with polymer clay, and
making collages. I like to experiment with different forms of art or things I
can use to make it, that’s my passion! Finding new ways and techniques to make
art!</div>
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<b>What does Lolita fashion mean to you? </b></div>
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I haven’t wear
lolita in my life, but I like lolita. I used to sell ribbons and polymer clay
sweets to lolitas in my community. You know, here in the desert is really hard
to find cute and inexpensive ribbons that's why one time I decided to do sell
them and by doing that, I think I helped the small community here. I like
lolita because I love art, and I think this form of showing art is really cute
and amazing.</div>
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I want to work
as an illustrator, doing experimental stuff and creating new and interesting
things no one has done yet. I want to work on fashion, games, animation ,
books, and creating art to one day put an exhibition to put in my city's
museum. Right now I am focusing on fashion, and I might not now yet what I will
accomplish so I am just having fun and doing my best!</div>
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<b>What’s your favorite tea and sweet or
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I like iced
lemon tea! ( I live in a desert) I love every sweet ever but my favorite one is
ice cream! Regarding flavors for any cake or ice cream my most favorite one is
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I can bring new
types of stories, colors, and textures. As you know, I like sarcasm and humor,
my pieces might look sweet but there will always be something dark or weird
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bright star! Your most recent one! And that's because I know the process to
make such a really big illustration it might've took like months in order to
complete it! The other one might be starry garden! Both I know were designed by
Flor, nd that's what I like about those prints! Having an illustrator making
them really is special!</div>
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and bittersweet. Lately I've been into fairy key and 80's fashion. You know,
fashion in which you use old or new cartoon prints. I like the brand galaxxxy
though I've never shopped oversees. I dream to sometime be able to buy lolita
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the dress is the poem " A boat beneath a sunny sky" by Lewis Carrol.. This poem is my favorite ones so I really had fun making a dress out
of it!</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".px.0.1.0.$1.$1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11432776566746=24e560e2e02ee293219.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span style="font-size: small;">
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different textures, like crayolas for the raindrops,lines, and boat and ocean.
I used watercolours for the flowers and the sky on the mirror and notes. and I
used one real scanned paper boat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This poem is about
growing up and forgetting how it is to be a child, which is something I want to
really never forget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First in the first
layer we can see alice sleeping dreaming with
boats, however right now alice
is crossing the border of "child to adult" so she can't decide
whether to dream a real boat (the scanned one) or an imaginary boat (the
crayola one).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In the book we know
that alice
enters a mirror in order to go to another world, we can see this mirror has a
REAL boat on the other side, now we are inside this world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I like to think, the
"forget me not" flowers carry our childhood memories (raindrops) and
send them to a place no one can forget how it was to be a child....Wonderland,
which is represented by the crayola drawn ocean.</span></div>
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the top is "row row your boat" in which Lewis Carrol was inspired to
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>♥ </b></span></span>First Name: Molly</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b> ♥</b></span></span></div>
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been using illustrator for over 4 years now. I am really excited about
doing this because for my final show at college I plan on creating a
Lolita Brand myself, with a print already in the works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">What is your main job? </span></b><span style="color: black;">My main job right now is being a student. I am going
to be doing an internship at thinkgreensburg in the fall doing their design
work. I also am a gallery/ gallery artist for the gallery at the college I
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to me is being your own unique self. Girls may have the same dress but girls
let there creativity and fashion sense show in how they coord their outfit.
Lolita means a lot to me. I am able to express my girly self. Lolita allows for
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actually. Though I am new to the fashion I want to create my own prints so
I can see others wearing it. I love fashion and I think this would be fun
to continue with making cute and girly prints! I also want to just wear the
fashion more too! It's totally me and suits my style so yes I do see myself
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have to name one! I love sweets, I may not look like it but I could eat sweets
all the time. If I had to pick a favorite sweet I would say chocolate chip
cookies! I can eat a pack in like 10 minutes. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div>
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do you feel you could add to or bring to the brand as a Pop Princess
illustrator? </span></b><span style="color: black;">Well I think I can
bring a fun and bubbly atmosphere. I am super positive and always ready to
learn. I love pleasing people so I typically aim for the stars. I think I can
bring a fine arts aspect to the brand too. I am a digital artist but I'm also a
fine artist. So I think that having a fine artist could bring so many new and
colorful things :) </span></div>
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would tell of a story of a times past. The young maiden was inspired by her
long hair to create a print that would illustrate the story of another young
maiden with extremely long hair. The young maiden, Molly, designed the print <b>lass
dein Haar Herunter</b>, which is inspired by the Brothers Grimm original story
of Rapunzel. The name lass dein Haar Herunter is German for Let your Hair Down,
which is the line the <span class="yiv5295394600"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">prince calls out to Rapunzel. All fairy tales have dark and sad
beginnings so I decided to feature not only the happy ending but the dark
beginning as well . The prints main color is purple based upon the color of
Rapunzel’s dress from the Disney's animated film. The print features miles and
miles of hair, pearls, and flowers. The dresses last panel ends with a happily
ever after, which to me is important. All girls deserve a happily ever after.
I've got a dream that with this print all girls can feel free to live out their
dream to be a beautiful princess and leave their tower.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Flor and I will now be taking some time to think, deliberate, and discuss who will move on to the final round.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Please see our official announcement here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess</a></div>
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Angelique:<br /> <a href="http://weeping-goo.tumblr.com/tagged/illustrations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://weeping-goo.tumblr.com/tagged/illustrations</a></div>
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Merenlha:<br /> <a href="https://www.behance.net/magicalbunnies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.behance.net/magicalbunnies</a></div>
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Alejandra:<br /> <a href="http://studioxii8.wix.com/alexzun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://studioxii8.wix.com/alexzun</a></div>
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Nanthanit:<br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnanthanitillus.tumblr.com%2F&h=rAQEH023p&enc=AZOHRn0s1K61O65SEQYs_tHRts5D2nAfOcTm1cUBM1fNo7ozKoHJwJiy0cIqyebDx9HU-Lanm9TTmk4Yb2l_456GrExYFTMv7wf4v2ThK1jbDq0w_qo82bA1dzzdE3kjIjkMGHEWZkLfX42uQYQzt2jo4O4asYTO8PPOGAE21doE7QNX4SQ6dj5DT-v5vJonsxfQYJTVlgjFxSfKP1Q3tq8A&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nanthanitillus.tumblr.com</a></div>
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Petra:<br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pet-pet.nl%2F&h=vAQHKmekU&enc=AZMEsnTH4LCEBqoBVbchOZlVJNrbGNykSg2YB065-q32JVZKSjVMkSniRTB4SBAiBaYQwDjWLTUYZILslHS_rExpqOrTyqiYmcvhcq3D3OgAWWgiexLpujVnoLr_6s0JKWhTLniLlVTTmVFNDMcMyohwal-pHkmX5gLZRo_XDqBCP_V-s6_lLgUteN_NOiFG-NqlxzhUXn0ry5WB4QDSoXnv&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pet-pet.nl/</a> </div>
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pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-21943591778446948182015-05-19T18:22:00.000-07:002015-06-17T17:55:32.326-07:00Pop Princess Illustrator Contest 2015: A Royal Affair! (NOW CLOSED)Hello, and welcome back to the kingdom of all things sugary sweet! I know it has been quite a long time since we last took tea together, but Pop Princess has a very exciting announcement. Remember back in 2013, when we hosted our first <a href="http://egl.livejournal.com/19027094.html" target="_blank">illustrator contest</a> and we went on to have some really amazing illustrators in the <a href="http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/02/pop-princess-illustrator-call-meet-semi.html" target="_blank">semi finalist round</a>? <br />
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Well! To celebrate Pop Princess' five year anniversary and our 2K followers (what! thank you so much, everyone!!)...... We will be hosting <u>another</u> <b>contest</b> to find an illustrator to join Flor and I in creating beautiful, elegant, or cute fabric prints for the brand! We have been chatting and think it might be nice to have a new addition (perhaps two even!) to the royal family.<br />
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Our illustrator and now good friend, Flor (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Coffeshere" target="_blank">Coffeshere</a>) was the first illustrator to be selected as a semi finalist and won the contest by a landslide of votes back in 2013 with her beautiful print: Starry Garden. <br />
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She has since regaled us with another beauty this last year, and brought about the absolutely stunning elegance that is, Bright Star.<br />
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Have you ever dreamed of seeing your illustrations become a reality? Have you ever wanted to see your artwork transformed into beautiful dresses? Do you have what it takes to rise through the ranks to join Pop Princess royalty and stand victorious as the new addition to the brand as Court Illustrator?<br />
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If so, we would love for you to apply to be a part of the Pop Princess Illustrator Contest 2015! Flor and I are greatly looking forward to seeing all the talented artists and illustrators out there who apply!<br />
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<u>All styles are welcome to apply</u>! We are looking for someone that can bring something unique to Pop Princess! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~~This contest will begin <b>May <span style="font-size: large;">20</span>th</b> and the deadline for submission is <b>June 1<span style="font-size: large;">5</span>th</b>!~~~</span></div>
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From there, we will pick 8 worthy semi-finalist contestants to submit to an illustration challenge, and finally 4 contestants will go on to the finals round and produce a fabric illustration to be voted on and judged by the world!<br />
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(Details of this challenge will be revealed once the 8 candidates have been selected. And the semi-finalists will be contacted and revealed after the deadline for entries.) <br />
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The winning artist will go on to be awarded with a paid freelance position and have their work created into fabric yardage used for Pop Princess designs! <br />
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(Please do not ask the potential amount the illustrator will be paid for his/her design if he/she wins. This will only be discussed with the winning illustrator.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Criteria of Illustrator Submissions:</b></u></span><br />
- Is willing to work with the designer, be flexible, and bring creations/ideas to life<br />
- Has a good eye and skill for illustration (i.e. proportion, color concept, overall design)<br />
- Is well versed in both Illustrator and Photoshop to create full color digital illustrations<br />
- Bonus if familiar with producing fabric designs <br />
- Must be fully committed, hard working, and able to meet/complete deadlines<br />
- Highly motivated, attention to detail a must<br />
*You can be from any country, not just the US to apply!<br />
*Traditional media, and digital media are both accepted to qualify <br />
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~<u><b>TO ENTER</b></u>: Please copy and paste this filled out form below in the blog comments, or via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">the fan page</a> as a comment or private message: <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Submission Entry Form:</u> </b></span><br />
<b>First Name:<br />Email: <br />A Portfolio Link: </b>(i.e. a website portfolio, Deviantart, etc---show us your best art work)<br />
<b>A Little About Yourself: </b>(i.e. how long have you been an illustrator? etc)<br />
<b>What Makes You The Right Candidate to Join Pop Princess and Flor?: </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><b><u>How/Where to Submit Your Entry:</u></b></b></span><br />
Please submit your entry either here, below in the comments section, or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">Pop Princess Facebook</a> page contest post or private message! <br />
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Looking forward to all the entries and good luck to everyone! We're so excited!<br />
xoxo<br />
Annika & Flor pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-5803141250167341522014-09-15T08:39:00.000-07:002014-09-15T08:42:59.425-07:00Bright Star, a new collection! In the making: a story of its humble beginnings! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To all my dear and lovely followers, I'm sorry that I am never on here as much as I ought to be. I find that between my regular work, my commission work, other design work, and trying to keep up with life in general makes my absence from blogging pretty extensive. At this point, my blog posts are about as rare as a Pokemon sighting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you're ever having trouble getting in contact with me, remember you can reach me a lot more readily here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you're looking to support our super talented friend and illustrator, Flor//Coffeshere, you can find her here: <a href="http://coffeshere.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://coffeshere.tumblr.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, I would like to take the time to introduce you to the new collection that Pop Princess and our talented illustrator, Coffeshere (aka: Flor Lopez), have been working on entitled: Bright Star! This print started back in October 2013 and was not completed until June 2014~ many months of Flor's dedication and hard work went into the creation of this print, which I think is even more beautiful than the last one we created together, <a href="http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/08/starry-garden-pre-order-release.html" target="_blank">Starry Garden.</a> </span></span><br />
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<b>Where does the name "Bright Star" come from? </b><br />
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about as it’s only been a year this summer since it happened. Someone that I loved very deeply was killed
suddenly in a car accident after returning home for the first time in many
years after serving in the Marines, right before we were supposed to see each other. His death affects me
more than I have words to express. His name was Kyle Bankes, and he was simply one of the most beautiful souls, a person who touched everyone who ever met him, who lived and loved without fear. This print is for him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This print was inspired by the time we shared together, our memories
captured in time beneath glass domes, a still like photograph kept close in my
heart. It’s in memory of the way his eyes would light up when he smiled, how
the warmth of his hands felt in mine that made time stop, or the sound of his
laughter filling a room; how he always said our ties, the red string of Fate,
would never be cut. This is for when I remember in my heart that I will love
you in this life and the next, and believe we will meet again some day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I wanted to make something in
his memory, something that would soothe the ache of missing him just a little,
and something I could hold onto forever. More importantly I wanted it to be in
memory of his beautiful soul that touched everyone he knew so deeply, and in
honor of his family and friends who loved him.</span>
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<b> How did you get the idea for the Bright Star print itself?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like a lot of my ideas (the good ones anyway!) I tend to dream about them, see them fully and complete in my head, seeing every detail and shape as I would like them to be. I knew that I wanted the print to be in honor of his memory, that I wanted it to be enchanting and magical, with figurines placed beneath glass domes and terrariums as if there moments were captured in time, frozen, to be held on in one's heart forever. I asked Flor if the focus could be on two figures, centered, as they embraced in a waltz surpassing time and space, caught in a memory that would represent the time Kyle and I spent together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've never considered my illustrations a strong suit, that I'm simply not capable of getting what I see out of my head and onto paper, but I knew that just like last time, Flor would be able to take the image right out of my head and with her amazing talent, hard work, and determination put it into something beautiful and perfect.<b> </b>So with only a written description of what I imagined and this scribble below, Flor set to work...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And with these scribbles, the Bright Star print slowly began to form... here are Flor's WIPs images over months and months of hard work. (She never fails to amaze right? I can't believe one person can hold so much talent!) We started off with rough sketches and begin to work from there, picking and choosing the elements we liked the best...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then it began to come together... here is the first rough sketch! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Which slowly began to form into this, with Flor painstakingly beginning to outline each element, one by one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And finally, after 9 long months... Flor put the finishing touches on the Bright Star and we were left with an absolute master piece. Each detail had been carefully illustrated and shaded by hand, making sure that each individual element was fully fleshed out and a work of art all on its own. Her work speaks for itself. It is simply breath taking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We were eventually able to have our fabric printed just in time to make a sample for the My Lolita Style event in Tijuana, Mexico in June 2014! The details looked even more amazing in person! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The fabric was created into the Bright Star sample for the fashion show, which Flor herself wore on the runway and looked absolutely stunning in... We were even able to send a Bright Star Garment to Misako Aoki! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> It took Flor several more weeks and months to finalize and finish all the colorways for Bright Star, which you can see below, a testament to her talent and perseverance!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>In conclusion, a thank you...</b></span><br />
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Paris, France 2011 Edition, Part 2: Versailles, Laduree, More Food, and Baby the Stars Shine Bright!<br />
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And weclooooome back to this episode of: Where In The World Is Annika?, where we are returning for the second episode of Paris, France 2011 Edition. In this episode we shall cover the magical pink frills of Baby the Stars Shine Bright, the glittering royalty of the Versailles palace and grounds, and more cute Parisian treats from Laduree!<br />
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We all had to know that this segment was going to be opened with my visit to the Baby the Stars Shine Bright shop in Paris! I made it my absolute mission to visit this store, even if I saw nothing else, as it was the first brand shop I had ever been to and of course, Baby is my first love. I must say that the men that got dragged along were less than enthused for this venture, perhaps even to say dismayed, as the one knew nothing about Lolita fashion and thought it strange.<br />
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The store front is a big sparkling pink gem in the middle of a rather normal, blase looking street and just a short walk from the subway station. Prominently displayed on the window was the Baby logo, set off by the beautiful dresses, shoes, and accessories shining elegantly in its shadow. Ah, and there it sat, calling out to my frilly soul to come inside and stay awhile. <br />
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Step inside, and you are greeted by the sweetest French shop girl, dressed in gorgeous old school Baby threads! It is a small shop, but small in a way that is warm, friendly, and inviting. Each display is set up with care, each piece laid out to look like a lovely work of art to admire. I spent a good deal of time carefully roaming through each dress and garment on the racks, taking in as much detail as I could, and as they say, "When in<strike> Rome</strike> Baby..." I decided to try some things on! (I know you're not supposed to take photos but I couldn't help it! Oh what a bad influence you have on me!)<br />
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Alas, my dream had to end but not before the shop girl informed me that I had coincidentally just missed Mr. Isobe himself, and left with a pair of cute ribbon socks!<br />
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My heart was not heavy for too long, as the next day we hopped a train to go visit the magnanimous dream world that is: Versailles! I cannot express to you in words what a magical place this is, so instead, I will have to show you. It's truly amazing! (I took over 200 photos of Versailles alone, so here are the best.)<br />
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Sigh. Wasn't that wonderful? And that's only a few of the photos. Visiting the Versailles grounds was like being transported back in time. I really hope that I am able to visit their again one day, and I might I recommend if you visit: rent a little golf cart! Not only does it blast opera music the entire time you drive, but you are able to see all the grounds so quickly especially if it's chilly chilly cold like in March!<br />
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And lastly, to fulfill our little photo journey of France... one cannot visit without going to Laduree!<br />
What a queue! They are so popular you had to wait nearly an hour just to get to the front of the line.<br />
I can only imagine how divine it might have been to dine at the restaurant!<br />
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Now while I may say this to the aghast of many, I think macaroons are adorable but I do not much care for the taste. However, I absolutely adored the packaging and cakes we bought there! I kept the boxes. : )<br />
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Visiting Paris was an absolute dream come true for me! It was one of the best weeks of my life, and I sincerely hope that I will be able to revisit France one day and explore more of its gorgeous landscape and sights.<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed this brief interlude of traveling with me! : ) xo Annika <br />
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Our Next Journey: China? Scotland? Thailand? It's up to you! Tell me, where you would like to see next! : )pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-9889304287985593852014-02-10T14:05:00.000-08:002014-02-10T14:16:18.827-08:00Where In The World Is Annika? ~Paris, France 2011 Edition, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Though I am no renowned Carmen Sandiego with a fire engine red trench coat or tall enough to be spotted in any crowd, let alone be Waldo, I have been blessed with a fair amount of traveling in my days. This is not to say that I have sated my wanderlust, far from it, but that the countries I have been able to travel to have not only been memorable but absolutely beautiful, each in their own way.<br />
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I thought this might be a fun way to share the world with you, dear readers, and that you and I might reflect together on the experiences, swap stories, and overall enjoy traveling. I have always been grateful to travel outside the States, as I think so many people (especially when you come from and live in a small community like I do, with the likelihood of narrow views and minds) never get the chance to the view the world as a whole, to gain perspective, and realize that in the grander scheme of things you are very small in comparison to what the world offers. <br />
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In this edition, let's pack up and head to the most romantic capital of the world: Paris, France!<br />
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There are two places that I have longed to travel to the most in this world: France and Japan! I consider these two places my dream destinations as they coincide with my true love: fashion. In my junior year at university in the midst of obtaining my Bachelor's degree in fashion design, I was given the opportunity to travel to Paris, France during fashion week with the person I was in a relationship with at the time. A friend of his, was a friend with Nicolas Andreas Taralis, and he had gotten tickets into a fairly exclusive fashion show for this designer~ both of them were fans of Taralis' work, collecting some of his men's wear pieces. <br />
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And so in March, just in time for my birthday, we hopped on a plane and took off to Paris!<br />
(Embarrassingly, I must admit that I spoke only a few phrases in French as I had studied Spanish in my high school years, but would have loved to have been more fluent. )<br />
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It was by far, one of the shortest flights that I have had to be on, a little over 8 hours and with some fenagling and charm from my dear sweet father who happens to be a retired airline pilot, we got very nice seats in the front of the plane. It was a night flight so we slept most of the way, and when I awoke we were in Paris! (Well, Charles du Gaulle airport to be exact.)<br />
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Paris was as cute and quaint as I had imagined it would be! I was brimming with excitement, everywhere I looked there were shops filled with beautiful clothing and I couldn't sketch fast enough. I felt as though I couldn't possibly close my eyes or I wouldn't be able to take it all in. I was constantly stopping to stare in the windows of shops, lusting after pieces, or just taking photos like a terrible (but cute!) tourist. <br />
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We stayed in a small, cute hotel within view of the Arc de Triumph and
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We were able to spend a day going to the Louvre museum, which is so massive that I am sure you must need at least several days to back and forth to view everything. There are simply so many photos I'm not sure I can include them all! <br />
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But of course, being the Rococophile that I am, insisted on seeing King Louis' apartments, which were on display at that time. I think, if I had a choice, I would have lived there and simply never left! Every single room you went to was exquisite. Everything you looked at was breath taking. It hardly felt real that all of these things could have existed in another time and people actually used them! </div>
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To finish off this particular set of photos (let's face it, Versailles needs its own blog post...) are a few photos from the private Nicolas Andreas Taralis fashion show we were able to attend. It was a very short event, the longest part of course was waiting to get in and everyone's attitudes around us were entirely too serious for my liking. The air was thick with an almost tense anxiety, an event of who's who from the people who received invitations filled with turned up noses and long sideways glances. </div>
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The event was held in an empty gallery, and the seating was made up of sitting on concrete stair blocks or standing against the wall. It was loud, loud enough for the pulsating music to rumble the concrete and terribly dark. Though I enjoyed looking at the clothing, and being a part of a live fashion show, the style is not one that I'm suited to, though Taralis really is a master of silhouette and fine cut tailoring. I'm afraid the venue was too dark to get any decent photographs. </div>
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pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-87727043345580531072014-01-07T13:01:00.002-08:002014-01-07T13:01:25.601-08:00La Farfa: A Plus Size Japanese Fashion Magazine for "Marshmallow Girls" Inspired by <a href="http://www.parfaitdoll.com/2014/01/marshmallow-girls.html" target="_blank">Victoria Suzanne Stella Alice</a>'s recent blog post (aka: Parfait Doll), I also wanted to share this amazing article about the first ever Japanese fashion magazine for the every day, plus size gals out there, <i>La Farfa</i>! (You can also read the original article <a href="http://audreymagazine.com/tag/la-farfa/" target="_blank">here</a> and<a href="http://www.japantrends.com/japans-first-pocchari-larger-size-girls-fashion-show/" target="_blank"> here.</a>)<br />
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This magazine is specifically created for the larger, curvy gals that they call "pocchari" or "marshmallow girls" that completely bucks the trend of the ideal "skinny" girl that are plastered on the covers and glossy pages of magazines all over the world. And I think this is a monumental step for the fashion world, absolutely fantastic! <br />
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You can flip through any fashion magazine, regardless of its origin, and most of the time you will only see the typical media enhanced images of women who are airbrushed to be thinner, as they try to obtain that "ideal" but unrealistic, and completely impossible version of "perfection." Pushing this idea of the perfect weight, the perfect size, and perfect shape according to the fashion industry and media is something that effects women and girls, of every age, everywhere as this unattainable image of beauty that they can't acheive and results in a lot of negative thinking, especially about one's body. As a culture, this forces a lot of those ideas into women's heads which get internalized, and when they look in the mirror all they see are these "mistakes" about their bodies, which is complete malarkey! <br />
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And as a designer, as a woman, I find that absurd. As that
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Because the "ideal" is unattainable, a lot of girls find that their natural state of beauty is flawed, imperfect, and therefore makes them "ugly" or "not pretty" or undesirable to women or men. I see so many gorgeous photos of girls on Tumblr and they are actually <i>apologizing</i> to viewers because they "look tired" or their face "looks weird", etc etc, and it absolutely baffles me. And then there are the comments/messages from girls around the world to their internet famous lolita idols asking, "How do I look like you? How do I wear what you wear without looking stupid or ugly because I'm a bigger girl, or a taller girl, or have ____ body shape?"<br />
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A lot of my curvy friends always feel like they have to cover up, or clothes have to be designed a certain way to hide parts of their body that they find are too embarrassing to show, regardless if it's lolita or just normal ready to wear. Curvy girls shouldn't have to cater to fashion, fashion should be catering to them as a market. They should be able to wear silhouetted garments that are cute, and flatter their body type and shape. <br />
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There's some negative commentary in one of the articles about how the magazine is confusing a cute term with girls that simply should lose weight, or are fat, and should be dismissed altogether. Typical responses to anything that gives positive reinforcement to girls who are simply different, and bucking against the fake "ideal" of society. But I think Seina responded beautifully and with class. <br />
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In which, Goto Seina responds cleverly and cheerfully, on an article for JapanCrush (which I will not link because of the ignorant commentary in response to the article:)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Goto Seina, who is actually introduced in the pages of the
magazine as a marshmallow girl, is positive: “Of course there will be
different opinions — people who say ‘you’re a pig’ or ‘you’re a fatty’,
but for me, [marshmallow girl] makes me really happy”. Goto also said
that she would be happy if the term “marshmallow girl” would spread, and
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And that's where La Farfa and Goto Seina come in, and they're like "**** that, we are marshmallow girls and we can rock anything, any time, with any body type!" There has been a huge boost of body positive media floating around the internet this year, but this magazine really tops it! Not only are they putting actual girls on the runway, with real curves, and real bodies, but they are designing clothes that are ADORABLE. Look at Goto Seina rocking that mini skirt, short shorts, and heels, and there are some with thigh highs: <u>she looks flawless! </u>(I also loved that for the fashion show they picked real life readers of the magazine as models! See <a href="http://www.fashionsnap.com/news/2013-03-16/lafafa-show/gallery/index35.php" target="_blank">pics here</a>.)<br />
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Particularly in Japan, there is this misconception that plus size girls just shouldn't exist because they need to lose weight to conform with the rest of the society. So I love the idea that La Farfa, a Japanese fashion magazine, is advocating to combat fat shaming, and negative body imagery, with this idea of "marshmallow girls" which gives a softer, cuter, positive ideal for plus size girls. (I mean, shoot, you guys know I'm a sucker for pro-body image/ideas of any variety, so this just delights me to no end as its right up my fashion alley!)<br />
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To quote my adorable, curvy friend in response to the article: <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[5dyyk].[1][3][1]{comment753198894708829_7930268}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span data-reactid=".r[5dyyk].[1][3][1]{comment753198894708829_7930268}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[5dyyk].[1][3][1]{comment753198894708829_7930268}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0]">"I don't know if this means I am squishy and enjoyable or delicious after being toasted over open flame. Either way, I am pleased.</span></span></span>" (My friend also proposed the idea of "pixie stick girls" for those of us, like me, who are extremely short and petite who fit into nothing because we are so tiny, which made me chuckle. I believe she's on to something there!)<br />
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I really applaud La Farfa for giving plus size girls all around the world a magazine that promotes such cute clothing with the idea that girls of all shapes, sizes, and silhouettes are beautiful. I hope this advocates in the industry globally and we start to see more and more magazines created for the natural beauties of the world!<br />
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It is personally inspiring to me, and more and more I want to learn how to draft patterns for my curvy princesses so I can be skilled enough to also make them beautiful garments. : 3 I really look forward to seeing more of these kinds of articles, magazines, and posts! I hope you too found it inspiring and positive!<br />
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Go, go, go marshmallow girls and girls of all shapes, sizes, and types everywhere!<br />
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And in conclusion to quote the <a href="http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2013/03/things-no-one-will-tell-fat-girls-so-i.html?spref=fb&m=1" target="_blank">Militant Baker</a> from the article, "Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls... So I Will:"<br />
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<b>"You are fucking beautiful.</b> I'm saying this with a straight face
and seriously meaningful look where I maintain eye contact for an
uncomfortable amount of time. I know you don't feel like you fit into
the category of gorgeous that our world creates. I know that its hard. I
know that it's a daily battle. But fuck their fascist beauty standards.
The second you stop looking for a skinny model in your mirror and start
looking at YOU... is the second you will start to appreciate what you
are. Stop looking for flaws. Stop looking for differences. You are
perfect. You are more than enough. You are the best thing that has ever
happened to you. And you are fucking beautiful." -Militant Baker<br />
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<br />pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-3051239652361923242014-01-05T07:04:00.002-08:002014-01-05T07:04:35.524-08:00A Quick Look at a New Design!During this super snowy week/end with work cancelled, we have gotten a little bit of time back to design and work on some new pieces in between the in progress commissions! As I have been in a bit of creative rut lately, I decided to try something different: an all black piece, with only the difference of fabric choices as accents. This is what happened, you can look at it for sale <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174405340/black-velvet-satin-ribbon-swiss-dot-op" target="_blank">here</a>:<br />
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One of my dear friends, a few years ago, had given me this beautiful vintage velvet swiss dot tulle fabric and I have had it tucked away in the drawer as I wasn't quite sure where I wanted to go with it, or what I wanted to do. There was only two yards of it, so I knew until I was sure, I didn't want to waste it!<br />
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For the fabrics, I had a small piece of gorgeous, premium black velvet left over from a previous design and so I chose that for the bodice. I decided to do another sheer chiffon neckline, and accent that with a lightly shimmered organza sleeve. For the under skirt, I selected a baroque black satin that I felt had just enough sheen to make the over skirt swiss dot pop.<br />
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<br />When I started playing with the pattern, I knew I wanted to have a more elegant silhouette so I really scooped the neckline so it would go up, over the shoulder, and swoop down along the back to expose the shoulder blades of the wearer. I've always found lower necklines on the back of dresses terribly attractive on women!<br />
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Originally, I had wanted a silhouette of a very, very full skirt and sleeves but because I had so little of the vintage tulle and width of the organza was a certain size, I went with something more toned down and classic. I compensated that desire of over the top with the over sized, elegant bow and the pretty corset like back with silver eyelets. Beneath the corset like lace up, I inserted a shirred panel which is hidden by the velvet privacy panels.<br />
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Instead of doing something aesthetically even, I decided to do something asymmetrical with the bow at the shoulder and the waist line. Overall, I'm really pleased with how it turned out which I haven't been for a long time, which is a relief. And apparently you all like it too which just pleases me greatly! I have never had over a 1,000+ notes on anything before on <a href="http://sparkle-sparkle-princess.tumblr.com/post/72001650499/theres-a-blizzard-so-i-made-stuff-3-pop" target="_blank">tumblr</a> but all the comments have made me really happy! Thank you for that!<br />
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I hope to show you more in the future, and get my creative head back in the game!<br />
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Annikapop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-89560180290200178012013-12-05T13:03:00.000-08:002013-12-05T13:06:14.674-08:00Vote for Mary in her Pop Princess creation for the GLW Muse Contest! Just a quick post today, to support and encourage my beautiful and amazing friend, Mary! You all know her as one of the Pop Princess ambassadors and models of our brand, and this week she has entered into the Gothic Lolita Wigs contest to be a "muse" at Anime Matsuri!<br />
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She decided to submit her photos wearing the GLW white bob wig and her very own lovely JSK from the Pop Princess Starry Garden collection! Doesn't she look super pretty!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Photo and editing: Minso Photo<br /> JSK: Pop Princess<br /> Wig: Gothic Lolita Wigs<br /> Contacts: Alice and Rabbit's Shop<br /> Model: Marma K</span></span></span> pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-35695993121191269662013-11-13T12:23:00.000-08:002013-11-24T19:14:44.735-08:00When Prince Charming Isn't: An Extremely Lengthy Verse About Breaking UpFor those of you that know me, you know that I am not a very open person about the things that affect me personally in day to day life, or things that have affected me in the past, and that it takes a great amount of trust and effort to open up to anyone, and if I do it means that I trust you enough to do so. I share very little about the things going on inside my head, inside my heart, but to the few I do share it with I know that they'll be able to listen impartially, without judgement. <br />
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Sharing this openly, however, with all of you out there that read this blog and support me not only as a designer, but as a friend even though many of us have never met, is a big step for me and a little scary as I do not like to show my vulnerability to anyone. I am one of those people who would rather excuse myself to cry then do so in front of someone else, or keep the feelings whelming up inside of me to myself than share it with another so as not to burden them. In my mind, it is completely impolite of me to burden another with my problems, which does not make me strong so much as it makes me reclusive and difficult to understand. Normally, I like to keep things up beat and steer my conversations here away from anything personally but in this case, I need to share it. <br />
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This is very long, and very, very, very personal so if you're not interested, just feel free to skip it. <br />
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I have someone very dear to me (several of you in fact, which is absolutely unfathomable to me as each of you are beautiful souls and deserve only the best) right now that is going through a lot of heartache and pain. I feel it is important for me to share my experience with you, with them, so you will realize that even when you're at rock bottom, when all seems absolutely hopeless, pointless, and without reason to go on... that you simply must, that you have to climb tooth and nail out of that darkness. And I will be there for you, even if it means simply listening to you cry, to hold you close, and know that you are not alone, not as long as I walk this earth, I will always be there for you.<br />
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This last year has been hard for me, for many reasons. I moved back home after graduating, living in a reclusive, very very small town and feeling like as hard as I try I am not going anywhere, that on some days I am simply drowning in stagnation. I was diagnosed with a few illnesses in regards to my female parts, which have made me question if I'll ever be able to have a normal relationship with anyone, and am still struggling with surgeries to remove lumps from my chest area, which have thus far turned out to be benign in nature. I am still rebuilding what is left of the very low self esteem I have always had. I lost the boy that I loved for six years in a fatal accident in the summer after he had just returned from serving overseas, which has forever changed me in ways I still cannot express or share with anyone. All of which was set into motion of August 15, 2012 when a 4 year relationship with a man that I was going to get engaged to, move in with, and had intended on sharing my life with, began and ended with a computer.<br />
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It has been almost a year and a half now since the break up, and while I am in a much better state of mental health than I was this time last year, I am still struggling with the after math of being in what I can recognize now as an unhealthy, abusive relationship that if I'm being completely candid with you, nearly destroyed me.<br />
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So this is my story. And if you are going through something similar, please know that you are worth so much more than what you're putting yourself through, and you deserve so much better, and no one, not a single person in this world is worth more than you, yourself. Please stop sacrificing your happiness, and take the more difficult path of picking yourself up, moving on, and putting your life back together.<br />
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It started with a boy. </h3>
We met through mutual friends online, a kind of dating site if you will. His first message was only a few lines, a comment about getting to know someone as beautiful as me, about what I was up to, the lines smooth, polished, charmed. He was older, I was flattered by his charm and interest. Our messages for the next six months were lengthy, conversing about philosophy, literature, music, and personal interests. Even when he was explicitly open about being a philandering hedonist, who was very keen on pursuing me while not being exclusive, it sounded eloquent and inviting. He was talented in that way, of charming the world around him with that desire to blend in, to be wanted, to be a chameleon while at the same time subtly letting you know he believed he was better than the rest of the world. <br />
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Our first encounter was at the airport after he had invited to fly me out to meet him, and without hesitation I went. He stepped out of a dark blue Porsche, pushing his hair back with aviator glasses perched on his head, wearing a fitted black tank top and Dior skinny jeans with a smile that<br />
made it feel as if he'd known you forever. I stood stock still after he kissed me, half dazed and surprised. His eyes were a dark almond, almost black, and the way he carried himself, erect, and proud was only set off by his easy laughter, the way he made you feel at ease, as if you had been acquainted all along. He spoke just as he had written, every note flourished, educated, and soft. To say I wasn't flattered with his desire to wine and dine me would be an understatement. He was new, different, enchanting, and I was all too happy to be swept away, to be shown off to his closest friends, a prized possession to be admired.<br />
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And for a few months, it seemed like for once in my life something good had happened to me, even if our relationship would primarily be long distance, over the phone, and through nightly dates over video messaging. It did not take me long to fall hard after he was the first to say "I love you" and for 6 months all seemed well, until it wasn't. <br />
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It wasn't alright. </h3>
I regret to this day not walking away that first phone call of many that followed, where it was 3 am in the morning and he was on the other end, speech slurred, black out drunk, with more unkindness to say than anyone had ever spoken to me in a lifetime. At first, he was convinced that I was cheating on him, that I was going to meet someone new at college, and leave him and he said he would kill himself if I did that, that it was it for him. Later, the calls became more intense where he would criticize my family, how I looked, how I dressed, why I hadn't called, or why I couldn't just give up everything and come be with him. These calls would leave me crying myself to sleep, not understanding what it was that I had done wrong, or could be doing better to reassure him, and so I made an effort to only speak with girls, never boys, and wait by the phone to answer whenever he called. Every time this happened, he didn't remember what he said. Not a single word. And vehemently denied he had said any of it, that he never would, and that I was "insulting" him as I seemed to do throughout our entire relationship whenever I voiced my unhappiness.<br />
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During our first Christmas together, I went to stay with him. And that's when it became very clear to me that the phone calls were even worse in person, and exactly how utterly selfish, self centered, and temperamental he really was. Our first fight in person was the scariest thing I had faced. I was ill, sick with a fever of 102 and in bed, and he decided that since I was still not 21 and basically being a burden because I was ill, as if I had done it on purpose, that he was going out drinking with his friends, who were already at the house, waiting. When I got upset, unable to comprehend that he was actually going to just leave me to out to a bar without even asking I saw the true side of him. His face was red, literally screaming, swearing at me that I didn't have a right to tell him what to do, and continued to get angrier still when I asked him to quiet down, when I refused to raise my voice, trying not to cry, and so he left. When they returned, I sat in the stairwell listening to them talk about me, talk about why he didn't just break up with me, and I cried myself to sleep. <br />
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And it got worse.</h3>
These instances were not abnormal. And the problem was it became normal, it seemed like it was how it was with everyone, with every normal relationship, that every couple did what we did.<br />
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It didn't matter if I was visiting him, or he was visiting me, or if we were just over the phone. After every time we fought, he would find a way to blame me, that it was my fault that he was upset but after he had cooled down, he acted like nothing happened, smothering me with sweet talk, charming smiles, physical contact and compliments, and telling me that I needed to talk to him more, be more open when things bothered me, which I learned down the road he didn't really want, and then it only made it hard on me. I became afraid to tell him anything, to say anything about what was bothering me, because I knew his temper was so explosive and whenever we would fight he would just scream, and I would sit there crying, shaking uncontrollably. It got so bad at times, he would slam his fists against the table or whatever object was nearby, and I would run upstairs to hide in the bathroom. He showered me with expensive gifts that Christmas, on a regular basis whenever we would fight, and I didn't understand why until later...<br />
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The first clue I got, I didn't actually realize until sometime last year. It dawned on me. It was Valentine's Day weekend, we were at a grocery store to prepare a nice dinner together. While we were shopping, I heard him swear and pushed me into a nearby aisle, and he looked at me and said, "Look can you just wait in the car until I'm done?" I stared at him for what seemed like minutes. "Are you fucking serious? Why?" He was nervous, he kept looking around, then pulled me by the hand, literally dragging me toward the exit. I yanked my hand away, fuming. "Can't you just wait in the car?" he demanded. "Why!?" He proceeded to tell me that his ex was there and he didn't want her to see me with him. I lost it. He couldn't possibly be fucking serious. At the time, I thought he was ashamed to be seen with me. It was only recently that I realized it was a woman who he was sleeping with, and didn't want to be caught by either of us. But I loved him so deeply, and I didn't see it, blinded by all of it.<br />
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A year and a half into our relationship, I found out that he had been pursuing a friend of mine on campus every time he would come to visit. As with everything in our relationship, I found out by accident when I saw a photo of her wearing his stupid, designer Dior jacket on Facebook. I later found out, not only did all my friends and roommates know about it, no one told me. When I confronted him, he lied through his teeth, as he always did when I caught him. He told me it wasn't his jacket. Really? The Dior piece that costed thousands of dollars, and only ten of them were made? Really? He told me it wasn't what I thought. That I was "insulting him" by even suggesting he was liar, while he screamed and cursed at me. I broke down sobbing, shaking, on our kitchen floor, with all my roommates watching and we broke up. I later found out he had invited to fly her out to his house that last summer. I still haven't forgiven her, not because I think she wanted to cheat, but simply because she didn't tell me. The next day, he flooded my email box saying how sorry he was, how much he needed me in his life, that he couldn't go on without me, and showed up at my doorstep after taking a flight out. I knew better. I took him back, and I told him, "If you do this again, we are done. I can't go through it again." And he promised, and there was the first expensive gift. And it took me three years to feel like I could trust him again. What a stupid mistake that was.<br />
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What made it worst, is I believed him. That he said it became easier and easier to lie to me, and they had been seeing each other/keeping in contact for over a year. And he knew it was selfish but he didn't care that it would hurt me, because as long as I didn't know, it was okay. <br />
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But I always wondered, even when I told myself it was me that was being paranoid. That I look back on it now and wonder, why was their a blonde hair in his bedroom? Why was there a pink razor under the sink that wasn't mine? Why did he have empty gift bags of lingerie? Why did he suddenly have to get off the phone, and didn't have time to talk?<br />
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Whenever we had problems, it would always be this way. He would scream, yell, curse, and eventually apologize though that would take weeks. He was never able to genuinely apologize or feel remorse about anything. And he would beg me to stay, that he wanted to spend his life with me. And it was impossible to walk away once I saw him in person, because when he wanted to be, he was charming, caring, and supportive. And so I stayed. <br />
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Throughout our whole relationship, he never failed to remind me that I owed him. That because he gave me money, gave me gifts, and helped me through school that I didn't have a right to complain, because he did all those other things. Whenever I received a gift, I was literally sick to my stomach<br />
wondering who it was he was screwing around with, or what he had done. <br />
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When he publicly shames you in public, and is ashamed of you.</h3>
It took me nearly two years to meet his parents. He was an admitted coward, his words, not mine. I was neither Korean or wealthy, and his parents did not approve. He had never introduced a girl to his parents. In the four years we were together, I met them twice. They said less than a few sentences to me, except to ask me what my parents did for a living, as if that would somehow make me slightly less unacceptable. I had to beg, yell, and scream for him to even let me meet them as he didn't want to be bothered by having to listen to how much they didn't like me, or approve of me, that it was too much of a hassle to grow some balls at any point and tell them he loved me.<br />
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With his friends, it was a different story. I believe he enjoyed showing me off this way, that I was simply the younger girl he was sleeping with, to prove to his friends that he could. He would often let me know that he had been talking to women at bars, at clubs, trying to pick them up for his friends just to let me know that he could do so. <br />
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I cannot count the endless amount of times he humiliated me in public, in front of strangers, friends, anyone who was listening. We would disagree over the smallest things, something that was bothering me and he would immediately raise his voice. I cannot tell you how many forks and plates I stared at in restaurants, begging him to quiet down, to not make a scene. He would leave me in the middle of the street or on sidewalk, storming off as complete strangers stared at us as he yelled, knowing I had no idea where I was or where I was going. It was worse when he had been drinking, and all I could do was clench my fists and pray because it made me unbelievably scared. I once watched him kiss another girl at a club, let his "friend" sexually harass me in the back of a cab, leave and not come back till the next morning, and feel completely justified for his actions because he couldn't remember what he'd done or said the next day. And it was always my fault. That I deserved it, or how I would justify his actions to myself in my head.<br />
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There were a few times he made me feel uncomfortable in public by blatantly feeling me up in front of his friends, and I would just laugh it off like it was okay but it wasn't. It upset me, but I knew what would happen if I said something so I didn't. Sometimes during our relationship, he would actually yell at me because I was too tired to have sex, or I would be really angry at him and he thought it was okay to go ahead and do it anyway, or a couple times that he really hurt me during, even though he knew I had problems with sexual abuse as a child. I only told one person about this and he quickly paid the bill, and escorted me out of the restaurant, and was one of many guys that asked, "Why the hell are you with this person?" and I could really only answer because I loved him. <br />
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There was one time he stopped during the middle, and told me he simply couldn't have sex with me because my short hair cut made him feel like was sleeping with a boy. I returned in kind by cutting it shorter, because it was my body and I would do whatever the fuck I wanted with it. After I had a couple surgeries on my breast to remove lumps, I had (have) terrible scars on my chest and I felt less desirable, that I didn't look like I used to, and he would make me change into a different bra because the one I had on just wasn't sexy enough to keep him interested in the act. Near the end, he really made me feel like I wasn't good enough, that I wasn't attractive enough, when he wasn't interested, or unable to have sex, always telling me he was really distracted by this, that, and the other but I know now it's because he was cheating.<br />
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When you start to believe there's something wrong with you.</h3>
Nearing the middle and end of our relationship, I really started to believe that there was something wrong with me. He would scream at me, "Why was I doing this to him" whenever I tried to voice my unhappiness, and why did I do this, or do that, and why couldn't I just trust him, or why did I have to say anything etc etc. And so I would actually sit some days after these explosive arguments and wonder what was wrong with me, what could I possibly be doing so wrong that I couldn't make this work, and was it really my fault we were so miserable. And in return, I would shower my boyfriend with affection: hand written love notes, cute cards for special occasions, nice home cooked meals, small handmade presents, and I would just try so hard to please him, to keep my mouth shut and not say anything when I was unhappy. I really thought our problems were my fault, so I figured if I tried harder it would change.<br />
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And he promised me he would change. Every time, that he would change. And I waited, stupidly waiting, for all those years and knowing in my heart he couldn't. He just couldn't and wouldn't. At some point in our lives, we are incapable of change and accept who we are, and refuse to move forward, even if it means losing someone. Stop fooling yourself, stop tricking your heart into believing a lie because it's easier to stay with someone than it is to move on and start over, and be alone. <br />
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When he simply doesn't appreciate you/when the things he does make you uncomfortable.</h3>
It was like clock work. Every Christmas, every Valentine's Day, every birthday, and worst of all our anniversaries. He never remembered. Only once, or twice did he even try in the beginning. Even when I reminded him, he would forget. He never planned anything special, and the day would come and he didn't understand why I would be so upset, why my feelings were so hurt when I had painstakingly planned something so special for him. He told me repeatedly that it didn't matter, that he didn't care about things like anniversaries, and it wasn't "a big fucking deal" so why should he bother. The harder I tried, the less he cared, and every time he would always promise to do better, to remember next year, that he would make it up to me. It made me feel like I didn't matter, that I wasn't good enough for him to take the time to even write me a simple card to show he cared. In the end, he didn't. I know that now. He is a self centered, ego maniac who only cares about the closet lined wall to wall with expensive clothing, what kind of car he drives, and how much money he makes, and whether or not he could be skinny enough to reach his cross country weight in high school and did he look fat to me, or did he look good, which he felt compelled to comment on after every meal and shower.<br />
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I won't even get into the many uncomfortable conversations or situations we ended up in because he decided to quit drinking, and switch back to soft drugs, which seemed justifiable enough to lie to me about regardless of how many times I caught him. But I stuck with it, because he would change, or he would stop. He didn't stop, he just got better about not getting caught. <br />
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You're doing it to yourself.</h3>
When you find yourself huddled in the corner of a dark bathroom, with the door locked and closed for the millionth time, and you're sobbing, shaking uncontrollably, and thinking to yourself, "Why is this still happening? Why am I still with this person?" it's time to look at the truth. You are doing it yourself. I was. I know I was. And I know several people tried so hard to show me that. But until I was ready to accept it, to say, "fuck this shit, I deserve better" and actually commit to it, I kept at it, because apparently I am a glutton for misery and think so god damn little of myself, that I felt like that is all I deserved.<br />
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I knew what I had to do and I never did it. Not till last year. <br />
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The breaking point: when you simply can't take anymore.</h3>
We broke up several times in the course of our relationship. And every time he would win me back. And I would give in. He would shower me with affection, sweetness, and be overly complimentary and kind, at least for a little while. We would never talk about our problems. His solution was moving on, and never speaking about them openly. I don't believe he'll ever be able to share his feelings with anyone, he simply is incapable. Yet somehow we kept going, talking about marriage, having kids, moving in together, and what our future might be like.<br />
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This is not to say I didn't love him. I loved him more than I ever thought possible. I would have and did whatever was in my power to make him happy, even sacrificing my own happiness to be with him. I loved him so much that I really could not see my life without him in it, and every time we fought, and I wanted to end it, I went back because I wanted it to be true, I wanted to believe we could be so much more.<br />
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August 15, 2012. We were on a video chat date. We were typing. He said he was sick, that he didn't want to talk. He was being so affectionate, so playful, and kind. All summer he had had less and less time for me, always traveling, always working, only a 5 minute conversation here and there where he would abruptly have to go. I knew something was wrong, I could feel it in my chest. He looked happy, so happy, and so sweet and kind. I was his "little bear" and he was so excited for me to move in with him, so we could be together and I really felt like this was it, that I finally got to be with him after so many years of long distance.<br />
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And then she walked in. A woman with long blonde hair, skinny, tall, model like. He slammed the computer lid shut. He thought I didn't see. My heart started slamming in my chest, I couldn't breathe, I felt like I was gasping for air as a sudden panic attack started whelming up, and the shaking set in. I kept calling, no answer. I kept texting, no answer. I began to cry, I felt like I was being torn from limb to limb in a thousand pieces. Soon I was hyperventilating, and the phone buzzed with a text. "Sorry, the internet died. Trying to fix it." I switched between texting and calling. "Who the fuck is that? Who the fuck is she," I replied. I left a message something to the effect of (but probably with a lot more swearing), he had better have a really good god damned explanation for this and he had better pick up the phone. <br />
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He called. Lying, blatantly lying, without shame. He thought I hadn't seen her. "What are you talking about? There's no one here. The internet is down and I'm trying to fix it." I swore to god that if he didn't stop lying to me right then that was it, because even in that moment I didn't want to believe it. He told me I was seeing things. No one was there. And finally I screamed, "I fucking saw her! Who is the blonde bitch in your apartment?" Silence. Absolute silence. It lasted for what seemed a life time. And finally, quietly, on the other end, "It's not what you think." I sunk to the floor, wailing like a wounded animal; my heart felt like it was pounding in my ears, that I couldn't get enough air, and I just screamed, wailed, cried, how could he do this to me again and that I hated him, over and over and over.<br />
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He tried to tell me she was just a friend, a dealer actually. And that yet again, he just didn't want to tell me. He felt like as long as I didn't know it was okay. I could not listen to another fucking lie. In that moment, I was filled with so much anger and pain that if I had to listen to one more thing, I would lose it. I screamed at him that I couldn't believe he was cheating on me again, and that it was fucking over and I never wanted to speak to him again.<br />
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And so it began.<br />
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When the darkness started spreading. </h3>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">This is very painful for me to be sharing, so please bear with me. </span><br />
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To say that I took the break up hard would be a vast understatement. I don't think anyone at the time, not even my family knew how bad off I was, since I was living by myself, isolated, and alone. I actually am thankful for this, that they didn't see me, because for a long time I felt like I was literally losing my mind.<br />
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As soon as we broke up, I could not stop crying. I mean, just when you think that you can't possibly cry anymore, when your head is pounding against your temples, and your eyes literally ache from the tears, you start again. It was not minutes after I hung up the phone and I stumbled down stairs to find a box, and immediately threw everything of his, everything he had give me in boxes. I was so upset I was sick to my stomach, yelling at myself out loud about how stupid I was, that I was so stupid, and yet I kept reading his texts, kept reading his emails, and even picking up the phone.<br />
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When you're with someone for that long, it's not just about the break up. Once you've spoken to someone every single day for fours years, relying on them for emotional support, sharing your highest moments and your lowest lows, you crave that contact in a way I simply can't explain. You aren't just losing a lover, you have lost your best friend. The hours are the worst, they simply tick by one by one, slower and slower, and for me I couldn't handle it, and didn't handle it.<br />
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The worst part was the uncontrollable sobbing. For weeks, I would cry myself to sleep, wake up crying, and as soon as it stopped I would begin again. I literally could not stop. I would be sobbing over a bowl of cereal, or crumpled down in the middle of taking a shower and just wailing. I could be completely, desperately focused on something else and absolutely nothing would trigger these sobbing spells, and it would last for hours, literally hours. Just over and over and over again. I would have whole conversations with myself about what a complete idiot I was, and that I deserved it, that I deserved to be in this much pain. I felt so absolutely alone, worthless, and unworthy of another person.<br />
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I let the isolation take me over. I had never felt more alone in my life as I did right then. There were days that I would literally not get out of bed, I would just lie there, not because I could sleep but because I was so exhausted it hurt to move. At some point, I stopped eating. Not because I wasn't hungry, but because even the idea of eating made me feel ill and when I tried I would be sick. I forced myself to eat, which made me feel disgusting as I would have to hold back gagging just to make sure I had eaten something, anything. It had been nearly three months and I still couldn't control the crying. At the time, I had no job so I had literally nothing to do but face the endless hours alone, by myself, just thinking.<br />
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And then I went to the female doctor for a yearly check up, and my life plummeted to its absolutely lowest point. Not only did she find that my cervix was torn (from sometime that summer when I had visited my then boyfriend, and he had been rough, and after that sex was incredibly painful for months) but had been bleeding profusely internally which caused a very serious infection, which actually explained a lot. She started me on a bunch of medication to clear it up. (This next part I am still ashamed to admit, so please realize this is very, very hard for me to say.) I get a call a couple of days later to find out, oh hey, you have a completely treatable STD from your "partners," with the implication that I had multiples, thank you nurse for completely making me feel worse in that moment. Not only that, but I needed to "inform them" of this so they could get treatment, and oh I needed to come in for a bunch more tests.<br />
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I should probably have mentioned at some point that he was my first, and only guy I have ever had sex with. So what happened next was worse. I was furious. I called him, told him, and he had the stones to proceed to scream at me that I, yes me, had been cheating on him and I got it from another guy. That was it for me, rock bottom, what was left of my low self esteem was gone.<br />
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I took three showers that day, and the crying started up again. I have never felt so absolutely violated, dirty, and used. I felt less than human, like a rug that people continually wiped their boots on, and that I deserved it. That I was so worthless, so undesirable, and useless that it didn't matter what happened to me. And for the next week, all I could think about is why I hadn't killed myself yet. Why I even bothered, what was the point. And that I was going to do it. It wasn't that I wanted to kill myself, it was that I literally did not want to be alive, that I wanted to be dead somehow, and that it would be a relief. That it hurt that much, that it seemed completely rational. That it would make it better. I didn't want to think about the aftermath. I didn't want to think about how my friends, or family would react, but that I just no longer wanted to exist, that I was unworthy of living. <br />
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And so during one of my 4 hour sobbing fits, I sat down next to my bed with a bottle of pills clenched in my hand the entire time, telling myself it was the right thing to do. And then I opened them, and I looked at my phone and I called my best friend, and I told her what happened, and that I couldn't go on, that I couldn't do it anymore, that I felt like such trash and I just couldn't. And she told me she was on her way. She got in her car and she drove out that night. And I don't think I ever told her, not out loud, but she literally saved my life because for the first time in months since the break up, sitting beside her quietly by the lake while she sat with me, I felt at peace.<br />
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She went with me to my next series of doctor appointments, held my hand, and simply listened to me cry a lot, but most importantly she showed me that I wasn't alone and in my darkest moment, I needed to hear it. <br />
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Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger, the person that you take a bullet for is behind the trigger. </h3>
So when I tell you, that I understand what it is you're going through, how you feel like you can't go on and you think that there is no hope left and this is it for you... I really understand. It's not some platitude of comfort, you are not a burden to shy away from me. I am there for you. I will listen. And when you reach those dark places, please reach out to someone. Even if I don't know you, I will listen.<br />
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You made the choice to stay with someone that treated you like shit, that continues to treat you like shit, and even if you can't admit it to yourself, I will scream to the world that you don't deserve it. That you are so much better than him. I'm not quite there yet, I will admit, but I am in such a better place than I was because I realize, even for all the good things he may do for you... you don't deserve the rest, you do NOT have to put up with it, you do not deserve it, and most importantly... you do not need him. Having another guy or girl in your life is great, sometimes, unless they treat you poorly and then it's a fucking nightmare, and you choose your own happiness or misery. Only you can choose to live better, to be better, to pick up those shattered pieces and start painstakingly putting yourself back together, putting your life on track, and taking a really good hard, painful look at who you are and what it is you really deserve. Not a single person is responsible for your happiness, success, misery, or failure except you.<br />
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I know it's hard, but slowly, as scared as you might be about being alone, about having to face yourself and answer for your own inaction... you need to do it, and decide what it is you want. You don't need him, or her. There is nothing more scary than staring yourself down in the mirror, and wondering what the fuck it is you're doing with your life, but one you do, even if it seems like you're going no where, just keep moving.<br />
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Don't make my mistake, don't try to keep in contact with your ex. It's not good for you, and once it's done, it's done. Do the hard thing, change your number, your email, whatever you have to do, because it is so easy to open that email or pick up that phone and wonder why you're still doing it.<br />
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I still have days where it really, really, really hurts, and I am still working on making myself better, mentally, emotionally, and physically. But if you don't keep moving, you'll drown. And I still wonder on a fairly regular basis about what it is I'm doing with my life, and I still have to force myself not to say aloud or in my head that I am stupid, because it's really self defeating and it's really not your fault, to some extent yes, but you didn't do anything to deserve it. I'm not strong, not really, I am pretty weak in most cases but I know with a certainty, that if I don't put myself back together, I will fall apart and so I just keep going, no matter how dark it is. <br />
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You know who you are, and I love you. You are beautiful, you are smart, intelligent, and one of the most heartfelt, genuine people I know, and you can do this. I will help you do it, and you won't have to wonder if you're alone, because I will be there. No one is worth losing yourself, not a single human being, but only you can make that choice.<br />
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I love you, and that's all you need to know.<br />
xoxo<br />
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING, CUTIE PRINCESSES!</h3>
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1st Place: KIELI HEART</h3>
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2nd Place: MISS ROSE</h3>
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3rd Place: CHAUVINISTSUSHI </h3>
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Using random.org, we input our submissions from both tumblr, as well as here on our blog, and here are the winners of the cute prizes! ^^ Thank you to everyone that entered and continually support Pop Princess! I really appreciate those of you that read (and followed!) the rules about leaving a comment about what it was that you liked best about Pop Princess! The feedback was immensely helpful not only to me as a designer, but really inspiring to hear all the kind things each of you said! It means so much, thank you!!! I am going to do my best to try all the things you said! </div>
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Okay, winners! Now it's time to get your prizes. Please message me at the official Pop Princess email address, please tell me your name (ID name you used to apply) and the prize you won, along with your full name and address so I can send them! ^^ </div>
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THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! <3 You're the best!</div>
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<br />pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-39154890715140431882013-10-22T10:49:00.003-07:002013-10-27T07:50:16.742-07:00Pop Princess 1000 Followers Give Away! ^^ Cute prizes to be had! Good morning, princesses! As you well know, we announced on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">fan page</a> just the other day that we had finally hit a 1000 followers, friends, fans, and Candy Kingdom royalty joining our little Pop Princess brand! <br />
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We have started off the celebration with the following coupon code that is good in the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/lepopprincess" target="_blank">shop</a> until November the 1st! Receive 10% off your total purchase of $10 or more! : )<br />
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Now for the real deal though, as your votes were tallied up and you all decided that you would love for Pop Princess to giveaway special prizes from the shop! : ) To keep in line with our fairy tale theme, the following cuties are up for grabs!<br />
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<b>(2nd place)</b> Snow White Fairy Tale Pink Ribbon Cameo Necklace with Glass Pearls and Resin Heart<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>(3rd place)</b> Gold plated filigree cameo ring featuring cute woodland creatures; adjustable</td></tr>
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♥ How to Enter: Rules and Info ♥</div>
To enter this cute contest, please <b>leave a comment below</b> of proof of <b>sharing this blog post link</b> with other cute princesses. (i.e. The link to your personal blog, tumblr, etc of where you've shared this contest.)<br />
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repost this link in three different places, your name is entered three times,
giving you a better chance of being selected.<br />
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In addition to simply sharing this contest with friends, <b>please tell us one thing that you love best about Pop Princess</b> and why, and what you'd love to see more of, in your comment. (This can be an item, a particular design in the shop, etc.) <br />
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I will also be including raffle submissions on our <a href="http://sparkle-sparkle-princess.tumblr.com/post/64788299114/happy-1000-followers-for-pop-princess-the-give" target="_blank">tumblr</a> should you be more comfortable with submitting that way!<br />
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On Sunday, <b>November the 10th</b>, the names of winners
will be randomly selected using an online raffle generator and will be announced on this blog. I will then ask selected winners to email the official Pop Princess email with their contact info and shipping address. If I do not hear from a selected winner within 3 days, the prize will be given to the next in line. (Please don't leave your personal contact info/email in your comments for safety reasons!)<br />
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Good luck, my sweets! And thank you for always supporting Pop Princess in all our grand adventures together! xo Annika <br />
<br />pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-80799120074345488542013-10-19T14:32:00.002-07:002013-10-19T14:32:39.365-07:00<span class="userContent">Happy 1000+ followers today! Hip-hip-hooray! ♥
Thank you for always being there to support Pop Princess with all your
kindness, princesses! ^^ Without you, we wouldn't even be here! <br /> <br />
To celebrate, you can use the following coupon code from now until
November the 1st to receive 10% off your purchase of $10 or more! : ) ♥ </span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><br /> <br /> Thank you again for being so wonderful! xoxo Keep an eye out on the fan page for news about our giveaway celebration too! <3 </span>pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-33912068032244631022013-09-20T07:15:00.000-07:002013-09-20T07:15:03.929-07:00Pop Princess 1000+ Followers Give Away Celebration! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're almost there, princesses! <3 Only 20 more followers to go before we break a 1000! ^^<br />
So far, the Pop Princess give away is in the lead from our last poll of how you all would like to<br />
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Let's see what you would like for us to give away, and if you have anything specific you'd like for the give away, please leave us a comment either here or on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">royal fan page</a>! Go ahead and vote! : 3 And the sooner we break a thousand, the sooner we can celebrate with lots of cute pomp and circumstance! <br />
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Illustration Designs:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> There are TWO different styles of the
illustrated print available, one features the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">star crisscross</i></b> design at
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Options:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> We are offering different price ranges for two lining
options: a full lining, or a partial lining. All seams inside garment are fully
finished, meaning no raw edges show! See photos below: </span></div>
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Period:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">August
30th – <sup>??????</sup> </span></div>
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Deposit Payment Period: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">August 30th- ????</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pop Princess accepts PayPal payments! </span></div>
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You may choose to pay the full deposit up front at time of invoice, however, we
happily offer a spilt payment plan: 50/50. We prefer to have 50% of the deposit
when the reservation closes upon invoice and then the other 50% + shipment when
your garment is completed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Your first 50% payment is
NON-REFUNDABLE, so if you back out of the reservation sale or change your mind,
please, realize this money will not be refunded as it pays for the garment’s
materials/fabric costs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*A Note about Additional Payment Plans:
I am offering a very small number (5) extended payment plans over a longer period
of time. If there is an opening available, and I will work out the details with
you under “VIP Princesses.” Please provide me with a site (EGL, Etsy) with 100%
good feedback to be eligible. I may consider taking on more, if there is a lot
of interest. Note: your garment will be shipped when all payments are
completed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deposits must be paid within 3 days of
receiving the invoice after ordering. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Final payment + shipping cost is
required before the garment will be shipped. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since Pop Princess’ Etsy shop also
serves as a portfolio, we would like to list all finished pieces on Etsy, which
allows for easy check out and final payment which includes amount owed plus
shipping cost! The shop accepts both PayPal and major credit cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you do not have an account with Etsy
and would like us to simply invoice you through Paypal, please let us know. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">VIP
Princesses: (5 extended payment slots)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pop Princess uses <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">USPS</b> (United States Postal Service) for the delivery of all
packages. We will only be shipping our deliveries in boxes or mailer envelopes,
allowing for better protection of the garments and reduces the wrinkles you’ll
need to iron later. : ) </span></div>
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Yes, we do international shipping! Shipping varies from country to country
based upon the size/weight of the item. However, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">most </i>international shipping cost should be about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$23.95</b> for most countries in a small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Priority flat rate cushioned mailer
envelope</b> with a 6-10 business day delivery estimate. You may choose a
Priority medium box if you like but the shipping price is usually much, much
higher. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For US customers: I only ship priority
mail, which includes a tracking number! For small garments like the skirt,
shipping cost will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$8.00 in a small
Priority flat rate envelope</b> with a 2 day delivery time, and for larger
garments like the JSK and OP, the cost will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$12.35 in a medium Priority box</b> with a 2 day delivery time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please allow 1-3 days for us to take
your parcel to the post office for delivery after payment completion! This
designer also works part-time and is not always able to get the items out straight
away, though I do my best for a quick turn around time! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fabric:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">
This adorable illustration was completed by the talented Flor Lopez in
collaboration with Pop Princess! It is in beloved memory of my little bunny,
Hopscotch. I believe every day that she is frolicking about in heaven’s garden,
while gazing up at falling stars and watching over me peacefully in the night
sky. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">This illustration is printed on lovely organic cotton sateen
that has a light, matte shimmer to it and a lovely drape and weight. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">There are 4 yards + fabric in the skirt/hem of each garment
which can easily fit 1-4 petticoats depending on the cupcake size you’re going
for! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">***Decorative
Laces:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> The laces on the designs of these garments are vintage crochet
and are dyed by hand to match the garment, and very delicate in nature. Please
do NOT pull tight on these, as they are only meant to be decorative and will
tear. </span></div>
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our seams are finished with either French seams or a Hong Kong bias for a more
professional, and beautiful garment. This process takes a bit longer, but looks
much nicer in the end. We do not use sergers here at Pop Princess! </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even our hems are completely finished with a blind stitch by
hand for a clean, pretty finish which can take anywhere from 2-4 hours!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Please, dry clean your garment the first time! After this, I
recommend a cold, delicate wash either by hand or on gentle cycle. Do not
machine dry. Please, hang or air dry. Iron on low heat, with the garment turned
INSIDE out. Please do not place the iron directly on the outside of the fabric,
as it is very delicate material! </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">We will send for the fabrics to be printed 24 hours after the
reservation period closes, and all initial payment deposits have been made.
Depending on the size of the order the fabric printing will take anywhere
between 2-3 weeks, and will take about 3-5 days to ship from the printers to
us! We will let you know if there are any delays!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">All garments will be completed in the order that they are
received! Depending on the difficulty of the garment, it can take anywhere
between 1 week to 3 weeks to finish, sometimes less if I have days off in a row.
Again, bear in mind I do work part-time at another job so I will let you know
if there are any delays!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">We will be creating a live Google Doc for you to check on the
status of your order, and for you to see your place in line. We will also be
sending out emails letting you know when we have started your garment! </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Please remember to always have a friendly buddy or partner in
crime take your measurements for you! Please use a soft measuring tape, and
always add a ½ inch to your bust, waist, and hip measurements to allow for
“ease.” </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Taking your own measurements results in inaccuracy and will
provide for an ill-fitting garment, which is either too big or too small for
you. Pop Princess will not take responsibility for a customer ordering the
wrong size, so please be extra careful! </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Never pull the measuring tape tight against your body, as
this will cause the garment to be extremely tight fitting! You want a comfy
garment, not a modern day method of torture to squeeze in to!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also when measuring, make sure to wear
clothes that fit you well, nothing loose or baggy, as this will make the
garment too big. Try a simple jeans and t-shirt! </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Since the JSK and OP will be based partially upon cup size,
make sure you’re wearing a bra that is natural and does not have a gigantic
amount of padding in it! </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">See our video/tutorial here: <a href="http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-quick-guide-on-measuring-for-pop.html">http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-quick-guide-on-measuring-for-pop.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">*Note: All garments will sit at the “natural waist” which is
narrowest part of the torso, usually around the belly button area. I cannot
offer different, custom lengths for torso sizes so read carefully! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">-Size 8-Size 10:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> B 35-37 inches, W 27-29 inches, H 38-40 inches</span></div>
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inches, H 41-42 inches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">-Size 14:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> B 41 inches, W 34 inches, H 43 inches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">-Size 22:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> B 49 inches, W 42 inches, H 51 inches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">-Size 28:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> B 55 inches, W 48 inches, H 57 inches</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Craftsmanship, Return Policy &
Exchange -</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Since these fabrics are being printed with water based inks,
minor misprints can happen which are usually unnoticeable to the eye like small
flecks of white where the printer missed. Tiny misprints cannot be grounds for
return & exchange. However I will look at your claims case-by-case and if
deemed severe enough, I will replace your garment.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Garments
cannot be exchanged if they have been worn in any way or have been damaged
(including but not limited to pet stains/odor, make-up stains,
perfume/cigarette odor, rips, etc). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">If
you are unhappy with your garment, please, contact us! I am happy to assist you
if I can. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">If
the garment has been approved for return, the customer must do so within 7 days
of receiving it, having previously notified Pop Princess via email. All
garments must be returned with all pieces: including tags, extra
thread/buttons, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">If a
garment is returned, the customer will be responsible to pay return shipping
and incur a “relisting/restock” fee. The customer will then be refunded only
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">second half</b> of the deposit minus
shipping, or have the garment replaced. Refunds will only be given AFTER the
garment has been shipped and is in the possession of Pop Princess. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Since
all the design and seamstress work is done by hand, please, know that I try my
hardest to make an absolutely beautiful garment and am very picky about things
being done correctly, but human error and inconsistencies can occur such as,
but not limited to: +/- ½ inch measurement, loose threads, uneven stitching,
etc. Please be aware of this before ordering as it cannot be a basis for
return/exchange, unless a severe case. </span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">I take personal pride in making sure all transactions go
smoothly, and that my beautiful princesses are happy with their purchase!
Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you, and I will do my best
to oblige. Thank you again for your continuous support! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Natural Waist: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">22-42 inches</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(I have a little more wiggle room for length of
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Materials: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Organic cotton sateen, shimmer organza,
pin back, elastic, pearl buttons, interfacing</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Features: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Removable waist ties, side zip, partial
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Price with Partial Lining:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 0-12: $200.00, 12-20:
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sizes Available 0-14</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Bust: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">30-41 inches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Natural Waist: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">22-34 inches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Hip: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Loose/Free<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Materials: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Organic cotton sateen, poly chiffon,
elastic, satin ribbon, vintage cotton lace, interfacing</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Features: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">center back zip, no shirring, lace up
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pattern or Simple Stars?</span></li>
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inch for ease, please!), and have a friend help!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Height:
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Front
Body Width:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Bust:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Bra
Cup Size:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Natural
Waist (smallest area of torso, usually belly button):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Hip:
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Width
Across Shoulders:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Front
Torso Length: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Natural
Waist to Knee Length: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">(If
you’re ordering the OP with Sleeves, additional measurements:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Arm
Length:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Bicep:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Elbow:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">-Wrist:
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Replies will be made
in 2-3 business days! Thanks for understanding! Again, any questions: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="mailto:lepopprincess@gmail.com">lepopprincess@gmail.com</a>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1. Do you ship worldwide?</b><br />
We certainly do! Please read our “shipping” section at the top for more info! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1a.
Where do you ship from?</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
Ohio, United States!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. How long does it take to get a dress/skirt/etc?</b><br />
Please reread the “printing/process” section!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3. Do you accept payment plans?</b><br />
Yes, we do accept payment plan which are in a “split payment” of 50% up front,
and the final payment + shipping upon completion. For details please go back to
top of the page and read "payment."<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">4. Are you able to do custom sizing? </b><br />
We are unable to take custom sizing at this time, sorry! <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5. Are colorways in the photos true to
real life?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please realize that the colors
that show up on the monitor/screen of your computer may differ from how they
appear in real life, and vary from lighting, etc. We try to photograph our
pieces in natural lighting to get them as close as possible!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
How do I know what size I am? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please read the
“sizing/measurements” section again. As long as you give us accurate
measurements, we’ll make sure to pick the right pattern/size of the garment for
you </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See our video/written guide for
measuring here: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-quick-guide-on-measuring-for-pop.html">http://lepopprincess.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-quick-guide-on-measuring-for-pop.html</a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Are all sizes available for all garments, and how do I care for my garment? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only certain sizes are available
for each design at this time. Read carefully to see what sizes/measurements are
offered for each garment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please read the “care” section
again! Remember dry clean first, then cold, delicate wash and line dry!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Are your patterns/sewing/garments/designs made by hand or by a factory? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even though I say a lot of
plurals like “we” and “us,” please realize that everything is made by Miss
Annika Simmons here at Pop Princess from start to finish! So there’s no sewing
studio or factory here… unless you count the designer as a machine of course?
This is a one girl show! I make the designs, draft the patterns, do the fit
samples, the sewing, the photography, etc---you name it, I do it! : o</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
What is your return policy? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please read “return policy”
section.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Do you sell your fabric? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since the fabric is a
collaboration between Pop Princess and the lovely illustrator, Flor Lopez of
Coffeshere, we do not sell our fabrics at this time as this would infringe upon
copyright and our contractual agreement, sorry!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
What is the difference between a partial and full lining again? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pop Princess wanted to be able to
offer a decent price range, by offering different options of how people wanted
their dresses/garments. A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">partial lining</b>
means that only the bodice part of the garment is lined, and a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">full lining</b> means both the bodice and
the skirt is lined. A full lining basically just means you are adding an under
slip! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keep in mind, all seams are
completely finished with French seams and Hong Kong bias so there are no loose
threads or anything on the inside of the garment shown with a partial lining.
It’s really just personal preference! Remember to see our pictures for
examples! : ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember, feel free to leave us any questions you might have!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you prefer to ask through EGL, here is the reservation page below: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://egl-comm-sales.livejournal.com/21928027.html" target="_blank">http://egl-comm-sales.livejournal.com/21928027.html</a> </span></div>
pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-88377690148820610462013-08-29T14:02:00.000-07:002013-08-29T15:15:35.759-07:00A Quick Guide on Measuring! for Pop Princess Good Morning, my princesses!<br />
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I wanted this quick tutorial set up to go hand in hand with our Starry Garden release! I illustrated the bits for it forever ago, but life was so busy I never got the chance to upload it! : o Let's get to it!<br />
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1. Have a frilly friend on hand for assistance!</h3>
The most important part of this tutorial is this step right here! No, really! One of the number one problems that any designer has when doing a commission is having a client give them incorrect measurements, which results in an ill fitting garment that is either too tight or too loose.<br />
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The mistake a lot of people make is trying to measure themselves, well, by themselves, with no help.<br />
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You know the feeling: You've got the tape measure hoisted up around your chest but it keeps slip sliding around, and it won't stay where you want it to, and it may not be in the right place to begin with, so you just pull the tape measure really, really tight to keep it in place..... Right?<br />
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And then all the sudden, your dress arrives and sac le bleu! It is WAY too tight!<br />
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Or perhaps you've got it way too loose and you're just like, "Eh, good enough" and then your dress gets there and it doesn't fit you well, and you look like a frumpy mess!<br />
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So pretty pretty please, have a frilly friend, a loved one, or prince charming help you get the correct measurements by following this guide!<br />
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The only way to get a perfectly fitted, tailored dress is ideally to let the designer fit you in person, but since I can't fly out to each and every one of your beautiful kingdoms (though I would like that!) to do so, make sure you're careful. : )<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Things You'll Need to Continue this Adventure: </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-A Frilly Friend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-A Soft Measuring Tape</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-A Bit of Elastic, any kind will do </span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></b><br />
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2. Measuring Naturally, or Go Ahead and Stand Normal, silly!</h3>
The second mistake a lot of people tend to make is how they stand, or move while being measured or during a fitting. Yeah, you wanna stand like a rigid Barbie who has the most immaculate posture so you're at your tallest, right? And lift your arms, and do all sorts of crazy stuff too!<br />
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But is that how you stand, move, react normally on a day to day basis? Of course not! I, for one, have the worst posture in the world unless I'm wearing heels. : )<br />
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When you're being measured, remember to just stand how you would normally. Don't worry about straightening back your shoulders, or standing super super straight. And when the person is measuring you around the <b>bust, waist, hips</b> area---do NOT lift up your arms. Let the person slip the measuring tape under your arms, and around you, while those arms just hang naturally by your side. This will give a more accurate circumference of your torso. <br />
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3. What You're Wearing Matters, Sort Of.</h3>
Before we get started, it's important to note how you are dressed. Not that you don't look beautiful I'm sure! When doing a fitting it's really important for the client to be dressed in a way that is easy for the person measuring to do their job and know the results are accurate. When I did fittings regularly, I always asked my girls to wear things that fit them well---most of the times they wore leggings and a tank, or a nice fitting t-shirt and some skinny jeans.<br />
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Having clothing that is too loose or baggy will add "bulk" to the measurements your partner will be taking. So dress for the occasion! There's no need to strip down to your skivvies for this, just wear things that are fitted!<br />
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Lastly, please wear a bra that is natural and does not have a lot of padding in it. This will also cause the garment to be too loose, and ill fitting because it adds a lot of bulk. Unless that's the bra you know for certain you will be wearing only with the garment, natural is better! <br />
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4. Get Out That Elastic! </h3>
The first thing we do during a fitting is turn our models into a dress form. (I know you're thinking, whatttt are you talking about, crazy person.) Remember that elastic I told you you needed earlier, now is the time to pull that out.<br />
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Wrap the elastic around your <b>natural waist</b> (whenever I say this please remember it is the narrowest or smallest part of the waist, which is usually your belly button area on most girls) and go ahead and make it snug than knot it or tie into a little bow.<br />
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This turns you into a dress form, voila! It is easier to take basic measurements knowing where this line is. : )<br />
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When measuring you want to make sure you are either measuring from the top edge of the elastic or the bottom edge, not somewhere in the middle. So make a choice and stick to it, eh? <br />
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5. It's time to get intimate! With your tape measure that is... Bust/Waist/Hips</h3>
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Remember your measurements should be a full circumference of your body, not just a front or back half! And have your partner hold the measuring tape comfortably around your body, not too tight, or too loose, just naturally. <br />
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And when you're sending me your measurements in particular, always <b>add 1/2 inch</b> onto the original measurement you took. This is called "ease" which just makes sure the garment will be a comfortable fit. <br />
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<b>Front Body Width:</b> This is located 1/2" below the armpits. <b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>Bust</b>: This measurement is always taken at the widest point of our bust, a.k.a. the "apex" and if we're going to be technical about it (or a bit salacious you might say! : o) this is located at the nipples. <b> </b><br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>Natural Waist: </b>We're all shaped differently, but usually this measurement is taken at the smallest part of your waist, usually located at the belly button area but not always (or where your elastic currently is!) If you're having trouble locating where yours is, just look in the mirror: where does your waist dip or curve in at the most? <br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>High Hips:</b> This measurement is taken <b>3 1/2 inches below</b> the natural waist. So measure down from your natural waist, or the measuring tape area, and then take that circumference measurement. <br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>Hips:</b> This measurement is usually the widest part of our torso, and can be found <b>7 inches below</b> our natural waist. So measure down from your natural waist/ measuring tape, and then take that circumference measurement.<br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b> <br />
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(See why that tape measure is so handy now, eh?)<br />
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<b> Torso Length: </b>This measurement allows for me to know the length of your full torso. This measurement is taken from your collarbone and extends down to your natural waist, or where your tape measure is. <br />
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6. If you have sleeves, we'll need these! (Oh dear, I'm rhyming now...)</h3>
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This set of measurements is also ones that you want to <b>add ease</b> to, including: bicep, elbow, forearm, and wrist.<br />
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<b>Shoulder Width: </b>This measurement is taken from the edge, or tip of one shoulder and to the other edge, tip of the shoulder. You are only measuring the FRONT part of you for this one, not the circumference. <br />
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<b>Arm Length: </b>You know how I said not to bend your arm? Well for this one, you want to. : ) You want to measure from the top of your shoulder, over the elbow, and down to the wrist bone with your arm in a bent position making kind of a right angle. <b></b><br />
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<b>Bicep: </b>This is the widest part of arm when flexed (look how muscley and strong you are!) and can be found 1 inch below the armpit, or wherever your arm is the widest. So measure that and get the circumference.<br />
<b>+ 2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>Elbow: </b>This is another area where you want to have your arm bent. Bend your arm, and measure the elbow at its widest point to get circumference. <br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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<b>Wrist: </b>This one is easy, find your wrist bone and measure from there to get the circumference!<br />
<b>+ 1/2 inch.</b><br />
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7. A Quick Summary of Measurements Needed & Stuff: </h3>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">*</span>Always have a buddy help you measure yourself!<br />
*You need a soft measuring tape and elastic<br />
*Wear fitted clothing<br />
*Stand naturally<br />
*Never hold the measuring tape too tight, or too loose!! Just right!<br />
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<b>Front Body Width: </b>Located 1/2" below armpit, +1/2 inch of ease<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Bust: </b>Located at the apex, widest point, + 1/2 inch of ease<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Natural Waist: </b>Located at the smallest part, belly button, + 1/2 inch of ease<b><br /></b><br />
<b>High Hip: </b>Located 3 1/2 inches below natural waist, add 1/2 inch of ease <b><br /></b><br />
<b>Hip: </b>Located 7 inches below natural waist, add 1/2 inch of ease<b><br /></b><br />
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<b>Torso Length: </b>Located from collarbone to natural waist<b><br /></b><br />
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<b>Shoulder Width: </b>Located from edge of shoulder to edge of shoulder, front only<b> </b><br />
<b>Arm Length: </b>Bend arm, located from top of shoulder to wrist <b><br /></b><br />
<b>Bicep: </b>Widest part of arm, + 2 inches of ease<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Elbow: </b>Bend arm, + 1/2 inch of ease<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Wrist: </b>Located near the wrist bone, + 1/2 inch of ease <br />
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Whew! I hope that wasn't too much info for everyone! *0* And I hope it was helpful! Perhaps we can make a more in depth version later!<br />
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For now, lets embarrass myself with this all new video guide tutorial! : O<br />
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xo<br />
Annikapop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-28639449387421237622013-06-20T16:00:00.001-07:002013-06-20T16:00:12.405-07:00Otakon 2013: Support the Indie Lolita Fashion Show! Hello my lovely wonderful followers,<br />
<br />I am sure a lot of you have seen this already if you are a fan of the Pop Princess Facebook page, but I wanted to reiterate it here on the blog just to get the word out there to as many darling lolita darlings, fashion lovers, and Pop Princess' fans as possible.<br />
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As I'm sure you already know, by looking at the Otakon 2013 schedule the indie lolita fashion show, along with other lolita fashion related panels, have been axed from this year's convention. There are a lot of rumors going around right now about why that is, and we don't have all the information. We think it is unjust, however, that the lolita community is being excluded especially if this decision was based upon the actions of one person, which ends up judging all of us to be the same. Many of us have decided if this is the case, that we will not travel to support Otakon this year. <br />
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A frilly (and may I add quite magical and mighty!) group of us lolitas from all over are banding together to write letters to Otakon petitioning them to reinstate the indie lolita fashion show---to name a few: myself, the awesome Melissa Lipscomb, Victoria Suzanne Stella Alice, Kelsey from I Do Declare! So if you have a favorite indie brand out there that you were headed to Baltimore to see, then it's time for you to write a letter too, and share this with as many friends as possible.<br />
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All we can hope for is change, and show our support for our community and each other! So pop open those word documents, pull up the Otakon contact page and click the option for "con chair person" and send out those emails!<br />
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If you need an example to follow, here is the one I wrote! Good luck, my loves! xo Annika<br />
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<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> <br /> To Whom It May Concern:<br /> <br />
As both a member of the lolita community, an indie designer, and a
regular Otakon attendee, I was very disappointed to see the lack of
fashion and lolita panels on this year’s proposed schedule. In
particular, I was very much looking forward to flying out to participate
again as a designer in the indie lolita fashion show that Otakon has
had on schedule for approximately the last five years. Many of us a part
of the lolita community drive or fly out from all over the country to
show our support for the indie brands, network among the community, and
showing appreciation for our fans, followers, and friends who also come
out to see us. <br /> <br /> As a designer who participated in the fashion
show under the close watch of Kelsey Hine and Melissa Lipscomb last
year, I was very much looking forward to working closely with them again
for another successful fashion show with what would hopefully be
another full house of eager fans. Under Kelsey and Melissa’s watch, they
were able to draw designers both nationally and internationally to the
indie fashion show, featuring designers from all across the globe. They
were both extremely fastidious in their ability to organize, maintain,
and produce the fashion show in a way that was professional and
courteous to all its participants. I applaud their efforts in
maintaining a well balanced, and kind hearted manner under what was
certainly a stressful and pressuring time, and I believe Melissa would
have furthered the success of the indie fashion show this year.<br /> <br />
I am sure you recognize there is a great deal of chatter across many
social networking sites expressing disappointment in the fashion show
being excluded from the schedule, and whispers about why, what, or whom
may have caused the panel to be axed. Without the incentive to
participate in lolita fashion panels, and especially the absence of the
fashion show itself, a great deal of lolita are already talking about
not attending the 2013 Otakon convention. Due to lack of fashion panels,
as well as a general frustration of having no real interest in
financially supporting an institution that has, as it appears, excluded
them from the attendee fan base, a good deal of the community has chosen
not to attend. <br /> <br /> There has been no official commentary from
Otakon as to why the fashion show and other lolita panels were excluded
from this year’s schedule, which only creates further speculation to
populate across the community and the web. We recognize that perhaps the
convention had used up all its budgeted funding on other special guests
or panels, but considering that the fashion show is run for and by
fans, we would be more than happy to have a less elaborate fashion show
than the years before. The show is not about the stage, music, or the
lights but about being able to share and be a part of exhibiting moving
works of arts from talented indie brands from every walk of life. <br /> <br />
Otakon brings in the biggest revenue out of any event for the city of
Baltimore year round, and it would be a shame to further disappoint the
lolita community across the country, especially if a majority choose not
to financially support the convention by not attending. <br /> <br /> It
would make a great deal of us happy if the indie fashion show was
reinstated, or if at the very least, Otakon would make an official
statement on why it was excluded. <br /> <br /> Respectfully,<br /> Annika Simmons</span></span></h5>
pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-11196706039077293222013-06-17T17:37:00.002-07:002013-06-17T17:41:37.179-07:00Frill 2013: An Honest Review I would like to preface this review by stating that it is not intended to defame anyone's character, reputation, or particular person. This is not intended to be slanderous (though in this format, I believe it would be considered libel) against Frill or its associates, but merely give an open and honest opinion, a review of my experience as seen from someone attending and participating for their first time. Names, as well as things pertaining to specific people have been removed or omitted completely to maintain anonymity. Sections denoted by [ ] have been added in after this letter was formed and written to send as feedback as requested by Frill directors, as details have resurfaced in my mind.<br />
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I apologize for any offense that is taken by anyone after reading this, but I feel it is only fair to share a review that is not sugar coated, but an accurate account of my experiences, as I feel perhaps there are other girls out there that also did not have a pleasant experience but are too shy to step forward.<br />
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In most cases up until this point in my life, I have felt it is other people's god given right to walk all over me and that it is something I must simply deal with in silence because I believe it is "impolite" to voice my opinions otherwise, as this might upset them when I do so and according to my strange etiquette of never standing up for myself or saying how I truly feel, is "rude" and should simply be avoided. To the frustration of many I know, this is how I deal with most things when it comes to me. Though it is funny or rather strange, because when it comes to the people I care about, I will tear someone apart for hurting or disrespecting them before I will stand by to watch it happen regardless of the consequences to my person. <br />
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So against my usual norm of keeping quiet, playing nice, and letting the opportunity to speak up pass me by, here is how I truly experienced Frill.<br />
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Thank you so much for being patient with me in getting this
email to you! I never thought work would pile up so much just being away for a
couple of days, so thank you for waiting! </div>
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I appreciate that you are open to feedback from the community
that attended Frill, as both constructive positive and negative criticism is
useful in building a solid foundation in order to make something excel from
good to great. Over the last couple of weeks since the convention I have been
trying to organize my thoughts of my personal Frill experience into feedback
that would be constructive and beneficial, but also as honest as possible,
which I hope will hold some value. If anything I write comes off as too
negative or impolite, please realize that is not my intent, but only to be open
with you.</div>
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When I first heard about Frill’s first convention last year,
I told myself then that it was something with certainty that I wanted to be a
part of and waited for the months to roll around until I saved up, and was able
to apply for registration. The idea of an all lolita run and attended
convention is a novel one that enhances basic meet ups by creating a different
status all together, one that is professional, a convention where lolitas go to
discuss their passions, skills, ideas, and trades. It’s not just a place to
network, and make new friends, but a get together of girls from all over the
country. </div>
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I was grateful to hear back from the directors accepting me
as one of the designers to appear in the Frill fashion show, as well as giving
me a chance to participate in the boutique. I was looking forward to the chance
to set my brand on a platform that it had never had before, at least not this
level, of all lolita audience gathered in one place. I set to work in January
on the runway pieces, anxious to make a good impression, and by April had found
most of the models I needed except for the two Frill had said it would be happy
to provide. </div>
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Almost all of the Frill staff, with the exception of a few,
seemed very warm hearted and genuine. They were very personable, respectful,
and caring. I think most were a bit frazzled from stress but I appreciated the
effort and hard work, time, sweat, and tears that every single person put into
making this convention happen. </div>
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Before I go much further, I suppose I should say that
counting Frill, this will have been my seventh fashion show in the past 6
years, and have worked anywhere from fan run, semi-professional, and
professional platforms, ranging from lolita, couture, and so on. I want you to
know this is not a statement of conceit, but rather just an example of
accumulated experiences with fashions shows over the years as a point of
reference, one that I hope will add insight and perhaps helpful suggestions. </div>
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I begin to have some anxiety about the fashion show as May
crept closer and there was no word on when the show would be, what time/place,
or even if a model call had been cast. And as the deadline approached, I began
posting model calls on the blog or EGL, where girls literally had no idea if
there had been a call for models and if there was how to find it, or how they
could apply. The lack of advertisement for this I think may have resulted in
what one of the directors said was a “low volume” of responses to get models. I
searched the Affriliation website, the Facebook pages, general Google search
and was unable to find any information on it, except for the model call for
Innocent World, but not the Frill Fashion Show. I believe if the information
had been more readily available, more girls would have applied, and it may be
something to ensure for next year’s greater success. </div>
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I had hoped like in previous fashion shows, that whoever was
considered the fashion show coordinator/director would have assembled all the
models who did apply into a Google document with names, contact info,
measurements, photos etc which would then be shared via the Google Drive to the
designers. This allows for designers to go in, edit the doc and select the
models they would like to receive based on a first come, first serve basis. </div>
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This is not only useful because it’s an aggregate of models
all in one place who are looking to model, but it allows the freedom of a
designer to follow their vision. It is important for a designer to select a
model that is perfect for that garment that enhances the aesthetic of their
design, and not the other way around. It’s like going on a blind date, you are
never really sure if who you are receiving is going to be a good fit, not in
the sense of physical appearance, but in your life and as who you are as a
person. It’s not a matter of vanity, but sometimes when you create something
and you suddenly see that model, it’s like breathing life into art and you can
envision them walking down that runway. </div>
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That issue aside, there is also a matter of fit. If you make
a garment that is a 36/27/36 then it has to fit a model with those exact, if
not extremely close, measurements. Again, not an issue of vanity, but certain
silhouettes do not suit everyone’s shape and if you put the wrong garment on a
girl with incorrect measurements she could be the most stunning creature, but
looks frumpy because the garment does not fit her properly, because she is
either too big or too small. It takes away not only from the beauty of the
garment itself, but the beauty of the girl that is wearing it. She should shine
in whatever garment she’s in because it fits her properly, like a glove, giving
her confidence. Taking away that option of letting designers select those
models, even if it was just two, can have the unintended effect of having an
ill fitting garment go out on that runway that misrepresents the brand, no
matter how small or large.</div>
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The date of the convention got closer and closer, and
suddenly we are less than a week out from the show, and one of the most nerve
wracking things for a designer to have to deal with is not knowing if they’ve
invested hundreds of dollars in a design that they will not have a model for.
Once you have your models, yes, you are 100% in charge of getting them where
they need to be when for fittings, for photo shoots, for hair and make up, etc,
and that’s on you but up until that point it causes a lot of stress not
knowing. It got to the point where I literally did not know who either of my
models were until the day before and then at some point at 2 am in the morning
the day of the show. </div>
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This causes extreme anxiety. It does not allow for the
designer to prep with the models at all, in regards to hair, make up,
accessories, shoes, etc. You cannot have a “finished” or polished look on the
runway if you don’t have time to plan and execute these specific details.
Because it was last minute, it looks last minute, which reflects poorly on the
brand and its designer because we should be in charge of getting our looks down
that runway properly. That is impossible to do, however, if it’s down to the
wire because of poor preparation or planning. Basically it forces the designer
to compromise their vision and simply go with whatever it is the model has on
hand, and hope that it looks like it is supposed to be that way.</div>
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If you (and I’m not saying you, as in you, ____! Just
speaking generally here) are in charge of having to plan and execute a fashion
show, and you have known since January that it needs to be done then you have
to be extremely meticulous and shrewd with your time. We all have busy lives:
work, family, education, and other obligations but if that time is not carved
out properly, then it ends up being thrown together at the last minute, which
is never a good thing when you have all those people counting on you. </div>
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I recognize it’s the second year, but if the third year is
going to be a success then someone has to be specifically dedicated to the
fashion show, and that alone. You really need someone who can take charge and
be on top of dates. Someone that is great at organizing and multitasking, and
planning for such a key event. That is why in most fashion shows there is a key
fashion coordinator who is only in charge of the details for the runway show,
and they are strict about deadlines and getting things pushed out on time. They
are critical players in getting models, designers, hair and make up teams, all
meshing seamlessly. </div>
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As a participating designer, I must say that I honestly felt
slighted, not in the sense of being angry, but that I felt unappreciated. If
designers are going to work long and hard hours to produce a collection to be
shown, regardless of the venue, do we not at least deserve to skip over the
harrowing anxiety of last minute details? Don’t we deserve to have the same
time devoted to preparation, where it seems like things aren’t hurriedly thrown
at us? I felt like a last minute detail, which had been pushed aside and then
handed whomever could be found. Preparation and planning is key to the success
of Frill, the designers, and its participants if it’s going to be a
semi-professional platform.</div>
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I apologize again the length of the message I am sharing
with you, ____. I simply want to be thorough and I hope the depth that I’m
going into is not too troublesome. And again, when I say you or your, I am
speaking broadly.</div>
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The day of the fashion show, I know that a lot of models
wondered why it was that we needed to be there five hours before the show in
order to prep. With the volume of models that participated, I feel it may be
advantageous to add to that time slot for next year in order to ensure that all
models receive hair and make up. I was again concerned when I arrived, having
little communication from the models who I had gotten last minute, and also
upon seeing how few were available to do hair and make up for the amount of
team to model ratio. </div>
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I became more disenchanted with the situation when the
directors didn’t actually know who any of the other designers were, except for
themselves and their friends, and started calling out, “Who are the designers
again? If you’re a designer just come over here, we don’t know who you are. So
if you are here, come over…” let alone being able to differentiate between
names and faces of those participating. I understand and don’t expect to be
known on a first name basis, but I again felt like other designers were last
minute details if its impossible to know what other brands than one’s self are
participating.</div>
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When we, designers, were told that there was no extra space
for our garments that I can only imagine all of us spent hours ironing and
steaming except for the one rack brought in, it ended up being a bit of a
disaster. Throughout the night, I was going over and picking up not only my
garments, but other designer’s, off from the floor as they were being tripped
over or worse, sometimes stepped on. These small amenities have to be thought
of, if you have x number of designers with max amount of looks, they should
have a proper space to be stored until the show. </div>
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On the train of thought of amenities, having a group of
models and designers stuck in a hallway where hotel staff (male) are
frequenting and setting up a photo studio in that small area (also male, they
were very nice guys but again, guys) made almost all of the models present
extremely uncomfortable. The models have absolutely no privacy for dressing,
and no room to do so. The directors kept telling girls to “change behind the
photo backdrop” but not a single girl did because that’s extremely insensitive
if you are shy to begin with, and even worse because I know a lot of the girls
were underage. Many ended up going to the restrooms to change. </div>
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I understand if you are dealing with professional models.
I’ve had girls strip down to their thongs and nothing else in the middle of
backstage with VIP guests floating around, cameramen, waiters, and everyone in
between without shame because that is their job. But to ask girls who have
volunteered their time to do that, just get naked and move on, is wrong. They
need a private area---even like the sheeting that was set up in the boutique to
get dressed and feel safe and secure, not self conscious and embarrassed. It is
these little things that will determine whether a model’s experience was a good
one or not.</div>
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I realize that the venue was more or less out of your
control, but I cannot imagine a worse place to house over, what I’m guessing,
was at least 40 people if not more than a hotel hallway behind the stage, with
less than three yards between us from all the tables/furniture to wall. When
you house that many people, already strung out on not enough sleep and stress,
in an area that small it tends to elevate the tension of every single person in
the room. This tension rose throughout the night, increasingly so as designers
were snapping and yelling at models, at other designers, at volunteers trying
to help. More than once, I heard in the case of volunteers and was told under
muttered breath by other designers (directors, I might add) that I was “in the
way,” among other choice words, along with a good deal of cursing, as if the
volunteers trying so hard to be helpful were nothing and as if fellow designers
were simply beneath them. I do not expect much from other human beings in
general, but if directors that are also designers are going to act rude and
unprofessional to others that are participating, it will alienate designers and
models from returning. </div>
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[I cannot express how long I was blatantly ignored by those in charge of the show backstage, especially when I would just go to check in and see if anyone was available to assist my models with their hair and make up.] </div>
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On the note of people, i.e. directors being in charge of the
show, also being designers I felt that this might have been a mistake. Putting
designers in charge of a show almost always leads to an amount of bias, where
they are allowed first pick at everything and given a sense of entitlement,
hence the disrespect towards other designers present. This was further proven
when designers/directors made certain that their models were taken care of
first during hair and make up, without a care for how other designers/models
would get taken care of. I personally waited three hours and was not once asked
if my group was taken care of, though I was patient and did not want to push
the hair/make up team. They were working as hard and fast as they could given
the allotted time, but what bothered me is the self centered air which
director/designers had taken on in only looking out for themselves. This is not
conducive of promoting teamwork, and caring about each other’s looks. </div>
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I have been to several shows where the deadline is closing
in and designers are helping each others models finish their looks, and drop
garments over their head without messing up hair and make up, or when its
twenty minutes to opening and some girl pops out of her dress and a swoop of
designers dives in and starts stitching her back up. That is the sense of
spirit that Frill’s backstage was completely devoid of. </div>
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In the future, might I suggest what others have done in the
past for hair and make up. If you intend to use the same area as “back stage”
then it would be ideal to have hair and make up set up in a different
area---i.e. transforming the VIP room into that area for a few hours, or simply
a hotel room. It would be even better if you do what a lot of professional
shows do and instead of having every single model/designer show up at once in
the same place, it is scheduled. Say something like, “Designer A/Models ABC,
Hair and Make Up: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm. Designer B/Models ABC, Hair and Make Up:
3:00 pm-4:00 pm.” This relieves congestion, tension, and allows for the
hair/make up team to work without feeling overwhelmed.</div>
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In the end, I and another model ended up doing all but one
of my model’s hair and make up because it was an hour till the start of the
runway show. Not only were we still doing hair and make up in that hour, none
of my girls were dressed or had gotten photographed. As the time drew closer, a
few of them had been dressed and the designer/directors kept pressuring me and
causing further stress telling us to hurry, and trying to “help” my models get
dressed, and I know the model’s were anxious to get into their garments as the
hour drew nearer. I appreciate this notion, I do, but my garments are like
children, if anything happens to them it needs to be on me. So I respectfully
declined, and let them know I would really rather do it myself. </div>
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I walk away for
a few minutes to check on my last model’s make up, and a few models had been dressed. This would have
been well and good, except I realize that those three pieces are damaged---lace
has been pulled out of seams, lace has been ripped
completely, and snags in fabric from jewelry earrings etc. I cannot hold fault the models and others trying to "help" I know the intentions were good, and everyone was extremely anxious to to be dressed and get out the door, but that really hit me quite deeply. [Models do not feel this on you if something happened to your garment, really it was I who should have been more firm.]</div>
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This was the paramount moment of feeling unappreciated and
disrespected by the Frill directors for me. I realize that those garments have
no value to anyone else, but they are my livelihood, with hours of labor, expense,
and work. To have them damaged, after kindly asking for them not to be touched,
was too much for me. Respect has to be given to each other especially so in
stressful situations, and not just blindly ignored or misunderstood because one is in a hurry. I
could have handled the rest of it, but this was something that genuinely upset
me. </div>
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[I am not ashamed to admit that I was absolutely so disturbed, frustrated, and upset by the end of the fashion show that I went back to my room and cried myself to sleep, as I felt all of it was a failure on my part.] </div>
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[It has taken nearly three weeks to repair these garments, taking them apart, re-dying the lace and fixing them.] </div>
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That combined experience alone of all those culminating
events up until the actual show would probably dissuade me from participating
at Frill again. </div>
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I did want to touch on a couple points of the boutique and
then I promise you, ____, this novel shall reach its conclusion. </div>
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On a personal note, as well as speaking with other
designers, the boutique’s signage was extremely unclear, in the sense that
there was nothing, not even little handmade paper signs to say what was on the
racks of the boutique. Unless you actually looked through every garment there
you had no idea where the consignment began, the boutique started, and no idea
what designer/brand was where or sometimes even who the designer was at all.
There were a lot of dresses that had absolutely no tag identifying the brand,
not on the outside or the inside which I found confusing especially if one
wanted to buy it or get a custom piece made in one’s size. Even if there was just
a printed sign above the rack that said the brand’s names I think this would
help increase sales and traffic in the boutique. </div>
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While we’re talking about hang tags and brand
identification, I was extremely disappointed to find that I had spent the money
to have hang tags professionally printed, and took the time to label them, and
make little plastic bags filled with matching thread, beading, buttons, for Pop
Princess only to find that they hadn’t even been placed on the boutique pieces
I submitted. This is an important aspect of branding, and if we, designers, are
told personal brand hang tags are welcome then I would hope it would be
important enough to take the time to do so. Again, it’s just a matter of really
being conscious about those small details, and keeping those you are trying to
accommodate and bring back as repeat customers feeling valued. </div>
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[On a final note about the boutique, during the initial set up I cannot imagine it is appropriate for the directors and those in charge of the show to be idly gossiping and disrespecting the other designers that were participating in either the boutique or the fashion show. If you are there to set up shop, talk shop. It is beyond rude and unthinkable for you to being saying what a "b" or other rude things you thought about a participant who has paid good money to be able to participate in your event. Can you imagine walking into that room and hearing directors speak about you, a designer, in this fashion? Can you imagine how unprofessional that is, or at the very least how hurt your feelings would be?</div>
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And if you do care about the other designers submitting their works for sale in the boutique, why would some of them end up on the floor, crumpled, and disregarded? I know I went through and hung things back up properly, which should have been a non issue.] </div>
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On that note, again I apologize for the length and I hope it
did not take up too much of your time, as I know it is precious, and hope this
is at least helpful in a small way in regards to feedback. I believe you, and
all of your staff did work very hard and I do appreciate the efforts that were
made to make Frill happen, and your efforts to try to make it an even better
one for the following year. I believe with your openness to the frilly patrons’
ideas and feedback, and leadership, it will blossom into something quite
lovely. </div>
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Thank you again for your time, I really appreciate you
hearing us out, myself included.</div>
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Respectfully,</div>
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Annika Simmons"</div>
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[7.17.2013 As of today, I received my garments back from the boutique after a slow start. I was extremely disappointed to say the least to find that the hang tags, the ones that were especially printed along with corresponding garment bags containing their matching buttons, thread, beading, etc for sale in the boutique, to be missing. Which means, they were not on the garments at the Frill boutique because they had been lost or misplaced before that, even though they had been carefully sealed in a quart sized plastic ziplock bag along with written garment care instructions. I was told that the person in charge "checked all the boxes ahead of time and there was nothing like that included in yours." It was also, let's say, insinuated to me that perhaps this was my fault as "in the future" I should "gun tag" the hang tags to my garments. I am also missing a few items that go with the garments, and some of the laces were also torn. Now, not only do a I feel unappreciated, undervalued, and upset, I also feel completely disrespected as someone who entrusted my work into what I thought were capable hands, to someone who would value the garments as if they were their own. How is this considered okay? Did you value other designer's work so little as well?] </div>
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I can only hope by posting this that it will be at least a cathartic release for me, as well as in hopes that perhaps Frill will be able to overcome these obstacles, learn from their mistakes, and consider treating their participants with a bit more respect and appreciation. </div>
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I can genuinely understand now why there are so many girls out there leaving lolita, and I know that by the end of this experience I too have given it great consideration. </div>
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I hope your experiences at Frill, my dear readers, were much better and happier. </div>
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As always yours,</div>
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Annika</div>
pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-49294206135769750502013-06-11T17:51:00.002-07:002013-06-11T17:51:31.161-07:00FRILL 2013: The Picture Book Version (?), featuring cute friends and runway pieces! It has been almost a week now since I attended the all lolita convention down in Atlanta, Georgia! I had hoped by now to have scoured the internet and found many pretty photos and videos of the fashion show. Alas! The professional photos will not be ready for some time now, and it seems like everyone must be very busy as I haven't seen many photos/videos! When they do come in, I promise to post them though, as I did not want to keep you waiting much longer.<br />
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This will have been my 7th fashion show thus far for the Pop Princess brand! And I have made very wonderful new friends, and was absolutely astonished and so very happy for all of you that came up, recognized who I was, the brand, and shared your admiration! It was very touching! Thank you so much for being wonderful. : 3<br />
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I will share the details of the madness perhaps in a second posting, a verbal version, or rather... written? Ha ha.<br />
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Before heading out, I got to help set up "shop" for I Do Declare and Perianth, or rather stood around and took cute photos of them C :<br />
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The weekend started out with sharing a wonderful meal with the most amazing girls: Kelsey from I Do Declare, Millie from Sweet Mildred, Koda from Perianth, and Martha from Moss Marchen. We ate delicious indian food and chattered about the ridiculously cute accents (and overall handsome-ness) of the southern gentleman!<br />
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The rest of the night was spent ironing/steaming garments in preparation for the next day! Look at all those garments I had to do! : o<br />
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I did get dressed up for the Saturday events before the fashion show, but for the life of me was unable to get a decent photo of myself. xD So I gave up. I decided to wear the new Starry Garden JSK prototype!<br />
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Though I did not get good photos, I was able to photograph my beautiful and talented model, Erin. : 3<br />
She is wearing the Stuffed Animals Polka Dot JSK! I was only sad I had been unable to bring my DSLR for professional photos!<br />
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Now, I know what you all really want to see.... *o* The runway garments, which include three of the Starry Garden prototypes. <3 Right? Are you sure you don't want to wait longer? No, you want to see them now? Well... Okay. : ) I will share a couple! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't wait for the professional photos!!! From L to Right: Hailey, Ashley, Me, Erin, Kelsey</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Starry Garden OP in Lavender:</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>(Our first plus size design, 18-20! And Ashley looked fabulous in it!)</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Stuffed Animals Polka Dot JSK, with Chiffon Peplum:</b></span></h3>
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These prototype/runway pieces are going to be available to purchase in the <a href="http://www.lepopprincess.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Pop Princess Shop</a>! And the pre-order release of Starry Garden should be no later than the end of this month if all goes smoothly. : )<br />
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And last but not least, the first video I've found of the FRILL fashion show. Pop Princess starts at 5:00 minutes:<br />
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Again, I really want to thank you for all your support and admiration! Without that, Pop Princess would not even exist. <3<br />
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And I just want to say, for all of you that came up to introduce yourself and chat even if you were feeling shy I really loved it! Also, thanks for knowing who Flor is, our super talented illustrator, because she deserves so much admiration! <br />
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Do tell us which was your favorite runway piece! Or really just anything on your mind. : ) And give a big round of applause to all the designers and the members of Frill that worked hard to make it all happen!<br />
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Annika pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-35944161840247152592013-05-05T17:50:00.003-07:002013-05-05T17:50:43.775-07:00Pop Princess Facebook Fan Page & Sneak Peeks of Starry Garden Designs! So at the request of the adorable Kieli (whom I very much look forward to chatting with on Faceboooook : 3 ), I have finally gotten around to making a fan page so I can chat and keep up to date with you cuties real time! This is where I'll be posting major updates, info about reservations/pre-orders, sneak peek photos of runway garments, and hopefully showing of you beauties wearing your Pop Princess frills in the future! ; 3<br />
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Just to get you to go look at it... a sneaky sneaky photo of Starry Garden in lavender!<br />
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Hope to meet and chat with all of you very soon! <3 <br />
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As the usual segue goes, once I started getting into sweet lolita fashion, oh many moons ago, ha ha, I eventually had the great pleasure of stumbling across and being introduced to the stunning images that make up the great Imai Kira's artwork and illustrations. I, like many others, fell hard and instantly in love with her gorgeous illustrations featuring small, pale wide doe-eyed girls staring up from the pages. They reminded me of another artist whom I love, <a href="http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/" target="_blank">Audrey Kawasaki</a>, by the melancholy that pierces through their level gazes despite being draped in lovely frocks and frills. Which meant that I begin collecting Imai Kira's art, as if I needed another addiction.<br />
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One late night (one of many, as I still haven't really been sleeping, I suspect due to being anxious about the fashion show and getting my runway pieces done among other things), I was surfing about the interwebs and was looking at <a href="http://www.mirukuma.com/" target="_blank">Mirukuma</a> to see her latest posts from Closet Child and saw the beloved "Girl Walking on Moon Tights" designed by the lovely Imai Kira herself and of course had a near heart attack. Which led to me frantically searching to find them, and realizing I had missed a pre-order on Fairytale Boutique and that they were only sold on Japanese website.<br />
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I have never, until recently, taken the plunge in using a shopping service to order things from Yahoo Japan, Mbok, etc, or any other Japanese site (which is probably in all honesty better for my savings as we all know how terribly tempting those sites can be!) I mean, where was I to start?! There are so many choices, so many reviews and suggestions, and good/bad experiences?! I still had Mirukuma's website open at the time and I recalled that Kat, the girl that runs the shopping service, always had stellar reviews on the EGL forums from very happy customers. So after a few days of thinking, and by that I mean... thinking about how cute I would look in said tights and that I NEEDED them in my life, ha ha, I took the jump and contacted her.<br />
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The tights, which can be <a href="http://www.parabolica-bis.com/SHOP/TR_001.html" target="_blank">purchased here</a>, were fairly pricey but it was Imai Kira and since I have settled with myself that it will be a very long time since I can or will ever own any of her illustrated garments from AP, it was worth it! Below is a review of both Kat's lovely shopping service and the tights themselves.<br />
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It was a couple days before Kat responded because she was super swamped and busy, but of course, since it was my first time submitting an order request I was worried that I had filled out the form incorrectly. But I was delighted to hear from her----the email was very sweet and kind, and within a day she had arranged for the payment through the Amazon checkout process which was super easy and simple! She kept me informed every step of the way, letting me know about shipping from them to her, and then from her to me! (✿◠‿◠)<br />
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After shipping the tights arrived fairly quickly in about two weeks. They were wrapped in a small brown package, and the tights were inside two separate plastic packages to keep them nice and safe on their journey. Included in the package was a special postcard illustrated by Imai Kira and a few pamphlets about other artists and upcoming exhibitions. I spent most of the time sitting in the parking lot of where I work ripping open the package and trying to see them because I was so excited. : 3<br />
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The tights themselves look darker in the photographers, and are more of a blacky brown than a pure black, and when worn they become sort of opaque/sheer. The print itself has a kind of pleasant softness so it is not really blurry or in focus---it features a light blue ribbon that wraps up around the leg, showing cute little motifs of butterflies, teddy bears, perfume bottles, roses, etc. The main feature of course is the girl on the left leg near the ankle floating in mid air and reaching up to the moon on the right leg. <br />
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I have never actually been a tights kind of girl. I always found them extremely restrictive, and uncomfortable, where it kind of cinched uncomfortably at the waist and dug into the hips. These tights, however are incredibly soft, pliable, and stretchy. Since I'm small they hug the curves of my legs nicely, and sit below the natural waist area, and the waistband of the tights are very comfortable, like I wasn't even wearing any.<br />
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For the price, I believe that the manufacturer could have done a better job of lining up the print at the seams. The seams on the left and right side of the leg are a bit misaligned, where the ribbon doesn't match up properly and is off, which makes the print look disjointed---whereas if they had tried a little harder, it could have looked flawless, a seamless, continuous print. That is my really only complaint as I appreciate expensive products that match their seams ha ha.<br />
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Because the intricate simplicity of these tights, I feel like I can wear them to dress up like in my pink vintage lacey dress or to dress down with a cute pair of shorts and a chiffon button up top. I look forward to trying out different coords, though if these tights ever get a run in them or rip I will basically just lie on the floor and expire from sadness. (╥﹏╥)<br />
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In summary....<br />
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<u><b>Mirukuma Shopping Service:</b></u><br />
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*<b><u>EASE OF PROCESS: (5/5)</u></b><br />
Easy peezy lemon squeezey! The order form is extremely simple and easy to fill out. You just submit your name, other info, the item you want to buy//quantity//color, and the link to where it needs to be bought from. This particular website wasn't on Kat's list, but she was super obliging and agreed to help me purchase it anyway! <br />
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<b><u>*</u></b><b><u><b><u>COMMUNICATION: (5/5)</u></b></u></b><br />
Perfect! Kat was always quick to respond, very kind and super sweet. She was never hard to get a hold of and just a fabulous person to work with. <br />
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<b><u><b><u>*</u></b></u></b><b><u><b><u><b><u>SHIPPING: (5/5)</u></b></u></b></u></b><br />
Super quick! No delays in customs, or issues at all! It arrived in about 2 weeks. <br />
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<b><u><b><u><b><u>*PRICE/FEES: (5/5) </u></b></u></b></u></b><br />
I found Kat's fees for her shopping service to be extremely reasonable! I will definitely be buying from her again for all my future purchases! <br /><br />
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<u><b>Imai Kira Girl Walking on Moon Tights: </b></u><br />
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*<b><u>PRICE: (4/5)</u></b><br />
The price for these tights were fairly expensive for what they are, but I realized I was paying for Imai Kira brand name and illustration more than anything else.<br />
<b><u>*QUALITY: (4/5)</u></b><br />
They are mostly true to color, soft, and flexible. I still believe they could have lined up the seams of the print better, other than that I'm happy!<br />
<b><u>*COMFY FACTOR: (5/5) </u></b><br />
Sooooo much more comfy than tights I remember being! It feels like you aren't wearing any. pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-30450400535545508272013-05-02T07:09:00.002-07:002013-05-29T16:12:02.077-07:00Starry Garden Final Color Swatches & Progress So the time has come the walrus said to speak of many things...<br />
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Or just give you an update on how things are going! ^o^ With only three weeks left till the FRILL fashion show, things have been basically non-stop sewing time in between finishing commission pieces as well as prepping and finishing all the runway garments, and of course working at my other job which has been crazy busy long hours. Really, I am trying to get less hours there so I can spend more time designing all the commissions you have been requesting of me! <3 (Thank you for those by the way! I never imagined so many people wanting me to design them things!)<br />
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The first set of yardage came in a couple weeks ago, and I was so nervous to take the plunge-- <br />
I bought 8 yards total, one of the lavender, and one of the slate blue.<br />
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Because what if something didn't line up? What if there was an error?! But what was I thinking? Flor is basically magic and everything lines up and looks PERFECT. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colors Featured: Lavender & Slate Blue © Pop Princess// Annika Simmons & Flor Lopez 2013</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td>I personally am looooving the slate blue and the lavender so far. They turned out really beautifully, especially when printed on the Kona cotton fabric since that one has a really nice weave and is considered to be "premium" cotton of sorts.The next set of fabric arrived for my adorable plus sized model's design, in the navy, yesterday and this one is the all stars design at the top. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colors L- R Featured: Queen Bee, Sax, Pink, Black, Navy © Pop Princess// Annika Simmons & Flor Lopez 2013</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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I think the rest of the test swatches turned out really well and are true to color! The one on the far left, the Queen Bee, I had printed on a cotton silk and it has such a gorgeous sheen to it. I think if I do a second release of Starry Garden, perhaps I'll do a set number of skirts (JSKs?) in the silky one if anyone shows interest of course. ; 3<br />
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I was having trouble finding the chiffon fabrics that I wanted for the JSK and OP design, since originally my vision had the sleeves/accents in a darker color to set off the fabric. I decided for the lavender to go with a gorgeous light lilac chiffon from the David Tutera collection, and a pretty white chiffon for the slate blue. I should be able to mock up all the rest of the designs/colorways after the show!<br />
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And you will not believe how difficult it is to match the print/seams on this fabric!! It took me over 4 hours to cut out the skirt/bodice pattern pieces I had drafted out. >o< It's all those diamond criss cross-y patterns that make it so hard to make the print look continuous all the way around. I am learning, so one day I will get it perfect just like how I want. And all the lace will be dyed by hand so it might take a couple times to get the perfect vat of each color! <br />
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Here is a sneak peek of the lavender, just the bottom bodice so far. : 3 I think I will be able to finish a good majority of it today on my day off!<br />
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It still looks like a June release date! So hope you're looking forward to the variety of cute colors to choose from for Starry Garden! <3 Which color is your favorite so far? <br />
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I have been doing sneak peeks of the other runway designs on my personal Facebook page, though I suspect I should probably make a Pop Princess fan page one, yes? Would you also like to see sneak peeks of designs in progress? <3 <br />
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ps: In case you missed the notice, hang out with Annika on Facebook! <3<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/lepopprincess" target="_blank">Pop Princess Fan Page</a><br />
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<br />pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766349317463815055.post-65317906712927287612013-04-15T07:46:00.001-07:002013-04-22T09:51:46.801-07:00Tekkoshocon Fashion Show: Pop Princess Twirls Down the Runway! This past weekend at the Tekkoshocon convention out in Pittsburgh, Pop Princess had the honor of being a part of their fashion show! Though I was not able to attend in person, I heard that it was a big success with a nice turn out and seemed to excite a lot of people, which is always nice to hear. And I think the person that we should all thank for working so hard to bring this show to life is, Miss Cat and company! She was in charge of running and producing the show, so everyone say, "Thanks for being so awesome and wonderful, girl!"<br />
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Three outfits were mailed out to Miss Cat and driven out to the convention to appear on the runway! Such beautiful dresses, of course, had to be modeled by three equally as beautiful girls: Amy, Jennifer, and Charlotte! As our Pop Princess ambassador, I put Amy in charge of all the details from choosing models, to coordinating outfits, and anything else in between! (And of course, she did an amazing job, which I knew she would. You're the best, Amy!)<br />
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These are the girls in their cute cute cute outfits and don't they look adorable?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Models from L to R: Jennifer in Alice in Wonderland Frame JSK, Amy in Red Bunny Tea Party, and Charlotte in Silky Bow Tie Ruffle Blouse and Rose Jewelry Skirt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aw, Amy, sooo adorable and awesome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer, looking super duper cute and elegant!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Charlotte looking so pretty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You are fantastic girls, all my love! <3 xo</td></tr>
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Thank you SO much for your hard work, lovelies, it means so much to me! More photos/videos to come hopefully! Two of our designs are shown in this video starting at 2:03!<br />
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UPDATE: Here is a video featuring the Pop Princess girls dancing with famous international J-pop singer, Chii Sakurabi at the Tekko show! <3 Waiii, isn't that awesome???
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Were you able to see the fashion show in person? How did you like the designs? ^o^ If you have any video of photos, I'd love to see them!<br />
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(Credits: Photographer: Feytaline Lauren M. //Models: Amy, Charlotte, and Jennifer) pop*princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754975403003452837noreply@blogger.com0