WON BEST POP CULTURE BLOG AWARD! ANGELIC PRETTY OSAKA. SWEET CLASSICAL & GOTHIC LOLITA SHOPS, LOLI JAPAN CLOTHING.
Ahhh you guys are the BEST. I won ~50% of the vote for Best Pop Culture Blog at the Canadian Weblog Awards! Thank you to everyone who voted, and for your continued support — I couldn’t do any of this without you.
We Pirates are having a pillagin’ wild time in Tokyo with the Norway TV shoot. We’ll have Halloween Japan coverage coming up for you (if Tropical Storm Chaba doesn’t sink our ship.) You can keep wind of our updates on my Twitter.
Til then, ready for more Osaka Gothic Lolita Punk store photos? We’ll start with the pretty-in-pink Loli brand: Angelic Pretty. Pastel toys and poofy skirts in the window — the boutique looks like a giant doll’s house.
“Sugar, ahh, Honey, honey. You are my candy girl, And you got me wanting you.”
I was charmed by the 1950s-style dresses at Emily Temple Cute and Milk shop.
My friend bought these gold Dr. Martens boots in London.
The Shinsaibashi district of Osaka is filled with little indie shops. Honey Comb has boned corsets and ballerina poof skirts.
Shocker sounded like a promising place to shop…
… but it turned out to be shockingly bad. I hit my head on the birdcage as I went up the stairs. Inside, there was nothing but casualwear and t-shirts. Now that’s a Shocker.
I’ll soon compile all my Osaka shopping photos and maps in a single guide. Til then, you can check out my Tokyo Goth alt rock guide here.
Another month, another edition of my Global Gothic column for Lip Service. A reader asked me: “Do you know if there is a Goth scene in Seoul? Where can I go for alternative fashion and shopping?”
Indeed, there is a small Goth community, mainly in Seoul and Busan. As you can see above, the fashions are quite influenced by Gothic Lolita. For the full scoop on Korean Gothic, come read my Lip Service article.
Has anyone experienced Korea’s Goth and Lolita scene? Out of the Osaka stores in this post, which aligns most closely to your personal style?
Japanese Word of the Day: Jisaboke = Jet lag
Song of the Day: G-Schmitt – LSD (Japanese punk with a twist.)
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The Frills! The Frillllls! Ah Angelic Pretty You Make me swooon!
it’s like a candyland!
yeahh! Im so happy you won! you deserved it <3
I cant wait to do more spooky things with you on halloween ~^^
Muahhaha! Satan smiles upon us!
Omedetou Gozaimasu! I mean you definitely deserved that award! Kind of feel sorry for BLOGGITY Mr. Bloggity BLOG…bloggity blog bloggity blog! -bloggity bloggity bloggity! …what the heck does the blog even talk about? *quickly visits blog*Is there…an actual subject for that blog?…since it seems quite…or should I say very very…random. Anyway Angelic Pretty is of course very PRETTY. LMAO I couldn’t help but laugh when I read: “We’ll start with the pretty-in-pink Loli brand: Angelic Pretty. Pastel toys and poofy skirts in the window — the boutique looks like a giant doll’s house.” and then immediately afterwards scroll down to see the picture of the store and over the top happy girl (worker possibly?) in it. HAHAHA classic! So much pretty things and a damn happy worker hahaha. And I’m actually quite shocked that a store named “shocker” has nothing but a bunch of casual t-shirts. …I mean really? How does that go along with the store’s theme in anyway? Well I guess it’s a good business practice since the name can get shoppers curious. Loved reading the article on Korea’s Goth Culture. Can’t wait to see more and more experimentation though!
hahah! Bloggity blog blog blog! It was a real shocker, that Shocker store. It was almost as ridiculous as the Ridiculous store.
Angelic Pretty is definitely my favorite on this post! (>w<)
I want my house to look like their store, it is so cute!
There are more Angelic Pretty store photos on this site! (You can search for it in the search box, right sidebar)
ohhh i wants to be in angelic pretty always!!
Congrats!!!
congrats on blog win !
congratulations!! well deserved! :D
Thank you all!
CONGRATS :D
WOw! Awesome!
That is so badout. Why don’t we have anything like it in the states?
You can buy some of these Japanese clothes in the US – see this post http://lacarmina.com/2010/09/where-to-buy-gothic-lolita-clothes-in-united-states-usa-how-to-find-jobs-live-work-in-japan/
I REALLY want to see what the goth scene is like for myself in Korea. It looks like a lot of fun ya~
The shops in Osaka… eh, I don’t wear Lolita but I do like it. I’m a sixh. from h.NAOTO type of person. However… I want all of those Doc Martens. I WANT THEM D: *eats picture*
Fascinating, isn’t it?? Ah, Sixh is in a magazine feature that we used in the TV show… I’ll try to take pics!
Victory is yours!
Muahaah!
I’m so excited to see more about the Korean Goth!! & who better to expose it than lovely La Carmina! ^ ^
Thank you darling!
it was a shocking history indeed
CONGRATS X3 !!!!
my love!i like it very much!
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