OSAKA LOLITA SHOPPING: GOTHIC SWEET LOLITA DRESSES & JAPAN MENS PUNK ROCK CLOTHING. JAPANESE STREETWEAR STORES.
Flowing, blasting news! Thanks to our very impressive hosting performance at Bar Sinister, Sebastiano Serafini and La Carmina have been invited to host yet another event in Los Angeles. Can you believe it?
What: Anime Babes burlesque and cabaret event. Sailor Moon, Evangelion, Tokyo Mew Mew, Fullmetal Alchemist, Speed Racer and more characters will be taking off their clothes!
When: January 8th, starts 10pm
Where: Bordello Bar (21+), 901 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $13
Bring your friends and enemies. Can’t wait to see you there!
Believe it or not, I’m still sorting through my Osaka Gothloli Punk shop photos from last March. As Veronica Lodge’s millionaire father would say, “Egads!” (La Carmina blog never suffers from lack of content. I still have to post reports from the French and Norway TV shoots, and LA…)
Here are snaps from inside the Shinsaibashi Big Step building (which also holds a J-rock and Visual Kei record store; photos are in this post).
Kera Shop Osaka carries the same Japanese rock punk Goth brands as in Tokyo, but the selection is smaller. There’s a rack for Heart E (remember my Heart E panda purse?)
Victorian Maiden had some lovely velvets and frills.
I hadn’t seen Maple wigs before. The bright colors are excellent for cosplay.
Bunnies and playing cards are recurring motifs.
Cute prints and Victorian pinafores.
The opposite side is for punk/casual Japanese street clothing.
Neon prints on tees and pullovers.
A casual coordinate.
Black, white and red. My friend Ako’s brand, Blablahospital, has a station here.
Bondage never goes out of style.
Miho Matsuda has an elegant boutique. I like her low-key dresses; the designs are simpler than brands such as Metamorphose or Baby the Stars Shine Bright.
Who wants to be a rock princess? Which alt boutique or style would you run to first?
Japanese Word of the Day: Kourin = Advent
Song of the Day: Sisters of Mercy – Alice (Yukiro’s pick.)
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ugh i so want to go :'(
So many amazing brands under one roof… and a VK store too! Heaven :)
ooh I really like the miho matsuda black shirt and striped skirt ensemble pic… does she have an online sale sort of thing?
Hmmm I don’t think so… you might be able to buy her clothes from http://www.marui.jp however!
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oops http://www.maruione.jp
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OHH!! strip show night and burlesque!!
I so wish I could be their! but I will be partying my ass off here instead ,XD
awaiting your return!
Ahhh I shall be back soon!!! MUCH adventure awaits this year for us ;)
cool new pic!＼(^ω^＼)( /^ω^)/ワーイ♪
I’m there ;)
yayy!
I’d love to be there u.u why I have to live so far away from everything I like? XDD
please!!! take a lot of pics and share them with us, you know we’ll love you!!
Have fun!!!
xoxo
I’d like to go too T.T
The clothes are very beautiful (I love having some)
And I also want bread with nutella xDDD (were u drinking coke in that photo or what was that drink owo?)
Hahahah it is nutella and bread that our friend Del made. So nice of him. The drink is blood… or red wine muahah
hahah we have taken SO many photos… so excited!!
I wanna gooooo DX
Love the new pic!!! ♥
I want all those dresses!!!!*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)’･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*
Is that Sebba!? He reminds me of Ruki-San from The GazettE!!! Awesome hair!!
Style :0 there are many D: I can’t pick !! :.3
Lovin the blog!!! Keep doing your thing yeooooowhh!!!!!
Thanks la La ♥
Yeahh that’s Seba. His hair is even more amazing today. Photos to come ;)
Hi. So I’ve been reading your blog for a while but I never left a comment before, but I felt like I needed to say that I like your blog a whole lot better now because you made an archie comic reference XD
Aww thanks Kelsey! <3 haha I used to read Archie comics obsessively. I still have several boxes of them in my parents' house. Keep in touch and comment any time!
…Nutella!!
…Nutella!!
Such pretty clothes!
I wish this store was my personal closet!
NICE!I LIKE IT!