Liz Lisa/ Tralala/ Jugetta A/W 2013 Concept

So lately I've been wanting to get in touch with the side of me that was rambunctious and creative like I was when 16. I think in some ways it's a maturity thing and other ways it's  suppression. I used to never care what others thought of me, flaunt my single status with no cares in the world. I dressed the way I somewhat wanted to and wore whatever man-repelling style I wanted. Back then gyaru inspired me but high school pressure made me not pursue it beyond my bedroom. Then I got a boyfriend and had to bring it down a  notch. I brought it down about 10  notches  down. Now I'm free, f@ck the social order that compressed my style freedom to a box.



Soooo if you've been reading my crap blog for that long then you must know that when I was 16, I was obsessed everything that was Liz Lisa (I still blame Xiaxue and Cheesie for that). 2 years later not much has changed. It inspired my style and even now, I look for look-alikes when ever I enter a Forever 21.  This season, Liz Lisa did a super well job bringing together my current style: French Retro! They even swapped their typical catalog for a magazine! I'm in love.

This is the exact style I've been loving this season; french, retro and girly. I love every piece that is being displayed here and the best part is, I work at a mall where I can find tons of similar items.


Tralala wasn't a brand that I was  into last spring. They also went for a retro french concept.

If only I could wear this stuff as good as these models O.o...


Jugetta was the only brand from the company that owns Liz Lisa to really upset me. It was nowhere as nearly as good as it was when it first debuted.  I guess they are having a change in target audience or something because the whole look was 10x maturer then before thus no longer suiting my taste -__-.

The stuff above was the items I did like. Everything else in their collection just was meehhhh.


Anyway what do you guys think of this collection?

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Is Ojiwaka Making a Come Back?

I think so.

The last time I really heard the word was in winter 2010/2011.

Vintage is always coming back in style but Ojiwaka is more of focus on style that grandparents used to wear.

If you have been into Forever 21 lately, a lot of their clothes are looking more like.

I have this dress btw and its only sold at select stores (not online yet) trolololol

And I was in complete shock when Liz Lisa completely let go of floral print from their Fall 2012 collection and supported the current trend of collars and adult hues. 

This overall makes Liz Lisa look alikes so much easier to find but the colors they have make me want to puke. Because last winter, I swear those hues of browns, light pinks, and white was the only colors I could ever find of clothes. It made me want to take some stupid fashion designer's head off. 

Idk if care so much now.If I ever need a color fix and no store seems to have, I can always rely on Hot Topic to be against mainstream. 

To be fair I don't think it's coming back to  extent it was back in 2010/2011

But I'm going to fall into that Ojikawa/Obakawa style this fall anyway (in full storm)

No sneak peaks until September!!

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On another note, I've been really thankful for Tumblr because I found another Gaijin Gyaru blogger that I really like. 

Julie from http://jclopino.com/

I really like her style because not only its more otona, it doesn't seem over done. That my problem with a lot of gaijin gyaru bloggers. Their makeup, to me, looks overdone and unflattering. Thats only my opinion though. 

Okay bye bye. Have nice day/night. 

Fall 2012 Shopping Inspiration

So right now, I'm working extremly hard and get ready for school. It seems this year, I won't be able to participate in marching band (because there won't be one) so I'll be spending my time working and saving up for Japan (I'm going in March). I won't be posting much yet because (along with many other bloggers) I will be revamping my blog in late August (new layout, new theme, and daily posts)  so just be paitent.

I've been buying a lot of clothes for my planned otds and school. I didn't know if I was going for any certain style yet. I saw a new horizon while I was shopping. I live near the 11th biggest mall in the U.S and I know most of the stores but since I never had money, I was inclined to buy off clearance racks and not getting to buy really nice clothes which are already nicely priced.

Both my super cheap and cute favorite stores had already closed down (579 and Rainbows) so I began browsing some popular stores like Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Wet Seal, and Papaya.

Instinctly I began buying onee-gyaru style clothes. Its really not my fault, I feel like all the stores have the same color palette of clothes that nothing stands out. So the only style I could really buy and still be gyaru and untypical was otona style.

For the price, selections, and quality, Forever 21 beat out all competition and Papaya came in a close second.

I live near a Forever 21 megastore so it won't be hard for me to buy similar (and even exact) clothes to what Japanese Gals wear. I've been using Jugetta and Liz Lisa shop staff for some inspiration.

Liz Lisa shop staff has also been getting in touch with their otona style. It's so much easier to find look-alikes to their coordinates for Fall 2012 in comparison to their spring 2012 style.

Jugetta still manages to be more otona style, even though I stuff similar to Jugetta without trying, I don't think I'll fully dress so maturely. 

I think I forgot how much skirts characterize all gyaru-kei styles. This will reflect in a major style change because I never used to own many skirts. I always was jeans girl (I mean come on, as a high school student jeans are your best friend)

Tokyo Fashion has been a major help in my quest for insipration. Even though a lot of these styles are from March, they still do me some justice.

From Tokyo Girls Collection! I'm surprised I didn't see these sooner.

  Alot of those pictures featured gals in them and I think a lot of people need to realize- just because the power of makeup made MODELS gorgeous in magazines, doesn't mean it works for everyone.