Lolita General

[Anonymous No.9391987]

Anyone else going for this? I have a feeling it won't be easy this week.

[Anonymous No.9391989]

>>9391987
Looks like shit. Looks like bodyline.

[Anonymous No.9391992]

>opinions below, be warned
I like the design, but I would change the gingham or other a ligher color or polka dots. I would also love to see a "real" light green used for the leaves, instead of mint. I get that mint is "more lolita", but strawberries don't have that color, and I think it would look fresher.

[Anonymous No.9391993]

It's honestly really ugly. There's way too much going on, the colors aren't particularly nice, and the cuts/designs are really tired. I mean, honestly, that yellow one is a fucking mess.

[Anonymous No.9392016]

>>9391993
> tfw you like the yellow one the best

:c

[Anonymous No.9392022]

>>9392016
Same here anon, I think the yellow is adorable

Not a huge fan of the bunnies though, they look a bit off to me

[Anonymous No.9392031]

>>9392016
>>9392022
>yellow gingham
>red berries
>green vegetation
>blue bows???
>pinkish bunnies

This is like meta tier mess.

[Anonymous No.9392034]

>>9392016
That yellow has so much potential, but all that light blue looks awfully washed out on a vibrant print.

[Anonymous No.9392038]

>>9392016
>:c

Well, I mean kids tend to have shit taste anyway so

[Anonymous No.9392085]

>>9391987
Kind of looks like a clusterfuck, but I love fruit prints. I'll be gunning for yellow.

[Anonymous No.9392103]

>>9391987
I like the idea, but I wish it was gingham with a border print. It would be cleaner and cuter.

[Anonymous No.9392115]

>>9391987

Meh, Baby did it better.

On a different note though, how do you all feel about socks with sandals?

[Anonymous No.9392118]

>>9392016
The gingham looks crazy busy in the darker colorways, in the yellow colorway you can actually see the strawberries and it's less overwhelming, so I agree with you on liking the yellow best.

[Anonymous No.9392121]

>>9392115
They should look into making the "toe box" of a thicker, re-enforced knit so you can't see people's toes. There's a reason why tights and sandals looks tacky and why tabi socks look fine.

[Anonymous No.9392124]

>>9392115
I think socks with sandals is the cutest terrible trend in the world

[Anonymous No.9392165]

>>9391987
Oh look, it's another strawberry print again.

[Anonymous No.9392184]

>>9392165
Why do people say this? Of course it is. There will always be one. And a cherry print. And a chocolate print. Get over it, some people collect those things.

[Anonymous No.9392185]

>>9391987
If the skirt were scalloped I'd totally get it in yellow. Everything else is too busy as others have mentioned.

[Anonymous No.9392212]

>>9391987
im really excited to see this dress worn/coordinated
im tentative about buying it right now but i get the feeling that this is the kind of dress that will surpass my initial expectations, i love all the colors

[Anonymous No.9392229]

>>9392115
Legwear is a must in lolita, so I feel like we can't be against socks and sandals. I feel it works best with sheer or lacy tights and ankle socks.

Peep toe is best for lolita. I never want to see thong sandals in lolita.

[Anonymous No.9392271]

Does anyone know where to get cute maid style headbands/headdresses? I want something to wear with maid-inspired lolita that doesn't look like cosplay.

[Anonymous No.9392283]

>>9392115
I feel like Baby's is also a rehash of something they did before as well, but I can't think of the exacat dress.

[Anonymous No.9392284]

>>9392115
>>9392283

it looks like this but with strawberries instead of cherries.

[Anonymous No.9392292]

>>9392271
There's not much you can do to make it look similar enough without being costumey. Your best bet is picking up an old school style headdress from brands or bodyline. There's probably plenty of tutorials on lj somewhere as well.

[Anonymous No.9392298]

So are we going to have to donate to be able to use the site from now on? If so, that's fucked up.

Like, I'm all for asking for donations to actually keep the site running smoothly, but I hope it's going to be a voluntary thing.

[Anonymous No.9392306]

How do you protect your clothes against bugs? Due to the weather where I live there's been a huge boom of fabric-eating beetles and moths and I'm worried about my burando, especially since a lot of it is made with natural fibers.

[Anonymous No.9392312]

>>9392306
dress bags with a zipper.

[Anonymous No.9392340]

>>9392298
This sounds completely voluntary. Like "donate if you use this regularly and like it as a service". Like how winzip keeps asking for money.

[Anonymous No.9392346]

that feel when you're supposed to be saving money so you can fly to japan and hit up closet child... but you're on lacemarket dropping that dollar on burando. :c

[Anonymous No.9392349]

>>9392340
Is the rest of the website currently inaccessible for maintenance? Or are they paywalled now? I would gladly voluntarily donate for a service that I appreciate but I'm not down with paywalls.

[Anonymous No.9392350]

>>9392284

They kind of do a lot of berry prints and horizontal prints, though.

[Anonymous No.9392351]

>>9392340
Yeah, I think it'll have a bypass once they get the site up and running again. I'll definitely donate, I've been miserable without being able to find measurements for shit.

[Anonymous No.9392356]

>>9392349
They're currently migrating all the data and images to the new servers.
Check the Lolita Updates group to have more info.

[Anonymous No.9392360]

>>9392349
They're probably still uploading the entire site.

[Anonymous No.9392362]

>>9392346
don''t do it unless it's wishlist or dirt cheap anon! I didn't buy lolita for 8 months saving for Japan, it was worth it. I didn't miss out on anything

[Anonymous No.9392377]

>>9392362
I knoooow but the dark deed has already been done. It's hard being lolita and having an online shopping addiction because it's so easy to justify anything. positive things: i have a new op coming to me that i can wear in japan

[Anonymous No.9392386]

>>9392349
It looks like they're saying "we are working on the site right now. Donate if you want to in the meantime."

[Anonymous No.9392389]

>>9391987
I'm going to try for the skirt or jsk in red I think.

[Anonymous No.9392392]

>>9392386
Yeah that's the vibe I got. I shot them ten dollars because I have gotten so much use out of it in the past. It's basically like donating to Wikipedia.

[Anonymous No.9392397]

>>9392362
Thats pretty impressive. I'm supposed to be saving for the same soon, do you have any tips?

[Anonymous No.9392403]

Am I the only person who giggles at "salopette" because it's more or less a feminized version of "salope" which is the french word for slut?

[Anonymous No.9392440]

>>9392306
Don't get any prints with fruits on them - bugs love fruit.

[Anonymous No.9392442]

>>9392306
Buy some airtight bags for them. The kind where you use a hose attachment to suck all the air out of the bag.

[Anonymous No.9392513]

>>9392298
what do you not understand about "we're just putting on the finishing touches to our new site"

don't make them out to be some kind of enemy when they're not

[Anonymous No.9392517]

There has been a few lolita generals on other boards, mostly /pol/ within the last few days. Has there been anything going on recently that would warrant this attention?

[Anonymous No.9392523]

>>9391987
Anyone knows a good taobao shop for hime lolita dresses?

[Anonymous No.9392527]

>>9392523
Ask in the taobao thread

[Anonymous No.9392531]

>>9392527
Okay

[Anonymous No.9392603]

>>9392513
Maybe OP has poor reading comprehension? Lolibrary is asking for donations in a pretty inoffensive way imo.

[Anonymous No.9392647]

>>9392184
That's fine, I just wish there were other cute spring/summer themes like peaches, bluebirds, robin, peonies, etc. Also why are there not more sakura themed dresses? Isn't that like the epitome of spring.

Cherries are okay but the sexual connotations they have for normies make it an unfortunate choice as a regularly used theme in lolita

[Anonymous No.9392694]

sorry i asked in the help thread but thought i'd post here too, can someone help me find cheap lolita shoes (>$40) for kanna or do i have to buy from a taobao cos store

[Anonymous No.9392702]

how does valuation work in lolita?
how do you know whether a price point/offer is reasonable?
does the age of the print add in depreciation?
i know demand and rarity are a huge thing but what if the print is just a run of the mill one that no one really cared for?

[Anonymous No.9392704]

>>9392694
Bam. http://bodyline.jp/en/s527.html I would say just buy the pale pink ones and paint/dye them the correct color but I would definitely seek out tutorials from people who have done similar things before.

[Anonymous No.9392705]

>>9392702
There isn't a standard. You see what bites, if not go cheaper.

[Anonymous No.9392714]

>>9392705
i guess thats good advice for a seller but im more confused as a buyer. i dunno what kind of offer is deemed ridiuclous. i have an irrational fear that if i lowball it too much the seller will completely ignore me and refuse to sell even if i make a better offer.

[Anonymous No.9392717]

>>9392702
It depends. I remember when honey cake first came out everyone though it's was ugly af but now its one a loved print. it's a mystery, anon. imo the best way to price is to go on like, FB or lacemarket and just like, find what other people sold that same series item for.

[Anonymous No.9392734]

>>9392702
Consider these factors:
>how desperate are you to sell this item
>is your item rare or sought after?
>what condition is your item in
>how much does this particular item sell for in the second hand market in recent times
>if you can't find a reference point refer to points above

[Anonymous No.9392781]

>>9392704
>http://bodyline.jp/en/s527.html
thank you!!!!
i thought bodyline died desu

[Anonymous No.9392787]

>>9391987
I think the bunnies are so cute, but I'm not sure if I should actually buy it or not. I like the pink, but I almost feel like it's too much of a dark pink, and it downplays the bunnies?

[Anonymous No.9392792]

>>9392647
I am ayrt, I agree - would love to see a peach or sakura themed dress.

[Anonymous No.9392807]

>>9392517
What? /Pol/ is Trump central, why would lolita generals be there?

[Anonymous No.9392837]

>>9391987
TL:DR- Disappointed, woe for the era of 2009 sweet gone past, I have no new releases cause they are too fancy.

I was really looking forward to the yel- colourway when it was announced, but I had only seen pics of the OP which I think looks nice (disclaimer: gingham is one of my fave prints and fabrics for lolita)... but the JSK looks fairly "eh". I thought the sax looked bad for the ribbon details until I noticed the background to the bunnies is also sax.

But at the same time I kind of wished that they were going to use a more 2009 sweet cut or something less lacy. I really don't like the OTT classic/ ultra lacy trend for wear-ability these days. I've only bought 3 new releases in the past 3 years (not including happy packs which are much simpler) because most collections seem more appropriate as occasion wear not as daily lolita. Don't think I will be buying it sadly, might get the bag and socks though. Not that I think this is over the top lacy, I just like things that I could wear on errands or to a meetup and I couldn't see myself wearing this to the shop.

Sorry for rambling. I have no idea why I thought it was appropriate to type all this bs out.

[Anonymous No.9392862]

>>9392440
...I could be wrong but I don't think they're attracted to fruit on dresses, I was under the impression it was fruits as plants or food that they go after

[Anonymous No.9392868]

>>9392862
Pretty sure that was a joke anon...

[Anonymous No.9392893]

Wondering what secret #5 was before it was removed. I check secrets on wensdays to get comments of context. But now I'm confused.

[Anonymous No.9392897]

>>9392714

Usually about ten-twenty percent off, or free shipping seems decent enough to ask for. You will also have better luck taking to sellers that have had their dresses up for awhile with no buyers, instead of pouncing on a new listing. And of course, be gracious if they say no for whatever reason.

I wouldn't bother trying to haggle with sellers that have massively overpriced dresses, either the dress really is worth that much or the seller is delusional, not worth arguing over it.

[Anonymous No.9392940]

>>9392298
>>9392603

I totally agree! Its just like how wikipedia asks for donations once a year.
And anon from the way they worded it, it does not sound like its going to be a pay to use website. They are still doing maintenance and asking for donations in the mean time.

I've honestly never donated to anything like this in my life. Wikipedias, indigogos, kickstarters, etc. But I broke that today and donated $5 to lolibrary.

[Anonymous No.9393056]

>>9392893
No you don't. No one does. Stop trying to rehash drama from the last thread

[Anonymous No.9393063]

>>9392893
I don't know what it was - but I can almost guarantee it's just rehashed shit from cgl because that's all secrets are anymore. LJ is dead bro. Let it go.

[Anonymous No.9393065]

>>9392868
When I first started wearing lolita it was during the summer and I was terrified of attracting bees and wasps because I've found they're attracted to bright colors. Haven't had any incidents but wearing light blue skinny jeans got me stung? I hope the big poofiness of the dresses scares them off.

[Anonymous No.9393088]

>>9392807
They've gotta be talking about the other kind of lolita.

[Anonymous No.9393095]

>>9393063
Secrets are also people self posting for attention anon. Pretty sure the secret about batty last week was her self posting.

[Anonymous No.9393096]

>>9392807
They're probably talking about "lolis" because they're mostly pedos.
That, or wondering why gulls aren't their "submissive nipponese waifu, sugoi~" and calling all of us prudish cunts.

Or someone's lost their way while looking for cgl. You pick.

[Anonymous No.9393098]

>>9393095
People have so much fucking vendetta against her though, so it wouldn't shock me if someone had posted about her. What did she even do anyways? Why does everyone hate her?
>inb4 drama
No, I'm legitimately curious if she scammed or lied or something.

[Anonymous No.9393103]

>>9393098
I think people just hate the way she coords. She manages to make any dress look tacky?

[Anonymous No.9393105]

>>9393103
Ah, yeah. I don't know, she's not terribly ita. She just kinda seems to be having fun though. I've seen too many complaints about her hair for my lifetime as welll.

[Anonymous No.9393107]

>>9393098
She's generally just annoying. The hate makes no sense but she's rude AF in person. People are more annoyed in how she pushes herself on every one. Lately though she's posted a lot of pro-sjw shit. But really it's her projecting on social media and making rude catty remarks towards people who don't share her white-privlige-trash opinions.

[Anonymous No.9393109]

>>9393105
Her makeup is really atrocious and she likes to wear normie things with Lolita for that hot topic tier Tumblr shit.

[Anonymous No.9393138]

So I just heard the scummy con Newcon stole $2000 from Wunderwelt's sales in their vendor hall. Sad considering I was really impressed at their stock, no doubt they won't be back.

[Anonymous No.9393139]

>>9392893
Since every one else rather be a cackling cunt, here >>9388039 . I found the link in the last post for you because I'm feeling nice today to spoon feed.

[Anonymous No.9393178]

>>9393107
I really wish e-celeb lolitas would stay away from SJW nonsense and politics in general. I tried watching Batty's race video and the eyes nearly rolled into the back of my head. I never once thought of her race nor even fucking cared.

[Anonymous No.9393198]

saw this photo on my dashboard and it straight up looks like a penis

[Anonymous No.9393200]

>>9393198
Never want to unsee

[Anonymous No.9393206]

>>9392940
The site's maintenance mode redirects to the donate page, so it can be tested by admins while being inaccessible to everyone else.

>>9392349
Lolibrary's never going to be paywalled.

[Anonymous No.9393224]

>>9392271
AP has released a few maid style headdresses if I remember correctly, and IW has one in stock right now. The maid theme is prevalent in anime/cosplay so there's not much you can do to avoid the connotation, just make sure all pieces in your coord are well made and match and just roll with it.
>>9392292
>equating lolita headdresses to maid headbands
Anon...

[Anonymous No.9393225]

>>9392403
I actually never noticed that before, now I can't unsee it.

[Anonymous No.9393237]

>>9392647
Dunno if the sakura lolita dress would go with the same rules as a kimono but in Japan you should wear kimono with sakura on winter. They have this thing that you should wear the next season's flowers like you would be ahead of fashion. Wearing a sakura yukata for a hanami is the worst thing you could ever do.
I'm just saying that instead of spring, sakura lolita could be a nice winter dress (after christmas).

[Anonymous No.9393250]

>>9393237
>>9392647

IW has a Japanese Butterfly series up right now, if that's more your jam. I'm not sure what the flowers are, though.

[Anonymous No.9393255]

>>9393178
Agree. You can be passionate about it sure, but your followers only care about the fashion not your political views. There's a reason politics are a subject you simply don't talk about when with other people. It sparks an argument that could have elsewise gone avoided. Plus politics are not kawaii.

[Anonymous No.9393269]

>>9393198

[Anonymous No.9393273]

>>9393269
Can you not? Thanks.

[Anonymous No.9393295]

Brands really are running out of ideas. AP is a mess. Even Meta tackyness was more endearing

[Anonymous No.9393296]

>>9393269
They have been making penis shaped accessories before .
AP more like APeen

[Anonymous No.9393337]

>>9393198
I order this print, and it's literally getting here today. Idk if I want it anymore.

[Anonymous No.9393338]

>>9393337
*ordered

[Anonymous No.9393345]

>>9393250
New Innocent World is just otome/otome + tumblr tier graphic print/straight up normie dresses now. I think I just hate the virtually unrecognisable clusterfuck 'lolita' has become now in general.

[Anonymous No.9393346]

>>9393337

Nah, I own this print, and it's still the cutest easter print ever.

Don't worry about the bunnies. You'll be able to tell who the grownups and the immature horny teens are by how they react to a dress that's been around since 2010.

[Anonymous No.9393359]

>>9392862
this board truly has the lowest iq.

[Anonymous No.9393360]

>>9393273
Are you new?

[Anonymous No.9393388]

i dont know if i love or hate this print...
it looks almost cheap, but still kind of pretty

[Anonymous No.9393391]

>>9393388
it's pretty meh. like not ugly but now amazing. that blouse on the other hand is cute as fuck.

[Anonymous No.9393492]

>>9393359
Not really, bees are attracted to bright colors because they look like flowers. Flowers = food. I've had bees bother me in lolita, but it's not like they swarm you.

[Anonymous No.9393496]

>>9393345
My lucky pack dress was definitely more otome, but it wasn't shitty.

[Anonymous No.9393567]

>>9393345
That reminds me, what's going on with IW's super-slow new releases, and that bland plain pink background? Why get rid of the lovely room setting for model shots.

[Anonymous No.9393580]

>>9393388
Looks like wall paper to me.

[Anonymous No.9393603]

>>9392351
Me too! There's an op I can't find the measurements for and it's driving me nuts, this site is so essential, will definitely donate.

[Anonymous No.9393605]

>>9393388
That back is unnecessarily sexy.

[Anonymous No.9393610]

>>9393345
I miss old IW, they should do a release of their older popular dresses like baby.

[Anonymous No.9393700]

Does anybody know Scarfing Scarves personally? I really enjoyed her YouTube videos and always looked forward to them, but it's like she fell off the internet with no explanation

[Anonymous No.9393732]

(cross posted on other threads)

Advice on shipping an OP to Brazil from USA? I have a potential buyer wondering if I'll ship to her but I'm not sure what to expect.

[Anonymous No.9393741]

>>9393732
Expect it to delay a month or two on customs, but other than that, make sure to make an insurance and that the buyer knows that it will take some time. Brazil post office is not good, but it's still better than Italian and Russian post.

Anyway, I'd recommend using EMS or DHL if possible. Those two are faster (probably won't be delayed on customs) but will probably have taxes.

[Anonymous No.9393749]

>>9393345
>using a Japanese word for a Western invented style

[Anonymous No.9393754]

>>9393107
seconding rude in person. she won't even go to anything in her own city because she is triggered that they don't want to obsess over her e-fame. she ostracizes herself, deluded thinking that she's a SoCal Lolita, because she thinks she dresses better than any of the other az girls. funny thing is that she dresses just as bad.

[Anonymous No.9393756]

>>9392837
those cuts are all pretty 2009ish to me, especially the OP. You're trippin

[Anonymous No.9393760]

>>9393741
thank you anon.

[Anonymous No.9393766]

https://egl.circlly.com/auctions/need What the ever loving fuck?

[Anonymous No.9393767]

I don't understand why Lolibrary update is taking that long. If they're changing servers, they should have let the previous website still available for everyone while migrating the data and testing the new one. It's taking days for no reasons IMO.

[Anonymous No.9393786]

>>9393767
Because it overrun the weekend and I've been busy at work.

The first big time-sink was that the image migration job I did completely killed the database server I made (via databaselabs). That took nearly a full day to fix, and in the end I ended up hosting our own database.

The second was that roughly 300k jobs that had been set off overnight on saturday all errored (silently) and I didn't discover this until about 1pm Sunday.

Also, it was far easier just to disable the old site (and I actually took the site offline about 8 times just trying to rsync the images over, and I killed it twice doing a mysql backup).

Currently, the blocker is that the search index is taking 1-2 seconds for a search instead of 10ms, which is going to take down the site if I remove maintenance mode. So I'm working on that in my free time.

[Anonymous No.9393789]

>>9393766
WTB section of lacemarket when?

[Anonymous No.9393800]

>>9393767
Bitch just wait she's working on it, what are you doing for the community? Make yourself useful and donate.

[Anonymous No.9393807]

>>9393786
>databaselabs
>mysql
Welcome back to 2010.

>>9393800
No way I'm gonna give my money to someone who don't know what she's doing.

[Anonymous No.9393808]

Does anyone have that one shitpost image of the UKIP themed lolita coord with the yellow British Bear print in it?

I need to send it to my friend as a joke but I can't find it anywhere

[Anonymous No.9393811]

>>9393807

>implying I'm using mysql

The old server was mysql (on AWS w/RDS), new one is postgres. There's a DB import step that migrates them over.

I originally used databaselabs because it was quicker than setting up postgres BDR for high-availability. Also, the initial generated dump for the site was postgres 9.6 at that point anyway, and I honestly could not be fucked to deal with that.

[Anonymous No.9393813]

>>9393808
Wasn't it on BtB?

[Anonymous No.9393817]

>>9393807
How about offering your help then?

[Anonymous No.9393819]

Anyone know how much money Newcon owes Wunderwelt?

[Anonymous No.9393822]

>>9393808

[Anonymous No.9393827]

>>9393817
Not sure if they wanna hear me say they have to redo everything because it's shit.

[Anonymous No.9393835]

>>9393827
I mean, when I eventually open-source the site feel free to PR a full project. It's BSD-3-Clause.

Just make sure you include Dockerfiles or ansible configs.

[Anonymous No.9393849]

>>9393819
Someone said around $2k

[Anonymous No.9393875]

>>9393849
Holy shit I hope WW sues!

[Anonymous No.9393876]

>>9393875
>>9393849
I wouldn't sue over 2k$. Especially internationally. It'd cost way more than that. Wunderwelt is probably SOL.

I do feel a bit better about dropping $300 on their used lots on lacemarket this week though.

[Anonymous No.9393890]

>>9393822
Thanks anon. Much appreciated!

[Anonymous No.9393927]

>>9393827
are you one of those kiddies who acts like they know what's wrong but ~won't tell us~ because you actually don't know shit about it? because that's what this sounds like. cough up your suggestions or stfu because as far as anyone else is concerned you know nothing

[Anonymous No.9393957]

>>9393876
Same. I'm going to try to find something to buy with my paycheck to support them soon.

[Anonymous No.9393983]

>>9393876
I feel so bad about this. I went to Newcon and their stock was fantastic, not to mention inexpensive! Too bad they'll probably never come back to pdx.

[Anonymous No.9393993]

>>9393983
Wunderwelt's blacklisted Newcon, so no, they won't come back to that con. Maybe kumoricon can get them.

[Anonymous No.9394007]

>>9393250
I hate this print. Used to be an IW fan but the prints are getting tacky and the bad cuts for average chested girls are so prevalent.

I was thinking more in terms of AP and Baby cute spring prints, it's so annoying how they're always cherries. Even with a good cut and print, I don't want a cherry dress (I get harassing sexual comments enough already)

[Anonymous No.9394054]

>>9393993
I meant Portland in general, not just Shamcon.

[Anonymous No.9394060]

>>9393700
don't know her personally, but it seems she updates her patreon every few days

[Anonymous No.9394077]

>>9393957
This, I want to give them my money now. Is there anything we can do?

[Anonymous No.9394097]

>>9393876
WW should just get a lawyer to write an official letter and threaten action because that usually gets the job done. And small claims aren't too expensive to fight in general, although it may be more complicated to do so internationally. If they win (they definitely have a case) they can claim back the money they spent in court. Still, $2k is a significant amount of money, especially for a smaller company like them.

[Anonymous No.9394139]

>>9394097
Exactly, this is the type of shit that puts small companies out of business. I find this really horrifying. Why tf wouldn't they give them their money? Are they saying why?

[Anonymous No.9394150]

>>9393822
Haha this is amazing

[Anonymous No.9394183]

>>9394139
They "accidentally" spent it because they didn't notice an additional $2000 in their account... That's their story at least.

[Anonymous No.9394194]

>>9393610

They've been doing it -- rabbit letter, royal library and Annette.

However, the dumbasses didn't make enough of Annette and it fully sold out to special members. No one's even scalping it, I don't know where the entire release dissappeared to. Sigh.

[Anonymous No.9394196]

>>9393754
AZ comm doesn't really want her any way. All she does is remind us of the drama from the past that is irrelevant now. She posts on the FB page about stuff and contributes to conversation. But she hasn't been to a meet in a long time. If she wants to think she dresses better then okay. But she really doesn't. Michelle was probably the only girl in our comm that had some e-fame that dressed well. Batty simply attracts the Melanie Martinez crowd. She's maybe a stepping stone into the fashion rather then a respectable lolita blogger of actual inspirational content.

But on topic.
I think that the cafeteria print looks cute. But I'm a sucker for aprons with dresses.

[Anonymous No.9394206]

>>9394077
You could probably just buy something from them on Lacemarket or their site, it would probably be the best way for us to support them right now.

[Anonymous No.9394211]

>>9394183
Tough shit they have to cough it up

[Anonymous No.9394220]

God why

[Anonymous No.9394241]

>>9394220
Gotta milk it for what it's worth anon. That's why.

[Anonymous No.9394269]

>>9394220
>new original prints coming up!!
>also holy lantern
>AP sits and wonders why the new prints just won't sell.

Rinse. Repeat.

[Anonymous No.9394346]

>>9394139
Con chair spent it on coke as usual

[Anonymous No.9394391]

>>9393819
>>9393849
This is horrifying, fuck Newcon. I'm checking Wunderwelt now to see if there's anything they have I might be willing to buy.

[Anonymous No.9394416]

>>9393819
Does anyone have caps of the full post

[Anonymous No.9394419]

>>9394416
It's shared in rufflechat on Facebook and the AANI group. Too lazy to cap.

[Anonymous No.9394423]

>>9394269

Eehhh not really sure the new prints would sell anyway. Sweet Cream Princess is a bit of a mess.

[Anonymous No.9394424]

>>9392306
dont keep cardboard around, or any stuffed animals on the floor. my old place got infested and we had to throw out all my little sisters stuffed animals, and i found them in the pile of shipment boxes at the bottom of my closet that id been to lazy to recycle

[Anonymous No.9394427]

>>9394423
You're saying you don't want a dress that looks like it's from bodyline but in the $250ish range???

[Anonymous No.9394438]

>>9394346
Lmao did anyone notice the tabs on the screenshot Newcon posted on their page? Looks like sudden damage control than anything else.

[Anonymous No.9394440]

>>9394438
>executives group on Newcon Slack
>email from Wunderwelt about payment
>Square dashboard

Yeah sure you've been communicating with Wunderwelt this whole time... Sure...

[Anonymous No.9394441]

>>9394416
1/4

[Anonymous No.9394443]

>>9394438
Why did they post this on their page?

[Anonymous No.9394444]

>>9394441
2/4

[Anonymous No.9394445]

>>9394444
3/4

[Anonymous No.9394446]

>>9394445

[Anonymous No.9394447]

>>9394443
They deleted comments that were "off topic" to other posts but posted a screencap so they wouldn't be "censored". Fucking walnut forgot to crop the image.

[Anonymous No.9394448]

>>9394441
>>9394444
>>9394445
>>9394446
Holy shit. When I saw "they stole" I didn't think they literally took their profit from the con. Did they really think they could get away with it?

[Anonymous No.9394451]

>>9394447
In too much of a panic to crop the image, huh?

[Anonymous No.9394453]

>>9394438
literally how are they this stupid tho

[Anonymous No.9394454]

TEST

[Anonymous No.9394455]

>>9394451
Surprised they didn't have a tab open google searching "how to damage control if steal money"

[Anonymous No.9394463]

Newcon's reply
1/3

[Anonymous No.9394464]

>>9394463
2/3

[Anonymous No.9394466]

>>9394464
>we take outstanding balances very seriously
Haven't they failed to pay at least one person every single year?

[Anonymous No.9394467]

>I just want anything with Holy Lantern print on it
>Everybody and their aunts have it
>mfw skirt version's secondhand price is minimum wage where I live

Fuck lolita, fuck brand, fuck money, fuck me for getting into this fashion

[Anonymous No.9394468]

>>9394464
3/3

[Anonymous No.9394470]

>>9394427

Please, Bodyline had better illustrators. Even the Fruit waffle skirt wasn't as much as a mess as SCP. AP needs to corporate restructure whoever is doing their sweets prints, they suck and have no taste.

[Anonymous No.9394472]

>>9394464
Same shit different year. Wonder what their excuse will be next year when they fuck over someone else?

[Anonymous No.9394473]

>>9394468
How badly do you have to be handling your books if you end up with several thousand more dollars in your account than you're supposed to at end of con, and even then still can't pay everyone you have contracts with?

[Anonymous No.9394476]

>>9394473
And even if Wunderwelt had been paid promptly like they were supposed to, there would have been someone else that would go unpaid in their place.

[Anonymous No.9394477]

>>9394473
I feel like someone got over paid.
Probably themselves.

[Anonymous No.9394478]

>>9394464
Saying they won't be doing it again because of the trouble when the truth is no one is going to ever send them their stock again. Does John Leigh run this con?

[Anonymous No.9394480]

>>9394477
I'm honestly baffled at how Newcon thought they could just get away with putting away that much extra money. Did they not double check? Don't they know by now?

[Anonymous No.9394483]

>>9394480
OH WE PAID EVERYONE ELSE SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE OK! SILLY US!!!
<:3c

[Anonymous No.9394484]

>>9394463
This is a disaster. Can't wait to see the poor sap they don't pay next year.

[Anonymous No.9394495]

>>9393927
Not everyone here live in the US you dumbass.

>>9393835
Why on earth do you use all that shit for DB-managing? You're supposed to create a website not a clusterfuck of DBs.
Postgres is not event the most optimized DB for website anymore.
You'll see soon enough, your website is gonna crash because of all the search queries. Not because of the DB, but because your website is not optimized and well construct enough. It's a typical newbie mistake.
I hope you at least used a good framework for the website.

[Anonymous No.9394509]

>>9394484
I feel like the next step here is someone getting arrested, that's the only way I can see this getting worse than it already is. And it's Newcon, so you know it's going to continue getting worse.

[Anonymous No.9394516]

>>9393107
>>9393754
>>9394196
I'm curious about how she's rude in person? I've met her and she doesn't really peddle herself or her videos or act like I should know who she is. She does seem way more introverted than in her videos though and never does go to our meets.

[Anonymous No.9394538]

>>9394183
Just like Frill con lol

[Anonymous No.9394574]

>>9394495
>Not everyone here live in the US you dumbass.

What the frilly fuck does your geographical location have to do with lending your help to an online project? Are you a fucking noodle head?

[Anonymous No.9394579]

>>9394495
anon you responded to, what the fuck does your location have to do with me calling you out on being a stupid crybaby?

[Anonymous No.9394587]

>>9394495

>implying we need to be web scale

What the shit are you even talking about?

Searching is elasticsearch. I'm doing a post on infra at some point (if I ever make a tech blog), so calm your panties.

Also, you really do sound like you have no idea what you are talking about.

The website is not gonna crash because it's "not optimised enough" (it runs fairly well in production excluding the elasticsearch server, and I'm solving that with tweaks to make match_phrase_prefix queries faster) unless some skiddie gets sad that nobody likes them. Even then, cloudflare + loadbalancing + autoscaling = nice try.

[Anonymous No.9394590]

>>9394574
>>9394579
Oh come on. You're judging me because I didn't respond faster. Try harder.

>>9394587
I don't pretend to be the best webdev in the world but I surely know a good webdev would NEVER let a site down for DAYS.

[Anonymous No.9394592]

>>9394495
Literally what the fuck am I reading right now?

/g/ here. My girlfriend send me this thread to laugh at.
>You're supposed to create a website not a clusterfuck of DBs.

This is like asking why you'd have genre categories in a fucking bookstore. Too many DBs is detrimental (much like too many subsections of genres would be confusing to navigate in a bookstore), but having a nice handful working in conjunction with one another is actually neater.

>Postgres is not event the most optimized DB for website anymore.

Debatable as fuck and honestly you don't even need "most optimized" for a site that's just archiving ant sized images of clothes. Postgres is fuckin fine lol.

>You'll see soon enough, your website is gonna crash because of all the search queries.

You don't even know how the fuck she's setting up her search. What?

>Not because of the DB, but because your website is not optimized and well construct enough.

You know this based on ???

brb posting a screencap of your ass on /g/ to laugh at.

[Anonymous No.9394593]

>>9393095
Original anon you replied to... of course you brought up batty. Christ almighty.

[Anonymous No.9394597]

>>9393109
>Her makeup is really atrocious
there is way worse out there to be calling what she does atrocious.
>inb4 someone claims I'm her or one of her friends

[Anonymous No.9394598]

>>9394590
Send your email to the lolibrary support@ email and I'll invite you to our slack so you can make a fool of yourself.

Also https://status.lolibrary.org is a basic overview of our server setup (minus extra services)

>>9394592
It's like they don't realise that a reference/library website's primary function is to be a database or something.

Or that replication is required with any DB.

[Anonymous No.9394599]

>>9394590
>you're judging me because I didn't respond faster

..no? I'm judging you for being uppity and having no fucking clue what you're talking about. get off of fucking codeacademy, your stupid is showing

[Anonymous No.9394603]

>>9394590

What the frilly fuck does your response time have to do with you being a pretentious twat that wants to backseat webdev without actually backseat webdeving? Are you a fuckin twinkle nugget?

[Anonymous No.9394609]

>>9394603
>>9394574
/g/ here, post more uminekos bein bitches please.

[Anonymous No.9394610]

>>9394597
Just because there's worse doesn't mean she gets a pass anon. her eyebrows are too dark and thick for her face. Her winged eyeliner looks like a 13 year old just learning about liquid eyeliner. She doesn't know how to cut her own crease. She doesn't know how foundation works and how blush is applied. It's not like she's ash bad but she's still pretty fucking bad at makeup on her face.

[Anonymous No.9394612]

>>9394592
>>9394598
>a good webdev would NEVER let a site down for DAYS when migrating

>ignore the main critic

[Anonymous No.9394613]

>>9394590
We don't pay for lolibrary so I hardly see the point in getting so buttrustled over it like this. You sound incredibly unpleasant.

[Anonymous No.9394614]

>>9394609
Stop responding to your own girlfriend.

[Anonymous No.9394618]

>>9394612
I mean, the site is technically up.

Lolibrary takes a fairly ridiculous amount of time + effort + money to keep going, and the endless bitching about it made us just go "oh well, leave it for now" when I saw that maintenance would overrun.

>>9394609
>not posting top-tier waifus

[Anonymous No.9394622]

>>9394211
Actually you can sue and not get the money. The judge basically can just rule in your favor. I have a friend who is an attorney and he used to literally chase his clients looking for the owed money and he didn't always get it. All he could do was keep requesting it. you are never actually guaranteed a payment.

[Anonymous No.9394626]

>>9394610
I'm too lazy to post a pic but everytime I see her face, her make up might not be my taste but it looks sleek and everything matches.. sounds like you're just a typical cgl nitpicker perfectionist.

[Anonymous No.9394631]

>>9394612
except the site isn't down, they're accepting donations right now you dumbfuck

just give it up, it's so obvious that you have no clue what you're talking about. try going to /g/ and learning how to actually webdev instead of pretending like you know anything

[Anonymous No.9394632]

>>9394626
What is photoshop and lighting?

Also I find it funny how all of a sudden the conversation has turned to her when this is the typical time she's up and bored.

[Anonymous No.9394634]

>>9393876
>>9393957
>>9394077
>>9394206
>>9394391
I recently bought about $500 worth from them already before I knew about this, but hopefully that helped them recover from some of the losses.

[Anonymous No.9394636]

>>9394438
>Zelda - Google Docs

...alright, i'm playing the new Zelda too, but it definitely shows what their priorities are right now. i.e. probably not WW, unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.9394638]

>>9394612
If complications arise, then yea? Even the best of devs run into unexpected issues at times. It happens, but a good web dev knows not to half ass it and throw a broken site up when they know they need to iron out a few kinks before making it public.

It's not a site run by a multibilliondollar corporation that has a tech team on call the second an error arises to work together to fix it ASAP.

>>9394618
Post them.

[Anonymous No.9394643]

>>9394590
>but I surely know a good webdev would NEVER let a site down for DAYS
it was really more like "months" before this started, but i'm just glad they're doing updates at all. it's really not like we pay for it so /shrug

and imo it's much better to just wait for it to come back up then to have yet another archive site go down, like hellolace did

[Anonymous No.9394648]

>>9394643
There was no dev working on lolibrary's old site for... well, about 2 years.

It was a drupal 6 site and it was filled with email spamming malware that constantly crashed apache, and people just rebooted the EC2 instance it was on constantly whenever it hung.

That's also the reason I was so eager to kill it.

[Anonymous No.9394665]

>>9394622
Huh no wage garnishments no debt collectors? Poor guy

[Anonymous No.9394676]

>>9392115
Baby does everything better, t.b.h. I've had my heart broken so many times by APs pclusterfuck prints.

[Anonymous No.9394681]

Just a question for some one new. What is a Lolita, i know of the book but what does it mean here?

[Anonymous No.9394683]

>>9394681
Spending addictions.

[Anonymous No.9394697]

>>9394681
lolita is a japanese fashion, look through the thread to have an idea of what the dresses look like. it's completely unrelated to the novel, so try to forget about the connection through the names

check out the lolitaguidebook tumblr for a more thorough explanation, i don't want to write a wall of text here

[Anonymous No.9394698]

>>9394681
lurk moar and find out, newfag

[Anonymous No.9394707]

>>9394007

Sweet Marguerite came out earlier this year (from Baby).

I have to wonder why AP didn't repeat last year's Marguerite theme though. Maybe not as popular as the berries? Everyone kinda expects berries so maybe not many people are looking forward to flower prints in spring.

[Anonymous No.9394710]

I see some people in the community is working to make things better. Lolibrary is a recent good example.
Wouldn't it be great if someone would do the same for BtB? I'm so tired of this LJ thing.

[Anonymous No.9394711]

>>9394710
as in making an independent BtB website? why are you tired of LJ if it functions fine for BtB?

[Anonymous No.9394712]

>>9394183
that is some Leigh-tier bullshit

[Anonymous No.9394714]

>>9394711
>as in making an independent BtB website?
Yes.

>why are you tired of LJ if it functions fine for BtB?
Because it's not practical at all imo. The comments are not next to each secrets. We can do so much better nowadays.

[Anonymous No.9394715]

>>9394714
idk anon, the LJ format is outdated but it's really not that much of a nuisance to just scroll down? like if that's the only thing wrong with it i don't see a big issue. anything else?

i might try and take on the project if a significant amount of gulls want it, but i also don't feel like stepping on the BtB mods' toes

[Anonymous No.9394718]

>>9394715
It's my main complain but there's other things that bother me. I'm not a fan of the fact we have to host the secrets on imgur for example.

I wonder how many think like me. Maybe the Btb mods would like to improve the website too but don't know how to do it? idk.

[Anonymous No.9394725]

>>9394715
The mod that owns BtBs is kinda a cunt so I wouldn't if you want to save yourself a head ache.

[Anonymous No.9394728]

>>9394725
What a shame.

I guest she could not do a thing if someone would create a whole new thing somewhere else.

[Anonymous No.9394824]

>>9394480
Not if the treasurer is the chair's girlfriend and doesn't know shit about accounting.

[Anonymous No.9394829]

>>9394097
I agree on writing a letter, but they have no way to enforce it. You'd be correct if WW was a US company, but it's really nearly impossible to sue over things like that across borders.

But hey these Newcon guys clearly don't know crap, so they may actually pay up when sent an official letter.

>>9394183
If they had enough money to not notice 2k they certainly have enough money to pay them back.

They should take out a loan to pay WW if they have to, it's not hard to get a 2k loan. Heck they could do 2k$ of credit card debt. You don't just take someone's money like that -.-

Of course, they won't do any of this, because they don't care

[Anonymous No.9394831]

>>9394725
oh, wouldn't want to deal with that then desu. i'm sure they lurk though so it's a good idea to make suggestions to get them out of the stone age. there's also the possibility of just making it and seeing if people jump ship to the new shiny platform because they can't do anything about it really. the website would be really simple to make

but i'm not too keen on potentially being the subject of a vendetta, plus all of the work might be in vain, so probably not worth it. kinda reinventing the wheel

[Anonymous No.9394832]

>>9394829
I'm sure they spent it before WW even put two and two together that they still hadn't gotten their check, they didn't have enough money to fund their summer con this year. THEY HAD TO DO A KICKSTARTER!

[Anonymous No.9394846]

>>9394832
omg they did a kickstarter for their summer con? Just stop please.

[Anonymous No.9394875]

>>9394712
Agreed. I was thinking about doing AA at Newcon or AnimePDX but I'm not going to anymore. I suggest other people pull out if they can. Fuck these guys, I don't want them to have any of my money.

[Anonymous No.9394876]

>>9394846
But how else are they going to fund their coke habit? :(

[Anonymous No.9394878]

>>9394832
So like everything I'm hearing about this con it sounds more and more that this just something they do and they keep screwing people over. How long were they expecting to keep this kind of thing up? Aren't they running out of people to scam?

[Anonymous No.9394879]

>>9394878
This needs to stop right here right now. This needs to be their last year as a con, we need to put our foot down for real with this.

[Anonymous No.9394887]

>>9394463
>due to a misunderstanding on the executive end

>>9394446
>we delivered cash transactions (with witnesses) in an envelope to the head of con

Alright so the "executive level" aka con head straight up stole money and thought he could get away from it. Nobody introduce this guy to John Leigh or he might get more ideas on how to run his convention.

[Anonymous No.9394890]

>>9394829
Yeah exactly, how many people are involved in the "executive level" of this con that they can't personally scrape together $2k after 3 months to not violate a contract?

[Anonymous No.9394919]

I feel like we need a Newcon thread...

[Anonymous No.9394940]

>>9394183
OP you replied to. That's insane. I'm awful at math, but you'd have to be retarded to mess up that much.

[Anonymous No.9394941]

>>9394446
Thanks for spoon feeding us anon. They just need to end this con. Sorry. You lie, cheat, and steal? You shouldn't be running a convention.

[Anonymous No.9394943]

>>9394453
OT but I love these lolita edits of hank hill bless whoever does them

[Anonymous No.9394950]

>>9394681
There's a super spoonfeeding thread, I suggest you go there because Lolita General will not be kind to you, newfriend.

[Anonymous No.9394973]

>>9394879
Unfortunately "we" are the minority and I doubt there's anyone in this thread right now that even lives in the area to spread the word to locals. We can try all means of social media public shaming them, but most people just...go to cons and don't care about the backroom drama and wouldn't care even if they knew.

[Anonymous No.9394996]

>>9394919
Ask and ye shall receive >>9394992

[Anonymous No.9394998]

>>9391987
There's a Newcon thread now, let's take this there

>>9394992

[Anonymous No.9395087]

this is probably a dumb question, but does anyone know how to clean fleece? i received a capelet as a hand-me-down from a friend recently, but it has some weird, sort of crusted stains on one part of the cloak. i'm thinking about just cutting it up and using it for a pattern, but before I do that, does anyone know how to fix this?

[Anonymous No.9395090]

Instagram blocked every lolita hashtag.

[Anonymous No.9395092]

>>9395087
I believe fleece should just be washable?

[Anonymous No.9395097]

>>9394467
you probably won't settle for a HL replica I guess? I still have one I can't get rid off

[Anonymous No.9395174]

>>9395092
oh, i should mention that i already tried putting it through the washing machine with the regular detergent that i use, this is post-wash and it's still there.

[Anonymous No.9395193]

New from Sheglit

[Anonymous No.9395201]

And from atelier boz

[Anonymous No.9395332]

>>9395090
WTF.
I hope they're not gonna ban all the gulls who used it regularly.

[Anonymous No.9395333]

Any hope I can still buy/snag this dress anymore or...
thanks in advancr

[Anonymous No.9395335]

>>9395333
*advance

God im so sorry

[Anonymous No.9395357]

>>9395193
I'm in love.

[Anonymous No.9395456]

>>9395357
Same. Sheglit is fast becoming my favorite brand. So easy to wear and coord too

[Anonymous No.9395481]

Does anyone know who made this dress? The ad is claiming baby but I can't find anything through the cached lolibrary, google images or pinterest.

[Anonymous No.9395542]

so much newness surrounding all this btb hate.

LJ is the best format, especially as a catalog/history of old posts.
>here's the big one:
it's also anonymous.

also, aren't there like 4 different mods? afaik there's no one mod who owns the LJ

if you want to make some kind of pale imitation site on an insufficient platform I hope you don't expect the international community to use it.

[Anonymous No.9395684]

>>9395542
>calls people new
> doesn't know the difference between owner and moderator

Misterlolita is the owner you walnut. The other people making the posts are just moderators appointed to the role to matain the page. Misterlolita still owns the page and has full control over it.

[Anonymous No.9395686]

>>9395481
Looks like Catherines Cottage

[Anonymous No.9395694]

Genuinely astounded that gingham rabbit shitshow sold out.

[Anonymous No.9395723]

>>9395481
what are the measurements anon?
if they are small, like would fit a child, >>9395686 may be right.
the big bows on the front don't strike me as an old school brand design. it certainly isn't BTSSB the way the lace is positioned on the hem and sleeve ends. the neckline is also not brand quality styling.

>link to listing?

[Anonymous No.9395741]

>>9395684
Okay. What about the other points?
I'm not wrong about LJ being the best home for BtB. There also aren't any ads or other annoying shit to break up the pages.

[Anonymous No.9395815]

>>9395542
>t. triggered BtB mod

all of the posts were pretty tame, nobody was talking about hating it. just improvements that could be made. but way to take it personally.

[Anonymous No.9395849]

>>9395815
I'm not a mod and hating on something is such an overused term, not sure why you took it so literally.

I can understand the comments issue, because I often have to open the images in new tabs if I don't want to rely on memory but I think the people complaining are just crybaby millennials who haven't put much thought into how something like btb would work on a site other than LJ.

just because it's older doesn't mean we have to abandon it.

t. LJ lover

[Anonymous No.9395863]

>>9395542

[Anonymous No.9395905]

>>9395849
because hating on it implies actual negativity when they were just discussing how it could be better. calm down, grandma.

[Anonymous No.9395908]

>>9395694
It's a strawberry print. They're always popular. Also I think AP went back to reduced stock.

[Anonymous No.9395921]

>>9395849
>calls millenials cry baby's
> crys like a millennial cry baby

Anon just stop.

[Anonymous No.9395926]

>>9395723
https://item.mercari.com/jp/m955600329/

Yeah I think it might be Catherine Cottage, but the sizing seems for adult? I've never heard of the brand, is this typical?

[Anonymous No.9395938]

>>9395926
It is a kids brand but they have items for older teens that fit small adults as well. Some people like their pettis.

[Anonymous No.9395942]

>>9395926
>>9395723

Catherine's Cottage started out making proper lolita for adult women, they only had a teeny tiny section of dresses that came in kid's sizes when I first found their rakuten shop. I guess they ditched that and went full kiddy princess because their adult-sized lolita dresses weren't selling as well.

The dress auction you found was probably one of their older dresses from back when they still had a section for women's clothing.

[Anonymous No.9395955]

>>9395921
also
>babies
>cries

[Anonymous No.9395961]

>>9395955
It's st Patrick's day. I'm drunk and calling out your shit. Fuck spelling punctuality.

[Anonymous No.9396034]

>>9395961
I hope you had fun anon

[Anonymous No.9396035]

>>9396034
I did. Much needed after how shitty the last year has been. Nice to get out and not be DD for once.

[Anonymous No.9396075]

Why won't some girls just deal with the fact that lolita prices are going down? And why are they almost always european?

[Anonymous No.9396120]

>>9396075
Since we're on that topic, is this normal for this dress to be at that price or what because I'm a little confused.

[Anonymous No.9396272]

>>9396075
Probably because Eurofags (like me) have to pay a shitload of customs fees?

I personally don't add what I paid in customs fees to my prices cause it won't sell as the item will be considered overpriced.
I just take a loss cause it's not my buyers fault that I got charged by customs anyway.
Rather sell at a loss than not sell at all to be honest!
Maybe the seller wants back what they paid for it, but that is often unrealistic as trends change and some popular dresses lose their popularity over time.

[Anonymous No.9396347]

>>9396075
I thought this price (at least around the $500) was average for Sugar Hearts? It's not like it's Holy Lantern where its currently flooding the market? This is the only one I see on LM right now, and if it was someone's dream dress they'd probably pay the price. If you're that butthurt about their asking price why not just make them an offer?
It'd be one thing if they're asking like $800+ but Sugar Hearts is an older dress and somewhat semi-popular among Sweet lolitas. At least, I've seen it in quite a few sweet lolita wishlists.

[Anonymous No.9396388]

>>9396272
Why do Eurofags think they are the one ones that deal with customs? Either mark it down or take the hit, you don't fuck up the market with spite over it.

[Anonymous No.9396400]

>>9396347
In the Japanese market Sugar Hearts tends to go around 200-300, maybe a little higher for the purple. Lolita prices are going down because people are just buying from Japan rather than deal with the inflated western market prices.

Also, Eurofags need to realize no one's going to overpay to return them their custom fees. They also need to realize charging Paypal fees are against Paypal's TOS.

[Anonymous No.9396421]

>>9396120

It's one of the Btssb made-to-order wedding dresses. Retail price was already like 1.5k usd or something.

That said, it's fully fug. Even cutie Midori couldn't make it look good. Some girl with more money than fashion sense bought this and now thinks everyone should be after it like hot shit.

[Anonymous No.9396425]

>>9396400
Wasn't white a popular colorway too, though? So around $350 plus shipping from Japan (especially if EMS) plus shopping service fees, it'd still add up. I do agree Eurofags overcharge to return custom fees though, but even buying it around the $350 mark can get it into a range closer to $400 easily, and that's just buying from Japan. Add in fast/tracked shipping from Europe and it goes close to the $500 price, Euro shipping alone can be expensive as hell and sometimes over $30 even.
Definitely agreed on PP fees though, since they are against the TOS.

[Anonymous No.9396469]

New from Rosa Bianca

[Anonymous No.9396479]

>>9396421
See, I didn't even recognize it as baby. That's how ugly it is. Thanks for telling me why it's ridiculously priced.

[Anonymous No.9396484]

>>9396388
What other places deal with customs as heavily as Europe? I've been hit for 30-45% charge of product price+shipping cost on every single package I've ever received from Japan. Afaik customs charges in North America are rare and not as heavy. Do other Asian countries deal with customs for packages from Japan? Does Australia? I've never heard anything from any South American country about customs. Are there even any lolitas on the African continent?

I'm not someone who tacks my customs charges onto my prices btw. Just wondering if any other continent is even half as bad as Europe when it comes to customs charges because that shit is awful.
>cries and cradles free health care

[Anonymous No.9396501]

>>9396484
Yeah, they used to be soooooortof bad as I've heard, because the customs threshold was $200 in the states, but now they've bumped it to $800 before they'll charge.

[Anonymous No.9396516]

>>9396484
In Brazil it often happens to be 100% of The value.

[Anonymous No.9396536]

>>9396501
I think the threshold is €20 in my country, including shipping. I've had packages where I paid more for shipping than for the product and then had to pay the product price again in customs. Shit sucks. Sage for whining.

>>9396516
Yikes!

[Anonymous No.9396542]

How do you guys get so many tumblr followers? I've been on there since 3years and only have 245 followers

[Anonymous No.9396546]

Is there any way to clean dry clean only dresses with prints that bleed without actually taking them to a dry cleaner?

[Anonymous No.9396560]

>>9396542
post often, reblog often, add your "thoughts" to the tags of most posts (ie. "i love this ap bag shes wearing")

[Anonymous No.9396569]

>>9396542
on my blog i post like 95% original content (outfit snaps and pics of clothes) and only reblog things that really really catch my eye

i think good OC nets you way more followers than constant reblogs.

[Anonymous No.9396576]

>>9393198
I have no idea what you mean. It looks like a perfectly normal, cute bunny to me.

[Anonymous No.9396582]

My wardrobe had a recent growth spurt and I was wondering how lolitas with more extensive wardrobes decide what to wear. I look at my dress and feel overwhelmed trying to decide...

[Anonymous No.9396596]

>>9396582
>what have I not worn yet
>what have I not worn for a long time
>do I have some new item that fits a certain dress really well
>where am I going and does it fit the theme of it
>a new combination I have not tried yet

[Anonymous No.9396612]

What do you think of lala pipo?

[Anonymous No.9396614]

So I've been wondering, was there ever a gead-piece released with Cream Cookie Collection?

[Anonymous No.9396637]

>>9395097
Not that anon, but I felt this image was appropriate.

[Anonymous No.9396654]

What do you think of Sumire Uesaka?

[Anonymous No.9396659]

>>9395193
gothic wa-lolita?

[Anonymous No.9396663]

>>9396659
not wa, qi

[Anonymous No.9396677]

>>9396614
No. If there was, you would see it in the release poster.

[Anonymous No.9396695]

>>9396677
I know, but I felt like this si very odd and unusual?
I thought maybe they release something matching later on.

[Anonymous No.9396757]

>>9395097
I might be interested if it's the turquoise one

[Anonymous No.9396821]

any more updates on Lolibrary? i've really been wanting to look up some things that won't turn up on google cache/google images.

[Anonymous No.9396884]

>>9396637
I want to see the real one and replica together with the same OP cut next to each other, showing how the replica cant handle a petticoat.

[Anonymous No.9397456]

>>9396347
>some one states that something is ridiculously overpriced

omgz u just salty bcuz you can't afford it!11!

And just because a dress is someone's dream dress doesn't mean that they're pay twice its value. I for one won't.

[Anonymous No.9398219]

>>9396075
Sorry for her selling that dress, I loved her outfits with that