Meta Lucky Pack

I recently received my Meta lucky pack but since EGL has been inundated with various lucky pack posts I thought I'd just post mine to my blog. I am aware that a few posts back I said I may be a bit hesitant to order any more lucky packs since it was a big gamble and I'm quite picky. Well ordering the Meta lucky pack was an extremely big gamble for me as I do not own anything from the brand nor have I seen any items up close.

Also, I should point out that I am quite new to this lucky pack thing so I stupidly assumed that I would be getting either one of the packs pictured as an example (refer to previous post) clearly this was not the case and hardly anyone who posted the contents of their LP to egl got what the examples showed. Although when I opened my pack I was pleasantly surprised but I think over time I may decide to sell some of it, as I did with my Innocent world LP (I only kept the headbow from that). Here's what I got:

I got the black bag which I was really happy about!

Cream cutsew, which I preferred over the short sleeve blouse

A selection of bloomers, which I'm not too keen on :(

A little flannel, cute Fruit Punch socks in pink and a plastic bow necklace

The cream and gold 'Old Rose' skirt went well with the cutsew

Although I got some odd items, i.e. the socks. I think they managed to match the set quite well, the cream, red and gold go quite well together. I think I might be selling some of these items since I don't wear fully shirred skirts (I prefer to tuck my blouses/cutsews in so it would look quite messy). I'm quite busy at the moment so I'll probably bring a few things to the lolita bring and buy sale to be held at Hyper Japan later this month.

Speaking of Hyper Japan, my friend Nazia (Kawaii Kandee) got into the final, taking place on Sunday. I'm so happy for her ^_^ she's got a great performance planed for Sunday so I can't wait to see it. Please take a minute to vote for if you can here.

Recently Chaudie, writer for a predominantly gyaru based magazine called Tokyo Catwalk asked me to contribute lolita related articles to their magazine. I believe the magazine is branching out to incorporate other Japanese fashion styles and sub-cultures so I'm really excited to be a part of it. Hopefully I can think of some interesting topics that lolitas and non-lolitas will be interested in reading.

A few new things

I haven't been up to much lately aside from work so I haven't had much time to follow recent lolita goings on but I decided to check egl this morning and noticed that the Meta Lucky Packs were up, now I'm not really fond of many meta prints (apart from Blooming Garden which I really love^^) but the skirt lucky pack looks quite lovely so I decided to take the plunge and order one. Fingers crossed I get something similar to the pack below, I love the scallop detail on the Princess Crown Bouquet skirt so I would be quite happy to get it, the other print featured is the skirt pack is Fairy Playing Cards which is quite nice too.

Fairy Playing Card skirt

Another nice thing about the Meta lucky pack is that is quite affordable compared to others, 10,000 yen for the skirt and 15,000 yen for the jumperskirt lp which is not bad considering you get undergarments, a blouse or t-shirt, socks, a bag and some other little accessories as well as the jsk or skirt.

Right now Im really looking forward to Hyper Japan, it's in just under a month so I cant wait^^ My friend Kandee has decided to enter the Kawaii Star of the Year competition. It's a competition organised by HJ to find the new cute ambassador for the UK and the final will take place at this years Hyper Japan event. My friend has to send in some photos as well as a 60 second video about why she would like to be the kawaii ambassador for the UK. I helped her to do a little photoshoot and Im gonna say I was thoroughly impressed! She looked so beautiful like a real life doll! Making the video clip was a little more tricky, I think she became a little camera shy hahaa but we eventually got enough material to make a little video *hopefully*

The full coord, minus the boots

Here's a run down of the co-ord:
Blouse: Etsy

Jumperskirt: Innocent World Lauretta Rose - Misty pink
Tights: New look
Boots: Jane Norman (not featured on the shoot)

Hat: H&M, added pearls and corsage

Close up of the lace

Hopefully she will make it into the final, I know that would be a great experience for her and even more amazing if she won it! I hope people will find her classic style really cute and vote for her ^_^