Hello! I've been feeling pretty sad over the past couple of days, so I thought i'd post about a couple of new dresses I've bought recently! I love shopping and adore looking over and taking photos of new items, though its possible I take far too many photos!
First up is my Ribbon Maiden Jacquard from Angelic Pretty in Lavender. I bought the red version of this dress (not shown in this post) around Christmas time and when I found this set for sale with the headbow, I wasn't sure if I'd be keeping both dresses. But I do have to say that the different colours create entirely different looking dresses, so I can safely say I am definitely keeping both colours of this dress!
I actually found this for sale on Pinterest of all places! It had been up for nearly a year and I was certain it had sold, but I took a chance and messaged the girl selling it through facebook (though it felt a bit random and strange XD) and to my luck she still had it for sale! Which goes to show that sometimes old sales posts can be worth replying to! Now the dress and headbow are all mine!
I adore the scalloped placket and buttons down the front.
The jacquard fabric is such a subtle touch, the bows and dots are slightly pinker than the rest of the dress in real life. The feeling of the fabric is so regal too! I love all the lace on this dress, but my favourite has to be this bow lace!
The headbow is so big! Its wired to make it stand up, I guess this is because of the weight if the fabric! The pearls and heart charm are a cute touch too!
Unfortunately this dress doesn't have back shirring, so it doesn't currently fit me. I am doing something about that though, and am hoping that through dieting and moderate excercise I can be wearing this beauty by the end of the year!
Next up is Lyrical Bunny Lucky pack jsk by Angelic Pretty in purple. Angelic Pretty released this dress as part of a set at the beginning of 2011 as part of their annual lucky pack promotion. Lucky packs are an amazing way to start a lolita wardrobe or a perfect way of adding a full co ord and some basics to your wardrobe. I believe this jsk came with a matching headbow, socks, blouse and boston bag. I've only managed to get my hands on the jumperskirt at the moment, but I am desperate to find the matching headbow too!
This dress was actually up for trade by someone on the fb sales, but I didn't have anything the seller was asking for, so I messaged and asked her if she would be willing to sell and to let me know if she did decide to. A couple of days later it went up for sale and I bought it on a payment plan! Good job I showed interest when it was up for trade or I may have missed out on buying it!
The bright colour of this dress is so unusual in Lolita and gives it such a kitsch 50s feel to me.
What is there not to love about this bodice front?! Pintucks, lace in the seams, neck ruffle and two bows!
Though with that being said, I do wish the lay plan was more carefully thought out, there's two upside down cupcakes on the front of this dress ;-;
I wasn't expecting the neck ruffle to go around the back of the dress, so that was a really nice surprise! Also, back shirring! Which means this dress fits me!
Close ups of the print. Adorable Bunnies! The little tags in the bunny's ears remind me of Steiff bears, which mean a lot to me since my Nan bought me one for Christmas one year when I was little! ^_^
The embroidered hem lace is so pretty too!
I love this dress and I am so so glad that I picked it up! Its just a shame that it sits quite short on me, it doesn't bother me too much and if needed I can always get an underskirt to go with it!
Have you bought anything new recently?
