In this post I will be showing you some super cute finds from last weekend! As many of you are aware it was the MCM expo in London and I found lots of stalls I hadn’t seen before with lots of adorable things. Today I will be talking about a couple of stalls that caught my eye!

The adorable phone cases from ‘Super Cute Kawaii Shop’

   Firstly ‘Super Cute Kawaii Shop’, who told me they are hoping to appear at HYPER JAPAN in November! The stall had a large range of deco rings and iPhone cases covered in cookies, ice cream, waffles… any yummy food you can imagine! It was all very good value too, the deal was 2 rings for £3 which I instantly snapped up. I bought an adorable mint chocolate biscuit ring and a pink cake slice ring, both of which are adjustable in size and look good enough to eat. Aside from the ones I bought, I particularly liked the chocolate piece rings and macaron rings. Unfortunately the majority of the cases did not fit my phone however each one was extremely detailed and pretty with many different colour schemes to choose from. There were also a couple of phone charms and some earrings. They even gave me a peas in a pod phone charm which when you squeeze it the little peas come out! It’s so cute! I would highly recommend their stuff so let’s hope we see them at HYPER JAPAN.

There was a large selection of rings available

   The other stall that caught my eye was ‘Cherry Abuku’. Their display was the definition of ‘kawaii’ with all sorts of handmade plushies including onigiri, sandwiches and tamago sushi with little eyes and a variety of expressions. The hats were just the cutest (my favourites were the kitty and penguin!). You can see many of their other products on their facebook page. When I saw this stegosaurus they made as a commission, I had to include it in the post, what a cutie! I’ve heard that they are closing down which is very sad, however soon their website will be open again with their remaining stock so if you like what you’ve seen in this post be sure to get some of their adorable products while you can.

   Apologies for blogging slightly less recently, I’m currently taking my A-levels, but I will try to update as often as I can! Friday Fashionista post coming tomorrow and don’t forget you only have until the end of today to enter the contest to win the phone cases I designed, so be sure to do so! Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

   Hello everybody! I’m back with another video about my trip to Tokyo. This time in the land of anime, maid cafés and AKB48: that’s right, Akihabara! On a Sunday the main road in Akiba is closed so people can walk along it. I went on a welcome tour with a lovely maid (she was asking me about my favourite idols, she was so nice!). She took us to many places, to explore the anime figure dispensing machines, cosplay shops, animate, arcades and finally a maid cafe - this one was bunny themed! I took purikura with a cute maid called Komugi. I was also filmed by FujiTV for a feature on foreigners in Akihabara. It didn’t air in the end but it was still a fun experience! The song is Akiba ni iku non ! by Sakuragawa Himeko. Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

Above photo taken by the V&A museum photographer   

   On Saturday the 5^th of May a record breaking number of Lolitas showed up at the Victoria and Albert museum to see the ‘Kitty and the Bulldog’ exhibit, talked about by a panel at HYPER JAPAN on the 24th of February. The meet was organised by Kyra of ‘The Tea Party Club’, and the final roll call reached 113 fashionistas, an amazing amount! The V&A has recently acquired a selection of Japanese street style clothing based around Lolita fashion, with pieces from brands including Baby the Stars Shine Bright, Innocent World, Moi Meme Moitie and Putumayo.

   The exhibition itself was set up in the middle of the Japanese section of the museum, spread over a wall with all sorts of clothes on display. There were then paragraphs of information about the different styles. Although quite small the exhibition gave lots of short snippets of interesting information and I think it’s great to see lolita fashion in a popular museum such as the V&A so people who have never heard of it can discover the fashion.

   It was great to see so many well dressed fashionistas! I got some pictures of a few of my favourite outfits. I wish I could post all 113 coords though, everyone looked amazing! Firstly, Ada’s coordinate features the lovely Doll House skirt from Innocent World. The hat is just too cute and I adore the matching bag. I also saw Shani in a lovely floral outfit, perfect for spring. Chloe looks pretty in pink, wearing a dress from Angelic Pretty. I love the rider jacket and the little alpacas! And finally Rachel looks cute and elegant in the picnic print from Emily Temple Cute (and a bunny clip from Now, Voyager!).

   Missed the event? Don’t worry! On August 31^st there will be another meet at the museum titled Friday Late: Loli-POP, so look out for more information on that. Don’t forget to enter the competition to win phone cases designed by me! Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

    It’s more than 6 months until the next HYPER JAPAN and I’m already super excited! In the meantime, let’s meet a new fashionista! I met loads of lovely people at the ‘Kitty and the Bulldog’ display meet at the Victoria and Albert museum (post to come soon), Florrie being one of them. She has a really unique style and her blog is just great.

   Her coordinations are always full of colour! She uses lots of different shades, mainly of pastel colours, to make her outfits bright and interesting, not just in Lolita but in her everyday wear as well. I was surprised she buys from such a range of places, from Japanese fashion brands to vintage and other lucky finds. It is amazing how she matches it all together perfectly. I picked two of my favourite outfits from her blog.

Left: I love the coat, Middle: the vintage bolero is just lovely, Right: what amazing shoes!

   Aside from being a fashion enthusiast, Florrie is also a blogger, as well as being an artist and portrait painter. Her blog Intrinsically Florrie focuses on her fashion finds, the latest trends and anything else she finds interesting. I particularly like this post on cardigans, it’s always great to find such cute things in high street shops. There are many other fascinating posts, it is very fun to read!

   Don’t forget you can win super cute phone cases for Blackberry, iPhone 3 and iPhone 4 by just following the instructions here. I hope you will all enter! Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

http://www.hyperjapan.co.uk/news/51-otaku/723-win-kawaii-cases.html

   Literally five minutes from our hotel in Daimon was the Pokémon Centre. Not a place to health up your Pokémon in this case (although they did play the theme music), but a shop full of all sorts of Pokémon merchandise! The Pikachu valentines collection was my favourite shelf in there… so cute! Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

   I’m expecting an exciting package in the mail soon related to a new competition in the next couple of months, so look out for that! In the meantime, here is this week’s stylish fashionista. You might recognise Rebecca, or Finny as she is more commonly known, from last year’s Kawaii Star contest. She really is a lovely girl, it was great to meet her through the competition! So let’s find out more about Fashionable Finny!

   Rebecca is mainly into different types of Lolita styles, such as OTT sweet, old school sweet and shiro Lolita. She has recently got into gothic lolita too. Her coordinations are really well put together and very pretty! I went through and picked two that I particularly liked. I love the first for being simple yet very elegant and cute, and the second I just love the bunny ears! It really gives the outfit an OTT feel with all the other adorable accessories.

   Her blog Fun with Finny takes you on an adventure exploring all sorts of J-culture events, as well as reviews and her other life experiences. If you’d like to see her reports of HJ2011 and HJ2012, just click the links! It also has some posts about websites such as Chocomint, and tales of her trip to Hong Kong (I particularly liked the post on the food… mmmm)! Only three days left to enter the Roxie Sweetheart contest everyone, so get entering. Bye bye ~ ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ