14/06/2014 - Tokyo Dark Castle look

My look for Tokyo Dark Castle, a goth night held in Christon Cafe. 

Hair accessory: Paris Kids 

Necklaces: Fernopaa, Moi-même-Moitié

Corset: Black Peace Now

O ring garter: Black Milk Tea
Heart ring garter: Creepyyeha

Skeleton garters: Noctex

FRUiTS snap

In about April or May, I was street snapped by FRUiTS magazine in Harajuku. I was really surprised! My photo got printed, too! You can find it in issue 204~

Monsters University jacket: eBay

Dress, body harness, cross necklace: GLAVIL by tutuHA
Choker: Creepyyeha

Garters: Made by me

Boots: YOSUKE

Ball-joint doll tights: Lockshop

Eyeball hair bows: Kreepsville 666

Coincidentally, this happened on the day I went to KERA's Marui Annex snap event, where they take everyone's photo, then choose some to print in the magazine. I actually ended up being printed in KERA too, which I totally didn't expect!

Tokyo: Shinjuku

Shinjuku is another place that's great for shopping. It's also where Tokyo Decadance was. On the day, I arrived about an hour before it opened, and even though all the shops were closed by this point, I had a lot of fun just wandering up and down the street the venue was on. It's very lively at night.

As for shopping, the main attractions (for me, anyway) are the department stores Studio Alta and Marui One. While most of Studio Alta doesn't really interest me, it is home to a Glavil/tutuHA, and Fernopaa (soooort of similar to Glavil). If you ever get the chance, definitely go to Fernopaa! When I was there, I met Amihamu, a shop girl whose pictures I'd seen online a lot:

I'm a huge fan of her make up. Not sure it'd suit me, but I want to at least try doing that style some day. Amihamu is just as adorable in real life, and super nice! It was really empty when I was there, so she just followed me around and chatted about bands and stuff while I shopped haha. 

Studio Alta gets:

Fernopaa necklace

Fernopaa choker

Fernopaa skirt

The one on the left. It took me aaaages to find somewhere selling this!

After, I went to Marui One, which is mostly lolita and punk brands. I got a Black Peace Now lucky pack! :D For those that don't know, lucky packs are sold to clear items. You pay a certain amount, and the contents of the bag are random, but are generally worth a lot more than what you paid. The shop girl let me feel all the lucky packs so I could try to guess what was inside haha. I managed to get one with a skirt (rather than pants) this way.

The bag 

Contents:

This is pretty cool, but I honestly have no idea how to wear it, so I'll probably try to sell it (if anyone's interested, it's medium size).

The skirt I ended up wearing to Tokyo Decadance (but pinned up at the front)

Also wore this blouse for Tokyo Decadance

Cutsew dress

-Finlay

Tokyo: Tokyo Decadance

On the 30th of June was a Tokyo Decadance with the theme "June bride". For those that don't know, Tokyo Decadance is a clubnight that is probably best known for the outfits/costumes of the attendees. Those who dress according to the theme (which changes each time), or simply in an eccentric manner, get a discount on entry. The discount is only 500 yen (about £4) off the original 3500, but people really do go all out. As well as amazing music all night (it ends at about 5am), there are various performances. The music is glorious industrial techno (my favourite kind of music for clubs) and hard electro. 8)

I'd found this flyer earlier in the week:

The guy right at the bottom is DJ SiSeN, who often (always?) DJs at Tokyo Decadance. He's easily my favourite DJ, and plays industrial and such. 8D 

 Emilie had planned to go with me, but she was really busy with finding apartments and such, so decided not to go. I'd wanted to go for a while, and knew I'd regret it if I didn't, so scary as it was, I went alone. 

Obviously I didn't have my whole wardrobe with me, so I had to make do with stuff I'd bought on the trip. The theme was bridal or couples, which I just ignored haha, because I don't really wear white. I still got the discount, and also had my photo taken for Gothic & Lolita Bible! I don't know whether or not it'll get published, but it was still pretty cool. Here's what I came up with:

Awkward pose because I was too tall for the purikura booth haha.

Accessories/make up

Surprisingly strong 100 yen alcohol from a combini

It turned out I didn't need to be scared, as people there were really nice, and I wasn't the only one who went alone. There were loads of French people too haha, so I found it easy to talk to people. I also hung out with Mayumi, Shiena and Hitomi for a bit, who I'd met earlier in the week.

There was a real double wedding (two couples) towards the start of the event, performed by... Colonel Sanders (apparently a real priest), DJ SiSeN, and a Grell cosplayer. Surreal.

I talked to the priest later, and it turns out he's English too! He was lovely haha.

I love SiSeN's new look! I ended up speaking to him a tiny bit, and he's really small in real life, aww. C: He was lovely. He also played Nachtmahr's El Chupacabra! It made me way too happy to find out that he likes Nachtmahr haha, they're one of my favourite groups. 

Some kind of performance with fire

I definitely recommend going if you ever have the chance! It's a lot of fun, and people are lovely. Entry may seem a little expensive, but it's definitely worth it. It also includes one drink haha. 

-Finlay