My Lolita Birthday Party

Where was Cat the last weeks? Japan? Germany? Kidnapped by her UK friends?
Actually I was in the UK to celebrate my graduation and my birthday with my dear friends (that have frequent appearances in my videos as well). I was moving around a lot, and lots of things happened in the meantime which left me literally no time to edit my videos.
Sorry to have kept you waiting!
So here is the video of my frilly, fun and simply fantastic Lolita Birthday Party:




To be honest I was really surprised so many managed to come down to see me, as I notified them really last minute. I was really moved and so so happy!

We went to the Mad Hatter's Tea Rooms for another one of their delightful Full Afternoon Teas. Rich in cream, sugar, sparkles and magic.

Macaroons were the most popular item on the menu

Some of my friends were so sweet, they said they did not want me to go away again. That's how the video the other week came to be. I was "kidnapped" by my catnappers.

We have tied Cat to a unicorn and are force-feeding her cake

After the Mad Hatters, we went to the park for pictures and I gave the girls and guys a little surprise goody bag for being so kind and coming to see me.

We had a beautiful day as well, sunshine rainbows and unicorns!

Lolitas of the day

I know some could not make it down that day, and some I couldn't even invite at that short notice. Nevertheless, I would like to thank everyone who could make it, who would have made it if I wasn't so terribly spontaneous, and those who I couldn't call but would have loved to come anyways.
I hope I will get the chance to meet you all again some time in the future. For now I have packed my bags and am off to the next adventure.

Happy Birthday to me - Thank you all!

Now there is the question:
Where in the world will my next video be from?

I will let you guess until then. Thanks for watching, thanks for reading!
Hope you are happy, no matter where in the world you are.

x
Cat

Alice in Wasedaland

Did you know?
Waseda University in Tokyo, has one of the biggest Lolita fashion clubs in Japan.
The GLP (Gothic, Lolita and Punk Club) was founded by "Ai" and the club has over 60 active members.

Gizzy, Cake, Harriet and I went to the KERA snap at Marui Annex (you get your picture taken and if you're lucky you might get into one of their future KERA magazines) and from there took the train to Waseda University.

 My style for KERA snap.

Theme: Queen of Hears

Skirt + Waistcoat: AP

Blouse: Alice and the Pirates

Bag: Muchacha

Now I've been to a busy university bunkasai festival before, but this broke everything I've seen. We were pretty much getting suffocated by the crowd and a route that would take 5 minutes, took us almost 20 - pushing past people and getting shoved along. It was like a stream of human bodies. But the atmosphere was really great and there were lots of students in cosplay and fancy dress.

Arriving at GLP's Alice in Wasedaland was like coming home in a way:

They had GLB and KERA on every table to look at

- Shops: Lolita fashion accessories and goodies
- Dresses: an opportunity for interested girls (and boys) to try on Lolita fashion dresses and get their picture taken
- Food: Free sweets, tea and beveragees
- Entertainment: Mini fashion shows

That head dress has chocolate on it!

We the Gaijin Lolitas, taking pics and eating all the candy :)

The club members were all dressed in Lolita or Gothic Lolita and most of them were very approachable and open to talk to our group of foreign Lolitas, especially Yuko, who aims to become a fashion designer.

The fashion show was short but very informative, and we could ask the model questions. I ended up asking a lot.

First Fashion show models

Ai (President of GLP) and the Vice President

Ai has made this club grow in just such a short time, it's quite impressive what she has achieved! She's also modelling, supporting the Maison de Julietta, and doing lots of other things. Quite admirable, she is fluent in English and very friendly and approachable. This is what I always have imagined a perfect Lolita to be like. Sweet, cute and fun with a great love for fashion. According to her interview, she's been growing up in Lolita fashion too. Since her childhood, her wardrobe always contained cute and frilly things.

 All in all a fantastic day, and finally an opportunity to speak to real Japanese Lolitas without time pressure or a TV crew. It would be great if we could create a platform where Japanese and International Lolitas could meet.

I sat next to the stage so the models gave me sweets <3

I also took some little clips for a video, but because I have such a large backlog of other awesome videos, it will take a couple of weeks till you get to see them, but please keep looking forward to them!!
That's it for tonight *curtsy*

Love from Japan
x
Cat