tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788412375250986912024-03-05T19:58:25.837+01:00Not Here to Please youLibertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.comBlogger742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-23198487495237856792022-04-24T19:24:00.001+02:002022-04-24T19:25:54.841+02:00The Swan Collection by Summer Tales Boutique (and open day in their store)<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLim859PRFBTU9dGbFnzPQTvzDO2ERYDbK6YaqcXR-YZETetOL6JsUmT1NXXQL9Xx5IfJm0SaQuZamOywFZxGHp-qxyXeLnRJjgfilVFzC3rto12QQWtRbFvmzlVKO-cwxoYWA2RtQyKYWiqsJJJ3Bb4fqNkOhh03zZYA_rT0CxkjNWKs3jiLA85Dd8Q/s1347/20220423_131241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Summer Tales Boutique Team" border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1347" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLim859PRFBTU9dGbFnzPQTvzDO2ERYDbK6YaqcXR-YZETetOL6JsUmT1NXXQL9Xx5IfJm0SaQuZamOywFZxGHp-qxyXeLnRJjgfilVFzC3rto12QQWtRbFvmzlVKO-cwxoYWA2RtQyKYWiqsJJJ3Bb4fqNkOhh03zZYA_rT0CxkjNWKs3jiLA85Dd8Q/w640-h427/20220423_131241.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hey there, stranger.<br /><br />It's been a bumpy ride over the last year and I hadn't felt the need to write here until today (but that's a story for another time).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG4gWOIK7IDXyL2LxM2LmadogqnIKnqDki4TPABAswZx_7MY4Eyxy6DjcrFK92bgLq8NqYLVO9ZPx9Sx3-V6ZC7gzDHvRVP-GKIeghVnF0VDhb6hEeNG88gkUMfT4UHy4-6x_4iSukQUDNFGSg12YxcYn7Q-oz5J9OTXj-lNjysMAxz9eK36s6Oo21A/s1235/20220423_124517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="823" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG4gWOIK7IDXyL2LxM2LmadogqnIKnqDki4TPABAswZx_7MY4Eyxy6DjcrFK92bgLq8NqYLVO9ZPx9Sx3-V6ZC7gzDHvRVP-GKIeghVnF0VDhb6hEeNG88gkUMfT4UHy4-6x_4iSukQUDNFGSg12YxcYn7Q-oz5J9OTXj-lNjysMAxz9eK36s6Oo21A/w426-h640/20220423_124517.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVxvwWSOMGy59wPNN_6xtNykFE3BCIeorhCW7Uh3ss6GCjTJw9cINNTcRyS39Kd-QQewy6c71HAEI4fVqqu9ZsSYe6vHp14sGjLQ8HzYdmxj6idcba4cAzBILWrWZR2HE02eN2q-t1I4vEbPrG2gCgroJsII8EJMddvaA9wVNVQwvx_LzWys9uHo_iw/s1068/20220423_131218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVxvwWSOMGy59wPNN_6xtNykFE3BCIeorhCW7Uh3ss6GCjTJw9cINNTcRyS39Kd-QQewy6c71HAEI4fVqqu9ZsSYe6vHp14sGjLQ8HzYdmxj6idcba4cAzBILWrWZR2HE02eN2q-t1I4vEbPrG2gCgroJsII8EJMddvaA9wVNVQwvx_LzWys9uHo_iw/w426-h640/20220423_131218.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday, after a not so good week, I can say that I had a wonderful day surrounded by some of the amazing members of the Dutch Lolita community. We all had an appointment at one o'clock in the afternoon at the <a href="https://summertalesboutique.com/" target="_blank"><b>Summer Tales Boutique </b></a>in Houten, a wonderful town near Utrecht. The reason for this meeting was the presentation of the new collection that Katie and her team have been preparing with care over the last few weeks: <u><b>The Swan Collection.</b></u> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW0ztBr2TgVMko0OT9abVf1RV23GLS-FCgV37xVTdx1J9jcu0laapMKT142jPyeE10sZrCpaFqjK4TQqpBsjlhsKbJgPQW-XFxDjtllVJzE3bLbbU8m83HIpY8vFqLPM7H7SoZMeBoPOQ14ktgn4Zi2ZLmAjRqM3Svb2H7VlKylT9UkPHMqaocSy2Cg/s1335/20220423_131810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="890" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVW0ztBr2TgVMko0OT9abVf1RV23GLS-FCgV37xVTdx1J9jcu0laapMKT142jPyeE10sZrCpaFqjK4TQqpBsjlhsKbJgPQW-XFxDjtllVJzE3bLbbU8m83HIpY8vFqLPM7H7SoZMeBoPOQ14ktgn4Zi2ZLmAjRqM3Svb2H7VlKylT9UkPHMqaocSy2Cg/w426-h640/20220423_131810.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFVFeiU5aLisBInvSd0KypydLUWnAD2eTmbYmJeD9Bs7dprZTtQpKezZtv1aZPxaFAqKtaEGIiZY0vicYljY_ACl6m0EvXl9jtR4Czd1isI3X81bY1BWzPdvjok7Vhwhnv6Iqfnz2D72FmsvKIHMMc5RqGxOrGTlvOiFodTSNJfS33fFQpG_y6IuFhA/s1274/20220423_131203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1274" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFVFeiU5aLisBInvSd0KypydLUWnAD2eTmbYmJeD9Bs7dprZTtQpKezZtv1aZPxaFAqKtaEGIiZY0vicYljY_ACl6m0EvXl9jtR4Czd1isI3X81bY1BWzPdvjok7Vhwhnv6Iqfnz2D72FmsvKIHMMc5RqGxOrGTlvOiFodTSNJfS33fFQpG_y6IuFhA/w640-h426/20220423_131203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Threatened Swan (by Jan Asselijn c.1650, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)</b> is the painting that this time has been chosen for this new chapter of the Dutch Masters, a theme that STB takes up almost every year. You can't imagine how I felt when Katie revealed her painting of choice, as The Threatened Swan<b> is one of the most impressive paintings</b> you can see in the Rijksmuseum, maybe because it doesn't portray any human beings in it, but <b>you can feel the emotions that he is having the swan at that moment when he feels attacked. The majesty with which it opens its wings to defend its nest showing all its strength and splendour leaves no one indifferent</b>, in addition to the realism that Asselijn manages to print on the painting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGtp2qcopsNpDjxY5Bdfx2gSEROjZJ2c75rgY2OA-3GVu_je_MTjFgQ9mVWN7Eq3kf1yABVYJyOJWHULUgKCFRuYsD_a7dwEbFhygxLISN0hCFKVrJWidOJH4YOwR8wMBxRXjxsQzXrMa86NgIlu4wrBJo8b1OHivQa2vIw8Zw-s1GJkP45-5jVZXIA/s1350/20220423_135119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGtp2qcopsNpDjxY5Bdfx2gSEROjZJ2c75rgY2OA-3GVu_je_MTjFgQ9mVWN7Eq3kf1yABVYJyOJWHULUgKCFRuYsD_a7dwEbFhygxLISN0hCFKVrJWidOJH4YOwR8wMBxRXjxsQzXrMa86NgIlu4wrBJo8b1OHivQa2vIw8Zw-s1GJkP45-5jVZXIA/w426-h640/20220423_135119.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplgg-AMKTeHh0sUFmsIdygHB8CJOk_UzBVzifCNsmc2x3JjqJNAD105wqKtoe8RjEVDO3bAhA2zw0JZ_WbShMUAfXRFR4-PJfQAm3vwDmueilmaJix0zO2p2VOlioStYT6v3uWtrp3zclLc0IXEbVkx48f15hRA2yp85_WO88_4xFxt1vLFYsdpRHXA/s1340/20220423_131934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplgg-AMKTeHh0sUFmsIdygHB8CJOk_UzBVzifCNsmc2x3JjqJNAD105wqKtoe8RjEVDO3bAhA2zw0JZ_WbShMUAfXRFR4-PJfQAm3vwDmueilmaJix0zO2p2VOlioStYT6v3uWtrp3zclLc0IXEbVkx48f15hRA2yp85_WO88_4xFxt1vLFYsdpRHXA/w430-h640/20220423_131934.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpGZe51mWoJjj5zT4bYPfSIVhtqCY4pLE-g2WuppgqNpgcz5CE_y3y_WbTjxRmiwo7AoszjeU61vmxStpyLe64-4lxMI_K2AZ8Ud1s08hJuALxOLG2kXpH3ya7MenqHmxR5tAacQQ1u-_i6vUUOZgsrKdwEtXPtoSpomqoi3UZj2ggnFBaVzVy1abKw/s1347/20220423_131210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1347" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpGZe51mWoJjj5zT4bYPfSIVhtqCY4pLE-g2WuppgqNpgcz5CE_y3y_WbTjxRmiwo7AoszjeU61vmxStpyLe64-4lxMI_K2AZ8Ud1s08hJuALxOLG2kXpH3ya7MenqHmxR5tAacQQ1u-_i6vUUOZgsrKdwEtXPtoSpomqoi3UZj2ggnFBaVzVy1abKw/w640-h426/20220423_131210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In the STB's own words, <b><i>"This collection is all about empowerment and standing up for yourself. And at the same time embracing your dark side. It emphasizes the feeling of having to conform to certain (societal) expectations and breaking free from them".</i></b><br /><br />The fabric chosen for this collection is a mix between <b>hemp and organic cotton</b>, but also they're working with new materials in the studio: <b>vinyl</b>. We can find details and amazing accessories made of this material, <b>from a corset choker to arm warmers and a beautiful bustier that will not leave anybody indifferent</b> (believe me, I've seen it live and everything looks better in real life than in photos). <br /><br />Plus, we'll be able to purchase a <b>wooden pin</b> designed by the talented <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LatteGalaxy?ref=usf_2020" target="_blank">Lattegalaxy </a></b>made especially for this release!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JKpmPB4hYXneOOYtOjY-yNTSd7Yq0s6o4cXOKbwLYGvSRuW1COBEWSnRqbON4w2IbkbymPgceTpQk3Rb_mMb7g-nBwSLr8uciu2mrgRr-MFFPAJsq_qTTG0aR2eDtNyvLZK7xSfEP3p8MJJ0pw91MmbTvT4njcl7BRa99rWTAPruWTXkb8d0B7Q8jw/s1600/20220423_140507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JKpmPB4hYXneOOYtOjY-yNTSd7Yq0s6o4cXOKbwLYGvSRuW1COBEWSnRqbON4w2IbkbymPgceTpQk3Rb_mMb7g-nBwSLr8uciu2mrgRr-MFFPAJsq_qTTG0aR2eDtNyvLZK7xSfEP3p8MJJ0pw91MmbTvT4njcl7BRa99rWTAPruWTXkb8d0B7Q8jw/w480-h640/20220423_140507.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Best girls <3 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pyuukin/" target="_blank">Kim</a>, <a href="https://hauntedsheep.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zoe</a>, <a href="https://josinemaaike.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Josine </a>& I</i><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If you follow me on Instagram you will already know that I started learning to sew by myself. Here is the first piece I made about a month ago, this beautiful skirt with painted flowers. I must say that I find quite a bit of pleasure in sewing and learning from my own mistakes (but that too is a story for another time).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PmwiaiWMREmhpqo6yM3c-IcaG7Tj5gQdwT02ol2sXGAu_DGTrL3yt_z-nOKOTALDeNtNX5MnfDJsGIvwHFyLpv0iulFT-hcjuj8KorlhOmaf5Hsio7wqTxrLB1ozIh0c7_QEbvhaG9BMW35FkoOQHfKg9ZoUFVgv6Y--UQcc9DjM0zV6fZf2xFGpBQ/s1469/20220423_141401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PmwiaiWMREmhpqo6yM3c-IcaG7Tj5gQdwT02ol2sXGAu_DGTrL3yt_z-nOKOTALDeNtNX5MnfDJsGIvwHFyLpv0iulFT-hcjuj8KorlhOmaf5Hsio7wqTxrLB1ozIh0c7_QEbvhaG9BMW35FkoOQHfKg9ZoUFVgv6Y--UQcc9DjM0zV6fZf2xFGpBQ/w392-h640/20220423_141401.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Shirt - HellBunny (old)</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skirt - Handmade by me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tights - <a href="http://www.TejaJamilla.com" target="_blank">TejaJamilla</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Bonnet - <a href="https://hatsbyississtarlust.com/" target="_blank">Hats by Issis Starlust</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Shoes - Naf Naf</p><p style="text-align: center;">Accesories - Tierranegra, My Inspiration<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed this post, see you next time!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PS: Don't miss the online release of the collection today at 20'00h!</b></span><br /></p><p><br /></p>Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com0Loerikseweg 36, 3991 AD Houten, Netherlands52.0256573 5.167759327.1644892141968 -29.9884907 76.8868253858032 40.3240093tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-57972355958096789432021-02-16T13:00:00.001+01:002021-02-16T13:00:00.662+01:00Summer Tales Boutique: The Dutch Masters' Pride<p id="docs-internal-guid-b5386e61-7fff-5270-2ba1-08205527241b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VpJDHkwgbSAY3k3bWdU_Bq75EhJGDdKL_L9D0TcyFtirQDCFUY_vyAhDRVc7dEfYWI4F63sUtWh4d06kycr3sorRmu2F3cYNfljFyYNnGYSd4gQeu5afD3r_jqdjYLNUCosV1KqIrm3o/s1080/Kopie+van+Fotor_158538526356978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VpJDHkwgbSAY3k3bWdU_Bq75EhJGDdKL_L9D0TcyFtirQDCFUY_vyAhDRVc7dEfYWI4F63sUtWh4d06kycr3sorRmu2F3cYNfljFyYNnGYSd4gQeu5afD3r_jqdjYLNUCosV1KqIrm3o/w640-h640/Kopie+van+Fotor_158538526356978.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span>Models from left to right: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livlotte/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LivLotte</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sixfeetof_frills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sixfeetof_frills</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/josinemaaike/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Josinemaaike</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anna.violet_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Anna.violet_</a></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b5386e61-7fff-5270-2ba1-08205527241b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b5386e61-7fff-5270-2ba1-08205527241b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing with the series of interviews that I started conducting last years with different indie designers, it is time to introduce everyone to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/summertalesboutique/?hl=es" target="_blank"><b>Katie</b></a>, the creator of the wonderful Dutch brand<a href="https://summertalesboutique.com/" target="_blank"><u><b> Summer Tales Boutique</b></u></a>, one of my favourites since they launched their first design in 2015. from the Dutch Masters collection, with a spectacular dress in which</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch" target="_blank"><i>'De Nachtwacht</i></a>'</span> was displayed, one of my most admire paintings by the master Rembrandt.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Summer Tales Boutique shop and studio are located in <b>Houten</b>, a charming little town in the Netherlands where Katie was born and raised. Although she lives nowadays in Zeist with her fiancé and their adorable dog Odie, she goes there frequently to work and design fabulous ideas for her next collections, which normally are heavily influenced by art and history, creating limited releases of their collections and also a vast assortment of matching accessories and garments that are available year-round. As Katie likes to say, they create for elegant and outspoken souls!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We talked with Katie about her daily routines within Summer Tales Boutique, how she came with the idea of the brand and even about sustainability and consumption habits. Let the rays of sunshine warm your heart and join us in the Summer Tales... </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfcOwy7nO50hrf-iUdQULJUZhpgvXliIGehLeQHiFclRnOyggVOf74rvTfCHU_44jN1kf5BsUH1yaI7QDQFMGomJYqFqWWUWUo-6D4VvhuQdXC9IoFXMPJn10lxDYKADgwDgYFks6E1n3/s2048/Fotor_159812804411586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfcOwy7nO50hrf-iUdQULJUZhpgvXliIGehLeQHiFclRnOyggVOf74rvTfCHU_44jN1kf5BsUH1yaI7QDQFMGomJYqFqWWUWUo-6D4VvhuQdXC9IoFXMPJn10lxDYKADgwDgYFks6E1n3/w512-h640/Fotor_159812804411586.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="margin-left: 160px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Katie, the mastermind behind Summer Tales Boutique</span><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVGqC8M6z-HRsi0TMFxu94u64TQVS0BkCrj6bbGl7rgnkBRYxMAbv-Z6aal83FG8aD1XyhHdjnukPfh72HiKKUakfe5qUs59ehJbrLsqgizoIQjtDfOQcTHyRSXQg0saBNoEW9LQrqlSc/s400/Logo-homepage-transparant.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="400" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVGqC8M6z-HRsi0TMFxu94u64TQVS0BkCrj6bbGl7rgnkBRYxMAbv-Z6aal83FG8aD1XyhHdjnukPfh72HiKKUakfe5qUs59ehJbrLsqgizoIQjtDfOQcTHyRSXQg0saBNoEW9LQrqlSc/w400-h124/Logo-homepage-transparant.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">♥<i> You're a well experienced Lolita, but how and when did the interest in Lolita fashion arise in you? Which previous references did ou had before?</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alternative fashion is something that has been part of me for a long time now. I was always dabbling in different (clothing) substyles in my teen years, but nothing felt truly me. Regular fashion was boring, goth was too dark for my taste, and so on. <br />It was during high school that I was knee-deep into manga and anime and it didn’t take long before I came across Lolita fashion. It really sparked my interest, a clothing style that I felt really resonated with me. <b>A lot of initial inspiration came from the Japanese brands and what they were bringing out as well as the styling in the GLB’s for reference.</b> At that time it was super difficult to obtain items, but at age 17 I travelled to Japan with my mum as a graduation gift. <b>That’s where I really fell in love with the style, seeing the shops, the brands, people on the streets wearing it</b>. </span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">♥</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i>At what point does the idea of creating your own brand come up?</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was <b>a bit before my trip to Japan when I was 17</b>. At that time I already wanted to wear Lolita fashion, so I was looking up different places on where to buy it. It was super difficult to get anything and expensive as well, certainly at that age. <b>It was then that I tried making a few accessories</b>. My mum is very experienced at the sewing machine, she used to make porcelain dolls by hand and matching outfits, so we had the tools at home. When I finished a bunch of accessories it was my mum, who is also a businesswoman at heart, asked me why I didn’t try and sell them? And soon I participated as a vendor at a local event. <br /><br />After my trip to Japan and getting my very first Lolita items, I also stumbled upon a bit of a problem. Me being quite a tall Dutch woman, which we are by average, didn’t quite fit all the dresses that well. It was then that <b>I also wanted to create garments that are also accessible by people of different sizes.</b><br /><br />In the following years, I combined studying (in a totally different direction than fashion, Animal Husbandry, to be honest, I wanted to start my own stable with breeding and selling sport horses) and running this small shop/hobby on the side. <b>After graduation I made the choice to really step up my game with the shop, I rebranded to Summer Tales Boutique, got registered as a business and continued my journey.</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m6f7grNQhUp0zm03I0eM1pNWqqszUKD7k8Mmk0FIE2HoN_YIczzdhvVKsTSet4-6Ggvk63uzSQILZ5RNJ7__rI8of60yr4K3l1OfwvS35xphz0w3ebUUouRX3Bc0Kn58B5zGeOBHGalD/s2048/Kopie+van+fotor_1609855032819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m6f7grNQhUp0zm03I0eM1pNWqqszUKD7k8Mmk0FIE2HoN_YIczzdhvVKsTSet4-6Ggvk63uzSQILZ5RNJ7__rI8of60yr4K3l1OfwvS35xphz0w3ebUUouRX3Bc0Kn58B5zGeOBHGalD/w640-h640/Kopie+van+fotor_1609855032819.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Your designs are made with great delicacy and skill, in a very professional way ... Where did you learn to pattern and design? Did you receive any kind of training for it?</i></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Most of my initial knowledge of sewing is taught by my mum, I could borrow her sewing machine at first and try out different things</b>. Initially, I only made hair accessories and wrist cuffs (although, totally different than how I make them now) and gradually tried my hand at skirts, capes and aprons until trying to make dresses. To tell you a little secret, <b>I still have my first handmade skirt in my closet</b>, too wonky to ever see the light of day, but I can’t let go of it either.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Improving my sewing and patterns skills was a matter of doing it a lot, making mistakes and hours and hours of puzzling and trying and puzzling and trying</b>. What has helped me a lot was when I started collecting more and more Lolita dresses in my own wardrobe, I could examine them and see how they are made. It was my goal to have the same quality garments of Japanese brands, so I started investing in a proper sewing machine and overlock machine.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Often people ask me if I have studied fashion design. Looking back in time I sometimes wish I could take a different path and enrol in a fashion design school. But, didn’t this particular path take me here?</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ </span></span></span></span><i>I totally agree and, to be honest, your designs don't have anything to envy Japanese brands, since the finish is exquisite and the ideas that you use are always very interesting. Where does the inspiration to create your pieces come from? Is there an influence that is present in all your designs and is it the base of your creative pyramid?</i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes totally! <b>The biggest influence on my designs come from art, history and historical garments.</b> That is a bit of the basis of where I create, especially when it comes down to our Dutch Masters Collection. When I see a painting that hits a certain snare with me, the cogs inside my head start turning on how to translate this piece to a garment. I just really like the idea of taking a piece, that is often only on display in a museum, and translate it into a garment so it can enter the wide world. <b>It’s like taking the art outside of their four walls and into the open.</b><br /><br />What is also a big influence is <b>seeing my friends, our local community and the online community being creative with their coordinates</b>. I also niched down on the style I like to create, down to classic, gothic and a hint of old-school Lolita.<br /><br />Not too sound selfish, but <b>when I make a design I will always ask myself: ‘Is this something I would personally like to wear?’</b>. In the past, I would sometimes answer ‘No’ to this question because it belonged to a substyle I didn’t enjoy wearing as much. But in the end, I didn’t enjoy making those items as much as those who I did want to wear. That way I can pour more love and passion into the project and stay motivated along the way.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4YcF1SR7-oP07SNX3Q2kpjblF4HI8V4bXLDAEAdBWhMPli_J_3I2jE84tSZZueT_m-bVbaced-g51DNJF7rhTEmn750dhB1tWzbsK7x_wLDwRoMSxehcwjQh7kW-BKnatWfy1HlATTZV/s2000/Kopie+van+voor+ander+materiaal-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4YcF1SR7-oP07SNX3Q2kpjblF4HI8V4bXLDAEAdBWhMPli_J_3I2jE84tSZZueT_m-bVbaced-g51DNJF7rhTEmn750dhB1tWzbsK7x_wLDwRoMSxehcwjQh7kW-BKnatWfy1HlATTZV/w640-h640/Kopie+van+voor+ander+materiaal-04.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anna.violet_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Anna.violet_</a> for Summer Tales Boutique</span><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i>When it comes to daily work in Summer Tales Boutique, what's your routine? </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, any day should start with <b>a nice cup of black filter coffee</b> in my opinion! <br /><br />I have a trusty bullet journal that comes with me to the studio and that holds my tasks and to-dos. At the beginning of the week, I always like to sit down, do a braindump and then filter out my priorities. What are the tasks I really need to accomplish at the end of the week? If I’m unsure about my priorities I like to look back at the goals I’ve set to help me decide. <br /><br />Then I make a rough schedule for each day in a way that I can tick those boxes off if the task is done! <b>This may sound really structured, but it gives me a lot of rest in my head if I don’t constantly have to think about all the tasks that need to be done.</b> And to be honest, it’s a process of making mistakes and learning from them. I have a tendency to plan my days a bit too tight and not always being honest to myself in how much time certain tasks take. This results in overworking and setting promises I can’t stick too. It’s a work in progress! <br /><br />When I’m in the sewing studio<b> I like to batch work my sewing as much as possible</b>. This saves time when working on multiple items and gives me the opportunity to really focus on one task. <b>One of my favourite tasks when making items is the gathering of fabric or lace</b>. I love pinning down the material and gathering it.<br /><br />The mornings are usually where I plan the more difficult tasks and I like to do more mundane tasks in the afternoon.</span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span></span> <i>Ok, let's get a little bit technical... How is the process of creating an STB piece, from the initial sketch to the final result?</i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we create a new collection the thought process starts early on. This is already happening when we’re still working on a previous collection. <b>When we want to add a new chapter to our Dutch Masters Collection I like to visit museums and research with books.</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />When we’ve decided on a new piece I start <b>designing the fabric on my laptop</b>. Translating a painting to a dress is just as much a mathematical thing as a designing process since you need to have the dimensions right and imagine how the end result will look.<br /><br />Once I've done this, I take my sketchbook and a regular mechanical pencil and start sketching out the different cuts for the collection. <b>I usually design two dress cuts and one skirt cut for a collection. We’re a small sewing studio so we have to take into account that for every design cut we also need to make initial samples.</b> ‘Killing your darlings’ also happens in this stage, since you usually end up with more design ideas then you can execute. We choose which ones we like best in regards to the print. Then we can calculate our fabric usage and send the order to our printing company, which is also located in The Netherlands.<br /><br />Usually, printing takes between 4-6 weeks, which gives us a bit of time to already draft the patterns and do a few smaller projects in between. After the fabric arrives we make it into sample pieces we can use to make the product photography. Normally, these pieces will also come along to us to events to showcase in fashion shows. <br /><br /><b>Then it’s time to open up the pre-order</b>! After collecting the orders, that’s where the real grinding begins. For our last collection ‘De Nachtwacht’ we sold out our spots really quickly and then we knew how much pieces we needed to produce. We can order the right amount of fabric and get to work. <b>Production usually takes between 2-4 months</b> and after that, we send out these babies to their new homes! </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qZjrl1MG5vB8IckWkjMFSe5S_f3E_1GkPcseZFZlAg3794pT0UP9aoNjsjUWfQ5WrRcOJOLqLID2BBxCs8uGg1VI5QKYp5z99kr85N_nusCWGUuWQky50KBzeF6nrK84Cy8ZsfUw3YoX/s591/Kopie+van+Royal+Stewart.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="591" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qZjrl1MG5vB8IckWkjMFSe5S_f3E_1GkPcseZFZlAg3794pT0UP9aoNjsjUWfQ5WrRcOJOLqLID2BBxCs8uGg1VI5QKYp5z99kr85N_nusCWGUuWQky50KBzeF6nrK84Cy8ZsfUw3YoX/w640-h638/Kopie+van+Royal+Stewart.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>That is an interesting process when it comes to the Dutch Master's collection, but have you considered to draw by yourself for a print? What about a collaboration with an artist, would you like to do that?</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be honest this is an idea I've been playing with for a bit! For most of my high school days, you could find me drawing, secretly in the back of the class or more upfront with art projects. For the last couple of years, I haven't drawn as much anymore, since sewing is a creative outlet for me as well. However, I really enjoy it to wind down when I’m at home.<br /><br /><b>When it comes down to designing for Summer Tales I really enjoy drawing designs for new accessories and garments. </b>I also have collected quite a few print ideas in these sketchbooks but I often feel insecure about making them a reality. <b>I’m mostly impulsive from nature, so when I have a design I want to execute it and won’t think too long about all the obstacles. Unless it comes down to designing a print, then I’m an unrealistic perfectionist. So that is holding me back a bit, but it is a goal of mine to also add my own hand-drawn prints to our collection.</b> For instance, a few years back we had the ‘Summer Tales Library’ collection, made with a printed fabric with books we could buy from our wholesaler. I would love, with my background as a librarian, to make design a book print featuring interesting book spines and covers.<br /><br />I would also love a collaboration with an artist, <b>that’s a great way to support the strong points of each other</b>! And for the final thoughts on this subject, there are such amazing (indie) brands out there making their own iconic prints so they are very inspiring to me. They really motivate me to pursue more with my own artwork. So thank you <a href="https://ladyslothshop.com/" target="_blank">Lady Sloth</a>, <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/" target="_blank">Violet Fane</a> and <a href="https://www.peppermintfox.com/" target="_blank">Peppermint Fox</a> (to name a few). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>When it comes to the materials that you use, how do you make the selection? Is there any kind of material that is a big “NO” for you? </i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So in our studio, we have two main sections of materials, fabric and lace. <b>For fabrics, I really, really prefer if I can touch it before buying.</b> The material used for making a piece of fabric and also the way it has been woven/processed can say a lot about the fabric, but not all.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />When we started out we usually needed 1 or 2 meters of a fabric which I got at a local market or shop. In the meantime, we’ve grown to use rolls of fabric instead of loose meters. <b>We source our fabrics at different wholesale suppliers situated in the Netherlands and my first rules are about the quality, durability and the feel of the fabric, so I ask myself the questions: is the quality good? Is it nice to the touch? Does it feel like a durable fabric? Is it suited for the garment I have in mind? </b>For example, for a pair of bloomers, you ideally want a breathable and soft fabric, where for a jumper skirt you might need something that is a bit stiffer so you can tailor it neatly for the bodice and it keeps the shape of the skirt well. This is also a process of testing and learning about different fabrics and your personal preference comes to it as well. <br /><br /><b>A big no for me is when a fabric will easily wear out or get damaged easily so the durability of the garment will be really short.</b> I don’t have a strong preference for either natural or synthetic fibres, since they both have their pro’s and con’s, especially when looking at ethical and environmental business practises. <br /><br /><b>When it comes to the lace we use in our items, we source these from a local wholesaler and directly from Japan and China.</b> Unfortunately, the type of high-quality lace we use cannot always be sourced locally, but <b>we have a hard 'no' when it comes to very synthetic and/or elastic lace,</b> we prefer working with viscose, cotton and tulle embroidered lace. I always order a few meters to test a new type of lace first, before ordering a whole batch. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrxhfxRU-RUM0G7XMo-7x2r2Lq6mPEe04dI2oZWV7ISyIJDpstGOWPQW5DKKvsfeOmr1Zb1IvKt6VTt_Jscsfq0DDE83AO3-4qvEVLGuzeFjPqejmFwpgyrYRUJ3yNFaUo3S72ewPixKJ/s640/DSCF2579-scaled-590x640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrxhfxRU-RUM0G7XMo-7x2r2Lq6mPEe04dI2oZWV7ISyIJDpstGOWPQW5DKKvsfeOmr1Zb1IvKt6VTt_Jscsfq0DDE83AO3-4qvEVLGuzeFjPqejmFwpgyrYRUJ3yNFaUo3S72ewPixKJ/w590-h640/DSCF2579-scaled-590x640.jpg" width="590" /></a></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sixfeetof_frills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sixfeetof_frills</a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/josinemaaike/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Josinemaaike</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>One of the things I like the most about supporting indie brands like yours is the care and care that you can put into choosing materials, always looking for more generous options with the environment. I believe STB is a sustainable brand, but could you talk about it a little bit more? What would you like to be able to do to make it even more sustainable?</i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A year or two ago I was really split in the way I wanted Summer Tales Boutique to continue. <b>I was getting more and more aware of all the atrocities in the fashion industry and got myself more educated about fast fashion.</b> At the same time, our own collection was getting more traction and I stood before a choice: Will I keep making the items in the house or look for production outside our studio? The more I found out about fashion factories, child labour, environmental hazards, the less I was keen on the second option. It just didn’t feel right. </span><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From that moment on I decided to keep production in our own studio, that was the first step to a more sustainable brand. </span></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>We have always made collections in small amounts with very little waste of materials</b>. Just the thought of throwing away garments like fast fashion companies do when they can’t sell it just breaks my heart! </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>At this point, I’m focusing more on getting our materials from more sustainable sources. We have a local printing company that prints with the most environmentally friendly inks that are available at the moment.</b> Now it’s time to look into replacing our ‘standard’ fabrics with organic (cotton/bamboo/linen) or recycled fabric (poly/chiffon/crepe). </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I do consider Summer Tales a brand that is conscious about the choices we make and I do my best to take another step towards a more sustainable brand with each release</b>!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>And as a designer and a consumer, what do you think the fashion industry and consumers should do for a more sustainable future?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh gosh, I have so <b>many </b>thoughts about the current fashion industry. <b>It’s like an iceberg, we can only see the tip of it and there is so much hidden underneath the surface. </b><br /><br />Firstly, let me say that <b>any effort that you can make is a big win</b>! Never feel like you need to do it perfectly before starting out because there simply is no perfect way. If you're interested in this subject, take some time to watch documentaries and read into this subject. ‘<b><a href="https://truecostmovie.com/" target="_blank">The True Cost</a></b>’ was a real eye-opener for me. It was then that I stopped shopping at fast-fashion chains and switched to second hand and vintage clothing for my everyday wardrobe. <br /><br /><b>With Lolita fashion, I find it so great that it’s already very common to sell secondhand items and that people take such great care of their items.</b> When I want to add something to my own wardrobe I see if I can wear items in different ways and with different outfits. I have always liked it to style a certain dress in different ways, but being more into sustainability makes it a huge benefit if an item can be used in various outfits. <br /><br />But….let I also say that this can’t only be shoved down to consumers. <b>Companies really need to change their game too. It does require pressure from the masses, but we need to keep asking difficult questions.</b> For example, just before international women’s day, the storefront of the H&M is filled with shirts with text like ‘you go girl’, ‘girls support girls’ and more. Often the people working in your local H&M just get minimum wage and often the women (and underage girls) producing your power women shirts on the other side of the world hardly get paid at all. Can you see where I’m going?<br /><br /><b>That is why I love small businesses since they usually are a lot more sustainable by nature. </b>Often it’s already made in house or locally since big factories are not the best fit. They are capable of shifting fast with their business practises and are independent of stakeholders.<br /><br />A gentle reminder, <b>take the step that is suited for your lifestyle and have fun along the way too!</b> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvJ13I1A3dMCyw7zPwzrl_h98DcJL_LACOJvCF7Jt1FfkBLTdpEufTiMfL4CKAefggGU6FqtNkXQo6DuxLY9ixe1qFKH0YwjqVfWrYwrSgGofGY2EVaL5Wara7HD1TZcU_xYlbQl1PwnN/s1080/Kopie+van+Instagram+The+Anatomy+Lesson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvJ13I1A3dMCyw7zPwzrl_h98DcJL_LACOJvCF7Jt1FfkBLTdpEufTiMfL4CKAefggGU6FqtNkXQo6DuxLY9ixe1qFKH0YwjqVfWrYwrSgGofGY2EVaL5Wara7HD1TZcU_xYlbQl1PwnN/w640-h640/Kopie+van+Instagram+The+Anatomy+Lesson.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg599ET0J66Zu2obP6kWf4B1KH7HKkJOa1McthAQL5NN8ObVgZQiNV1vBsrrgM0EHlcAgXiv9ZfHomQHUKCKO3G2QPtXykNzWji94KkOZadBQRVST6HxHmYiwN8x670SUDqGBSo1Ix3oI55/s2000/Kopie+van+voor+ander+materiaal-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg599ET0J66Zu2obP6kWf4B1KH7HKkJOa1McthAQL5NN8ObVgZQiNV1vBsrrgM0EHlcAgXiv9ZfHomQHUKCKO3G2QPtXykNzWji94KkOZadBQRVST6HxHmYiwN8x670SUDqGBSo1Ix3oI55/w640-h640/Kopie+van+voor+ander+materiaal-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anna.violet_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Anna.violet_</a> for Summer Tales Boutique</span></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>When it comes to your own designs, can you tell us which one has been your favourite creation or project so far? And the most complicated? </i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point I’m super proud of <b>The Anatomy Lesson,</b> it’s a collection where a lot of things came together. It was the first time doing a custom print but also premiering it at a fashion show in Tokyo made it extra special! Then we had a really successful pre-order, which made my goals even bigger for the shop. Really this collection has a very special place in my heart already.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After getting more confidence in custom prints I really went all out with <b>‘De Nachwacht’</b> collection. <b>This was initially our first instalment to the Dutch Master collection around 5 years ago</b>. It’s so awesome to see the progress we’ve made in the meantime, that makes me really proud. <b>With this collection, we’ve also experimented with different fabric options, both I’ve never used before, Bamboo and U-Circular (a fabric made from recycled PET bottles).</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point, <b>I’m also getting so creative and energized from our Nostalgia collection</b>. Sketching up all sorts of dresses, skirts and accessories I wish I could have access too when I just started out with Lolita fashion. But honestly, working with Royal Stewart tartan for weeks on end may sound like a nightmare, but I get so happy just working with this fabric. </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I really enjoy making accessories as well, working with all kinds of different lace on our headdresses and arranging the flowers and ribbons too. Even to the very precise work of making resin jewellery. <b>As long as I can work with my hands I’m happy.</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>Where is Summer Tales Boutique going now? What's the future of the brand?</i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be honest, <b>Corona did shake things up a bit this year but has also opened doors in new directions.</b> We’ve had to postpone our big yearly event but were looking into hosting more small meets in our shop and even doing a virtual tea party. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>In March we have a re-release planned for our Nostalgia collection </b>since they are very popular and we want to make as many people happy as we possibly can. Since we’re a small sewing studio, amping up our production is a challenge, but a fun one!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the same time, we’re sketching out the design ideas for the rest of this year and looking into which fabrics and lace we’re going to combine together. <b>Expect linen pieces for the summer and velvet for next winter.</b> During the year we’ll also have a few limited-edition releases, our recent Heart Headdresses in tartan being one of those.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And gosh,<b> how I hope we’ll be able to meet up again and come together on events in the future!</b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5ca9PwD1eFce-WPSqg2GMu_6vrWvpUi2bULdVLQdoH45vtGwV40Kflm-BXgHW0rxMjAguYFvo1p1-rrxCk4969m572F9WVpBgbd_p1MHzVJ7WHCyrrfsTAiaV4pXYjqROuH6yuZUKsDD/s2048/Kopie+van+fotor_1612027664427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5ca9PwD1eFce-WPSqg2GMu_6vrWvpUi2bULdVLQdoH45vtGwV40Kflm-BXgHW0rxMjAguYFvo1p1-rrxCk4969m572F9WVpBgbd_p1MHzVJ7WHCyrrfsTAiaV4pXYjqROuH6yuZUKsDD/w640-h640/Kopie+van+fotor_1612027664427.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">♥ <i>Last but not least, I always like to ask this question for the baby entrepreneurs out there: what advice could you give to any designer who wants to start their own brand?</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Without sounding too cliche, <b>just start doing it! ;)</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course it’s good to <b>do some research and see where you want to start out with your brand. </b>Do you want to aim at a certain style? Or do you want to focus on a certain item? <b>Start making a few sample pieces and ask your Lolita wearing friends to test them out and have feedback for you.</b> Once you feel more confident about your product try selling it online. You can easily open your own Etsy shop for example and nowadays you can even shop through Instagram!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Having your own business is in no way ‘easy’, so brace yourself a bit for that.</b> It’s hard work, that’s not always getting paid in the beginning. The myth of ‘I wants to make my own schedule as an entrepreneur’ is a catchy phrase but doesn’t really work that way. When you have your own company you can essentially always work, since there is always something to do or improve. So let the reasons for starting your own brand be the right one and not about a 4-hour workweek or making a ton of money. </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Try and figure out where your own strengths are and what lifts you up. For your weak spots try and hire someone or collaborate together. This will make it easier to struggle through the harder times when you have setbacks or a difficult period. </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJcv4UKjwCX6N2WSOCKea75ca2XC_iAO0uEcIZsBZXrQjLkJQsuny-oepLXPDvS787foEJbkhDmHcWtapsP25UGcsCOxxgMlrgiXA0eo71N5Io1nQP2dreU_wdntiGkchfwcU1S4wI3V1/s590/DSCF2549-scaled-590x590.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJcv4UKjwCX6N2WSOCKea75ca2XC_iAO0uEcIZsBZXrQjLkJQsuny-oepLXPDvS787foEJbkhDmHcWtapsP25UGcsCOxxgMlrgiXA0eo71N5Io1nQP2dreU_wdntiGkchfwcU1S4wI3V1/w640-h640/DSCF2549-scaled-590x590.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/livlotte/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LivLotte</a> for Summer Tales Boutique</span></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b>Thank you so much, Katie</b></u>, for this magnificent lesson about your amazing brand. From the bottom of my heart, I can say that it's been a pleasure doing this interview and I cannot wait to see you again really soon (if Miss Rona let us finally out!). </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeq2Ecjr4Iodgk1Y5-OdPGWjU-bppdYWcHHTbpuep9PaaVsr3KdO19J7FHM3RIqT-cduWWIUQaVqDFKpefMAfuoygrYZbcRMHRImPxOQJWiJJC_PwSohmtu2Kg3T6Af_W93YNWxCmS6RM/s2048/Kopie+van+Fotor_160248692325260.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeq2Ecjr4Iodgk1Y5-OdPGWjU-bppdYWcHHTbpuep9PaaVsr3KdO19J7FHM3RIqT-cduWWIUQaVqDFKpefMAfuoygrYZbcRMHRImPxOQJWiJJC_PwSohmtu2Kg3T6Af_W93YNWxCmS6RM/w640-h640/Kopie+van+Fotor_160248692325260.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZxoxH4LR65KKrZYqkYE95gZJUxtpNAi7SLmlsO7uyojloRqGE-JNBC6IlU4mMBbVfKVpTxsRe12k5cVQ3xcpaaKosVmD_7SdLETwkbMtiFn7DGqijwCdDMMkTNoW9J2VagTqd8a9u9cs/s650/DSCF2647c-scaled-650x650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZxoxH4LR65KKrZYqkYE95gZJUxtpNAi7SLmlsO7uyojloRqGE-JNBC6IlU4mMBbVfKVpTxsRe12k5cVQ3xcpaaKosVmD_7SdLETwkbMtiFn7DGqijwCdDMMkTNoW9J2VagTqd8a9u9cs/w640-h640/DSCF2647c-scaled-650x650.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Photocredits to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livlotte/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LivLotte</a> & Summer Tales Boutique</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">All photos where used under the permission of Summer Tales Boutique</span><br /></p>Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com1Alkmaar, Países Bajos52.6323813 4.753375399999998624.322147463821153 -30.4028746 80.942615136178844 39.909625399999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-68993996459286108152021-01-03T19:33:00.003+01:002021-01-03T19:33:51.158+01:00Hats by Issis Starlust: Mourning Among Antique Souls<p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDKLuny9mwz9UjQJx_AeiIGN-R2C0DUkxGRAUGs41ldnGb-WOzpnML6VciHJ4XFkU1ELXKlXnrlue6RPWuOoRNMK7r1bBJFXsJzIcOg0ah4i709QD2SIj1zL77-z_SlFqDIVIU9OWWERf/s1440/97268842_10219974917936765_8018094683341193216_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1440" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDKLuny9mwz9UjQJx_AeiIGN-R2C0DUkxGRAUGs41ldnGb-WOzpnML6VciHJ4XFkU1ELXKlXnrlue6RPWuOoRNMK7r1bBJFXsJzIcOg0ah4i709QD2SIj1zL77-z_SlFqDIVIU9OWWERf/w640-h424/97268842_10219974917936765_8018094683341193216_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b></b><a href="http://starlust.mozello.es/" target="_blank"><b>Hats by Issis Starlust</b></a> may be one of the more recent independent brands to be born into Lolita and Goth fashion, but its designer and creator, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/issis.starlust/" target="_blank"><b>Issis Starlust</b></a>, is a wise, powerful and restless woman who has proven her worth as a human being in numerous occasions and who's been around the alternative cultures for quite a while now.<br /><br />For all the years that I have known the fabulous Issis Starlust, she has been the type of person who has never stopped to amaze me. <b>Always a kind and emphatic soul</b>, we have known each other for almost 20 years and even in the distance of space and time, our friendship has always remained.<br /><br />We met in the roots of Lolita Fashion in Spain among other fantastic creatures that you are going to read about in this interview, all of them considered part of our sisterhood by both of us.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAk-ixD5zQEBd9vqnaxzDNDDxwf0Y5kvjdrp_cn6HQHcTVvSsUrgcS879NwhiBRYvmVr-BsvdO0b9SZ-tkfiRfzhHW-DFQ5Y3lNj6h2J-ouXc4Wimkua0d_DHfIr6sbsUdi2HCZ6jCmxZ7/s1350/125472699_402593231102175_3620406211732868736_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAk-ixD5zQEBd9vqnaxzDNDDxwf0Y5kvjdrp_cn6HQHcTVvSsUrgcS879NwhiBRYvmVr-BsvdO0b9SZ-tkfiRfzhHW-DFQ5Y3lNj6h2J-ouXc4Wimkua0d_DHfIr6sbsUdi2HCZ6jCmxZ7/w512-h640/125472699_402593231102175_3620406211732868736_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Issis Starlust, the mastermind behind the brand</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Born in blazing Jaén, <b>Issis has always been a lively person, full of curiosity and a desire to learn</b>. A great lover and expert in art, her creations are full of this mystical, dark and artistic style full of passion for the dark side.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>I invite you to immerse yourselves with us in the dark world of Issis Starlust.</b></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqpLLXXCJJzd4Z2R6E78a7TaMyTXI2S6L1C6ajYF4chOoBrVv9rK_kSQDrGhitVKEwG3bFqD1_p60aom9lYBzvmc-3txnI0ulakePAySTM9iOou-xHAeF4HHefbQKJb3LmYvwY4RuMC8E/s1200/hbis_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="1200" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqpLLXXCJJzd4Z2R6E78a7TaMyTXI2S6L1C6ajYF4chOoBrVv9rK_kSQDrGhitVKEwG3bFqD1_p60aom9lYBzvmc-3txnI0ulakePAySTM9iOou-xHAeF4HHefbQKJb3LmYvwY4RuMC8E/w400-h158/hbis_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥</span></span></span></span> <i>Could you describe for us in your own wrords what is Hats by Issis Starlust about?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />I like to think of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hatsbyississtarlust/" target="_blank"><b>Hats by Issis Sarlust</b></a> <b>as a project in which I turn the inspiration I gather from my work as an art historian, researching, cataloguing and analyzing images every day</b>. Photographs, books and illustrated magazines (my speciality), cinema, paintings ... All of this brings me great intellectual satisfaction, but inevitably has a great influence on my personal style and the pieces I make. It is the way to channel all that information and feelings caused by my object of study, in a different way than my work requires me through articles, university classes or conferences. <b>I needed to do something again that did not involve spending hours and hours in front of a computer writing, and this project turned out to be very therapeutic in that sense.</b> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hats by Issis Starlust <b>is a modest and full of illusion project, made with love to offer a piece of this humble dreamer to those who want it</b>. I'm really influenced by Nineteenth-century literature, brave and atypical women in history, vampires, adventurers, romantic anachronism, surprising curiosities, mystery stories, abandoned places, enchanted forests, unusual or sinister details in the apparent normality, sweetness and darkness ... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2je06fwQD03QLO2EkCyogeTdWjQf5WVBYXs6ceokIMxwEw3m812QlJnfrdB7-pLwpDELMrz2FgDfsCps5dn7caAbXjqj1DvDMBMR6n0eCh8Itghlq4lPxZUiX5neyX_Wzws1AJZKUPjG/s1080/126180969_404929830868515_4922344948664846355_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1080" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2je06fwQD03QLO2EkCyogeTdWjQf5WVBYXs6ceokIMxwEw3m812QlJnfrdB7-pLwpDELMrz2FgDfsCps5dn7caAbXjqj1DvDMBMR6n0eCh8Itghlq4lPxZUiX5neyX_Wzws1AJZKUPjG/w640-h434/126180969_404929830868515_4922344948664846355_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Your creations, while not directly associated with Lolita fashion, do have a romantic and dark atmosphere to complement it. At what point were you interested in Lolita fashion? How does it arise?</i> </span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">My first contact with Lolita culture was through Minami magazine, which was a Spanish manga and anime magazine that included articles about movies, Japanese culture and music. It was in 1999, I was 12 years old and I remember that the price was still in pesetas/euros. That number featured CLAMP's <i>Cardcaptor Sakura</i> and the presentation of <i>Kodomo no Omocha</i>, which was to be released in Spain that same year. My knowledge of Japanese culture was minimum at that time, except for certain movies and mangas, since I was always passionate about comics. In that issue, <b>there was an article about Malice Mizer</b>. This magazine always came with a CD that contained a lot of extra material: videos, music, images, mini-games, etc. It was when I accessed the content of the CD that my brain exploded while watching the videos of <i>Au revoir, Madrigal</i> and <i>Gekka no yasoukyoku</i>. <i>What was that?</i> On a musical level they didn't tell me that much, but the aesthetics! In the music section of the CD, I found the jewel within the crown, <b><i>Illuminati</i></b>, the song that has always been my favourite from Malice Mizer. Perhaps without that song, I would not have had such an interest in investigating what it was all about. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I started to gather photos from Malice Mizer, especially from Mana, and at the same time, I came across other references that are fundamental to me, like Siouxsie and other gothic bands who created amazing music and look fabulous with their magnificent looks. In addition to this, I discovered the <i>Kisekae</i> games, a digital version of the paper cut-out dolls. Surprisingly, many gothic and gothic lolita aesthetics appeared in here, making me fantasize about having something so pretty in my closet. Since I was penniless, <b>I customized a lot of clothes and even sewed some garments.</b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Later on, I made contact through goth music forums with people from Spain who were also interested in Gothic Lolita Fashion, until the creation of one of <b>the first Lolita forums in Spain, <i>Oscura Inocencia</i></b>, where we finally had a place of our own. <b>In September 2005 they organized the first Gothic Lolita meeting in Madrid, in which I met in person some of the most important friends in my life, who are still essential</b>. For me, that date is the starting point, despite knowing of Lolita from an earlier time. It was the first time that I wore such an elaborate and conscientiously coordinated, we started something together that we didn't even imagine how big it would be!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjjzQVr5BMhOEb90JGaTAl5PIAZwIF41rFIBmcbTB2h3gCUhAy4dPjINOfezv3cCwMCpczqweRBfd0PS8-F4yajnf3GRwna0JtWMKQ2hjQeWSxCZpNQwlWVCvCCHuLTDzL5M446QXFBHV/s2048/DSC_9117-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjjzQVr5BMhOEb90JGaTAl5PIAZwIF41rFIBmcbTB2h3gCUhAy4dPjINOfezv3cCwMCpczqweRBfd0PS8-F4yajnf3GRwna0JtWMKQ2hjQeWSxCZpNQwlWVCvCCHuLTDzL5M446QXFBHV/w426-h640/DSC_9117-1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>With such a long time into the Lolita fashion, at what point did the idea of creating your own brand arise?</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>I've been an active consumer and a tireless promoter of indie lolita brands</b> for a while now since it's the type of designs and commerce that I have felt most comfortable with and related to. Both as a consumer and organizing events with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amorbarroco/" target="_blank"><b>Amor Baroco</b></a>, I've always looked towards the independent sector. Maybe the big brands are no longer so attractive to me or<b> I have simply been educating my way of consuming, but the fact is that my wardrobe is quite full of indie, vintage and second-hand garments.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">That said, the project started quite unconsciously. On the one hand, <b>I am allergic to the sun</b> and on the other,<b> I have a large collection of hats, but the truth is that I did not have an appropriate hat for the terrible sunny days in Spain</b>. No matter how hard I was looking, I could not find one that fitted 100% to my wishes. I love black, but the black hats I owned were winter hats and therefore, not useful for what I wanted, so it was then that I decided to do it myself.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>When photographing myself with the hat, several people through Instagram asked me about it and there was even somebody who wanted to purchase it, so I considered launching a small commission on hats.</b> Little by little the small project grew moderately, I work slowly and I do it by hand, but I decided to open my own profile for it in social media and an online store so that everything was more convenient, thanks to the advice of my dear friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/Merkades/" target="_blank"><b>Merkades</b></a>, who's been a great supporter and my first client.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXFW1Zqj2UsnProwGxZbzk7nM8f6XjfFxEJKZru42AwjxUc80sKhuXQuPXjOzJtNKyC1-Ug596I5BcWBRqR8VuZ4X_S95qxKCHFoPGhrgccSLMKW19N0eQ4bjXgNPb4ngWqSW6SNp0Jkk/s1350/120606028_363058555055643_7880587742995833122_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXFW1Zqj2UsnProwGxZbzk7nM8f6XjfFxEJKZru42AwjxUc80sKhuXQuPXjOzJtNKyC1-Ug596I5BcWBRqR8VuZ4X_S95qxKCHFoPGhrgccSLMKW19N0eQ4bjXgNPb4ngWqSW6SNp0Jkk/w512-h640/120606028_363058555055643_7880587742995833122_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Issis and Merkades, founders of Amor Barroco</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>The type of craft that you do is quite specialized... Where and how did you learn to weave straw and create hats? Did you receive any kind of training for it?</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Back home, textiles have always had great value and importance: <b>my father has always been a representative of textile manufacturers' houses, and my grandmother, my mother or my brother have been great teachers</b>. When I studied Fine Arts my goal was to direct my career to textile design, so I tried to guider almost all the proposals they made us and the assignments of the subjects to this, especially in the subjects of volume and design, where I worked with different supports and fabrics, doing everything from installations to puppets. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot about materials, but then I was a very scattered person who just wanted to travel and daydream.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Soon after I left everything aside to live independently and I moved from Jaén to Granada. <b>There I had to find my life in the midpoint of a crisis</b>, so among other things,<b> I began to design and make many things by hand</b>: bags, home-made silk-screen patches, brooches, shirts, skirts, etc. Many of these pieces were sold at a joint stand that <a href="https://www.instagram.com/armandentreri/" target="_blank"><b>Armand Entreri</b></a> put up in the many comic conventions that took place in the city. They were mostly punk lolita, gothic lolita or classic lolita style pieces; sometimes I was encouraged to make pieces with straw, some bags, although we carried a very varied material. Also, near my house at that time, <b>there was a group of seamstresses who met to give each other advice and sew together, so I learned a lot from them</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Basically, everything has been adding up, plus <b>I also believe that curiosity and personal initiative are essential to discover new ways of creating, experimenting and improving</b>.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBR6t3ONPDWobduYrvSB_RW2tqvniEVFs8T6aC06VGG_i37TX12qLHZB6gcrNwML51XqQtfSID7oUZEJVgyriikug3JxNXhDOJ_ZN2xiGZwoe6xf8AvQTHM5bRfp91DQ7XSb6zPXxWtrU/s1350/123543212_390921455602686_5398276675530609154_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBR6t3ONPDWobduYrvSB_RW2tqvniEVFs8T6aC06VGG_i37TX12qLHZB6gcrNwML51XqQtfSID7oUZEJVgyriikug3JxNXhDOJ_ZN2xiGZwoe6xf8AvQTHM5bRfp91DQ7XSb6zPXxWtrU/w512-h640/123543212_390921455602686_5398276675530609154_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Where do you find the inspiration to create your pieces?</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Mainly <b>from my work as an Art Historian</b>, although I must also confess that since I was little I have a great collection of period and fantasy films and series. From all the adaptations of Jane Austen to The Tales of Shelley Duvall. Classic cinema has also been a great influence.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>I work mainly with images of any kind and I like to absorb what I find interesting and play with it. It doesn't necessarily have to be "vintage."</b> In fact, I've work on a collaboration with a designer that has nothing to do with this type of aesthetic or with the lolita, but tends more towards a fetish aesthetic. I like to experiment and learn something new with each project.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh011ajixP7LHLJ35MW61qnfxsegn2cTfvo5eMmgNHQCIqpO1W1tR4FYBzQYgdPdEd-BWfShJye_6BrJK51pI6tevSR-2V8jS5qrfU9LRrRJZbqyKk92NsbaRWEuFEhIoGZcAstQPPLxQXc/s2048/Abel+Silva_maiden%25236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh011ajixP7LHLJ35MW61qnfxsegn2cTfvo5eMmgNHQCIqpO1W1tR4FYBzQYgdPdEd-BWfShJye_6BrJK51pI6tevSR-2V8jS5qrfU9LRrRJZbqyKk92NsbaRWEuFEhIoGZcAstQPPLxQXc/w426-h640/Abel+Silva_maiden%25236.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Abel Silva</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Could you describe for us how is the process of creating your pieces? From the initial sketch to the final result, how do you design your hats and headdresses?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>Sometimes I first compare materials, I put them in common and I let myself be carried away by the feelings that colours and textures spark in me.</b> I fall in love with lace or flowers and find out how they could best fit into a design. <b>Other times I have very specific ideas of how I want a piece to be and I draw it, I write down a possible list of materials with which the design could look good, etc.</b> For example, there are a couple of very gothic and mourning new models that I have come up with but that for now are only in my head and on paper.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Normally there is a test of materials, the preparation of them (some are hand-dyed, aged, restored or modified in some way, depending on what it is) and previous assembly of the piece to check that everything goes well. <b>I like to verify that it is a well-built, comfortable and safe piece.</b> I like to sew the pieces calmly and sometimes it comes up to make some final additions with some pretty rhinestones or a lace that I had not planned to be in the final piece. I usually do it with documentaries or films in the background, as my grandmother used to do while she knitted scarves and booties for us in winter.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd_zJfsdZL4kqH_qPZsoGiAZyQPGTq_4gve_8EAGwf7mVu4gq088eapE5O1w1C8TfMRG1ZsrG8DdmXPXVaps3RRjtNcSDRQiFEUDM9Q5AAX1cqBNlSMYwolzMDgZNkCwtBPbT0-G_zgAw/s707/120705411_365548008140031_6674188406150699850_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="565" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd_zJfsdZL4kqH_qPZsoGiAZyQPGTq_4gve_8EAGwf7mVu4gq088eapE5O1w1C8TfMRG1ZsrG8DdmXPXVaps3RRjtNcSDRQiFEUDM9Q5AAX1cqBNlSMYwolzMDgZNkCwtBPbT0-G_zgAw/w512-h640/120705411_365548008140031_6674188406150699850_n.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span class="hps"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Talking about materials, most of the times they're pretty special... How do you select your supplies?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I usually choose to go to haberdashery near my home/workshop. <b>I believe that the small business is essential and those classic old haberdasheries are a huge source of knowledge and inspiration.</b> The one closest to me is run by a couple of elderly ladies who not only take care of each product they sell but have also created a sewing collective and carry out all kinds of activities. It is not only a place to acquire materials but also for learning. When I travel to Jaén, my hometown, I like to visit <i>La Verdadera</i>, a haberdashery dating from 1934 that I went to when I was little with my mother. It is always a pleasure to continue buying stocks on such sites.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> Also sometimes I include a piece of vintage jewellery or ornament, which you usually find in street markets. <b>The idea is that each piece has something special, details and its own character.</b><br /><br /><b>For the straw, I work with a reliable supplier.</b> Throughout this project, I have tried different suppliers in this sense since it is a delicate material and communication with them is essential to work the moulds well and that the final product fits the design. Sometimes I have had to learn from mistakes or be disappointed, but I imagine that something similar happens to many designers with companies that manufacture prints or provide them with fabrics. <b>I wanted the straw to come from the south of Spain, from Andalusia, whose small industry often suffers many hardships and is scarce compared to the rest of Spain</b>. There it's very common to use this type of hats and materials (also esparto, which my grandfather worked a lot) since it is extremely hot and the sun is an enemy for the skin. Finally, I got in touch with a small family factory and I understand very well with them, we called each other and sent each other emails to comment on any details and explain what my needs are. <b>The treatment is familiar and gives me a lot of security.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Regarding natural flowers, this is my favourite part. <b>I like to go on day trips to the countryside or to secluded places with gardens and to collect</b>. I carry the appropriate scissors in my bag and I select and collect twigs. Once at home I clean them, classify them and prepare them to hang and dry them properly. It is important to control humidity and light for this, something I have learned through trial and error. Other times, if I'm looking for a very specific flower or plant that I don't have access to, I go to a nearby florist.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEEq7bC_nMIdA0dIGhu45juam0pcQ5K9MwY6ESCT4c2XSj59Qw1KYGhpgbqB670P0lxUTpIPG-PzvG1G2ivYABGZ9GIwXHYxWxJZRxagxyKzhjShAlKzw6EX2Nxny3ruMlntE8Lb0zo3o/s1350/83486129_181613923200108_3046177298098159616_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEEq7bC_nMIdA0dIGhu45juam0pcQ5K9MwY6ESCT4c2XSj59Qw1KYGhpgbqB670P0lxUTpIPG-PzvG1G2ivYABGZ9GIwXHYxWxJZRxagxyKzhjShAlKzw6EX2Nxny3ruMlntE8Lb0zo3o/w512-h640/83486129_181613923200108_3046177298098159616_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>So far I have been asking all my interviewees about sustainable practices, as it is something that I find quite important nowadays. In what way do you consider Hats by Issis Starlust a sustainable brand?</i></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>I think so, although all brands can improve in every way and of course mine as well.</b> Hats by Issis Starlust <b>is a small project with no claim of becoming a big company</b> and hoarding huge amounts of money. I neither want nor can I afford it for reasons of time and the demands of my profession.<b> It is a project made with the heart, a continuous learning process and a place to develop part of my creativity. </b>This is why I try to use nearby suppliers, not overwhelm myself in rushing to make the pieces, invest in beautiful and quality materials, collaborate with colleagues from whom I learn a lot, work on mutual support among small creators, listen to clients and take their needs into account. , try to have good communication...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I also make sure that <b>the pieces are comfortable, timeless and wearable</b>. These are hats that you could wear at any time, giving an elegant touch to a casual outfit or dramatizing a good party outfit. I've always had a very theatrical character, and I like to think of these pieces as that special touch that makes everything not "so simple" and bland. I also like to imagine that there is a certain drama or romanticism in each crown and hat, I think it is necessary to include some fantasy in our daily lives. This can be a nice blouse, a special jewel, perfume and why not? A hat. With a view to that, I try to make them easy to put on and comfortable to wear. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">And finally, as I explained in the previous question, <b>I work with small suppliers and do most of the things by hand, so the work labour is mostly me and I keep everything within the local business</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><i><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMBK4hOPHtXoU5G5LLq9md0MaPZzbnkR4-gigZ97EP0BfPUt5WuUVQpoXCT2u5RrquQhRFNQhc5Wl9t2911MlrJTq56AXkTvUfbJJrTxOrQ4T5nzUO2324MBS3ApZiloZy1LaE9rAemVO/s720/72422800_140417463986421_7718748901762662400_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="720" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMBK4hOPHtXoU5G5LLq9md0MaPZzbnkR4-gigZ97EP0BfPUt5WuUVQpoXCT2u5RrquQhRFNQhc5Wl9t2911MlrJTq56AXkTvUfbJJrTxOrQ4T5nzUO2324MBS3ApZiloZy1LaE9rAemVO/w640-h494/72422800_140417463986421_7718748901762662400_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>You've created a variety of hats and crowns that always look amazing, even bonnets... What has been your favourite creation or project so far?</i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">It's hard to choose a favourite piece since all of them are special to me... I think<b> the Vampire Summer Grand Pamela is the one I use the most</b> (and it saves my life from the sun and allergies). I also have a special affection for the Dramatic Widow Grand Pamela, I love making black on black details and making it so festive and at the same time so easy to wear.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I also have a weakness for <b>hats with preserved flowers</b>, such as the Wilde Hat or the special hat that Kelsey (dear friend and designer of <a href="https://www.idodeclareshop.com/" target="_blank"><b>I do declare</b></a>) commissioned me, made with natural flowers and velvet. These pieces really smell great, it's an indefinable nature scent. I love everything related to folk and witch aesthetics, and these pieces have certain reminiscences of it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Finally, <b>I think the Liberty Bonnet has been one of the great challenges of this season. </b>By making this piece I have learned a lot and it will be available again in the future. I really wanted to make bonnets different from those usually seen in lolita, something different and simpler in terms of size and shape.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM0detqtq-P3pw-zy9SEwwJ6Qfv7xeIdq9KyzwzSGxJsXK1HQ1VE5JOLMz5fJhQFV2yRSBFMC2hVuZ2W1lQa8dtFSAYrGTLV-7dkpD03Nb6f_JHbOnNTmQWJENfU2DXIW6dCfXTtTPwA3/s1350/125307770_401121404582691_8809987597336474632_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM0detqtq-P3pw-zy9SEwwJ6Qfv7xeIdq9KyzwzSGxJsXK1HQ1VE5JOLMz5fJhQFV2yRSBFMC2hVuZ2W1lQa8dtFSAYrGTLV-7dkpD03Nb6f_JHbOnNTmQWJENfU2DXIW6dCfXTtTPwA3/w512-h640/125307770_401121404582691_8809987597336474632_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span id="result_box" lang="es">O<span class="hps">n the other hand, <b>collaborations and photo shoots have been a wonderful thing</b>. For me, they are a creation in itself that is also part of the brand, a way of staging some of the images that come to mind when I create the pieces. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/indrolita/" target="_blank"><b>Indrolita </b></a>has been and is a great battle companion as well as a good friend, she has a noble and generous heart and I learn a lot when we work together. The sessions we did, together with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/peachy.pitch/" target="_blank">Andrea</a>, Merkades and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/curruscajita/" target="_blank">Ana</a>, were a dream come true. I'm really looking forward to planning another one, I love this “little community” that we have created around these sessions.<br /><br />I also love to see how <b>Abel Silva</b>, a great friend and photographer, contextualized in a different way my pieces with nudes that border on the fantastic and the nymphomaniac or give a twist to more classic ideas so that they turn to a more sinister place. Our collaborations go back many years and it is always a pleasure to have his eye and his great cultural background. When we put our ideas on the table we connect right away and that is very stimulating.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUgTSj2hfKVLTdOXH8pbXTtlbC73ayvsiFRXjely4JI3KOsWF5ycY3_NST6u2Kg3IzbnurydeG8gCKsi2HiedqLRx7DWL6FM3-NuFfW8-RuCqLzB7eU8HRTal9_O94LquvirYPo7uqpU3/s1350/123921494_394171101944388_36958420991732968_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUgTSj2hfKVLTdOXH8pbXTtlbC73ayvsiFRXjely4JI3KOsWF5ycY3_NST6u2Kg3IzbnurydeG8gCKsi2HiedqLRx7DWL6FM3-NuFfW8-RuCqLzB7eU8HRTal9_O94LquvirYPo7uqpU3/w512-h640/123921494_394171101944388_36958420991732968_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/albrt.victoria/" target="_blank"><b>Albert Victoria</b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Finally, after a hard 2020 that has brought lots of disruptures to all of us, what do you see in the future of the brand?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">There are some new pieces that I am still designing that have to go through several testing processes, but I really want to see the light. Both very mourning and very gothic. It really is the type of pieces that I like to make the most, more akin to my favourite style.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/albrt.victoria/" target="_blank"><b>Albert Victoria</b></a>, the <a href="https://albertvictoria-art.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">wonderful illustrator</a>, recently commissioned me for a boater hat that I am considering making in a similar way in the near future. They are mourning hats, very simple and elegant. An easy garment to combine with any outfit on any occasion.<br /><br />Sadly 2<b>020 hasn't been gentle enough to let us do as many photoshoots and collaborations as I would like to do</b>, but of course, I'm looking forward to keeping working on this once the situation is safer. Exploring the image of the femme fatale, with fetish and very dark tints, is one of my favourite themes, and I'm sure the result can be fantastic. On the other hand, I am already taking notes and ideas for an upcoming photoshoot, in which I want male models and some diversity. I think it is important to highlight that these pieces are genderless and anyone may want to wear a nice hat or a flower crown. <b>Everyone is welcome.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Regarding some events, most of them that were happening last year has been postponed (Lolita at the Green Gabbles and KeraFashion Show in Barcelona, Gothic and Lolita Festival in Moscow, etc), but I really hope we can make them happened in the future and visit them!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeMrCDCJr4ENALe7YW49HgulNBlR-eoJyVrZQ1-_WBi2YzgVOvkyVBI1sk4jzcJ9CQavzixC53Z82mkVP8dxutnyCtWPf5396DRgl2vG1bxIPFW5tuOe8_Pv-3az0eBb8OtRfamvza6qd/s1350/87292099_200521781309322_707031829730820096_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeMrCDCJr4ENALe7YW49HgulNBlR-eoJyVrZQ1-_WBi2YzgVOvkyVBI1sk4jzcJ9CQavzixC53Z82mkVP8dxutnyCtWPf5396DRgl2vG1bxIPFW5tuOe8_Pv-3az0eBb8OtRfamvza6qd/w512-h640/87292099_200521781309322_707031829730820096_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Thank you so much for answering all my question with such wonderful stories and details, my beloved Issis! I hope everyone finds this interview as fascinating as it was for me redacting all the answers and putting them together for you to enjoy them. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">All photos are used with the permission of Hats by Issis Starlust. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I started many many years ago when it was basically impossible to get Lolita clothes in Spain (especially in the south, where I'm from) and we had to customized and make our own things by ourselves. It was not polished, it was not perfect, but I felt really good about it and I remember it like the beginning of discovering a part of myself that will stay with me forever.<br /><br />Looking on the internet and old pages that I used back in the day I found some photos from 2004/05. I started wearing Lolita earlier, but rarely took any photos, so these are the earliest ones I could find. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHEdv9nCYP3wxkAPvYPjgrVss8gRrX0tacMS6ISLe1G6oX2RVnDdd8FPYC89b_dt1KI6U_ayIvHoW1KgClR2B-xFlgbdDpXfXpsgI8ecArXQqkL2uxo0btV1M19KtDpgYHJsrbG0RT__t/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHEdv9nCYP3wxkAPvYPjgrVss8gRrX0tacMS6ISLe1G6oX2RVnDdd8FPYC89b_dt1KI6U_ayIvHoW1KgClR2B-xFlgbdDpXfXpsgI8ecArXQqkL2uxo0btV1M19KtDpgYHJsrbG0RT__t/w480-h640/Marzo028.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKZVa_scrZm065Asy0BD5lZ3ksTS5GU2Ka4WnFm1X16Gfjw6LQ0VJ7dOKHIFs8AfKQcwkfzXEq1eV_glykyUYtYefrLXu8suGNas1Vc0pieDVyt-L8PfJkqsbldX_ttpEsdQhopioZ-eB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKZVa_scrZm065Asy0BD5lZ3ksTS5GU2Ka4WnFm1X16Gfjw6LQ0VJ7dOKHIFs8AfKQcwkfzXEq1eV_glykyUYtYefrLXu8suGNas1Vc0pieDVyt-L8PfJkqsbldX_ttpEsdQhopioZ-eB/w480-h640/Marzo029.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2020/06/lbc-my-first-experience-going-out-in.html" target="_blank"><b>(Continue reading)<span><a name='more'></a></span></b></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These photos were taken at the entrance of a comic convention in Granada with my friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/armandentreri/" target="_blank">Armand</a>. We started basically at the same time in Lolita fashion and was my partner in crime for many years. She used to make her own clothes and we made together with the capes we are wearing here (and that I still have, by the way). <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would actually say that my first experience going out in Lolita was with her, but without knowing it. We knew each other from going to the same bars and friends in common, but we didn't know we had the same passion for Lolita until one day in which I was wearing a terrible proto-lolita coord and she entered the bar where we all used to hang out wearing also Lolita clothes. We looked at each other, fascinated, and we started to talk about it immediately! I cannot explain how happy and amazed I was about finding someone who loved also this style. It made me feel more secure about what I was trying to do, and<b> that night I found a friend for life. </b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36xeHpP2fWbKQdnZSxgQigoS8dNW3mXzQRjs_ws6Bhfj9UMK5bd3ton-4fVsqAB6FjHvllulscCvoH_lErOMzATpVjC67gH9NQA9WT_f2PIho2kmCt3VzwBg6WrLJ1V8nJH90EPulwcn1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36xeHpP2fWbKQdnZSxgQigoS8dNW3mXzQRjs_ws6Bhfj9UMK5bd3ton-4fVsqAB6FjHvllulscCvoH_lErOMzATpVjC67gH9NQA9WT_f2PIho2kmCt3VzwBg6WrLJ1V8nJH90EPulwcn1/w488-h640/PICT0037.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This photo is saved from my Deviantart! I consider this a type of proto-punk lolita, very <i>Visual Kei</i> inspired, but I use to love wearing this. Marco and I were huge punk fans (we still are) and our looks were always similar to what we are wearing here. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTVyjVRS_JAc4S6EWDQ00LN3zEZMcb16WribiO0wtvjcEcmZnki8vM6xBWuNalaj3_QyZhORrzWAA68cTx8mqJPelZqcZg1cgGqIAXxrLqL8p2gNfJcQqVeM2tZnx-w8yKl3NnO3NFcI6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="600" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTVyjVRS_JAc4S6EWDQ00LN3zEZMcb16WribiO0wtvjcEcmZnki8vM6xBWuNalaj3_QyZhORrzWAA68cTx8mqJPelZqcZg1cgGqIAXxrLqL8p2gNfJcQqVeM2tZnx-w8yKl3NnO3NFcI6/w640-h542/water_and_sun_by_fairyofthenightmares_d1d13zr-fullview.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another one rescued from Deviantart, with Armand and Jezabel. This was maybe 2006/07? I can't recall exactly, since I know I uploaded the photo to Deviantart later, but I remember that day very vivid! We visited the Science Museum in Granada, one of my favourite places around the city, and took some magical photos there. It was such a nice place to visit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jezabel was the third addition to my Lolita gang during those first years into the fashion. For a long time, we only knew her as <i>"the lolita with the blue coat"</i>, since we only saw her a couple of times from far away wearing a gorgeous Moitie blue coat that she owned. Finally, Armand crossed her path with hers one day and started talking, and that's how she joined us! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0NBbRk0lJrpTsnEYi3CBFnDsxeawfBdQ0xnl-L5yX06_opkkmXsU4wfYMSNgYZrUq0OjZ6TbinMn_-jbrGh64xsQ8MZWk1USRNONoXvdy5yCz6MkFcT_9AKWc0kixy-fwijwoHA92QBi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0NBbRk0lJrpTsnEYi3CBFnDsxeawfBdQ0xnl-L5yX06_opkkmXsU4wfYMSNgYZrUq0OjZ6TbinMn_-jbrGh64xsQ8MZWk1USRNONoXvdy5yCz6MkFcT_9AKWc0kixy-fwijwoHA92QBi/w430-h640/RetoqueLibeIIcopia.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This photo must have been taken around 2008 when I was already living back in Algeciras but I was visiting Granada eventually for meets there. This Metamorphose skirt was a bargain I got during sales and one of my first ever "big" brand pieces. Of course, I still have it and nevertheless, I love it so much. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nVWV9WmLbDnne3ygQpt3RFwu1xOdL1yqv7fy9OrQ9ZGe-jUuQWNy8W9jZBINmRePDdT0Ad79i_QC2mXec37mEg-BRVMDRr_GuNZUUHt_hP0BP969iiYaF08BVcWCPvux_sAPjT1raXLc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="339" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nVWV9WmLbDnne3ygQpt3RFwu1xOdL1yqv7fy9OrQ9ZGe-jUuQWNy8W9jZBINmRePDdT0Ad79i_QC2mXec37mEg-BRVMDRr_GuNZUUHt_hP0BP969iiYaF08BVcWCPvux_sAPjT1raXLc/w362-h640/Libs+cine+01.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And this casual coord is from around 2009 before I moved to Barcelona. As you can see I've always had a very casual style, to be honest (and also a little bit mamarracha), but it's how I feel better. Looking back also to the photos I realized I should have never sold this black skirt from Anna House, but I did it years ago when I was not that sure about continuing with the fashion (yes, I've had some of those moments, although I never went on a selling binge!).<br /><br />More posts from this week's topic: <br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cupcakes-and-unicorns.blogspot.com/2020/06/first-experience-going-out-in-lolita.html?fbclid=IwAR0ReCm3uBRVnW359kVjY2P6XOLTzhVfLt0Nbdi8YvJu1xq-ljHVA_ywHYg" target="_blank">Cupcake Kamisama</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bibelotrose.com/my-blog/lbc-7-share-your-first-experience-going-out-in-lolita?fbclid=IwAR1gXxYOhlb_33Usz2MJWbDj9uo8_ZE2RMlhHLWV-Fp1cyg06tDi2MK-x3U" target="_blank">Bibelot Rose</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxmTvhT1s7jxSt46BqTrH6ZSCAdPUJO6XoSjKtexohcqdY1neGSadg6rNIVqYFpj-tOXrFY-4rNFnPRlKPi_1R7YlRTBiQ9RWr3mGdTg61dpp7Q7AM7eZv9ixcqjGzB-lDraSLvO9wTZD/s181/601617_3690648265659_1018986360_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxmTvhT1s7jxSt46BqTrH6ZSCAdPUJO6XoSjKtexohcqdY1neGSadg6rNIVqYFpj-tOXrFY-4rNFnPRlKPi_1R7YlRTBiQ9RWr3mGdTg61dpp7Q7AM7eZv9ixcqjGzB-lDraSLvO9wTZD/" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-1386619154852930052020-06-02T07:30:00.003+02:002021-01-03T19:46:10.963+01:00Indrolita Couture: A Dark Romance<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">Dark and romantic, like a Victorian image, surrounded by mystery and decadent beauty. <a href="https://www.indrolita.com/" target="_blank"><b>Indrolita Couture</b></a> is <b>Verónica</b>, a Catalan designer in love with past times and Victorian mourning that with each meticulously hand-sewn piece gives us a work of art. Her style, also notably influenced by the figure of Mana (Malice Mizer), presents a mix of patterns and periods but focuses on providing <b>simple and elegant garments with a dark and decadent touch</b>.</span></span></div>
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I am lucky to count Veronica as a great friend whom I have known for many years, back in the dawn of Lolita fashion in Spain. She always seemed to me a kind and humble person, willing to help you and delighted to create for you unique and special pieces. In all the years I have known her and ordered her clothes, <b>she has never disappointed me</b>, on the contrary,<b> she has never ceased to amaze me</b>. That is why I want to share my love for Indrolita Couture with all of you. </div>
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I usually take inspiration from past times such as the <b>Rococo </b>and <b>Victorian </b>eras. From the Rococo I love its refilling and ostentation; and from the Victorian era, I take the silhouette as, although they were quite elaborate garments, already began to seem simpler to the eye, even more comfortable. I take all this inspiration and then I adapt it to the Lolita fashion.<br />
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On the other hand, <b>I like to add a dark touch with mourning</b> and lately with <b>religious subjects</b>, especially nuns. I think that I am adding interest in similar themes, due to my growing obsession to go more and more covered. I'm making garments that are longer to the ankles and long sleeves, even I'm always looking for headgear to cover and shelter the head. For that, I sometimes like to colaborate with different brands like <a href="http://starlust.mozello.es/home-1/" target="_blank">Hats by Issis Starlust</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/birdsandfresia" target="_blank">Birds & Fresia</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_ebonyivory_/" target="_blank">Ebony & Ivory</a>.<br />
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I've been very influenced always by <b>classics </b>such as Dracula and Frankenstein, especially the movies. Also, I have had in mind some Japanese brands such as <b>Moi-Même-Moitié</b> and <b>Alice Auaa</b>, the first one for their elegance and the second one for the decadence of their designs. Finally, I've also been influenced by the "<b>street style</b>", from magazines such as the Kera and the mythical Gothic and Lolita Bible, where you could see in their street style section how people mixes various styles. <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><i><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><i><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I must admit that <b>I don't follow the usual process for my creations</b> since I usually start from the fabrics that I have or that are easy to get in the stores that I usually buy the materials. From these textiles, I choose the theme and begin to sketch the designs, focusing on the silhouettes and/or decorations that they will have. Finally, I take the step of choosing the size and making its pattern and clothing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I usually buy both fabrics and trimmings in physical stores in and around Barcelona, including in antique markets. I have always preferred that fabrics enter by sight, but especially <b>touch </b>so that you know that <b>it's a fabric that can be worked with and that has a quality so that it is durable</b>. I don't usually use prints, but rather brocade or similar stuff, I think they are easier to use for the type of clothing that I design. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ <i>Do you consider Indrolita a sustainable brand in any sense?</i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">It can be considered sustainable in the fact that they're almost <b>unique garments,</b> due to the amount of fabric and trim that I usually use. <b>I sew everything by myself (by hand and machine)</b>, which is a very artisan job. <b>I don't do serial design</b>, and <b>I buy the materials from the local business</b>, always looking for natural and durable supplies.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title=""><span id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">The only thing that I cannot assure is if in the manufacture of the fabrics they fulfil those requirements since in the stores and places where I purchase it does not indicate it, but otherwise, I think it is quite sustainable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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It's <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week" target="_blank"><b>Mental Health Awareness Week</b></a> and I wanted to check back on you about how you're doing with all this COVID-19 situation. I believe <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">that the excess of information that the media has been bombing us for more than two months is not only confusing the population but putting us all at risk. </span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">It frustrates and generates a lot of anxiety to see people not keeping safe distances.</span> <span class="" title="">Here in the Netherlands, there has been an "intelligent lockdown", but I have seen from the beginning many, many inconsistencies and reckless behaviour that, of course, politicians will deny.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">I am aware that this situation is not only confusing here but in more countries such as Spain (where I am from), Belgium, UK, Germany, Finland or Japan, places where I have good friends with whom I speak quite often.</span><br /><br /><span class="" title="">And while chaos continues to prevail, <b>how can we cope with the anxiety that loss of control generates in people with anxiety and mood disorders</b>?</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">In my personal case, I have already returned to work and I have to take public transport frequently.</span> <span class="" title="">In addition, after weeks of "calm", the shops in Alkmaar have also reopened and it is common to find the streets of the city centre crowded with people walking carefree.</span> <span class="" title="">I have seen people bypass the safety rules of establishments, enter without any protection and without disinfecting their hands, etc.</span> <span class="" title="">This has generated me some peaks of anxiety that I did not expect since impotence and frustration are quite palpable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">How do I deal with all this?</span> <span title="">Well, trying to <b>follow the safety rules as closely as possible</b>.</span> <span class="" title="">I try to go shopping alone and in quieter hours, I try to always carry disinfectant liquid and gloves just in case, I try not to touch many things in stores and I'm sewing masks for myself and Thijs (since from June 1 it will be mandatory to wear them</span> <span title="">on public transport).</span> <span class="" title="">But perhaps most importantly, <b>I constantly repeat to myself that the unconsciousness of others is not my responsibility</b>, and <b>I try to focus all that anxiety and stress on "<i>being safe</i>"</b> by choosing certain schedules or certain routes when running errands.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">I wish I could explain to everyone that <b>this is a problem that affects EVERYONE</b>, not just a few and that <b>we must act effectively to counter the effects</b>.</span> <span class="" title="">Also, I would like people to understand how this whole situation affects people with mental health problems like mine, perhaps in order to generate a little extra empathy and everyone to be more careful.</span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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My last two days in London a year ago were all about walking around and visiting fantastic places. After partying hard at the Cave Club the night before, Saturday was all about comfort food and visiting Camden Town. After 10 years without visiting there, you can imagine that the shock was quite big. </div>
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When I was in Camden ten years ago the first of the big fires that destroyed part of the hood had happened, and I remember it as a sad day. Also, you could see how the place was changing little by little, from the alternative and underground hood to a tourist trap where the punks, hippies and goths didn't have a spot anymore. </div>
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I really felt very sad that day, since the Camden I knew and loved was not there anymore. Now there is only a place full of people who ignore how alive this hood was, how transgressive and life-changing when I visited it for the first time in 2002. My Camden is no longer there, but it still well alive in my memory.<br />
The good thing about that day is that Helena took me to my favourite spot in town: <a href="https://lostboyspizza.com/" target="_blank"><b>Lost Boys Pizza.</b></a> A place where you not only can eat a delicious black charcoal pizza and enjoy cocktails but also you can appreciate the nice music and fantastic decoration.<br />
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I was leaving back to The Netherlands on Sunday evening, but in the morning (and following the advice of my beloved Jairo) we went to visit the <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Barbican Centre</b></a>, one of those places I've always wanted to visit from London but never had the opportunity to go. And oh my, what a place it was!</div>
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The Barbican was a project of staggering scale and complexity. It took almost three decades to design and build;
involved the design of over 2,000 flats, two schools and an arts centre. It was designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, three of the most important modernist and brutalist architects nowadays. When you visit The Barbican, you can understand why: the technique used to create this concrete piece of art is not only unique, but also full of laborious work. After the concrete had dried for at least 21 days, workers used handheld pick-hammers or wider bush-hammers to tool the surface and expose the coarse granite aggregate, all by hand. </div>
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One of the most iconic features of the Barbican are their gardens, which is
home to exotic fish, terrapins and over 1,500 species of sub-tropical
plants and trees. I was fascinated by its beauty and never expected to find a place full of sub-tropical plants in the middle of London!</div>
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The time was running out, so after walking around a little bit more, we took the bus back to Helena's neighbourhood and had some delicious Japanese food before I took the train back to the airport. After ten years, I must say that London still surprises me and I cannot wait to go back to visit all my friends and live new adventures there since there are still lots of places I need to discover or re-discover again!</div>
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Thank you, Helena, Carla and Viveka for all the good memories!</div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">When we think of <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/" target="_blank"><b>Violet Fane</b></a> we automatically enter a state of nostalgia and reverie, as if we were opening an old trunk in a dusty attic where fairies live and in whose corners whispers of ghosts are heard.</span> <span title="">Its creator,<b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cabaretdesfous/?hl=es" target="_blank">Magda</a></b>, is a big fan of horror stories and vintage fashion, a passion that comes from a young age when she was not yet wearing Lolita clothing but was fascinated by history and Victorian garments.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">I've known Magda for many years now, and she's been always this curious girl full of great ideas and not afraid to jump out of her comfort zone. <b>Her creativity is immense</b> and I believe that this can be reflected in her designs, full of little details, from the prints to the jewellery, all made meticulously with care and affection. </span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">When I was 11 years old, I started to wear gothic fashion, quite popular in 2006/07.</span> <span title="">However, I was also a huge fan of <b>history and historical clothing</b> and I remember searching the internet for Victorian clothing and coming across photos of the <i>Victorian Maiden</i> brand.</span> <span class="" title="">Soon after, I would see that these dresses had their proper aesthetic and within a few months, I discovered that there were lolitas in my city and I thoughtlessly signed up for some meetups.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">♥ </span></span></i></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> What do you consider your references in the fashion world? What or who inspired you most?</span></span></span></i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">I really liked <b>Alexander McQueen</b>'s style. I decided that I was going to follow a path similar to his, I entered the artistic </span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">bachelor's degree </span>with the intention of studying fashion, but just when I started it, in 2010, he committed suicide. That news made me think that, although we never know what goes on in people's minds, that path was not entirely healthy anyway. Also, the toxic environment of the art school where I was was quite disillusioned with this whole scene.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">While working at Madame Chocolat I learned what it meant to have your own clothing brand quite naturally, from the production of materials to details more related to marketing.</span> <span class="" title="">Also, being in direct contact with the national and international brands and receiving their products made me learn unconsciously.</span> <span class="" title="">There was a time when I felt that<b> my favourite themes were very underrepresented in Lolita fashion</b>, but I didn't start to boost anything about the brand until 2013 and it wasn't until 2015 that I really started publishing my products.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">I studied Dressmaking, Pattern design and Millinery at <a href="https://www.diba.cat/web/escoladona" target="_blank">L’Escola de la Dona</a>. It is a good school to learn the trade without pretence. On the other hand, Fashion-type studies here in Spain don't prepare you to start a project, but rather to work for a multinational company making 200 designs of t-shirts a week, at least this is the impression of many of my colleagues.</span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><br />However, if I could go back I would have liked to know more marketing and accounting, since sometimes the will and common sense are not enough, and having a brand is learning everything from scraps. When you have a problem or you need something you learn about it in strict direct, with the anxiety that implies. I admit that some studies would have prepared me a little more, but <b>building a brand gives you the ability to face your vulnerability, to deal with anxiety and to rectify over and over again until you become tough and strong.</b></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">I admit that I am not going to be profound when answering this, but my greatest sources of inspiration are <b>cinema </b>and <b>happiness</b>. I am tired of the hatred for the cinema against, for example, literature. Cinema and fashion have a lot to do, and not only because there is Costume Design inside a film, but also because a film is a capsule of aesthetics and a microworld of colours, light and textures ... It is also a vision of facing a specific posture bearing life, and although with a book we can feel all that and much more, the experience is always personal, unique and different in each person; while with a movie, you offer a vision of that microworld in images. In the end, <b>empathy is what makes us unite in specific aesthetics and fashions.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><br />Happiness is more abstract and personal. Many of my ideas come out when I am aware that something is making me happy. Series like The Charming town is pure condensed happiness: being in a small town, having a coffee and saying: <i>Ho! life has very beautiful things</i>. <b>I think that if I'm happy with something, more people have to be happy with that too.</b> And the funny thing is that despite being day to day working on it and with all the problems that that entails, I do not abhor those issues or stop making me happy. Fantasy has saved me from thousands of demons and helped me to make it through hard times. <b>Putting that personal escape route in a dress makes me be connected with the reasons that keep me sane and happy.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Different every time!</span> <span class="" title="">Sometimes I see the design very clear and I prepare everything in a couple of months, b</span><span title="">ut the most common situation is that the ideas are waiting for<b> many factors to match</b>: having the technique or the ideal material to be able to make them, having a gap in which to fit between re-release of some previous print and productions for events</span><span title="">, also that the design makes sense on the scene at that time... So the usual time from an idea to reality is <b>1 or 2 years</b>, something that the general public does not see or appreciate from a brand.</span> <span title="">The market goes very fast, and if you neglect, designs similar to yours may appear, although I dedicate myself to a very specific sub-style and I'm not overwhelmed if that happens.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span title="">This is something I have meditated a lot on.</span> <span title="">I think that yes, because of its small scale and because people can wear the clothes I design for many years, but there are always things to improve on.</span> <b><span title="">Violet Fane is produced in Spain in fair trade.</span></b> <span title="">Due to the closeness of all the parts of the process, we are able to make the blank fabric travel from the supplier to the stamper and from the stamper to the workshop without adding new plastic, and then the workshop delivers the garments on reusable hangers, <b>without any plastic packaging</b>.</span> <span title="">I think if it were manufactured in another country that would be completely impossible.</span> <span title="">In addition, this year we were able to implement a project that <b>a tree is planted for each shipment</b> and we can also send it to customers without plastic.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Polyester does not have to be shiny and we always use breathable fabrics. It has a very bad press because in Lolita we associate it with brands that use the cheapest or are not breathable, and we also associate it with those brands that, despite having the infrastructure in their country to print cotton, have moved to polyester to lower costs. But nowadays polyester is so well researched that there are incredible varieties that last many more years without shrinking, wrinkling or fading. </span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">And if we have found pleasant, breathable, moderately economical polyester for the public that does not wrinkle and lasts for many years, what is the problem with polyester?<b> The microplastics it releases.</b> That is the only non-ecological thing of the entire brand and for this, <b>we always recommend the use of special bags for the washing machine that collect these microplastics, <a href="https://en.guppyfriend.com/" target="_blank">Guppyfriend</a></b>. Since the 80s almost everything has plastics and it's more useful for the environment that we use it well and give it a long life than throwing away all our polyester clothes and buying a lot of cotton at once. Any massive consumption action like this would only cause thousands of aeroplanes for deliveries and water displacements in factories, so the best we can do is extend the life of what we have to the maximum and stop supporting companies based on the human and natural exploitation of the poor countries.</span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">In summary, <b>we believe that the mix of buying few clothes that you wear for a long time, avoiding buying in multinationals, using vintage/second-hand clothes and taking care of your clothes by washing them in short programs, with water as cold as possible and using a Guppyfriend is the best and more sustainable.</b></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">My favourite project <b>has not yet seen the light</b>, but soon it will and I hope it will blow your minds! From the older prints, I really like<i> Saint Etienne Orphelinat</i>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-33377299328797313322020-05-03T19:26:00.000+02:002020-05-05T11:30:57.543+02:00Nice places around Alkmaar: Sweets & Antiques<div style="text-align: justify;">
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If there's something I miss from the "<i>outside</i>" world, is having coffee, some sweets and a nice chat with a friend somewhere nice. Here in Alkmaar the perfect place for that, at least for me, is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sweets-Antiques-1880907505461862/?ref=py_c"><b>Sweets & Antiques</b></a> and believe me, I miss it quite a lot!</div>
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In the old town of<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> Alkmaar, you will find the candy store of Han and Esther, a lovely little place full of curiosities and nice food that will delight those with a sweet tooth.</span> When you enter inside, you can see yourself in an old Dutch candy store from the early XX century, surrounded by </span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">more than 200 different types of candy contained in old glass jars and vintage cans. </span><span class="" title=""></span></span></div>
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Last time we were there I was wearing this beautiful dress by Emily Temple Cute with old toys, that I think it matches the theme of the place really nicely. I can't wait for them to be open again in their normal schedule so we can enjoy their delicious desserts!</div>
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JSK by Emily Temple Cute | Vintage shirt | Socks from Topshop (old) | Tea party shoes from Secret Shop | Beret by Shirley Temple | Brooches by Lady Sloth and handmade</div>
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My second day in London City was a dream come true. Not only the night before I could attend a gig for which I was waiting a long time but also the weather was beautiful and I was hungry for art and culture. </div>
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After having breakfast with Helena, I took the public transport again and made my way to <a href="https://www.wallacecollection.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Wallace Collection</b></a>, <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">a personal matter pending between me and London for a long time now. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">I arrived at the </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Hertford House early in the morning, which gave me plenty of time not only to walk around but to admire the collection itself (and </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">you know that where there are pictures of the old masters, there I go). The Wallace Collection </span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">was established in 1897 from the private collection of Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, who left both it and the house to his illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace and whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. It opened to permanent public view in 1900 and it wasn't until September 2019 that they allowed loaning some of their pieces to other museums and exhibitions. The entrance, as in lots of museums in London, is free. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">And, oh my, what a place is The Wallace Collection! 25 galleries full of exquisite art, furniture, porcelain... My heart was beating so hard I thought I would faint! How is it possible that I haven't been here before?</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">The front State Rooms leads your path to the Back State Room, </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">dedicated to the patronage of King Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. From here you can walk around the ground floor and discover a large armour collection, a Collector's Cabinet or some </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Medieval and Renaissance works at the Smokers' Room. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Once on the upper floor, I was lucky enough to admire art while a soprano was doing some rehearsal for an upcoming show that afternoon, a delight to my ears; and had a nice conversation about art with a lovely lady who recognizes me as an <i>art junkie</i>, due to the tears in my eyes while admiring the fascinating </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tspValue"><i>Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower</i> by French artist Paul Delaroche. I must also say that my heart skipped a bit when I finally was in front of <i>The Swing</i> by Fragonard, whose colours makes me still dream about it. </span></span></span></div>
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<i>The Swing</i> by Jean-Honoré Fragonard</div>
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It's <b>Fashion Revolution Week</b>, a time we, as consumers, should raise our voices higher than the rest of the year to ask questions to different fashion brands and create awareness into the fashion industry. And in this time of pandemic and quarantine, what a better way to use our social media channels to ask brands <i>who made my clothes?</i> or <i>what is in my clothes?</i> (#whomademyclothes? #whatisinmyclothes? campaign). Under the pressure of all the consumers, we can make brands change and set a new sustainable path for the future of fashion.<br />
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<u><b>But why do we need a Fashion Revolution Week? </b></u></div>
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<i>On the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed
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<i>We are living in a climate emergency and the fashion & textiles sector is one of the most polluting and wasteful industries. The industry continues to lack transparency, with widespread exploitation of people working in the supply chain. Never before have there been this many people on the planet in slavery, and fashion is a key driver of this reality. Brands and retailers are still not taking enough
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the environmental impacts of the materials they use or how the products
they make affect the health of people, animals and our living planet.</i></div>
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Every year, from Fashion Revolution they try to point the focus on different themes related to fashion, consumption and the way we treat not only our garments but the people who work within the fashion industry. In 2020, these are the main focus for this FRW (images from their stories at their <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fash_rev/" target="_blank">Instagram account</a>):<br />
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And this is why I want to treat some of these points emphasizing in the fashion I love the most: <b>Lolita Fashion</b>. Please, join me in this<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span class="" title=""> conversation about our most beloved fashion.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span class="" title="">When Lolita fashion started to be popular during the late 90s and early 00s (what we call <i>Old School Lolita</i> nowadays) the quality and materials of the garments that most of the brands designed were quite different from nowadays. Nice soft cotton, the finest lace for the details and the <b>exclusivity </b>of the pieces, plus the feeling of <b>timeless </b>and the possibility of becoming a <b>long-lasting piece</b> in your wardrobe made lolita fashion popular not only inside Japan but also outside of its frontiers. The delicate pieces also taught us something else: <b>how to take care</b> of your garments so they will last longer. </span></span><br />
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With Lolita Subculture getting more attention and fans around 2005, brands started to produce more pieces and to release new products faster. By 2010 there were lots of brands selling <b>overseas</b>, giving this way the chance to foreign Lolitas to buy their precious garments. This brings some positive consequences for the community, but also some negative ones, as the <b>production </b>was escalating (of course, never like fast-fashion retail, but on a smaller scale) and the <b>competition </b>was appearing from other countries, like China. Also, the <b>carbon footprin</b>t that the packages were generating (let's not forget that most of the time, when you order online the package travels by airmail unless we ask for the contrary) was adding more to the negative part of Lolita Fashion (as any other fashion whose products you should get online).<br />
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And in the last 10 years, there's been some events that, <u>in my opinion</u>, had added quite a negative attitude to the fashion: <br />
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<li>The over-excessive use of <b>polyester </b>in their released; polyester comes from petroleum and although its production is cheaper and easier than cotton or other natural materials, the damage that it causes to the environment is much higher (polyester generates microplastics that goes straight to our oceans, for example). Also affects the <b>quality </b>of the products, since it has decreased considerably, and not to talk about bags or shoes; I don't get why, but there are lots of Lolita shoes that have a terrible quality (well yes, they're made of cheap plastic, that is why, you genius)! </li>
<li>The arise of the <b>replicas</b>, which usually are made with lower quality materials and most of the time they don't have anything to do with the original design and disappoints the consumer (not to mention how this can damage a small brand).</li>
<li>Lots of brands stopped to <b>produce their garments locally</b> and moved to other suppliers (mostly Chinese), causing this a negative impact in their traditional supply change and making more difficult the t<b>racking of the production and supply chain</b>; therefore, the <b>transparency </b>of lots of brands is quite a mystery and we don't know the resource of materials or how the workers in their supply chain are treated. Let's not forget that the prices of the big brands haven't decreased, but their production cost has. </li>
<li>The awaking of <b>Taobao </b>and its multiple brands have damaged the Japanese labels since they can't keep up with the number of releases that the Chinese platform can offer and they cannot compete also with the cheap prices. </li>
<li>Due to the previous point, the amount of <b>compulsive purchases</b> has risen, and it's common to see how people buy cheap garments that they use just once or sell right away <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">due to not meeting the expected product expectations</span></span> that they had in mind (think that product has already travelled around the world, so its carbon print has increased by now).</li>
<li><b>The pressure of the online community about perfection and the ideal of what a Lolita is</b>. How many times people have been nitpicked for not wearing the exact tone of red/pink/blue? How many times we've bought a piece/shoe/accessory that we've only used once just for that event or for that photo? Is it worth it? </li>
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But of course, <b>not everything is negative</b>. As I said before, most Lolita clothes usually have a <b>higher quality</b> than fast-fashion, therefore, they tend to <b>last longer</b>, especially if you take good care of them. I've got some pieces I bought new maybe 12 years ago and they still have their flow. And due to this, Lolitas tend to sell their brand and a dress can have several owners and still shine bright like a diamond! I've got some garments from the early 00s era and they're still like new. <b>The second-hand market is huge</b> and this is quite helpful. <br />
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<i> Metamorphose skirt from 2002, vintage shirt, second-hand boots</i></div>
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Also, if there is something that Lolitas love is a good meet, and a <b>Swap Meets</b> is one of the best events that you can attend! People take with them the clothes they are not using anymore and they sell them or swap them for something different. Sometimes you can find real bargains, and sometimes people around you can even give you ideas about how to combine that dress you're not that sure to sell.<br />
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<i> I got this beautiful Leur Getter JSK and the pink blouse a couple of years ago at a Swap Meet!</i></div>
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<i>Btw, those socks are over ten years old </i></div>
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Through the past of the years, there's been another trend inside the Lolita community that<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> has penetrated deeply in it, and it's the love and support for the <b>indie brands</b>, like <b><a href="https://www.peppermintfox.com/" target="_blank">Peppermint Fox</a>, <a href="https://www.indrolita.com/" target="_blank">Indrolita Couture</a>, <a href="http://summertalesboutique.com/" target="_blank">Summers Tale Boutique</a>, <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/" target="_blank">Violet Fane</a>, <a href="https://www.idodeclareshop.com/" target="_blank">I Do Declare</a>, <a href="https://ladyslothshop.com/" target="_blank">Lady Sloth</a>,</b></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="https://lespritdelanoblesse.com/" target="_blank">L'Esprit de la Noblesse</a>, <a href="http://starlust.mozello.es/home-1/" target="_blank">Hats by Issis Starlust</a> </span></b><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">and much more. They create their own prints or accessories, working by hand and/or looking for the most sustainable way to build them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lespritdelanoblesse.com/" target="_blank">L'Esprit de la Noblesse</a></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><a href="https://www.idodeclareshop.com/" target="_blank">I Do Declare</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><a href="http://summertalesboutique.com/" target="_blank">Summers Tale Boutique</a> </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://starlust.mozello.es/home-1/" target="_blank">Hats by Issis Starlust</a> </span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Moreover, there are some brave Lolitas who are <b>upcycling </b>their closets! From little adjustments to completely new garments, using pieces that don't spark the initial joy from the beginning, these artistic souls are creating new clothes or accessories for their closets. </span></span><br />
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<i> Two examples of what the amazing <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fantasy_seamstress/" target="_blank">@fantasy_seamstress</a></b> has done with two Violet Fane pieces! Aren't they stunning?</i><br />
<i>Photos used with her permission.</i></div>
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<b>In summary</b>, and not only after doing some research but also after asking on my social media to my fellow Lolitas about their opinion, I believe that Lolita Fashion is more sustainable than regular fashion but we should we aware that <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b><u>NO FASHION IS SUSTAINABLE</u></b>, especially at 100%, and <u><b>WE SHOULD CHANGE OUR COMPSUPTION HABITS. </b></u></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Due to COVID-19 and this society that we're living at the moment we've learned that our ways were not the correct ones, and we should change them if we want to survive and be more gentle to our lovely Earth. </span></span><br />
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<b><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">What can you do, as a Lolita, to help? </span></span></b><br />
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<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Invest in quality pieces</b> that you're sure you're gonna use. Stop buying compulsive, think twice. Not only the environment but your bank account will be thankful. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Buy locally, buy second-hand</b>. If you buy overseas, try to choose a more <b>eco-friendly</b> way of shipping (by boat instead than by plane, for example). </span></span></li>
<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Support indie brands</b>, especially if they have products that you're interested in. Instead of getting it from Aliexpress, text that designer you like and ask them for a payment plan if it's too expensive. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Upcycle what you have</b>. Tired of that sad white blouse? Dye it, change the lace, choose other buttons! Need a pair of off white socks? Why don't you take a pair of white ones that you're not using and dye them with tea? Not fitting on that dress anymore but you love it a lot? Take it to a local seamstress and fix it!</span></span></li>
<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Learn how to take care of your garments</b>! This is something </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">that I put a lot of emphasis on at work and with customers, <b>read the care label, wash it always with the colder water possible, use a bag for your delicates and/or a special bag for retaining the polyester microplastics. Don't wash too often, handwash if possible or even better, steam it</b>! I've been chasing a steamer now for a while since we use them at work and not only is a fast way of ironing but the steam kills any bacteria in your clothes. Here you've got a guide from F Yeah Lolita on <a href="http://www.fyeahlolita.com/2010/09/how-to-clean-lolita-clothes-at-home.html" target="_blank">how to clean your Lolita clothes</a>. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b>Ask brands about your garments</b>, demand them to disclose their information and be more transparent. There's a lot of information about how to do this at the<a href="https://www.fashionrevolution.org/" target="_blank"> Fashion Revolution website</a>.</span></span></span></span></li>
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Since this week was released one of my favourite tv shows, <i>What we do in the Shadows </i>(base on the mockumentary by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement) I thought it would bee fun to show you a couple of outfits I did during this quarantine revisiting my darker side (you know, once you go black you never go back; it doesn't matter how many Emily Temple Cute dresses I have, I'm a goth at heart always).</div>
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Blouse: second-hand| Skirt: Alice and the Pirates (second hand) | Tights: <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/" target="_blank">Violet Fane</a> | </div>
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Boots: Stradivarius (super old) | Bat brooch: handmade by me | </div>
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Accessories: Asos (super duper old)</div>
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For the first look I used this bloused I found on a second-hand shop at Haarlem <a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-short-visit-to-my-favourite-place-in.html" target="_blank">the day I was meeting Liv</a>. It's very Larme-ish, so I won't say this look is lolita, but more of a goth style (btw, if you don't know what Larme Kei is, here is a <a href="https://j-fashion.fandom.com/wiki/Larme_Kei" target="_blank">link </a>in which you can read some information about it). </div>
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About the embroider brooch I must say I haven't practised in a while with the needles, but I made that one during a quiet afternoon. Embroidering is a really calming activity, and I hope I'll keep doing it now that we have more light hours little by little. </div>
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The second look is a little bit more witchy style and was made for a challenge proposed by my friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/merkades/" target="_blank">Merkades </a>on her Instagram account. </div>
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Blouse: <a href="https://www.arket.com/en_eur/women/shirts-blouses/product.ruffled-neck-tie-blouse-beige.0861834001.html" target="_blank">Arket </a>| Jsk: <a href="https://www.indrolita.com/" target="_blank">Indrolita Couture </a>| Tights: Violet Fane | Shoes: &Other Stories (old) | </div>
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Pamela: <a href="http://starlust.mozello.es/home-1/" target="_blank">Hats by Issis Starlust </a>| </div>
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Skull Rosary: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TierraNegraJewelry" target="_blank">Tierra Negra Jewelry</a> | Sacred Heart: handmade by me</div>
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What can I say about this look? I love it! not only is comfy, but I think it looks beautiful! The jsk made by the virtuous Indrolita fits perfectly (well, everything she made for me fits perfectly!) and it has pockets! I ordered this beauty a couple of years ago for an event in Madrid hosted by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amorbarroco/" target="_blank"> Amor Barroco</a> and called <i>The Grand Embassy</i> (where I was one of the <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">masters of ceremonies</span></span>) and it's one of my favourite pieces ever, so versatile and easy to go.</div>
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The blouse is from Arket, and also fits very nicely. It's made of viscose, so the touch on your skin is nice and fresh. I'm in love with those dramatic sleeves, I must say!</div>
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As for the necklaces, the beautiful rosary is made by Tierra Negra, a jewellery brand from Finland that creates beautiful pendants. </div>
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And what about this stunning hat? It's handmade by my beloved friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/issis.starlust/" target="_blank">Issis </a>and it's absolutely fantastic. She dyes and braids the straw herself to create these unique pieces, some of them based on mourning style. My goth friends and I cannot deny we all have a little victorian widow inside us, and this is the ideal accessory for an impeccable look. </div>
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I think that dressing a little bit up during this quarantine can help us to cheer us up and not being all day long in pyjamas (which I find ok for a while but it kind of depress myself after some time). Also, it's the perfect time to get experimental with our outfits and declutter our wardrobes from things that we're not using or that may need a fix for a second round. actually, I'm doing that with some shirts and skirts, so they will be ready for summer. </div>
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So have you seen <i>What We do in the Shadows</i>? Let me know if you check it out! It's very funny!</div>
Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com5Alkmaar, Netherlands52.6323813 4.753375399999998652.5552858 4.5920138999999986 52.7094768 4.9147368999999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-60632399639875705842020-04-15T07:30:00.000+02:002020-05-03T23:06:43.972+02:00Looking for the Primary Colors (a trip to London, part I)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Almost a year ago I visited London after 10 years since the last time I was there. The purpose of that visit? Attend to the Royal Albert Hall for a very special show: the 10th anniversary of <i>Primary Colors</i>, by my beloved The Horrors. </div>
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Of course, that was the perfect excuse not only to visit the city but also to see my friends there: <a href="https://www.helenaexquis.com/" target="_blank">Helena </a>(who gladly let me stay at her place), <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swann_vintage/?hl=es" target="_blank">Viveka </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harriethaller/?hl=es" target="_blank">Carla</a>. But let's start for the beginning, the first day!</div>
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I arrived there in the morning without any trouble, although I forgot that at the entrance of the airport they ask you several questions and so. My flight was to Southend-O-Sea Airport, so that's about one hour away from London... But when you live in The Netherlands or in the south of Spain like me, you're used to travelling to get there, so that was more than ok. Plus the flight took less than an hour, blimey!</div>
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Once in London I went to Helena's flat and left my suitcase there. We caught up for a bit while having some food (second breakfast for me, like the good hobbit I am) and after that, she had to work (I was lucky that during my stay there that was the only day she had to work!), so I decided to walk around the city centre by myself, pretty excited since last time I did that was so long ago!</div>
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I visited one of <a href="https://www.artbox.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artbox's </a>stores, the Covent Garden one, where I bought a couple of kawaii things and had lunch at Five Guys while reading a book. After that, I went to Trafalgar Square so spend the afternoon at the National Gallery. Yes, once more, your favourite art junkie is here: </div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com0Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP, UK51.5009088 -0.17736631.5359593 -41.48596 71.4658583 41.131228tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-75366468480726420002020-04-13T19:26:00.000+02:002020-05-03T23:07:34.081+02:00Het Kattenkabinet<div style="text-align: justify;">
One of the biggest pleasures that you can have when moving to a foreign country is to look with fresh eyes into the secrets of the cities, secrets that perhaps the locals know but have never visited because they're simply there, <i>"and you can always visit"</i>. But now, in time of coronavirus, I keep looking to all these photos and although I haven't been a good blogger (yes, I had the time but sometimes sitting down to write it's difficult, especially when you've lost the habit), I'm gonna try to make it up to y'all.<br />
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So last summer I was really willing to visit the <a href="https://www.kattenkabinet.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Kattenkabinet</b></a>, a place full of curiosities, and I was lucky enough to count with my beloved friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daturadoll/" target="_blank">Cassie </a>to come with me (remember her from <a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2020/03/visiting-schuttersgalerij-at.html" target="_blank">this previous post</a>? She's such a lovely person, believe me!). </div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">The Kattenkabinet is an art museum in Amsterdam entirely devoted to <b>cats</b>. The collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works of art by cats, including work by Picasso, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Corneille, Sal Meijer, Théophile Steinlen and Jože Ciuha. The museum </span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">has five-period rooms and a style garden with a garden house and </span>organizes also temporary exhibitions.</span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">The Kattenkabinet was founded in commemoration of the ginger cat John
Pierpont Morgan (1966-1983). This special cat was the stubborn,
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It's funny that after visiting this lovely place lots of my dutch colleagues were impressed when they saw the photos on my Instagram since they've never visited it (actually, I still need to come back with one of them!). The entrance is not very expensive (the <i>Museumcard </i>is not valid here since is a private collection) and it's worth coming around the area and make a stop in here and in other of the closets museums, like the <a href="https://www.museumvanloon.nl/" target="_blank">Museum Van Loon</a> (that I must come back since I don't have decent photos of the place to show you)!</div>
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After the Kattenkabinet (in which I got the canvas bag that you've seen for sure in my Instagram since I use it a lot) we visited <a href="https://www.blond-amsterdam.com/en/shop-cafe/" target="_blank">Cafe Blond</a> for a sweet bite. Cassie and I have a sweet tooth and we cannot resist a cute place1 I've been at Blonde years ago during my first visit to Amsterdam. It has changed since then quite a lot, but the food was good and the company better <3</div>
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And following all the yummy for our tummy, we walked for a long time just chatting and enjoying the city through the quiet streets. Yes, Amsterdam is quite busy but if you know where to walk, it can be a very placid place. </div>
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For the occasion, I was wearing these beautiful Notes & Cats print dress by my favourite brand, Emily Temple Cute. I love the retro vibes of the print, with this super cool and fancy cats! </div>
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So there you go, another nice place for you to visit in case you come around The Netherlands! </div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-7965587223043756732020-03-31T19:00:00.000+02:002020-05-03T23:08:31.616+02:00Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder | Our Lord in the Attic<div style="text-align: justify;">
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How are you coping with all the coronavirus situation these days? By the time you read this, the Dutch government would have made new announcements let's see what they say this time... </div>
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But while we wait on that, let me take you with me to one of the most fascinating places I've visited so far here in The Netherlands.</div>
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I wanted to write about <a href="https://www.opsolder.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Ons' Lieve Heer op Solde</b></a>r for a long time now since is my favourite museum in Amsterdam and a must if you come by and want to see something different. </div>
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Our day started taking the train to Amsterdam (it takes about 35 min from Alkmaar to Amsterdam, by the way) and a nice walk around the city. We visited the World Press Photo Exhibition at the Nieuw Kerk and enjoyed a long walk to the Oude Kerk and the Red Light District.</div>
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It is there where you find the entrance to Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic). From outside looks so normal that I didn't bother to take a photo since I didn't know what was it about and it didn't look like something spectacular. We got our tickets and walked to the basement, where our tour began. <br />
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Ons' Lieve Heer op So is located in <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">a four-window wide </span>house from the Dutch Golden Age (1630 approx.) that looks like an ordinary canal house from the outside. <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">In the 18th century, the top façade was trimmed from a classicist neck gable into a spout gable. A special feature is that there is no lifting beam at the front. </span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">The house was bought in 1661 by stocking merchant Jan Hartman. He had it renovated and the beautiful interior dates from this period. </span><br />
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And then, out of blue... BAM!<br />
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You're in a church located on the third floor of the house! A <i>schuilkerk </i>(hidden church)! <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">This church, dedicated to Sint Nicolaas, was created in the time after the Reformation when Catholics were no longer allowed to hold public Holy Masses.</span></div>
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While it was prohibited to celebrate mass in public spaces, the authorities turned a
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You can find around the museum beautiful paintings and sculptures by different artists, such as the statue of St. Nicholas, the Allegory of Faith by Eglon van der Neer, Joseph and His Brothers by Nikolaus Knüpfer or The Entombment of Christ by Johannes Voorhout among much more.</div>
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Another thing that I loved was the beautiful views from the inside of the house to the canals and the roofs of Amsterdam. It kind on makes you travel back in time and imagine how life was back in the day when<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> parishioners went to mass and secretly entered this mystical place.</span></span></div>
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And back home! Since I visited this place I consider myself a devout from Our Lord in the Attic as I'm not a religious person but I love a good church or cathedral because of its architecture; so if that's your case too, I highly recommend to visit this place and any of the other <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_nog_bestaande_schuilkerken" target="_blank"><i>schuilkerken </i></a>in the Netherlands!</div>
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I think since we have quite some time, we could catch up little by little, don't you think? Maybe this way I can seduce you to visit The Netherlands and discover little places around the country. I'm still on it, of course, but seeing the photos from our past adventures makes me want more! This one belongs to 2018 but is still worth it.<br />
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<a href="https://www.vvvhartvannoordholland.nl/nl/omgeving/informatie-per-plaats/egmond" target="_blank"><b>Egmond aan Zee</b></a> is a<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""> coastal town located close to Alkmaar, like 15-20 min by bus from the bus station. </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">It's a place that has been severely punished on several occasions by the sea and floods that destroyed part of the city, including houses and the church, but they have always known how to get ahead and move on.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Egmond is a town of fishermen and the sea has always been providing for them. Also, it became really famous resort at the beginning of the 20th-century since </span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">it was well known for its healthy and clear sea air. Children from all over the country came over to stay in one of the many "<i>koloniehuizen</i>", which were sanatorium-like institutions often run by charities and churches. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">At the <a href="https://www.museumvanegmond.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Museum van Egmond</b></a> you can </span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="s1">learn about the history of the three Egmond villages,
such as about the former castle, the abbey and the church that sank into
the sea, the fishermen and sea rescuers, and living so close to the sea. Egmond aan Zee was founded by a group of monks that established a settlement here in 997, and from there it </span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="s1"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">developed into a real fishing village. Due to erosion of the coast, on 1570 fifty houses disappeared into the sea at the<i> All Saints' Flood</i>. During the Christmas storm in November 1741, 36 houses and the church with the tower were swallowed by the sea. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Next time we'll change the seasons to show you a new adventure, so we won't be just seeing summer photos! </div>
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When I moved to The Netherlands I never thought I could visit the Kremlin. Of course, it's not the Russian one (although I hope to see that one in the future) but the one located in the little village of Winkel. </div>
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<a href="https://www.kunsttuinnederlandskremlin.nl/" target="_blank"><b>The Dutch Kremlin</b></a> only open its doors four times per year (<span lang="en"><span title="">June 7, July 12, August 16 and September 13 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm), but if you're around, it's worth visiting.</span></span></div>
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Ger Leegwater, a retired sheet metal worker, began building this installation in the early 90s. He's not an architect, but an enthusiastic inspired by classical and Russian Orthodox architecture. Using recycled materials and coax sheet metal he started to build this place, a private garden full of beautiful statues with the Little Kremlin as the epicentre of it all. </div>
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When you enter the gardens you don't expect to find a dragon and St. George there, hidden into the Little Kremlin, but I was amazed by it and surprised in a very good way. The details and care that Ger has put on this beautiful place are palpable in every corner. Again, if you're able to visit on one of their opening dates (or set a visit, since you can contact them through their website or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kunsttuinnederlandskremlin.nl" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>), do it!</div>
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From here we took the car and ride towards Kolhorn, a lovely village a little bit up north. I've been here once before when one of Thijs' sisters were living in a beautiful house, during summer they do a night market full of interesting stalls. But our destiny was the local museum,<b> 'de Turfschuur'</b>, where you can see and experience the struggle of the provincial and local people to keep their heads above water, literally and figuratively. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="notranslate"><span style="color: black;">The museum opens from mid-April to October on Saturdays and Sundays (</span></span><span class="notranslate"><span style="color: black;">1 pm to 4.30 pm.), but for groups of more than 6 people, you can</span></span><span class="notranslate"><span style="color: black;"> visit the museum by appointment outside opening hours, and also combine the visit with </span></span><span class="notranslate"><span style="color: black;">a tour of the village,</span></span> <span style="color: black;"></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span style="color: black;">a boat trip with the Kolhorner 'Staverse Jol' or a combination of both. We only could visit the museum since it was late for us for the rest of the activities, but it's a great excuse to come back, right? You can find all the information about the museum <a href="https://www.stichtingmuseumkolhorn.nl/TRFSCHR.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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How are you doing? For some of you, this would have been the first week at home quarantine. For some other, maybe less, maybe more. And I can imagine how hard it is, being stuck in a place while you could be enjoying outside. We don't value things until we lose them, I think that this freedom that we usually have will be much appreciated it once this has passed, right? I hope so. </div>
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I'm not gonna give you a list of things to do while being at home. I believe everyone should do what thinks it's best, and not force themselves to do anything productive if they don't feel like it. But I wanna know how are you handling the anxiety that may be generated these days in which you cannot escape from home, and offer you help. </div>
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You see, I've written about anxiety before <b><a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2016/11/convivir-con-ansiedad-el-mal-del-s-xxi.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2017/02/atascada-conmigo-misma.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2017/04/hasta-los-huesos.html" target="_blank">here </a></b>and <b><a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2017/04/y-cazaremos-monstruos.html" target="_blank">here </a></b>(in Spanish, but you can use the translate button on the sidebar, no worries!), and as I said before, <b>we should totally talk about this more often</b>, because believe me, you're not alone, and the voices of others who may have passed the same situation in which you're at the moment may help. </div>
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People always say that you must confront the source of your anxiety and they're right, but in a situation like the one we are living nowadays it can be very complicated, so please, don't feel guilty if you don't do this immediately. The most important thing is to stay calm and as healthier as possible (physically and mentally), if that means that you should avoid whatever <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title="">disruptive thoughts that may lead to a panic attack, do it, and don't feel guilty about it. There will come other times in which you can confront it (and get over it, of course!), but don't force yourself into this road since we know is not a nice one.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title="">I'm at home with my boyfriend, and although sharing the same space all the time might be a tricky situation, we're doing quite well. I don't mind to be at home at all, when we moved to the Netherlands I spent quite a lot of time by myself here, since he was working and I wasn't, but I enjoyed my time by myself quite a lot. I had (and still have) my routine for when he's not around; <b>having a routine in situations like this is quite important</b>, so you won't lose track of time and think you've done nothing (even if you just need to catch up with that tv show, do it within a routine!). Now with the two of us here at home, I try to keep that routine every day too: waking up at a decent time, shower, dress, have breakfast, tidy the house, etc. It may be sunny outside, <b>but we stay home</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title="">Sometimes I get anxious due to how the situation is developing in Spain. You see, my granny is quite old, and I worry about her.<i> "Call her"</i>, you may say; and I do, of course, but still I cannot help to worry a lot about it. In those moments that I feel I cannot stop my thoughts, I breathe, as deeply as I can, and listen to music that won't let me think (like <i>Kvelektar</i>, for example). And hey, it takes a while but it fades while I focus myself in some other tasks to do. I may bite my nails still, but at least I can control the panic attacks most of the time like this. Exercise, plan meals, read a book, clean your wardrobe, craft, make a TikTok post... I know, I said I was not giving you a list of things to do, and you don't need to do any of these things but the ones that work for you to stay safe. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title="">Because in the end, that is the important thing. <b>Stay healthy, stay safe</b>. After this has ended, <b>there will be more battles to fight. </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title="">But I will talk about those battles some other day. </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">And about my anxiety to talk on the phone, which I have may discover the origins just recently. L</span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">ife <i>still </i>amazes me sometimes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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How are you doing? I hope you're safe at home,<b> taking care of yourself and the ones you love.</b> Seems that we are gonna be stuck together for a while, and although I don't wanna spend my days in front of the laptop, I'm gonna try to update this a little bit more frequently with nice places I've been discovering around The Netherlands, so you have something to read and look forward when all the quarantines end. </div>
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A couple of weeks ago, before all the madness started in Europe, I met my beloved <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/daturadoll/">Cassie </a></b>for a treat to ourselves having some delicious brunch and a nice walk around Amsterdam. </div>
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From Jordaan we walked to Kalverstraat, passing by a cool toy store and a liquor store where they had real absinthe, just to finish our stroll at an open part of the Amsterdam museum, the <b>Schuttersgalerij</b>, or to be more precise, the part where they explain the story of the building. </div>
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The <a href="https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Amsterdam Museum</b></a> is located nowadays in a former <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">St. Lucien monastery in the Middle Ages.</span> <span class="" title="">In 1579, the Amsterdam Burgerweeshuis (the local orphanage) moved in and stayed there until 1960.</span> <span title="">During that time, the building has undergone many renovations.</span> <span title="">Only orphans whose parents had been burglars of the city of Amsterdam could end up in the former orphanage on the Kalverstraat.</span> <span title="">The children received a good education: the boys learned crafts, such as woodworking and the like, while the girls were taught handicrafts.</span></span></div>
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For that day I was wearing <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/shop/preorder-the-cabinet-of-curiosities-skirt-peppermint-fox-x-violet-fane-collaboration-series-f6sy5">"The Cabinet of Curiosities"</a> skirt for the first time, the lovely collaboration between <a href="https://www.peppermintfox.com/">Peppermint Fox</a> and <a href="https://www.violetfaneshop.com/">Violet Fane.</a> of course, <a href="https://www.peppermintfox.com/shop/cabinet-of-curiosities-brooch-violet-fane-x-peppermint-fox-collaboration-series-a7bja">Antonia the Mouse</a> was coming with me, and this beautiful mourning brooch from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Thebatinthehat">The Bat in the Hat</a>. I was also wearing this beautifully embroidered shirt from my granny, way too big for me, but that I love!</div>
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She was wearing this beautiful hoodie dress made by herself! Cassie is a very talented designer and seamstress, and she makes amazing garments and accessories for her brand, <a href="https://daturadolldesign.storenvy.com/">Daturadoll Design</a>. Please, have a look at her website and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daturadolldesign/">Instagram</a>, and support her! She deserves some love and support! Also, I love her personal style, you can see on her Instagram that she has an amazing taste and she's the best ambassador of her own brand. </div>
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Skirt - The Cabinet of curiosities by Peppermint Fox x Violet Fane</div>
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Brooches - Peppermint Fox, The Bat in the Hat</div>
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Shoes - Vintage</div>
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Yesterday was a nice and relax Monday for me, and I wish all Mondays could be like this. We woke up around half-past eight, had coffee, bacon and eggs on the bed and chill for a while before we started tidying up the house and running a couple of laundries. While Thijs went to the supermarket, I finished organizing the house and then we went for a little walk under the rain and a nice coffee. </div>
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We walked to <a href="http://www.heerenvansonoy.nl/" target="_blank">De Heeren van Sonoy</a>, a charming place with a big courtyard close to our flat in Alkmaar which<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> has the status of a national monument. </span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">It used to be the Witte Hof or Sint Maria Magdalena Monastery. The monastery came into the hands of the city in 1572 and the place was then used to house city dwellers who had become homeless because their houses had been demolished for the construction of the new city defences. After the siege, it was sold to Diederik Sonoy, governor of the Noorderkwartier, who lived here for several years and whose name is linked to the victory over the Spaniards in 1573. </span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">The next owner was Mr Willem van Bardes, who</span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> had the former monastery converted into a spacious housing and also expanded the building with the striking octagonal watchtower.<br /><br />In the 18th century, the building was decorated as a "diaconia Old Men and Women house". Subsequently, the building was split up in 1978 and received its current layout with various shops, houses and the Restaurant De Heeren van Sonoy. The entire complex is called Hof van Sonoy.</span></span></span></div>
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It was still raining outside, so we run the last errands we needed for that day and came back home to start planning our holidays by the end of May. We may do a little tour around the country and maybe some places close to the border with Germany and Belgium, <i>any suggestions of things that you think I've should see?</i> So far we've got a big list, but it's always good to receive any advise!</div>
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It's funny how thanks to Emily Temple Cute I started wearing lots of sweet colours with lolita, even some prints I never thought I would wear, like this print. I'm not a huge fan of "toy stuff" prints, but the Bear Jar print is so quirky that it was love at first sight. I mean, it's a print with cookies and honey jars in the shape of vintage crazy bears and cream milk bottles, what the actual fuck hahaha!</div>
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Skirt - Bear Jar by Emily Temple Cute</div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com1Hof van Sonoy 1, 1811 LD Alkmaar, Netherlands52.632181 4.74772432.667428 -36.56087 72.596934 46.056318tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-52013163632883880942020-03-02T07:30:00.000+01:002020-04-21T21:24:50.111+02:00A trip back in time (part II)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I owed you this entry for some weeks now, just to show you <a href="http://sahakiel.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-trip-back-in-time-part-i.html" target="_blank"><b>how this trip ended</b></a>, right? Where was I? Oh, yes, on a boat! Follow me to continue this adventure...</div>
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So our boat trip took us to our next stop in the city of Enkhuizen: the <a href="https://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Zuiderzeemuseum</b></a>! I didn't know what to expect here, but I must say I was really pleased with what I found there. </div>
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Enkhuizen, located up north from Alkmaar, was one of the harbour-towns of the Dutch East India Company, from where overseas trade with the East Indies was conducted. There you can find the <b>Zuiderzeemuseum</b>, located on Wierdijk in the historic centre of Enkhuizen, and devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region. The museum has two parts: an indoor building and an outdoor village that was opened back in the 70s. Here is where we started our visit!</div>
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I love a museum where you can visit old houses from the country you're at, and the outdoor part of the Zuiderzeemuseum is about that! Most of the buildings here are original and where transported piece by piece to this location from other parts of The Netherlands, so they could recreate an old village in the most realistic possible way. </div>
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By the time the museum was closing (here in The Netherlands most of the museums close around five or six in the afternoon, quite important to know for planning your visits!) we decided to have a bite and head back home after this long and hot day. I still cannot believe I didn't get burned by the Sun (thank you, sunscreen, never forget to wear it especially during summer!!) and that we could do this amount of things in just one day, but yes, we nailed it!</div>
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I really hope this little guide was useful for you if you plan to visit this area. It's a day trip worth it to do!</div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-32176145278887692862020-02-12T20:53:00.000+01:002020-04-21T21:25:07.497+02:00Before Ciara<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Last weekend was a long (and much needed) weekend for me. Also, a weekend to stay at home since we had the storm, Ciara, on top of our heads! Or at least, that was our main idea until, of course, we decided to do one of our favourite things during our spare time: visit a museum!</div>
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Our initial idea was visiting the Westfries Museum at Hoorn, but due to the storm lots of trains were cancelled, so we decided not to take the risk and we paid a visit to the lovely <a href="https://www.kaasmuseum.nl/" target="_blank">Kaasmuseum </a>(cheese museum) here in Alkmaar. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="s1">The Kaasmuseum was founded in Alkmaar in 1983 and it's located in the historic <i>Waaggebouw</i> (</span></span><span class="s1"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="notranslate">weighing house</span>), which was built in the 14th century. The day was quite dark, so I don't have any photos of the beautiful facade of the building, but we manage to take some nice shots inside the museum. </span></span></div>
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This is not an art museum, but a history museum that explains from the process of making cheese to how the industry has evolved. You can see lots of old instruments that were used to make cheese, some of them they're still using nowadays!</div>
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<span class="s1">The origins of the Kaasmuseum lie in the creation of the <i>Stichting Hollands Zuivelarchief</i> on 23 April 1969. The aim of this foundation is to collect objects and machines relating to the history of the dairy industry and the preparation of dairy products; that's why you can see lots of interesting objects here. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">This lovely Alice & The Pirates skirt is one of my newest acquisitions, and oh, boy! Such a jewel! The black velveteen print is simply gorgeous and she golden sparks from the fabric give it a magical touch! A very gothic outfit for a proper winter day. Don't miss also this beautiful handmade rosary necklace by Tierra Negra Jewelry! I was looking for the perfect one and I found it with them.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Rosary necklace - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TierraNegraJewelry" target="_blank">Tierra Negra</a></span></div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com2Waagplein 2, 1811 JP Alkmaar, Netherlands52.6313615 4.750096799999937532.666399 -36.558497200000062 72.596324 46.058690799999937tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-90467916226063935642020-02-04T07:30:00.000+01:002020-04-21T21:25:25.828+02:00Every time that you lose it sing it for the world (Karaoke Meet)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some weeks ago we had a super nice meet at the <a href="https://dukeoftokyo.com/" target="_blank">Duke of Tokyo</a>, a Japanese-style karaoke in the heart of Amsterdam. The lovely Rossella (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/girlfromtherosegarden/">@girlfromtherosegarden</a>) took the time to organized it and gurl, what a great idea she had! I cannot thank her enough for this fun experience with the rest of the comm!</div>
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The lovely Lima (<a href="https://nefferinthia.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Nefferinthia)</a> and I were the first to arrive, and we chatted for a while as the rest of the group was arriving. Lima is such a lovely girl, a big old-school lover; and fun fact, we discovered that we work super close by! So we agreed that we should meet for lunch one of these days.</div>
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Once the group was complete, we enter the pace and were guided to our private room. It was my first time at a karaoke place like this and, I must say, I liked it a lot, since having your own private place to shout like crazy while singing makes things easier.</div>
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We had two full hours of singing, drinks and laughs. From Disney songs to Bikini Kill, we sang almost every genre of music just to finish with 'The Final Countdown' in a very epic moment. We also took some time to shoot some photos around the place, although the lights were not very helpful for this, as it seems we were in a scene from Akira or something similar. </div>
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The only 'not so good' thing from the karaoke was that we couldn't order food or snacks into our boot, but I guess that it can get pretty chaotic in there some times and that's why they don't offer that service. Outside of the karaoke rooms, you can stay and eat at the bar (which I may try one of these days after work!), so that's nice.</div>
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Before leaving that day I took some outfit photos to show you my old-school-ish coord! I can't believe I own this beautiful Metamorphose Gobelin print, it's simply perfect and makes me so happy every time I wear it! I need more old-school pieces for sure, the garments back then were so beautiful and different from the ones nowadays (is not that nowadays they are not nice, but the style and vibe were different back when I started wearing Lolita fashion). </div>
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You know when you pass by a place you've been wanting to visit so badly but you never got to enter? Well, that was me with this little lovely place where I live until last week! Since my friend <a href="http://www.midietavegana.es/" target="_blank"><u><b>Marta </b></u></a>was visiting us for a week, I made a little tour around Alkmaar with her, and when we passed by <a href="http://soepp.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Soepp</b></a>, we decided that we should have lunch there that day.</div>
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As I said, before lunch we were walking around the city and we had the time to visit the <b>Stedelijk Museum</b> here, in which there is always a nice exhibition around. Also, it has a very nice and interactive part in which explains <b>The Siege of Alkmaar</b> by the Spanish Army almost five hundred years ago, a siege Alkmaar and its citizens won! Really worth visiting and learn about it!</div>
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As you can see, the decoration of the place is totally my style! I love kitsch places full of old figures, furniture and toys. What immediately caught our eyes is that the menu was not only organic but also possible to make almost everything vegan! So we ordered some began nachos for starters and some delicious soup. </div>
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If you pass by Alkmaar and feel like visiting this lovely place, you can find it in <span class="LrzXr"><b>Hekelstraat 31</b>. </span></div>
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Libertadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220511840699303707noreply@blogger.com0Hekelstraat 31, 1811 BL Alkmaar, Netherlands52.630078 4.750966299999959132.6653605 -36.55762770000004 72.5947955 46.059560299999958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6278841237525098691.post-10489374171943848662020-01-24T19:18:00.001+01:002020-04-21T20:56:38.566+02:00Comfortable with myself.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The weekend is about to start and I'm happy because a good friend of mine is visiting us for a few days in Alkmaar. I have to work too, but we managed to do some nice things together already. </div>
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These photos are from last weekend when we were about to go visiting Thijs' family. The light was lovely and honestly, it was not cold at all. Of course, I was wearing a coat, but I was not cold while shooting the photos. This week temperatures here in the Netherlands are a little bit lower, so doing this would be more difficult. It was a very comfy outfit, even with the puffy petticoat. For me, I feel that Lolita and Otome fashion are the styles I'm more comfortable with, I like how I look when wearing it and I feel more myself. I wear these clothes feeling lots of love for them and it's a way of expressing who I am. </div>
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Needless is to say that, as a lot of my fellow lolita friends I've received lots of critics (most of them unwanted) about the way I look but, you know what? <b>Fuck them</b>. Fuck them with their narrow minds and sad ways of thinking. If you don't like this or any other type of fashion/person, just don't look at them, ignore them. You don't need to make those people feel bad about the way they look just because you don't like their hair colour, makeup or clothes. </div>
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If you're reading this and someone sometimes said something nasty to you because of the way you looked, just repeat out loud with me: <i><b>Fuck You, assholes</b></i>. </div>
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Because always remember: we're not here to please anyone, and probably we're all gonna get critics about how we look no matter what we do... So maybe just <b>keep doing it</b>. </div>
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