Hello lovelies,

two weeks ago I went to the medieval Christmas market in Vienna. It is only held for three days at the beginning of December and I always try to go there at least one day. The temperatures were almost below freezing, and we had a very cold week, therefore I only stayed for an hour and left without even drinking a cup of hot mulled wine. That was a shame but winter is definitely not my season.
Most of the booths are the same each year but there are always a few new and the market is definitely growing, which is wonderful because I don't have the feeling that there are a lot of people interested in historical markets or events. I couldn't find a single historical meet-up, never mind the era. There were a few groups for medieval reenactment and a few Napoleonic/Kaiser Franz-Joseph 1848-1914 regiment groups but most were inactive or for members only.




Last year I made a viking dress and I failed to purchase a lot of accessoires before the event and I looked really plain. But luckily I found a nice knife, maybe not really a viking knife but at least one from the early medieval age, and a hair pin which was crafted after a surviving extant from Haithabu at the market.


The knife is hand-crafted and small but it is perfect for my tiny hands.
But enough said. I am looking forward to the summer version of this because it is much bigger and offers a lot more.
Have a nice week,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

in August I had a small photo shooting and I just got the pictures!
At first it started out as a quick outfit shot but we quickly made it a bit more artsy.
We worked with a white ikea curtain as prop and drapped it around me on the forest floor. I still find random plant parts whenever I see the curtain.
My friend Souly from Blur of color edited the pictures.







Have a nice weekend!

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

it is almost December and Japanese shops have already started showing off their fukubukuro. Fukubukuro or Lucky packs or lucky bags is the term for a fixed prized bag containing items which are much more worth tha the price. Some shops offer these bags to get rid of their old stock, others already offer clothes made specifically for that occasion.
The bags go on pre-sale and are then shipped out after New year.
Most shops reveal what is inside (if it is specifically made) beforehand and thus one can decide if they are willing to buy the bag or not.
This list will be upated regularly!


Ank Rouge
Price: 15.000€ plus tax
Versions: It comes in 2 different versions - pink and black
Start of sale: ?
Items in the bag: 6 items plus bag, one coat, two dresses, one pullover and two random accessoires.
The picture underneath is a bit too small but I can't get it bigger. Click here to see it on the orginal page.


Fint
Price: 10.800yen
Version: Two different Versions, one is the fint bag with their items and one is from an another angelus.
Start of sale: alread on sale
Items in the bag: each bag has a dress, a pullover, either a skirt or trousers, and 2-3 accessoires.

Nice Claup
Price: 5.000 plus taxes
Version: 2 different Versions: Casual & sweet. 
Start of sale: 26th of November
Items in the bag: Both have 4-5 items.

Onespo
Price: 10.800Yen
Version: There are 2 versions - caramel latte (more black and brownish) and white mocha (red and white)
Start of sale: already on sale!
Items in the bag: 7 items plus bag: neck warmer, jacket, beret, knit dress, hoodie, mini bag belt, skirt


Last updated 25th of November

Hello lovelies,

just a quick update that my phone is dead and content is very hard to get without having a camera always on my person.
And second, for all of my German followers: I made a new blog in German for my sewing and I will translate my tutorials and all of my sewing projects.
This blog will stay my main blog and I will definitely not post my personal entries but if you are able to speak German and are interested in look at my blog, the link is here. 

Have a nice weekend everyone!

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

October is really busy in Vienna and we have a few halloween meet-ups and events.
Normally halloween is not really celebrated in Austria because it let's be honest, it is an American festivity. But in the last couple of years more and more kids and young adults dress up and celebrate it.

This Sunday the j-fashion group had a little meet-up in Vienna in Little Britain. I first wanted to go as witchy gyaru but my boobs didn't seem to fit into my Jesus Diamante dress so I went for a witchy lolita coord again. This time I wore my souffle song dress with a small witch hat, on some of the pictures it looked like a black unicorn horn. It is not a very creative coordinate but it was fun.

Picture by Madeline Gebauer

The atmosphere was very relaxed and the waitress was super funny. I have never met such an outgoing and extroverted person in my whole life. She made talking with people look so effortless.

I drank a nice cup of darjeeling and ate my favourite scones. I know of no other place in Vienna that sells them, what a shame!. 

Picture again by Madeline Gebauer

Hello lovelies,

some of you might know that I am collecting vintage sewing magazines and sewing patterns. I mentioned it in this post where I shared all of the items I had collected so far.
I was browsing through etsy for new ideas and I found this super cute sewing pattern from the 50s for a dress. It has a scalloped neckline, sits tightly at the waist and has these cute pleats at the skirt part.
 

And I am a very weak person and bought the pattern. But my fingers were itching and I wanted to do a dress now and not wait for it to be shipped from New Zealand to Europe.

And so it happened that I did my own version of this dress. It was the first time I made kimono sleeves but they worked out really well.

These are my two back pieces with the darts sewn.

Same with my front part. I should have ironed the whole fabric beforehand but I am just super lazy.

The secret to successfull scallop sewing is to use really tiny stitches. A lesson hard learned.

To be honest I really liked doing kimono sleeves because they look good and you don't have to set in sleeves. Hooray.

And here the dress with the pleats. I made the mistake to cut a lot of fabric for the skirt and the three pleats were super deep and I had to re-pleat the skirt a lot before I liked it.


I did the zip after that but forgot to take pictures of course. Afterwards I sewed down the neckline.

As for the hem, lazy me just folded it back once. Shame on me.

The last thing I did was to add a cute little button at the back to hide the fact that the zip I had was too short. And I didn't want to order or move my bum to the nearest fabric store.

And that was it! I think it really worked out well.
After only two weeks my pattern arrived and I will definitely make another dress but with the original pattern (and different fabric) and I am super excited to compare the dress to my pattern.

Here are some worn pictures of the finished dress.









Hair by Pascal Prosser from Schernhorst. 

How do you like the dress?

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

my sister and I met up for a tour through an open-house event in Vienna but we didn't expect all the people who were also interested in the houses and the queue was massive. We therefore decided to skip the event and instead walk through Vienna's first district and do some pictures.
And these pictures really turned out very instagram-y.

My blouse and skirt are from Liz Lisa, the bag from Primark and the shoes from Deichmann.
I made the little hairbow myself. Remember my video?







As I sat on these stones I lost my balance and almost toppled over. My sister managed to capture the funny moment.



Vienna really does have a lot of nice corners.

Afterwards we went for tea and cake to the recently opened Ferrari Pasticceria cafe.
The food was a bit pricey but very good.

 Taking pictures of your food is very important, haha. My sister had a very sugary almond dessert.

  My bread was good but a bit cold and too small.



I had a white chocolate-rasperry cake with coconut flakes at the bottom. Super yummy.



The next posts will be sewing and costume related again, I promise.
If you follow me on Instagram you always get the newest updates on my sewing projects.

All the best,

Auris Lothol