Hello lovelies,

it's been a while since the meet-up but I still want to tell you about it because it was such a great afternoon. I was made aware that there will be a free art exhibition at Palais Liechtenstein in the heart of Vienna and that made my super excited. Why? Because I have a dress that has a print of a fresco located at Palais Liechtenstein and I always wanted to go but the Palais was usually too expensive. 

B. from the lolita club also saw the news and she decided to host a meet up for us. 

The day of the meet-up was sunny, but not too warm for a spring day.  

We met in the little park/Vorhof just in front of the entrance and waited. Others came and we broke away to snap a few pictures when a lady in her 50s asked what we are doing here dressed so weirdly. I explained that we were a fashion club and had an outing, which was definitely not the explanation she had expected but she trotted off, probably to tell her girlfriends who were standing around gawking at us. 

Our group was almost complete and we entered the Palais. Even the entrance was beautiful with frescos and gilded stucco. We stored our bags and parasols in the cloak room and then headed to the first room. 

 

The theme of the exhibition was "Noble Begierden. Eine Geschichte des europäischen Kunstmarkts" also called "dealing in splendour" in English and it was about the history of the European art market. 

Here is the description of the homepage: 

The art market, with all its players, institutions and mechanisms, has always been a source of fascination. Next spring, the Liechtenstein Garden Palace will host a groundbreaking international exhibition focusing on the underlying dynamics of the art market for the first time, such as marketplaces, sales strategies and pricing. In this exhibition, the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein shed light on the European art trade, from classical antiquity and the Italian city-states of the Renaissance to the Golden Age of the Netherlands, sensational presentations and transatlantic sales in the nineteenth century. 

This allows visitors to experience how many phenomena of the art market are essentially centuries old. As trend-setting developments often originated in cities and regions, separate rooms in the special exhibition are dedicated to these centres of innovation, illustrating the progress and novel practices that took place there. This highlights not only the lasting impact of art dealing on the dissemination of works, but also on the development of the arts and art history. - PalaisLiechtenstein.com

 

To be honest, there was not a lot of information about this specific theme but that was alright as I was more interested in the pictures anyway. Or maybe I didn't see the texts. The exhibition included paintings from Rembrandt, Brueghel, Monet and Klimt and a few others. Also, look at these frescos! They were absolutely stunning. How much would I need to pay an artist to paint my ceiling?

My favourite part of the museum was the library. I wish I were Belle from Beauty and the Beast and just own a library and sit in a comfy chair and read all day. Too bad I only made videos and no pictures, but you can watch the reel at the end of the post!

 

 

  

Upstairs were more modern pictures which I am not a fan of so I just quickly scanned them and went to the next room. 

But I liked this Venus picture, it reminds me of the pastel paintings by Fragonard or Jean-Étienne Liotard from the 18th century. This pictures is from 1863 and was painted by Alexandre Cabanel. 

In the central hall, the Hercules room, everybody met up again and we made pictures and the group picture. 

 

As we were ready to leave, we made our way to the eastern staircase and there is was. The fresco I had been looking for. It was a joy seeing it live for the first time. Although we had a hard time fitting me and my dress and the fresco into one picture we shot a few nice pictures. 

 

 

But we were successful!

The rest of the group continued on to a cafe but Hias and I left to go home. Our mission was done and we just wanted to put our legs up and rest a bit. 

And here is the reel from youtube to watch where you can see more of the paintings, the lolitas and the beautiful library.

 

And the next reel is about the dress and the fresco: 

 

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Hi lovelies,

I'm trying to make a video every two weeks now and upload it on youtube. This means whatever video is finished first will be uploaded instead of the cycle: Lolita fashion - historical costumes - bobbin lace. 

So this second video for April is a short stroll through the baroque palace "Schloss hof" (which just translates to "Palace hof"). It was a wonderful spring day and my allergies and I loved it. 

Please enjoy the video and as always, like, comment subscribe!

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Hello lovelies,

 

here is the video of the month April - it's about my top 5 favourite hair styles for lolita fashion:

• empress braid
• dutch braid 
• Sailor Moon buns
• Sidepony
• Sausage curls 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

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Hello lovelies, 

it was time again for another b&b organized by the wonderful team of Lolita Verein Österreich at Blauer Salon in Vienna. It's such a wonderful event! It is always the highlight of my lolita year and a staple of the Vienna Lolita community. 

We arrived around 11:30am. I had 12 items to sell so I paid my 12€ fee, 1€ per item with a 20€ cap. 

After you bring your items you can browse the other clothes that are there. The clothing racks for dresses, blouses, and skirts are divided between lolita clothes and jfashion clothes like liz lisa. Whereas accessoires and outerwear are not handled separately. This mix of Lolita fashion and japanese street fashion makes the bring and buy not only popular with Austrian lolitas but with all J-fashion fans.

As the event goes until 4pm, most of the people went for lunch at 12pm and left the clothes in the attendance of the club.

We ourselves went to grab some delicious food at dancing noodles, a Chinese restaurant just near the salon that offered food with authentic North-chinese hand-pulled noodles. And the noodles were really good! 

As we had to leave early, I collected my cash from the register. I had sold 3 items for a total of 115€. Nice! But I also did spend 140€ on the clothes plus 12€ fee. So it was not really a plus but nevertheless, I had new clothes! Buying second hand at events like this is one of my favourite ways to enjoy sustainable Lolita fashion and slow fashion in general.

And here is my haul:

I bought this blue Axes femme dress as I just loved the print. It's a bit long for me but that's okay. For a second hand axes femme dress it was a bit on the expensive side with 70€ but I did not care. I wanted it as Axes Femme pieces are always in high demand at J-Fashion second-hand events.

Then I got a new cream coloured Liz Lisa cardigan. I am always out of cardigans so I am hoarding them. I bought it for 25€. 

The top is from Ank rouge and is just a short crop top, perfect for layering under JSK in Lolita and J-fashion styles. The price was 20€. 

And then of course, the bonnet. Isn't it pretty? I adore bonnets, they are one of my favourite accessories for classic and sweet Lolita coords. The friend who sold the bonnet told me that she herself bought the bonnet at a bring and buy but she didn't wear it. And it was a shame too just keep it in the closet, so she sold it for 25€. A steal for such a pretty thing!

And here is my coord for the event. I wore my quaint lass OP, braided up my hair and wore a baby the stars shine bright headpiece. The necklace is from Metamorphose temps de fille, it's already quite ancient in lolita years. 

I just had to change the shoes as it was too cold for such flimsy shoes. 

Tell me, what is your favourite item from the haul?  

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Hello lovelies, 

usually I do a kind of j-fashion review each month but in 2024 I kind of forgot about it. My mind is much too occupied with other things and I am super lazy to write anything regularly on this blog anymore. Too busy or too lazy. There is no inbetween.. The next problem is that I rarely wore my lolita outfits as I stopped going to our monthly teekränzchen for various reasons. 

So instead of doing a monthly review of my dresses, I am just making a yearly one as it won't be that picture heavy. Due to me not attending the Viennese lolita events anymore, I don't really have a reason to doll up that often anymore. :(

January

This was the last Teekränzchen I attended. We were a lot of people and the waiter remembered all of our orders. It was brilliant. I wore my red Souffle Song youth in a mirror OP. It was super cold, snowing and freezing that day and we drove there by car because I was really worried about my shoes. They are so thin and more summer than winter shoes.

February

My outfit for Slay market, the baby the stars shine bright floral tree OP. It's a super comfy dress (mostly because the elastics already crumbled away) and I like to wear it for conventions. 

And another outfit for Lupins Market in my Lemonade float OP from Angelic pretty.

March

In March I celebrated my birthday with this catkins dress I got for it. It was super warm on my birthday and I could spend a few minutes in the cold without freezing. 

And here is the start from the pictures taken in Japan. Some of them I already uploaded but not all.

This dress is from Leur getter - Fruit plate JSK. It barely closes but it fits. 

April

Hello April! And here we start with an emily temple cute patisserie print sleeveless OP. I wore it at the universal studios osaka.

Another dress I bought at closet child- And here I met the owner of fluffy tory and lollipop lullaby. They had a pop up store in Tokyo.

Comfy outfit because it was cold when we went on a mt fuji tour.

 

Of course I had to wear a sailor dress for a naniwar of steel concert. It fits the song "Kaptän Iglo" perfectly (and if you don't know the band or the song - watch it!) I met dear D. at the concert and we had a blast.

It was just a simple office and travel look. This was the look for travel to Comic Con Austria in Wels.

Finally a real lolita fashion picture. I am wearing my secret daisy garden JSK, which I had bought on my Japan trip in March. It's so cute!

Another simple office look with items I bought in Japan, except for the bolero. I had this piece of clothing since the late 2000s and it still looks good, except for a pen mark on one of the sleeves.

 

This is an Amavel dress I also bought in Japan.

May

A rare full coord. I can't remember for what occasion I wore it though. It's from classtyle and is called angels coming. Quite fitting.

This was actually also from Comic Con Austria as it took place on the first May weekend. But we still arrived in April Except the shoes and the blouse I bought everything in Japan.

June

All three outfits are from the tea party. This is the one I wore for the pre-teaparty dinner with Haenuli and RinRin Doll. The dress itself is from Haenuli and is called Librarian Lady. The headpiece is from Angelic pretty.

This is the outfit I wore to the teaparty but this time with a daisy flower crown. The dress is from Angelic pretty and is the secret daisy jsk, combined with Rosemarie seoir shoes, but the ribbon fell off at the end of the day.

First time wearing my Moitie dress. And it's also the only one I have, lol.

July

Just a quick work coord, as I wore this to the office. It's also way too hot for socks and closed shoes. 

 

I have had this swankiss dress for ages. It's at least 10 years old? My sister took the pictures and she does not really know how I prefer my image details but she did ok :P.

 

This was taken in Stift Klosterneuburg and it was a very hot day. But the dress with the frescoes perfectly.

Another office look with my berry dress from Ank rouge, I think.

August

This was another weekend in Klosterneuburg and this time I am wearing a dress I bought second hand over willhaben. No idea which brand or the print name but it has strawberries on it!

If I remember correctly the dress is from Milk? The cherries are very cute but it's super tight in the chest area. Oh, the woes of having a big rack.

I bought this dress from Axes femme on my last Japan trip and it also has a strawberry theme. But it's not printed but embroidered this time.

And here we are with a Leur getter fruit plate print dress in the wilderniss of Lower Austria. We saw the place from the car and decided to stop and take pictures.

September

This is the last collectif dress I bought...It's a shame they had to close. 

Cold and rainy? Sure, I'm ready with my axes femme jacket.

I was visiting a friend in Berlin and got a lemon soda float with a cherry. It did fit my amavel dress perfectly.

October

It was already colder and I was ready to unpack all of my cute long sleeved liz lisa dresses.

But first, a coord from the lace exhibition we attended in stift st. florian. The weather was sunny but it was pretty chilly.

All in white coord with an old Ank rouge/or liz lisa skirt. The top is from noemie.

November

This Rosemarie seoir cat print dress is so comfy but it also feels a bit unflattering lol. Nevermind, I like it.

super casual office day look with an Axes femme dress.

For my partner's birthday party I wore the pyshkin pyshkin strawberry dress. It's so cute! And comfy. 

And another look of the Emily temple cute patisserie jsk. I had found the brown version at a bring and buy and almost bought the dress in another colour. lol.

December

Last look of the year! We were at Weiberei, a market from SPÖ Vienna. I wore my grumpy cat dress and had a lot of fun. 

Wow, all in all I didn't dress up a lot but to post it in one entry is a lot. Maybe I'll split it for 2025. Who knows. 

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