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I kinda feel two ways about this. On one hand, they had pretty solid workmanship as far as I recall, but on the other hand... they weren't really invoating in the motif department. For some background for those who weren't there.... Rose melody was pretty popular when I was a young lolita. Back then, the english-speaking lolita community was still pretty young (as in a lot of people in the community were young, but also the community was still not that established). Initially it was so hard to get lolita items that a lot of people were making their own versions of things, and for a few years the community had a very lose stance on counterfit items. Because of this, and because things like lolibrary didn't even exist yet, a lot of what Rose Melody made that is of questionable origionality flies under the radar. The print in the lower right corner is not by Rose Melody. This print is by the also defunct Korean brand Strawberry on the Shortcake. Rose Melody stole their artwork and make replicas with it. The real SotS print is so rare, the only photos I have are these tiny ones.

I had quite a few of their things way back in the day and was really a fan of them. I wish I’d held onto them because they’re semi difficult to find now. I personally liked their style and interpretation more than a lot of the pieces they were trying to emulate. I do wish they’d done more original stuff or even just focused on decent quality solids, I loved their visual style but I do think it not being the trend at the time contributed a lot to their closing as well.