The Frills That Kill

While I am not American, it is hard to really avoid the topic of tariffs lately. For a lot of the world the act of paying customs for an item you order is normal and expected but for the Americans out there it is a new thing to think about. Now I do not want to get into details about pricing and what the percent will be because the reality is that this can change at any time. Instead lets look…

Heyyyy 💕

I wore this coord for a class project. I had to record myself going through my closest. I’m not good when it comes to recording myself though. 😅 I’ve realized that I talk very slow and I say uhh a lot. 💀

Blouse: 42lolita 🍮

Dress: Angelic Pretty-Milky Planet 💫

Socks: Amazon 💕

Shoes: Lace Market 🍡

ID credit: Tang0326s on 小红书

New Orleans, Louisiana

Peter: 2010s ott sweet to the max, Angelic Pretty Stan who most likely had to do illegal things to make them make plus size versions of their dresses in order to wear them, because of the demanding nature of that sub style Peter only wears it to all sorts of conventions and meetups but because it’s Peter he got kicked out of his community and now shitposts on /cgl/ while avoiding conventions in his area.

Lois: 2010s Swassic, loves brands like Baby the Stars Shine Bright and some Angelic Pretty thanks to Peter, is a lifestyler

Meg: Old school classic, switches between the traditional silhouette with all sorts of Gobelin designs or the underrated type of old school classic of Victorian style boots black ladder ribbon skirt white blouse and owns and assortment of corsages, gets called an ita by Peter regularly much to her dismay

Chris: doesn’t wear any j fashion but has a very lucrative career in being a lace market scalper

Stewie: wears old school sweet with a wig and standard ouji

Brian: Aristo, Moitie Stan who even buys nu Moitie and the scalped old school Moitie pieces that he may sometimes have bought from Chris, is probably in serious debt because of this, claims he met Mana but Quag knows he’s lying about that

Joe: Old school punk Lolita

Bonnie: gyaru

Quagmire: Oldschool gothic and old school ero, def an influential scene vet who has definite ties to Mana has an impressive collection of pieces of his fav substyles that would make u drool that are pretty well organized but because who else but quagmire he got a huge blown out publicly humiliating cancellation by everyone in both his irl and online scene and now shitposts on /cgl/ with Peter

Cleveland: visual kei

Donna and Roberta: himegyaru

Cleveland jr and Rallo: not interested in j fashion but do a lot of cosplay and have stolen the show many times at cons

Carter Pewderschmitt: Aristo

Babs: Modern classic Lolita

Ernie the Giant Chicken: Modern punk Lolita wears a lot of h naoto

The production studio at "Baby, the Stars Shine Bright" featured in an episode of Tokyo Fashion Express. Their designs typically require up to 50 sewing patterns, which is about 5 times as many as the average dress. Detailed notes on measurements and specifications are written for the sewing factory.

The sewing factory is in Ibaraki prefecture. For more than 20 years they've been sewing clothes exclusively for BTSSB. 17 people work there, most of them being veterans age 60 or over. Due to the complexity they work in teams for ironing, sewing lace and ribbons, as well as completing gathers and frills.