A Swimwear Brand for Lolita Girls: Mermaid Closet

Lolita fashion is often emphasizing elegance and modesty, with many layers and not much skin showing.  Swimwear on the other hand, often focuses on "sexy" and revealing designs, with the options for "cute" adult designs few and far between.  Sports-focused swimwear seems to be the best option for coverage, but without kawaii options.

Enter Mermaid Closet, a new brand of swimwear designed with lolita aesthetic in mind!  I only just found out about this brand this past Saturday, and am tempted despite the fact I don't swim.

 The designs look like they would be perfect for a beach party!  This dress, which is my favorite design, comes with a dress, bottoms, lace sleeves/legwarmers, lace collar, and matching headdress/choker.  

 

There are also drawers available separately if you would like more coverage on the bottom in case of the skirt washing upwards.

 They would be nice as regular bloomers as well!

June Peach Meetup

 On Saturday we had our meetup of the month!  We went to our usual place for their afternoon tea, which was peach theme this time!

 

Violet now also has a Maison de Fleur ita bag! 

Ditto Nail Art

 This past weekend I went out for tacos on Friday and then my friend practiced nail art on me on Saturday!

Walking around 30 minutes under the summer sun is really hot!  My face was all sweaty so my outfit photo doesn't show my face haha!

 

 Skirt: BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT

Shoes: Sheep Puff 

Hanfu Lolita for Busy Wednesday

I had a busy day on Wednesday!  Maid cafe, cat cafe, and chilling with friends in the evening!

 

Since the maid cafe had a Chinese theme for the week, I finally got a chance to wear my new Chinese-themed Lolita dress! I should have gotten an M instead of an L so I used a couple safety pins to keep it on better. 

It was so hot!!  I guess the long sleeves protect me from the sun at least? 😹 The tights were also a bit thicker than I expected.  The print is pretty nice and subtly Chinese-themed.

Handmade Market and Recent Outfits

 I had a busy weekend!  On Saturday I went to play board games with some friends, and afterwards one of my other friends last-minute asked if I wanted to hang out, so I inhaled my dinner and went for round two of hanging out!

 

Wearing the shirt I designed! 

Sushi Day + Recent Gets!

Catching up on posts after the week-long adventure!!

On Wednesday I went out for a nice sushi lunch with some friends.  I did a purple x pink coordinate for the hot, muggy day!  I took this photo after I got home so my sunscreen is melting on my face...

 

KC, JSK: Handmade by me
Blouse: Little Dipper
Bag: Swimmer Japan
Shoes: Sheep Puff 

 

Kayz0rbeam in Taipei! Day 6

 Last day of kayz0rbeam in Taipei!!! Her flight was in the afternoon so we went to Taipei Main Station and stored her luggage in a storage facility before doing a bit of exploring around.

Kayz0rbeam in Taipei! Day 5

 Whew! On Day 5 it was my actual birthday! I was running out of ideas as I usually don't go out much, but I did know that kayz0rbeam wanted to eat at 春水堂/Chun Shui Tang, which is one of the shops who claims to have created boba.  Also, it's just good 😸

So we went to a cultural park that has a variety of pop-up shops, exhibits, and displays as well as some restaurants. 

Kayz0rbeam in Taipei! Day 4

 On the fourth day of birthday week we celebrated my birthday early!  Originally we wanted to get the reservation for the day of my birthday (Friday) BUT the afternoon tea set was not available then!  So we decided to go a day early!

 

KC: BABY THE STARTS SHINE BRIGHT

Necklace: Angelic Studio (local brand) 

Kayz0rbeam in Taipei! Day 3

Continuing on our week-long adventure!  On Wednesday we went to popular area Ximending.  We went to kokorolia and I got a Polaroid with my favorite maid Lena and kayz0rbeam!

She did her best to speak English and it was cute!

 

When Lena found out we'd been friends since 2008/2009, she was so touched~  Time really flies and I'm glad to have such a great friend! 

Kayz0rbeam in Taipei! Day 2

 It's been a bit of delay, but my mom and I are home now so I can update on Day 2 of adventures with my friend kayz0rbeam!

She wanted to look into getting a facial while in Taipei, so I got a recommendation from my classmate. It's important to look at reviews and also the doctors.  My classmate had asked for additional procedures after her first one to treat undereye shadows and been turned down due to the procedures not being suitable or effective for she was looking for, which I think is a good sign.  You need a doctor who can tell you "No" instead of taking your money and doing anything you ask, even if it won't actually do anything.

In the morning we first went to Vivienne Westwood shop, but they don't have a cafe there any more!  The Google Maps had photos of sweets but they were several years old, so I'm not sure when the cafe portion was removed.

After a quick browse through the shop, we got some bubble tea at Odd One Out but my photos seem to have disappeared???? It was quite tasty!

We stopped by Uniqlo for some bra tops kayz0rbeam needed and I took a mirror selfie:

Skirt: Handmade by me

Bag: Kreepsville 666

Shoes: Sheep Puff

Hospital Update

 I know I said there would be a series of posts on my birthday week with my friend but unfortunately the same day kayz0rbeam went back to Tokyo my mom ran a fever and that evening we went to the ER. 

After spending a night in the ER, we were able to get transferred to another hospital for a ward as my mom's white blood cells have dropped dangerously low again and COVID cases are up (several people in the ER were positive, so it was unsafe to be there)

We've been here since so I will not be able to edit and post the drafts I've got!! The planned discharge date is next Monday, so I'll resume posting next week. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time! 💞 Fortunately my mom is not as severely ill as the first hospital stay so there is less work for me to do as well. We'll do our best and I hope you're all doing well too!