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photograph of finished black larme skirt on a mannequin, complete with corset lacing and garter lace straps

[fashion] Liz Lisa larme skirt upcycle from a shirt

This post is all about thrift-flipping or upcycling a regular men’s shirt into a cute larme or girly style skirt inspired by Liz Lisa and Otome no Sewing! Since Joann’s has closed, I have been more mindful of fabric sources, and I found this old faded hole-y shirt of my brother’s in the donate pile. …

photograph of Larme volume 68, makeup tutorials

[fashion] larme kei fashion – five years later

For all of the J-fashion fans, I want to follow up on an old post and Youtube video I made in February of 2021 about Larme magazine, a quarterly fashion artbook released in Japan featuring clothing trends, makeup and hair tutorials of the sweet and girly type, plus interviews from Japanese celebrities and models. Larme-kei …

photograph of a cotton peasant top made of Disney's Bambi fabric

[fashion] handmade Bambi peasant top

Here is another handmade lolita/otome top, made from Otome no Swing volume 19. I just wanted to sew something from the latest volume to be on trend, using this print remnant cotton I think I got at Michaels. It was at most 1.5 yards, a thin cotton with a repeating small pattern of Disney’s Bambi …

2 photos astrology map worn, with a matching headband and tights, and plain black shorts and black booties.

[fashion] worn photos of casual kawaii handmade

As promised, I took some quick photos of my last 2 sewn projects, the budget Juliette et Justine butterfly dress and the astrology map otome blouse. I wanted to do casual looks instead of the elaborate over-the-top coords that I would only wear for a special occasion, sorta. No wigs or even styled hair, no …