Sorry for absence, I've been caught up with wedding planning but earlier this month my city had an anime convention. Since it was so close to home I couldn't pass up the opportunity to dress up! I was sad to see there weren't any lolita panels so I took the initiative and hosted a few myself. Even though I am painfully shy it was so worth it! I got to meet out of state lolitas and new local lolitas too.
I even hosted a small lolita fashion show and dressed up some models in my clothing. Everything went better than expected and all the girls were so lovely, I like to thank them for working together so wonderfully! I had a lot of fun despite the nervousness of talking in front of a crowd and it seems all the girls did too.
It's funny, I didn't have enough petticoats so I had to rig together a few hoop skirts out of ribbon, tape and poly-tubing. It worked pretty well, each one was specially sized for the specific skirt to give the correct shape and I had to use my dress form to get the shape just right.
Although it was stressful putting together the fashion show, I think I had about 2-3 weeks to get it together, I was really proud of what I made. I'd love to run it again next year if given the opportunity.
