Crimson Reflections

I’m still not really traveling but COVID derailed our Christmas which led to having a tea party with 3 generations of my family a couple hours from my house, so that’s going to have to count.

This year, after 9 years of blogging, I passed the 200 post mark.

I was reading post about the use of the term “replica” versus a stronger term like “counterfeit” or “fake”. One of the arguments against this

Lucky Packs, or “Fukubukuro” / 福袋 (sometimes called “Lucky Bags”, “Happy Bags”, “Happy Packs”, “Happy Sets” or sometimes “Special Sets”) are blind bags of clearance

Continuing our teddy bear series, today we are looking at Teddy bears and how they intersect with Pink House.

The first part of a 3-part series looking lightly into the history of the teddy bear and where bears have popped up in specific Japanese street fashions.

In January of 2016 I ran a poll on rufflechat using a google form. I primarily asked questions about if people re-wore dresses or coords

Have you ever seen someone say they are looking to buy some TPS or Tea Party Shoes, but they don’t care what brand made them?

Shirley Temple is a brand that was highly influential on lolita fashion. They currently focus more on Children’s clothing, though they do have a teen

Japanese Brand BETTY’s BLUE, founded in 1985, pops up in a lot of the same magazines as early lolita brands, like CUTiE and Kera. The