Upcoming JFashion Convention: Kei-Con!
Kei-Con is a Japanese Street Fashion convention located in Toronto Canada. This year the convention will be held from September 29th – October 1st, 2023.
This year the guest list includes Haenuli x Iris Garden, Dollfille x Dollybox.Online, Belladonna and Lolibrary! I’ll be attending as one of the representatives for lolibrary!
Lolibrary will be hosting two panels, one will be about lolibrary, covering history, some recent changes / updates + the formal announcement of a new project several years in the making we are really excited to release.
The second panel will be about identifying items using lolibrary & additional resources.
Belladonna will be showing in the fashion show as well as vending in the marketplace. There will also be a panel hosted by designer Michelle and manager Sam talking about the history of the brand. If you are attending the convention and want to order items from Belladonna, you will be able to order from their online shop starting today using the hotel address (see below) as the delivery address for at convention pickup.
W Toronto Hotel
90 Bloor Street East,
Toronto, ON, M4W 1A7
This ‘free shipping if you pick up at the event’ offer is good for any ready made item. MTO items are not included just because the designers can’t guarantee that they would have enough time to make MTO items before the event since they have some things to prepare for the fashion show still.
Tickets
Ticket are still available, and are sold a la carte as day passes. You can buy tickets for each day you want to attend individually.
Friday – CA$27.96
On Friday there will be a swap meet, you can purchase a table for CA$5, and there will also be panels & games. Friday Swap Meet Hours are 6:30PM-9:30PM
Saturday – CA$59.91
On Saturday there will be a Jfashion Marketplace where you can buy items from indie brands attending the con as well as remote vendors. Saturday Vendor Hall hours are10AM-6PM. There will also be a fashion show featuring the guest brands
Last, but not least, there will be more panels and games.
Sunday – CA$139.78
Sunday is a tea party from 10AM-3PM. The deadline for getting tickets for this is September 14th, so make sure to order your tea ticket ASAP if you would like to attend.
You can also purchase tickets at the door for Friday and Saturday.
At the registration table you will be able to purchase:
- Friday($30)/Saturday($65) passes
- Swap Table ($5) space if any slots are still available
- Swag from previous years:
- heart glasses ($10-$20), necklaces($25-$30), pins($15), postcards($5)
- Swag from this year (pins, other items TBA)
- Additional raffle* tickets: 1 for $4, 5 for $17.50, 10 for $30, 20 for $55.
I’m super excited to attend this event and I’m really looking forwards to meeting lots of new people in Canada! Will you be attending Kei-con? Let me know in the comments!
Yay! I will be there and I’m so excited for this event. This is my first big lolita event despite being in the fashion for 11 years.
I’ll be attending, and will be a vendor assistant for Dream Cathedral as well. I’m excited to hear there is a new Lolibrary announcement. I’ve been a patron of Lolibrary for several years and a reader of this blog for many more.