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Have you ever had your wisdom teeth removed? Well, I did last friday, which resulted in me staying the whole weekend at home. Which ended in me finding this cute videos.
The themes of the videos go from your typical 109 super-cute shop to a cosplay maid café and the latest trends. Everything in Japan. Everything introduced by Jelly's Mana Honda.
MaNa coordinates everything she got on her trip to 109.
Going to a Maid café
MaNa goes Hime!
I'm not sure if a lot of people know about this, since the channel only has a few hundred subscribers, which is a pitty since all the videos are so cute (and short! haha). But you can go over Kawaii.i official channel and watch all their 26 episodes (up to date).
And you may think this post was done to distract you from my long abscenses while bribing you with some eye candy. Well, you got me!
But on the other hand, summer holidays are coming soon (this is my last month at my current job!), plus I've got a big announcement to make, which means more posting starting soon.
It's been a while since I last introduced a new brand, so I thought it's time for another introduciton! (When I say new, I don't mean it's opened recently, I mean new as in, I've never talked about it before/I recently discovered it.)
This time, I want to introduce you all to Dazzlin. Probably lots of you know about it since it's got featured in plenty of popular magazines, from Cutie to Non-non, Elle, Pop sister to Nylon, Blenda, Nuts,...
Dazzlin featured in April's SCawaii. Playsuit! Dots! Peter pan collar!
They got a super cute catalogue (as to be expected from their clothes!). You can get the prices just by passing over the pictures. Next are a few of my fav shots!
I love their "how to be playful without being silly" motto!
This is not as mori as many of you would expect from this blog, but this brand did catch my attention for their playful, happy clothes. And I'm already thinking about summer. In fact, I never stopped thinking about it. And I can't wait for it to start haha
They also got shots from their catwalk show for 2011 SS on their web. Which as you'll see are super fun!
The bum pants! And this swimsuit! ♥♥
Dazzlin, of course, got an online store where you can find (I'd say) all of their stuff. I have no way to confirm this, but I've seen most of their runway/catalogue stuff on the site.
Dazzlin has got lots of dresses, shorts, and lacey/see through clothes, and that's why it's getting to become one of my favs, even if I don't know much about this brand yet.
Did you already know about Dazzlin? Have you ever bought from them? Tell me if so!
Made in colkinikha is a cute brand inspired by the cold and Russian lands. Kate Sakai is the designer (and model too) for the brand. In 1996 she started modeling for a few magazines when she was younger (like the popular no-non) thanks to the english antique shop her parents owned (since 1982). Which also made her interested in clothes, since she was surrounded by them all the time. While she was in university, she started MIC and started selling in a department store in Shinjuku. (Everything has been loosely translated by me from MIC's website, so there may be tons of errors. Point them if you find them!)
You can find her blog also hosted in zozopeople, like MEG' and Syrup.
Colkinikha is said to be a (fictional) place in Rusia, it's a small place with 14ºc of temperature, thus it's a cold place. This small region is situated among many villages, and even if the color of the sky is grey and it's winter every day, the villager's heart is warm and welcoming. Thus, when you wear the kind of clothes Colkinikha's habitants wear, you'll get the same feeling.
(All this is taken from their website, I haven't made up anything! haha)
MIC has a romantic side to it, with an obvious reminiscence to western/north Europe feeling, but with a twist, since Sakai goes a bit further than that (physical and creatively), to colder lands in the east like Russia. Which makes great clothes for Mori and Dolly girls. Her prints sometimes remind me of Tsumori Chisato (which is great, btw! haha)
I specially love their accessories and the watercolor drawings they use for some of their prints (like t-shirts and tights).
You can see their AW collection for 2010 or wheir past catalogues on their website. Which is really cool (there are a couple of catalogues unavailable though, such a pity). I recommend taking a look at them all. A piece of art every season haha The ss2009 collection is specially adorable, and the ss2008 is more mori orienter (and the pictures are so pretty too!), but I think this season's the best so far.
Suuuper cute tights from MIC!
MIC doesn't have a physical shop (as far as I know), but they do have an Online shop at the Parco city online shopping mall. They do have a few retailers that can be found in their shoplist section of their blog.
But Sakai also has another trick under her sleeve. She joined forces with Yasutaka Nakata (Capsule member, MEG producer, etc) to produce a couple of mini-albums to complement MIC. The duo got the name COLTEMÖNIKHA and together created some amazing electronic/technopop songs. Sakai singing and writing the lyrics and Nakata doing his usual. The name was the result of joining Contemode (Nakata's label) and Colkinikha.
Coltemonikha have released two mini-albums to date, the first on 17 May 2006 and the second on 26 September of the same year and both are much worth listening.
My computer was out of service until a few hours ago, so the coordinate post I had all drawn isn't edited yet. So, until I get everything ready, I'll leave you with a brand I found a few days ago. Everything's lovely, and I don't have a single penny... *cries* (you'll find out why soon).
I found about Né-net throught Humor, which is something like a store that holds a few brands. All the information from the website is in japanese, so I can't understand much about it, and I don't really think they ship overseas, but one thing I did understand is that they carry this super nice brand called Né-net!
Né-net The shop concept is " Casual wearing shared between couple." That means you can find the same piece as womanswear, menswear or even kidswear. Cute idea, and cute stuff! I won't talk much about it, but the designer worked in Issey Miyake's studio for a few years, and just that says somethig. More info about the brand here.
So simple but so pretty!
にゃー(nyaa) né-net Is a né-net sub-brand that's even cuter than the main brand! You can find the shop here.
A few more brands are listed on Humor, and you can find a few that could blend perfectly with mori style, even if they're not blinding-mori, they make good basic pieces. Some like Kitia or Sunaokuwahara. Tsumori Chisato is also there. With such wonderful clothes! Really, everytime I see something from that brand I fall in love more and more! So I'll be talking about TC mook soon! hah
Carolina Glaser has been advertising on their (staff and MEG's) blog and twitter their new collection for winter. Again, neither MEG or the staff has said anything about how MEG's leave for Paris would affect the brand (as long as I know, since I can't read japanese that well), but that hasn't stopped them, since they've been showing us new pieces and coordinates for next fall.
Well, the first pic talks for itself. Is there anything prettier out there? Hi there Tirol! Aren't the pants awesome? I think they look so comfy, but at the same time serious (as in, you could wear them for work, for example) I'm kinda in love with these shoes. I wouldn't mind getting them. Lovelovelovelovelove. And those shoes too. Last words from MEG: now go and buy something for Sasa!
I think winter is the season for black (slims your figure, keeps you warmer than white, blah blah blah). But I still prefer lighter colors. From a few years back I've been trying to avoid black as much as I can. I still have a few pieces though, it comes in handy from time to time. But I think lighter colors make you happier and brightens your mood. Plus, they're easier to contrast with other clothes, making each piece and its details more visible.
As well as Japan is known for its hot summers, it's also known for its cold winters (and I can agree with that), thus this colection looks really comfortable and wearable for next winter. Overall impression: I love this colection. I had the money, there would be few pieces I wouldn't buy.
Your thoughts on it? Mori enought? You don't care for this kind of clothes?
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