Huge thanks to Dakota Lane for the terrific filming and editing. (If you were there, you know the voices and cheers are entirely authentic.)
Have a spontaneous, happy week, everyone!
VIDEO: GOTHIC LOLITA CRASHES FASHION SHOW.
"Tranny-Chan" (ahahaha) crashes the Tokyopop Gothic & Lolita fashion show!
Huge thanks to Dakota Lane for the terrific filming and editing. (If you were there, you know the voices and cheers are entirely authentic.)
Have a spontaneous, happy week, everyone!
Huge thanks to Dakota Lane for the terrific filming and editing. (If you were there, you know the voices and cheers are entirely authentic.)
Have a spontaneous, happy week, everyone!
MARUI ONE AT NEW YORK COMIC-CON: ALGONQUINS, BETH VICTORIAN MAIDEN, BPN.
MaruiOne's booth was another Lolita presence at the NY Comic-Con. I met Nobusuke Yamada, or "Mr. Marui" - he heads up the marketing planning department in Tokyo. MaruiOne teamed up with New York / Tokyo Promotions to get the word out on the new English-language website, which makes some of my favorite brands available outside of Japan.
I would have gladly traded places with the mannequins, who were wearing Algonquins.
A close-up on the leather eyepatch necklace (ingenius) and punky purse.
The doe-eyed bear is the Heart E mascot. I love the Black Peace Now necklace, which looks like it was strung together with silver spiders.
Lovely ladies in Beth by Victorian Maiden.
NY COMIC-CON 2008: LA CARMINA CRASHES THE TOKYOPOP LOLITA FASHION SHOW.
So I was at the NY Comic-Con Lolita fashion show, gazing placidly at the mincing pink doilies, when suddenly this Gothic freak LEAPS onstage (in purple-black lipstick and spiky boots and a Victorian mourning gown) and starts STORMING away like a beast in heat. Everyone wakes up and grabs a camera - ohhh yes! Now THIS is style with a major attitude. But wait, but is it part of the show? Apparently not, because Security GRABS her by the elbow and drags her offstage. Mischief written all over her face, she slips away and prances across the front row, followed by a swarm of teenagers in superhero costumes who gush: "OMG that was SO awesome! You're our hero! Can I have a hug? Me too? An autograph, and can we take a picture together?"
All right. I'm not going to pull an OJ Simpson on you. I did it, and if you ask 99% of the audience, it was the highlight of the show. The rest want my scalp. But just wait until you see the VIDEO - yes, my friend Dakota recorded the whole thing - and I bet you'll end up laughing too.
I went to the NYC Comic-Con with Dakota Lane (author of upcoming novel Gothic Lolita) and Kyshah Hell, who interviewed me for the Morbid Outlook article on Lolita fashion. The Javits Center was jammed and there were mind-blowing(ly geeky) costumes at every turn. 
I enjoyed meeting several MySpace buddies.
Posing for pictures after the runway scandal. I swear, it was 100% impromptu. I arrived late, the drab stage lured me in, and there you have it.
I had a press pass, so I talked my way into two giant bags of free goods. Basil Farrow looks over an Uglydoll, a WeRobot T-shirt by The Chop, and MaruiOne pamphlets and stickers. 
Don't we all love rolling around in swag? I'm not a comic book reader, but a few items caught my eye: Christy Kane's eerie tales of doll sisters, a twisted Alice in Wonderland comic by Grimm Fairy Tales, Marvel's graphic novel of Stoker's Dracula, the surrealist manipulated photos of Jeffrey Scott (1019). 
I picked up a bloody Gloomy Bear and the Goth-est VooDoo Babies: Voodoo Me, Wizard Jr, Dracula, Freddy, Hell Kitty.
We're not quite done with the Comic-Con. Next up: reviews of Marui One... and photos/videos of the Lolita runway show infamy.
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