men maids, garment district

[aimeekitty]

apparently there ARE maid cafes where men are dressed as maids! ...
or try the photos here!

headsup, another fabulous Vogue Italia photoshoot on fotodecadent

now, onward to more frou-frou!




So Char (Tristen Citrine) decided to come slum it with me this weekend! We have both been very worn out the past few months, so it was girly weekend time. (I have been very lucky lately to spend so much time with my friends, it's been much needed.)

Char wanted to go to the garment district in downtown LA. It turned out being a great day to go because it wasn't too hot and there was a nice breeze. Also the area is MUCH less crowded and less full of gross smells on Friday than on the weekend.

First on the agenda, BREAKFAST. yummy bakery with icecreamfloats and bread.


Then, it was very important that we try on giant prom/Quinceanera dresses. (otherwise known as cake dresses.) They come in all kinds of awesome dayglo colors. We both got a reasonably priced slightly-more-casual frou frou dress. (not shown)
Somewhat desperately, I wanted this lime green giant cake dress. But perhaps it is for another day. ... someday... I will have a giant cake dress.


for Jez:


Then we saw this adorable frou-frou fairy flowers dress shop this was the shop


then... PIMP STORES. I'm not sure what I want more,... a striped pimp suit and a pair of these shoes... or a giant cake dress. They had pimp suits for little kids, too.


Also, there were cheap jewelry stores EVERYWHERE. I got probably like 7 necklaces, and all of them were $1 each. I felt like I had found free treasure. Giant heart necklaces and strawberries with glitter. WIN.

after combing the district for the perfect party dress for Char, we finally settled on THIS dress. (she looks like a Barbie doll in it. It's fabulous.)


the bad myspace photo of our faces after trying on prom dresses


Now starving, we went and ate the prom at the Curry House, bought sexy anime books at Kinokuniya and then drove down to Torrance. At Torrance we bought cat stationary with bizaare sayings on it, cheap tea cups and Hina Matsuri Mochi.

Then we went to have dinner with Callie and Bailey and company at Chick Fil A.
it was a good day!!!

Comments

[kellyhime.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the frou-frou fairy flowers dresses! Were they terribly expensive?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

http://carmencreation.net/
I didn't really look at the price, though! but the shop was super adorable. they had dresses for babies, little girls and adults.

[kellyhime.livejournal.com]

Thank you!^_^

[enigmadoll.livejournal.com]

Love the fairy dresses, those are so pretty! And I love the photoshoot. I think I can "copy" some of the pix with my dolls. I have to try it.

[pumabaerchen.livejournal.com]

Oh those dresses are so gorgeous, espcially the pink and green cake dresses ^-^
Cheap jewelry is always great :D

[froglocket.livejournal.com]

I'm dying for that green one. I haven't felt such dress lust in AGES!!!

And that mauve one! If wanting to be a walking rose garden is wrong, I don't want to be right!

Thank you for making my day! XD

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

there were even more amazing ones, too! But we didn't take a lot of photos. :)

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

Holy fru fru.

I am about as far as one can get from a girlygirl.. but.. I... want.. to try one on.

I'm the biggest tomboy in the world and I want to wear one of those! Ha!

[kattykinns.livejournal.com]

Giant dresses are awesome!!!!

[ingeniuousdoll.livejournal.com]

And to think I'm skipping out on wearing a cake dress to my prom just to go to some dinky anime convention >_<.

The green one is to die for, if I had the money, I'd buy it just to wear it to the park.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

there are very few occasions to wear cake dresses,

but seriously, I think anime cons are excuses to wear cake dresses too. If someone asks, just say you are and artbook version Sailor Moon or something.

[darkanticrista.livejournal.com]

*sneaking into conversation*

That's such a good idea! A lot of cons are having formal balls now... it's perfect!

I would get the green dress and wear my matching Ivy wig, no one would ask questions :P

[minuberry.livejournal.com]

CAKE DRESS! They are really cute^^ So pooffy!!

And where do you keep on finding these information about japan ?!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

people mail me things actually! (like this one) I'm also on a couple feeds that find interesting things. :)

[minuberry.livejournal.com]

You are so connected XD (lucky!)

[dubious-volute.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that green cake dress...springtime incarnate! :O

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

God, I love frou-frou. I just can't WEAR it. Sigh.

I want to go to a butler cafe--you know, where the butlers are all otokoyaku-type women. A Japanese toy store in San Jose supposedy has a part-time maid cafe, but I am somewhat leery...

[joshuaaaaaa.livejournal.com]

I think those particular maid cafes are popular in San Francisco. I'd work there, if I had the legs for it. :P

the fabric/fashion district in dtLA is made of win.

[dibei-chan.livejournal.com]

i know that shop you went into.. it's a bit of a hole in the wall, but definitely worth the time to look around!

[ashbet]

OMG fairy dresses!! Wanty!! :D

Glad you had a good day out! Want to see the dresses you guys bought!

-- A ^_^

[joshuaaaaaa.livejournal.com]

BTW, I am jealous that you got to go to Chick-Fil-A. We don't have them in LV, and whenever I'm near one, it seems to be a Sunday. Damn the luck!

[utenatai.livejournal.com]

That pink floofy thing with roses I WANT it.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

How fun! I'm glad you had a nice day!

[mabdese.livejournal.com]

I love poofy cakelike dresses so much my fiance always tells me that my dress will look like a cake and my cake will look like a dress

[uminomamori.livejournal.com]

omg want dress with the roses!

[puppy52.livejournal.com]

gosh the dresses looks so amazing! Looks like a lot of fun! the dresses look like they're for dolls! too cool :D thanks for sharing!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

The cake dresses look like fun! :-D The fairy dresses are pretty, too!

[supinternets.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, I just picked up your book today, I am glad, that way I understood the inside joke about the maid cafes.

Sounds like a great girly day! Those are wonderful forms of therapy. :)

[thatcalliecat.livejournal.com]

I had a totally fun time seeing you- if you get a chance to hang out later this weekend please give me a call!

i very much also want a cake dress.

[dusk-in-dendera.livejournal.com]

Those frou-frou dresses are to-die-for cute!

[zorichan.livejournal.com]

Those cake dresses are awesome. Did they have any in blues or purples? I really need to go to the garment district some day.

Oh have you been to the little Japanese market over on Western and Redondo Blvd in Torrance? There's a Book Off and some other little stores there.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

they had all colors! :)
I've been to a couple on western, but I'm not s ure if I "ve been to that one. :)

Hot stuff

[neumaverick.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the 'ah...is dare bread behind me?" pic the most. ^_^

[diviana.livejournal.com]

Awww i missed your posts! ;O;
OHMYGOODNESS!!! O_O Those dresses are so beautiful! I hope that one day i can sew wonders like those dresses! They're truly marvelous! ;____; I want a giant cake dress! >w<

BTW you and your friend are SO CUTEEE~! <33333333

[kaijou-akai.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I remember that La Bella shop! I went there once with my mom when I was 14 and got to try on one of their dresses. I recall the dress fitting nicely, but it got hot pretty quickly (it was during the summer anyway...).

Also, it's difficult to leave the LA garment district without buying something! =P

[kochoumacabre.livejournal.com]

You should have bought that green one! <3

[theangrystar.livejournal.com]

It's Char!! I remember her!

[merryshannon.livejournal.com]

Those fairy dresses are STUNNING. Just stunning work... Wow.

This reallyreally makes me want to come visit you CA folks again. >D

[sakurae.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. I want that victorian rose nightmare!