💙Wore (Casual) Lolita💙 Snowy Day

Hi!
I just realised it has been a few months since I last posted any lolita coord. It´s not because of lack of trying - I just really suck at taking outfit pics, as you´ll see very soon. 
It started snowing yesterday, at least in Czechia. As I learned from my Slovak friends, they had a SNOW CALAMITY. I think one of them had even lost electricity because of it? 

Luckily, it´s not as bad here, just mildly uncomfortable. Olomouc is blessed with old coble stone streets, which may look pretty as hell, but it gets very slippery in winter. I guess I will have to continue living in my combat boots until it gets hotter :D. 

Also, while I spent yesterday playing DnD with my friends, far away from the city center, most of the population went to Advent Markets. They had just oficially started with the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Our markets are quite famous, so I can imagine it was rather tight in here. I walked around it on my way from DnD session, it felt like the entire city went there. 
On the other side, as cheesy as it is, I´m getting into the festive spirit. My mom looooves Christmas and me and my sister got that from her. And Advent actually starts by the end of this week soooo...
Let´s pretend like I´m not way too early :D.

I put on this coord before my first morning seminar (seminars from 8AM should be illegal (╥_╥) ) but later updated accessories. I decided to be rather casual - I got this set of cups and teapot for Christmas two years ago. I mixed it with my VW mini orb, as I´m meeting with friend who loves it later today :D. I hope this will cheer him up a little bit, he already missed his train this morning so I can imagine he won´t feel as cheerful as me.
In my hair, I have only a big velveteen bow.

While doing my best in meeting casual lolita requirements I may have crossed into otome category. Either way, this outfit is very cosy so I remain happy.

I have the most amazing antique/lolita coat, however, I did not manage to photograph it very well. maybe some other day!

Also, I was finally able to pick up this velveteen bolero I got from vinted. It´s so pretty, I can´t wait to wear it.

I just came back from my thesis consultation. I´m much cleared on both theoretical and practiocal part of it. Even though it´s about Czech actress Adina Mandlova, more precisely her medial portrait in age of First Republic (1932 - 1938) I will get to write a lot about culture, journalist landscape and womanhood too, which is something I´m rather excited for. 
I really like her, she was very interesting woman. And very stylish, I almost went as her for Halloween :D.

This is her in Kristián, one of my favourite comedies. It´s a drawing-room comedy in true sense, everyone is either blase or a total screwball :D. What I like about Czechoslovak comedies of the time is that they allowed women to be totally crazy. General vibe of bohemistic comfortability is also nice, this was the last time Czechs were free and happy for next few decades. (Well, not in Kristián, we were already occupied by nazis at the time...)

Did you guys put up a Christmas tree yet, or is it just my work that already evokes a Christmas spirit? :D
See you soon!
Bye!

What´s up? (school, Halloween, Scream, etc.)

Hi!

I have been too caught up in my everyday life. Honestly, it has been exhausting, but also rewarding and strangely really fun :D. 
The first film with an actual, diegetic, sound I have ever worked on is premiering next week. I sent our posters to a copy centrum and it was such a strange feeling to see my name on it. I feel like an actual producer now. I feel like my degree is worth something :D.

Jokes aside, my degree is making me very nervous. I should finish next semester, but I don´t feel prepared. Partly because I don´t feel like I did a lot work on my final thesis. Hopefully I will feel better after next week, I will have my second consultation by then. 
In order to be "let" to graduate next semester, I have to come up with structure, methodology, write at least 10 standart pages and have at least two consultations. That means I´m like 1/3 through and I still ddin´t write shit. 
It´s difficult trying to stay motivated, as we´re the last class to have mandatory thesis. That´s right, kids next year are getting just an essay and oral exams :D. 
I can´t believe I actually want to continue for at least another two years. 

I hosted Rocky Horror Picture Show screening last month. I dressed up as Magenta, sadly I don´t have any better photos. You know I´m smashed here - this is my drunk pose. 
Only me and one other friend, Tom, have seen it before. As you may now, you can´t give alcohol and snack to group of... 13? 15? 20somethings and expect them to behave, so by the end of the movie we were atill the only ones with any idea of what´s going on. Still, I think that everyone had a blast.
We even managed to do a dance along, at least for Time Warp :D. There wasn´t much space for anything else.

This Halloween  I went as Gerard Way. Naturally. The only good photo I managed to get was with Klaus, who I managed to meet totally randomly. The person behind the costume was friend of an acquaintance who had no idea who is the author of Umbrella Academy :D. 

I went as Gerard thrice, but for last two parties I couldn´t. I got sick of the costume after three nights (and mornings) in a row, so for my fourth and fifth parties I got cheap horns and went as a devil. I spent way too much time on the make up, I have no idea how Gerard managed to do this so regurarly :D. 

The last party was my favourite, it was in Variace and and there was karaoke. I had a time of my life and I finally managed to make someone sing Scotty Doesn´t Know with me. Other than that, I will never not love Tak měls mě vůbec rád, Czech (and superior) version of Teenage Superstar. For someone who can´t sing I think I nailed it pretty well in the club.

I feel like I lived this Halloween to the fullest. I listened to The Cure a lot, watched some spooky movies and I even managed to read about funerals and death for my archeology class. I wish I managed to bake something good, but I didn´t get to spend too much time in kitched for past few months.
Also, I´m producing a theatre version of Scream. I´m not sure if I mentioned it before. Not only am I producing and playing in it, I also presented it for our faculty´s grant board. I got a mail yesterday, we are getting the money :D. I´m so happy. I´m doing my best to do a lot of activities this year - it´s my last one and I know too well that just academics aren´t getting me into grad school nor career.
I joined a lot of clubs and activities before too, but just now it´s starting to feel real and important.

Today, I picked up my sister from her university class in Ostrava and we went shopping. I decided to snap some pictures so you can get an idea of my day to day style. I hate taking pictures, both because of my terribly family curse (being unphotogenic) and because of the logistics. I don´t really have a great mirror nor camera nearby. Still, I tried. 

First, this very overexposed bag I crocheted earlier this year. It has stars and moon on it, sadly I couldn´t get a good photo without the light on. The owl is made by my mom, I think it fits the vibe rather well.

And here I´m, trying to take photos at our clamped flat. I got home after 3 weeks, finally :D. For some reason, all of my shifts are during weekends this month. We had national holiday this Monday and after that I decided to take a break.
I don´t have to go hard these days - this coats makes most of the work for me :D. I like pairing it with my crocheted scarf. It has glitters and a dragon in it, I will take better photos next time. Usually, I wear black short dress/skirt/shorts and shitton of accessories with it. 

Older photo from my apartment. Still not sure how I feel about the hair, but I liked my make-up here a lot.

I really did need a break - I had a very busy week that contained my first public performance (I was reading a part of alcoholic mother in a scenic reading :D) and concert of The Rasmus. I was sent there by magazine I for sometimes, but I think I´ll write a review here too. And maybeee The Offspring review, too :D.

Also, Olomouc has been looking rather mysterious lately. There´s a lot of mist during mornings, so I snapped these picture during my walk from work few days ago. I wasn´r really made for nightschifts to be honest, but luckily, there´s only 8 more of them to the end of this year.

I hope you had a nice Halloween and first half of November too :D.

Bye!
See you soon!

My First Vivienne Westwood

Hiii!!! o(≧▽≦)o

Two days ago, I had my birthday. I turned 22 on 22nd. If that´s not a sign, I don´t know what should be :D. I´m rather optimistic for this year - after all, I´m finishing bachelors degree, hopefully starting masters, and over all, I feel like I got rid of so many of my personal demons. 

I do tend to be a little bit hedonistic and overindulgent. That´s why both me and my (twin) sister dedicated entire month to our anniversary with the state of living. And since I´m finally doing alright financially, I decided to cross a box on my personal check-list.
I finally ordered something from my favourite brand! :D

Vivienne Westwood is everything but niche or underrated. I feel like almost every fashion girlie I know dreams of having a VW wedding dress - even I do. She´s just that iconic. Even as a punker/anarchist at 15 y.o. I gave her a pass. 
This year, I finally took a peek at Vinted. I´m nout boujee enough to buy her brand new, but second hand is not that much out of my price range. On the other hand there SO MANY SCALPERS. 
I spend hours studying the best ways how spot the fakes. It probably shouldn´t really matter that much to me - after all, it´s not like I´m giving money to anyone except seller, but it does. 
In fact, I spent so much time on this that some of orbs I liked got sold. 

By the end, I choose this sheer petit orb. It´s legit by all accounts and if it´s not, I can´t be angry because damn, that scalper got me convinced :D. 
I love it so much. I wear it almost every day. It´s so beautiful. Right now, my outfit is literally pleated skirt and oversized shirt but it feels special because of this necklace. 
I tried to treat myself this whole month, but nothing (outside all the hang outs with my friends) made me this happy. 
I choose this name because I do hope to get more jewelry in upcoming years - for example the classic, big sturdy orb. Still, it´s not a collection that is going to grow that fast, it´s still way too expensive to become an impsulse buy :D.

Did you catch the new Gorillaz album? I´m so excited for it! I feel like this great year for all the Gorillaz fans. They are even touring again - they are coming to Czechia and Slovakia. Sadly, their concerts are going to be during festivals and while I do love a good festival, I really just want o see them. Of course, there other good bands too - Rock for People have Gorillaz, Limp Bizkit, Babymetal and Iron Maiden. Sadly, they also have rather expensive tickets. 
We will see how this is going to end, but I think I will try to get one day ticket just to see Gorillaz. 

Also, Madmans Espirit are coming Bratislava next year, but I´m not sure if I´ll come. This time the problem would be with transportation, Bratislava is really not that close. 

To complete my trifecta of music, I tried which britpop band are you quiz.

Your Result:

Pulp

You got Pulp, you horny son of a bitch. That's it, you're horny! You're probably gay but in an artsy and sophisticated way. You can also be a bit pretentious but you're on your right to be, you're so smart and accomplished! Song you definitely need to listen to: Do you remember the first time? To feel a bit nostalgic.

I feel like they got me right away :D. 


How is the rest of you doing? 
Are you planning anything for Halloween? I have booked three Halloween parties so far - right now, my costume of choice is Revenge Era Gerard Way. 

Bye! See you soon!

Emily Temple Cute Appreciaton Post

 Hiii! (o^▽^o)

I took unexpected break from this blog as the semester has me beaten down. I´m actually working on a post about it, but in the meantime, why not writing about something nicer? :D

I adore Emily Temple Cute, it´s one of my favourite lolita brands even if I usually slide more towards goth and old school. I guess it´s something about their demure cuteness and nostalgic designs that makes me look towards new Instagram post every day. 
They remind me of british cartoons and shows I watched as a kid. When I was little and longed to be sent to boarding school somewhere in England, this is what I wore in my imagination. And, of course, now that I´m older, I love the idea of sitting in our university library, studying for my thesis and feeling cute and cosy in ETC. 
A lot of these are rereleases, so I won´t point it out at each individual piece.
There´s a lot of stripes, tartan and darker colours in their new pieces. My favourite one from this autumn is Chocolate Sleevel Dress.

First of all, chocolate is something I´m always craving. Second, I love the realisation. It looks elegant, while also beign cute. I´m a real sucker for prints that feature a literal bars of chocolate. In case of this JSK, I also really enjoy the cut - it´s simple, but the print is rather busy and I like the peter pan collar. 

And there´s also a jacket! I looove jackets in lolita coords. The mix of sweet and bussiness brings me great joy. This series comes in dark, milk and strawberry - darker brown, lighter brown and baby pink. All of them move print to different teritory.

We will stay at the sweet territory with WhipCake. Something about the name bothers me a little bit, but otherwise it´s perfect. Most of the releases I choose today are all over prints. I´m not sure how I would call this one (horizontal?), but I don´t care that much, as it works perfectly. When I look at this, I can feel the layers of whipped cream, cake, strawberries and another whipped cream.
It makes me wish there were more tiramisu themed series - or any. Maybe I will design one? :D
The small details really make this dress - the ribon in straps, buttons and the lace around them, I even enjoy the ribbon that adds a lot of visual interest. I feel like this dress can be greatly dressed up or down, worn both in winter and summer without looking out of place.

I really like how the layout is arranged. You can see this perfectly in the black colourway. It´s my favourite one, maybe even to the point of being a dream dress.
It also comes in pink and red. I feel like the red one is the sweetest, it looks like it´s filled with jam. 

(This review is starting to make me hungry.)

I cannot pass the opportunity to talk about another chocolatey dress. Chocolate Maker is a real ode to the sweet treats - there´s a bar, there are pralines, bonbons, cookies... I adore the way it´s put together, with all the different colours. 
I also think it´s really interesting how they show up on all the colourways - it looks completely different on white, green tea, choco mint and dark.

The colours are a little bit different than the original release from 2022, and this time it features a skirt too. I think I like either white or green tea the best.

Look at this and tell me that Ribbon Apple doesn´t scream autumn, I dare you. The colours, the tartan, the apples - you could definitely catch me watching Gilmore Girls and Teen Wolf, ultimate autumn shows, in this. 
Outside of many other things, such as the amazing colours, I find the usage of ribbon in this series very pleasant. I like it both in details and in the print - the apple peels are supossed to transform into one.

BonCroissant is pretty simple. The print is heavy with pastry and sometimes there cutlery, butter and jams. With JSK, it has pretty simple cut too, outside of the scallop hem and  thin ribbon belt. I think that is the reason why it works so well - you can make it into so many different outfits and styles. 
Also, can you imagine not even sligtly liking croissants? It´s absolutely not my favourite pastry, but it´s certainly one of the best looking ones.
Also, the tiny jams and butters are so cute.

Another thing I enjoy about ETC is that they can make great novelty/funny pieces. For example, PASTA!! and Tasty Labels.

PASTA!! is not only inspired by (well) pasta, but also Italy as a whole - that´s why there´s italian ribbon and why there are another typical components of mediterranean cuisine featured. I also think that the colour names are so cute - cheese, basil, tomato. It´s so amazingly campy.
While researching I also founf out that Lief also has a pasta series - Angel Pasta. That one is a little less on the nose, yet still really cute.

As for tasty labels, the print is made of mix of condiments and other kitchen stuff. There´s a lot of colours, but their arrangement and cut of the pieces is rather simple. I think your enjoyement of the series is based on your feelings about walking around with ketchup and mayo on your skirt.

So far, all of those have been prints, but I also enjoy simpler ETC designs. In general, I prefer either solid pieces or simpler patterns in my coords. For that reason, I´m head over heels with Monotone dress. It´s kind of an OP that gets lost in a season - it´s simple and there have been a lot of similar pieces over years. 
Still, I must love the cut, the sleeves, the collar, the little buttons and the belt detail. All of these make this dress stand out in my opinion. It also comes in gray, but I think it´s perfect in black - it´s everything I would want for a day to day coord. I´m not sure if I´ll ever find it second hand AND shipping from Europe (I´m not paying customs), but if I´ll you´ll see me in this a lot. 

Biggest suprsise (for me, at least) was this dainty Twinkle Drop OP. It comes in bright blue too, but I feel like yellow version is perfect. It´s something a fairy would wear. I love the choice of fabric - it looks so soft and airy. 
This must be 100% the cutest dress for summer.

Are you enjoying fall? 
I don´t feel very original about the fact that this is my favourite part of the year. I don´t, however, care about originality, because it´s best time of the year - since school started, there´s so much to do, the world is so beautiful, and it has never been cosier to just sit home and drink coffee. 
All the cafes in Olomouc have seasonal drinks now - there´s a lot of Pumpkin Spice, walnuts and toffees, but also some experiments with matcha. And hot chocolate. 
Dear god, hot chocholate. I´m back in Karviná for this weekend, so we went for the best chocolate in both the town and the world  with my sister (Denda) yesterday. I was soo excited for this - it´s only 70 CZK (around 2,9 EUR) but it´s delicious, filled with whipped cream, topping, sprinkles and mini marshmallows. 
After that, Peťa and Adam came over and we played Bang. I won twice :D. After stressfull week back in uni, this is exactly what I needed. 
For the night, instead of our usual document we played the Sims. Of course, most of the time and thought went into our characters, as Denda wanted to play for the two of us :D. We didn´t discover how to make our Sims sisters/twins (is that one ven possible) yet but at least we have a jobs. 

Today, I´m heading back to Olomouc for my Rocky Horror Picture Show Party. Originally it was only a screening because we have to watch it for a seminar, but since I love that movie, things got a little bit out of hand. 
I´m excited for the rest of the month, too - we (me and Denda) will have birthday party with our friends next weekend, then we will go to Vienna, and by next week, there will be Halloween :D. I´m going to a cabin in Beskydy with ESN, a student organisation I joined this year. On 1st, however, I´m coming back to Karviná - Adam is holding a Haloween party.
This year, hopefully, I will finally arrange one too, me and my flatmate Zaira have been talking about this already. I originally wanted to be Revenge era Gerard Way this year but there´s not way I´m buying skinny jeans.
Outside of that, Zaira is watching one spooky movie every day this October. I have only seen the Last Hellraiser and Black Phone with her. I really enjoyed the latter, but it was impossible to be scarred of shirtless Ethan Hawke for me.

Do you guys have any plans for Halloween?
See you soon!

Bye! ♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ( ˘⌣˘)

Tiny haul, new perspectives and new nails ♥️🖤

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Today was absolutely stellar! I catched up with my friends from Aurora over shopping spree. 

I have wanted a lip oil since forever - I used to love lipsticks back in high school, but they proved to be a little bit impractical. While I plan on coming back to them, lip oil feels a little more manageable. 

This one is a nice plum colour. I got it in Hebe, which is this Polish drug store. It has m better prices than Rossman, Teta and D&M and it carries a lot of korean cosmetics. I didn't get anything korean, instead I went for Ziaja aloe face toner. I will give you review later, but I heard only nice things about this vegan brand, so I'm already excited :D.

I try to be more careful with my choices of cosmetics - for example, my only perfume is Karma by Lush. It reminds me of 70s.

I also managed to add something to my CD collection. I'm planning to grow it as much as possible. I think I'll make a separate article fort this and my discman, I got it on Vinted for a great price :D.

TNT is a music shop that I've frequented since high school - there is not a lot of brick stores with CDs and LPs in Czechia so it always felt cool here. If you ever get to Ostrava (why, I might ask) you should check it out here. They have really nice vinyl collection too - I found Cat Stevens, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar and more here.

This time I got Dookie, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Those are three of my favourite bands. I really want to get Definitely Maybe next, but I'll be happy with anything else. I also want to buy The Now Now by Gorillaz, but it's too pricy everywhere. 

Other than that, I have shitton of Beatles and some classic rock and metal from my dad. 

We also went for dessert and matcha. I don't think I have ever tasted strawberry matcha latte as good as this one. The coffee shop is called Laskomilo, it has really cosy vibe. The desserts were great too.

Both of my friends are PhDs at this point and they are in Aurora council. I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue with Aurora, which is this site of partner universities in Europe. Actually, I knew I would love to, but between my final year of university, production of Scream for student theatre, thesis and work, I wasn't sure if I had enough time and energy. 

I do. I really want to continue in representing my university. also, next conference should be at Reykjavik and I really want to go there for UPOLs money :D.

Other than that, I'm realising how much I need a gap year. I plan to either volunteer abroad with European Solidarity Corps, go on Erasmus+ Internship or both. 

My lovely friend Klárka, who also happens to be my bandmate and part of mcrmy, made me those MCR inspired nails. They are her first set for anyone who isn't her. I love them :D.

I'm keeping them for my Italian vacation but I already love them so much.

I'll have three shifts in  row now BUT I'll finally get to see my favourite couple, Matěj And Maki this Friday. We're going to gym, wish me well. 

Also, my sister made muffins while I was away. She told me I can get one in the kitchen. To her horror, I unwittingly devoured uncooked one ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ.

How's your summer? 🌞 

See you soon! Bye