New treasures...

Hello,
Toady I will final post something I should have post long time ago.
At the end of June I've done some small shopping for a cute thing to complement my current wardrobe. Do you remember when after coming back from Japan I've told you that my closet lacks certain things to be completed? That's exactly what I have bought ^___^ A lot of laces, ethereal materials and delicate colors ♥ ♥ ♥ I've already posted few outfits with those items, though I still think it will be nice to post everything in one place ^___^ 

 I got my thing mostly form this stores:
http://bobon21.taobao.com/
http://shop60067202.taobao.com/ 
http://lele5230.taobao.com/  (flowers)


Also as a present for my name day (30th of June) I got from my husband collection of Shirokuma Cafe manga ♥ ♥ ♥  I don't remember if I've ever mention this here, on my blog, but I adore this series with whole my heart.

Thank you for your time <333

Mozarabic Chant

Hello,
As I mentioned before, some time ago I've made reservation for a really nice Krad Lanrete jsk.
The reservation was done about 2 months ago, and I've finally got my wonderful dress the day before yesterday.
I must admit, this is the most gorgeous dress I have ever own. It's just stunning beautiful. Material is really soft in touche and the print is juts marvelous. It's well arranged and has soooo many interesting details. When I've opened the package and saw the dress I just gasped for how magnificent it was. The texture on the material reminds my of delicate marble and all those different elements of print give it medieval and almost mystic feeling.
I chose the ivory colorway but to be true the color on the stock photos is a little bit different then in person. The tone of the dress is actually warmer, I would call it more coffee with milk than grey/ivory and honestly my fairy eyes defiantly prefer it this way. I'm really glad that it turned out to be even more lovely then I was expecting it to be <3
Also, what I love about this dress is that it, of course looks great with petticoat but it also works without it. The shape of skirt is just right even without anything underneath and still flatters the print so I can arrange this dress for more dolly look.
And now, photos! I think the Sun was, from some unknown reason, mad at me, because the moment I've taken camera into my hand, It covered itself with never ending, grey carpet of clouds >____<

Taming the Taobao monster!

Hello,
I'm planing to start writing series of post with reviews of taobao stores and clothing. I shop from there quite often and now own quite a nice collection of different dresses, blouses, shoes and so on.
I tried different stores and from most of them I got really nice things but I know it really easy to end up with some low quality, unfitting and unfaltering clothing. That's why I want to share with you some of my experience.

Today I wan to start with small list of my favorite stores, but first some advices:

  1. Always look on seller's statistics. You wan to choose seller with 100% positives. Also it's good to choose seller with lots of transactions. You can tell the differences by looking at the sings under the seller name. The best are golden crowns, then blue crowns, diamonds, red hearts.  I usually don't buy from sellers who doesn't have at least 3-4 diamonds.

 2. It's always good to buy form sellers who provide their own original photos of products. You want to see what you will actually get, isn't that right?
 3.Browse trough different stores, often prices of the same items wary from seller to seller.
 4.  This is of course common sense but I'll write it anyway, if something seems to cheep it's better not to take chances and don't buy it.
 5. Carefully look at the garment's measurements. Taobao sizing tends to be much smaller then average European\American. I'm petite (155cm\40kg) so for me it's actually a big advantage because I can get clothing that actually fit small, little fairy creature like me. If you're taller, it's good to keep in mind that some dresses or skirts can end up being too short.
6. If you are unsure about specific item it's good to ask your shopping service for opinion. They should help you with all your concerns.

Shopping service:
I'm using Taobaospree for almost a year now and I can highly recommend them. They respond really fast, provide me with all the necessary information and always answer every question. Unfortunately, I haven't use any other ss, so I can't write anything more useful.

Now, some of my favorite store list:
Cute clothing:

MM Angel

Lots and lots of adorable laces, pearls, frills and delicate, ethereal materials.  Lovely place to look for nice blouses, sweaters and dresses.

Ruis collection

Lucky House

Both of this stores provide the same assortment. Very cute, romantic garments mostly in delicate, pastel colors. Wonderful place for sweet and innocent, everyday dresses <3

Lolita:

Surface spell
Wonderful store with classic/sweet lolita clothing. They have their own unique prints and some really beautiful dresses inspired by historical clothing.
Surface spell gothic
The same as the one above but with more gothic/aristocrat garments.
Dear Celine
Good store for nice lolita blouses. Also I highly recommend their petticoats <3
Infanta
They have a lot of cute lolita garments and some really nice original prints. Sweet, classic, gothic, every one can find something adorable for themselves<3

 Mori:

http://forestgirlfans.taobao.com/
http://shop34151877.taobao.com/
Warm an cozy clothing for every lovely forest girl.

I think that's all for now. Tough this entry didn't mean to be a guide but rather small collection of few advices, I hope it'll be useful for anyone who's planing to start ordering from Taobao.

I'm sorry, I know my writing skills in English are quite poor,  so pleas excuse my "wonderful" gramma.