NIA live in Berlin

On April 23rd the Japanese band NIA (New Improved Ansia) was in Berlin.
Honestly I have never heard of the band before even they're active since 2006 but the ticket price was okay and I love concerts so I thought: why not?
Of course it was Senja's idea to visit the live so I went earlier from work that day for dressing up and getting my hair done.

A big big thanks to Senja for doing my hair, she's the best hair dresser ever! After getting ready Lau picked us up at my place 'cause this time she wanted to accompany us even she's not that into Japanese music anymore but I was happy.

So we went together to the club and we had to hurry up! We all had VIP tickets for an early entry and for a meet & greet with the band after the live.
On the way we did some selfies while people stared at us xD

The concert took place at a small club in Berlin-Kreuzberg called Cortina Bob. It was hard to find but in the end we arrived in time and were shocked 'cause just a few people waited outside.

Ootd:

top: d.i.a.

shorts: H&M

belt: d.i,a,

boots: Flag-J (Shibuya 109)

While we waited outside we did some outfit shots and other pictures with Senja's selfie stick xD

beautiful girls are beautiful *lol*

Really belated the doors opened and we entered the club. We were a little bit surprised about the small stage.
I have never seen such a small stage before, not in Germany and not in Japan xD

The musicians prepared their instruments and some less other people arrived at the club to join the live but all in all we were around 30 fans.

Senja and I took place in the first row, Lau was behind us 'cause she felt not that comfy directly in front of the band.
After the first song called 'Damage' I was really surprised!
The music was really good and the 4 guys rocked the stage. We had fun to improvise some furitsuke but after a few songs they stopped playing.
The drumset was broken!
Drummer Hikari tried to fix it with the staff while the other bandmember talked to us and asked questions like what is our favorite Japanese food or if we like Japan.

f.l.t.r. drums Hikari, bass Kouhei, guitar Jin

vocal Tatsuki

After two more songs Hikari got problems with his drumset again. Poor drummer-chan!
But the breaks were very funny and interesting 'cause one of the fans spoke some Japanese and she translated between bandmember and us.

☆ SETLIST ☆

I guess NIA weren't able to play all of that songs from their setlist 'cause of the drumset dilemma.
For the encore they changed clothes live on stage into their tour shirts. So we got a strip for free, ha ha...except Hikari, he wore his shirt under his stage outfit. Damn!

But I really really enjoyed the live!

After we did the obligatory concert shot with the band and waited for the VIP event. We tried to rescue our make up and hair before we were allowed to take pictures with NIA.

They all were very kind and they gave every fan a hug <3

Spontaneously Senja and I bought a cheki with the band, so we got another picture. Every guy signed on it and it's such a cute memory.
While signing we talked a few words with the guys and I got cute compliments.

I wanted to stay longer but I had to work the next day *sigh*. NIA is an awesome band, the music is great and I hoped to see them again somewhere but yesterday Hikari posted on his Twitter account that they stopped their activities on 20th December.
I'm really sad but I'm thankful for the fantastic live.

A wonderful day with my best friends

In February I had a wonderful weekend with my best friends. It's impossible to meet them often all together 'cause two of them are not living in Berlin so it was a rare and happy event for me.

My friend Michi who is living in Duesseldorf stayed for 3 nights at my place, Senja from Cottbus just one and Lau we met in the city 'cause she's living in Berlin.
I prepared myself that day carefully (lovely Senja did my hair), we wanted to do some purikura that day.

Michi had some special things in her luggage: our Golden Bomber tour DVDs from 2015 (regular version and special Kiryūin Shō version) and a really cute surprise, a Gachapin scrunchie from my friend Kirschu.
I haven't seen Kirschu for a long time and I really miss her!

But there was another surprise: Senja gave Michi and me a pre Valentine's present and we sreamed so much.
We got a selfmade Golden Bomber plush, Kenji for Michi and Kirishō for me. This was sooo cute, I really love my chibi Baby <3

The plush has very cute details like just one hairy arm pit *lol* I was so happy about such a cute present!

ootd:

shorts: d.i.a.

top: Garula

sweater: Garula

boots: Flag-J (Shibuya 1o9)

Senja, Michi and I met Lau at Charlottenburg station and went together to J-Store Berlin. There is one of Germanys two purikura machines.
But beside the purikura we took a lot of other pictures that day.

Senja and I

Michi and I

Senja and I decided to dress up Michi in Sweet Gyaru look. Unfortunately the extensions weren't the right color so Senja did a cute short curly hairdo.
Michi isn't Gyaru but I think it suits her very well! It was a trial for the coming book fair in Leipzig.

Lau and I

We had a lot of fun doing purikura. In fact I don't like it to take some and I have sooo many sheets I collected the last years. What the hell should I do with them? Do you ever look at your purikura again months ago?

But this time I like the result 'cause it's so great that my best friends are united at one picture. Michi and Lau decorated.

We did one last picture inside the puri machine and decided to have lunch after that.
On the street a few metres away from the J-Store there's a small Japanese restaurant called Udagawa.
From the outside it looks very unimpressive but the food was delicious!

I took the lunch menue with Miso soup and a fantastic Katsudon! I really can recommend this place so if you're on the way to make purikura in Berlin and get hungry, try out this restaurant.
(No, I don't get money for the promotion, ha ha....)

We are beautiful!

After lunch we went back to Alexanderplatz. We wanted to have a look at some stores like Primark, New Yorker and big shopping center Alexa.

my soulmate Senja and I xD

 

 

At New Yorker we tried on ear hoodies in 4 different colors. I love that picture so much!

After shopping we were so done that we needed a coffee at Coffee Fellows. To me it's the best thing in my life to sit there with friends and drink coffee. Sounds boring but I love that!

In the evening we said goodbye to Lau and went to my place. We still had a lot of things to do! At first Michi and I tried the fragrance body smell cards from all 4 member of Golden Bomber which was an extra at the last single 'Shinda tsuma ni niteiru' while Senja recorded it with my smartphone.

It was soooo funny.

After that we watched our new Golden Bomber tour 2015 DVD for the first time and had a lot of alcohol! It's the best thing to watch it with Senja and Michi.
I had such a great day with my friends and I really hope to see them all soon together!

Bye!

Gyaru replicas and similar clothes in our shops

Have you ever been frustrated about that you want to have Gyaru clothes but you don't have the possibility to go shopping in Japan or the Gyaru sales are too expensive for your wallet?
Don't be sad, just be attentive!
Why? Well, I like that style since 2011 and in that couple of years I was surprised how many Gyaru items you can find in our European shops that are really similar with expensive Japanese brands.
I would like to show you some examples I collected.

brand: d.i.a (right)

 

brand: Tally Weijl

Not exactly the same but similar in color and style is that top I bought at summer sale for around 10,- EUR.

Me wearing the Tally Weijl Top. I really love it and even it's a few years old it's perfect for summer styles with tanned skin like in old Gyaru times.

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 brand: Ma*rs

brand: Tally Weijl

Nearly perfect Tally Weijl copied the Ma*rs coat so on the first sight you won't see any differences between the original and that one.
I bought it in Winter sale 2012 for around 20 EUR.

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 brand: d.i.a.

brand: New Yorker

This romper is one of the popularst copies and a lot of Gaijin Gyaru own it. It's a more simple version of the d.i.a. one but very similar.
I bought it new but from a German clothes sharing website for 8,- EUR. The pre-owner didn't know about Gyaru style. So if you have luck you can still find that beautiful romper.
In store the price was around 20,- EUR, much more cheaper than from d.i.a.

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brand: Garula

brand: H&M

Maybe as you know Garula is / was one of my favourite brands 'cause the styles were always wearable, casual but also sexy.
I'm so sad about that the brand doesn't exist anymore (since 1st February 2016).
I bought the shorts in spring 2015 at H&M store for around 20,- EUR. The only difference between the Garula one is that the 'copy' is high waisted.

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 brand: Liz Lisa

brand: Tally Weijl

This time I didn't buy the 'copy' 'cause I own the original dress from Liz Lisa but I was very suprised when I discovered that dress at Tally Weijl's summer collection two years ago.

As you can see the the back view ist nearly the same!

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brand: Garula

brand: H&M

That knit top reminded me a little bit of a Garula top. Yeah I know, it's not exactly the same and it's half-armed but similar in style.

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brand: d.i.a.

brand: H&M

Sorry, the picture of the original is really bad and you can't see that the knit pattern and the color is very similar.
I bought that knit cardigan two years ago at H&M and exchanged the ordinary buttons into typical gold buttons for the d.i.a. style.

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brand: Garula

brand: New Yorker

I saw the cardigan a few weeks ago at New Yorker store. The price is around 20 EUR and because I own the 'original' one of Garula I realized very fast that this is a more simple but very similar version.
You can create a lot of styles with that thing and I really recommend this cardigan.

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brand: Liz Lisa

brand: Jumex

This is a simple version of Liz Lisa wedges but very cheap. I bought them for around 10,- EUR.

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So it was just a smaller list and I wanted to show you that you can also buy 'brand' clothes in Europe for the perfect style.

Maybe at some websites like Kleiderkreisel (for the German ones) you can still find these 'replicas' or maybe you know a lot of other examples for copied Gyaru clothes.

Keep an eye at the Japanese fashion and store websites of your favorite brand and in your town, in your shops.

bye!