My Spring Wishlist

Unfortunately I'm not going to Japan this Spring but I always have a look at the new collections and try to find out what I would buy.
Last year I was really into Garula but since the last shop in Chiba closed this February I was a little bit disoriented.
At the moment I really like the collection of DaTuRa a lot. Maybe it's time to try something new.

My spring colors are: black, white and beige for the clean look and as contrast pastel flower print.

I like jumpsuits and onepieces 'cause it's easy to dress and you don't have to think about how to combine. So now let's start my virtual shopping day.


Cecil McBee Onepiece

Cecil McBee is one of my current favorite brands even sometimes the collection is kind of too 'normal' to me. This onepiece unifies my spring colors in one dress but it's also available in other color combinations.

Price: 7,452 ¥


DaTuRa Onepiece

I don't know which color I would decide for, I like both and the print is beautiful. And it would be really cute for a twin outfit.
Also I can imagine to wear that dress at a summer live.

Price: 7,452 ¥


Ma*rs Jumpsuit

On the first sight it doesn't look special but I think with accessories, big hair and a cute jacket it will be an eyecatcher.

Price: 5,900 ¥


Duras Onepiece

Just clean, elegant but also cute is that adorable onepiece. I also really like the combination with beige on the picture.

Price: 9,180 ¥

Ma*rs Onepiece

This is a lovely pastel flowered dress. I don't know if in the end I would buy this but I guess I want to try it on and have a look.

Price: 6,900 ¥

Cecil McBee Onepiece

Maybe it looks a little bit like a pyjama but I think it's cute and it's wearable elegant or casual, for example with denim stuff.

Price: ??? 


d.i.a. Onepiece

d.i.a. changed a lot and I don't know if that brand will survive without its typical style but let's see.
This dress is kinda cool. It's black x white and I think you can wear it in many ways.

Price: 6,372 ¥


DaTuRa Onepiece

This would be my perfect spring dress but I like the whole look with the belt and the light blue jacket. I wish I would have the possibility to buy it.

Price:
one piece 8,532 ¥
belt 5,076 ¥
jacket 10,260 ¥


DaTuRa Cardigan

This is a 2 way wearable cardigan and I like the oversized look.

Price: 8,532 ¥


Golds Infinity Trenchcoat

For colder spring days I want to have a beige trenchcoat. I love that classic style.

Price: 10,584 ¥


Cecil McBee Bag

In my opinion Cecil McBee has the best hand bags. I own a black one and a beige fringe bag but for spring a white one would be great. I chose this one 'cause it's clean and chic.

Price: 6,372 ¥


Flag-J platform wedges

No matter what, I really need new platform wedges! Unfortunately in Germany you won't get similar shoes. I can't decide if black or white, I like both.

Price: 7,452 ¥

Do you have a wishlist, too?
I really like it to look at the Japanese webshops and think about what to buy even I can't. My next trip to Japan will be maybe in September so I will create a REAL shopping list for autumn fashion.

Websites:
DaTuRa  
Cecil McBee  
Ma*rs LiLimPark  
Duras
Golds Infinity  
Shibuya 1o9 NET SHOP

Bye!

Kiryūin Shō ひとりよがり 5 ~ Live at Nippon Budōkan

Last year I made the decision to spend Christmas in Japan and another reason to go in December was the solo live of Kiryūin Shō at Nippon Budōkan.
There was a great crush on the tickets and it wasn't possible to get some, either via fanclub lottery or at the regular ticket sale.
But there's always a plan C and so I asked my friend Aya to buy some FUCKING EXPENSIVE tickets via online auction.

When Aya sent me that picture via LINE that she got the tickets I almost cried and I was so happy! Michi and I arrived on 13th December in Tokyo.
Tuesday morning we met with Aya at Tully's Coffee for breakfast and she handed over the tickets.

Since 2011 Kiryūin Shō is holding a solo one man live once a year, mostly it's around Christmas time. I have never been to his solo live so I was very excited!
I'm a big big fan of Golden Bomber and vocal Kiryūin Shō is my favorite member.

Ootd:

sweater: Tally Weijl

blouse: Tally Weijl

skirt: d.i.a.

tights: Ma*rs

boots & overknees: eBay

I chose that sweater with 'Kiss me' print 'cause it's one of Kiri-chan's quotes at his blog and some time ago he used it at lives introducing himself.
After preparing Michi and I made a brief stop at the smoking area 'cause I was too nervous and then we left Hamamatsuchō area for the Budōkan.

In front of the Budōkan were a lot of people and the row for the merchandise was kind of never ending. I wanted to try to get some after the live so Michi and I had enough time left to walk around, to watch the people and to talk.

the selfmade banner *lol*

While the fans at a Golden Bomber live wear casual band shirts or cosplay the people were more dressed up.

picture from Juns Twitter

When I was standing near the parking places I notized a guy taller than me who was passing by. He wore dark clothes, leather jacket, nerd glasses, face mask and a cap which showed half blonde x half black hair. First I thought maybe a cosplayer but no cosplayer could be THAT perfect and my eyes focussed him some steps and then I was sure: it was Utahiroba Jun, bassist of Golden Bomber.
A few hours later I saw that picture on his Twitter. My heart stopped beating!

Michi discovered some less cosplayer dressed as High & Low Shō and asked for a picture. Some girls were walking around with snacks and we got some. Very nice!

At 05.30 p.m. the doors opened. The organisation was perfect, there were different rows for arena, 1st and 2nd stand and we quickly found our seats at 1st stand.

Dead on time the lights were dimmed and the shadow of Kiryūin appeared on stage. After a shy bow and amid the applause of the crowd he started with the song Sayonara Fuyumi.
The lyrics were shown on the big screen and sometimes the ballads were illuminated beautiful.

After a few songs Kiri-chan gave us a welcome. I have to say that I was first a little bit doubtful. Golden Bomber lives are always funny, full of energy and very entertaining.
So I wondered if he is able to achieve something alone on stage just with his singing?
He is!!!!

This little guy fascinated all people just with his warm voice! I started to cry at the piano medley and I heard a lot of people sobbing around me, too.
And there were another surprises like picture slide shows, the usual QVC shopping channel show with a confused Kiri-chan (he always mistook the prices) and also a 3D show with using our cards we found at the beginning on our seats.

While Kiryūin performed HEN he jumped into the arena and was running through the seats. Also he passed the 1st and 2nd stand so we were able to feel close to him.

☆ SETLIST ☆

01. Sayonara Fuyumi [さよなら冬美]
02. Mou bandoman ni koi nante shinai [もうバンドマンに恋なんてしない]
03. Fudanshi [腐男子]
04. Mou aenaku naru nante [もう会えなくなるなんて]
05. Yogisha [夜汽車]
06. Reue
07. Kimi ga inai ma ni [君がいない間に]
08. Kataomoi de ii [片想いでいい]
09. Hisou [悲愴]
10. 「a」
11. Piano Medley
・Sayonara Sayonara Sayonara [さよなら、さよなら、さよなら]
・Ano Subarashii Asa wo mou ichido [あの素晴しい朝をもう一度]
・Gomen ne Aishiteru [ごめんね、愛してる]
12. Isogashikute yokatta [忙しくてよかった]
13. Love Days
14. Life is allright [らふぃおら]
15. Ashita no Show [あしたのショー]
16. Haru ga kuru mae ni [春が来る前に]

~ Encore  1 ~

 17. Oh My Love!
18. HEN
19. Hirogaru Sekai [広がる世界]

~ Encore 2  ~

 20. Nakanaide [泣かないで]

That evening overwhelmed with emotion! Kiryūin is a respectful artist, very kind and charming and after the live I loved him much more than before (if it's possible xD).

I tried to get some merchandise, I was one of the first in the row after leaving the hall but the bag charm I wanted to have was sold out, of course!

So I just bought a towel from the last year and also a black Tamiya shirt. I didn't like the design of this year. But all in all I was the happiest person all over the world and even the tickets were expensive as fuck it was worth it!

Bye!

*live pictures by natalie.mu

SuG Europe Tour 2015 ~ Berlin

When SuG announced their schedule for the Europe tour 2015 I was in Japan and I totally freaked out. Since I became into Japanese music that band was one of my favorites and I was happy to get the chance to see them live.
Unfortunately I wasn't in Germany when the ticket release started but fortunately I have really good friends: GooF bought the regular ticket for me and Senja the VIP ticket. Thank you so much, girls!

To be honest I didn't have a focus on their last songs and albums since Lollipop Kingdom which was released in 2012. But I LOVED that album and I couldn't imagine that they have changed a lot so I was excited to see them.
In Japan at Tower Records I searched for CDs and became a little bit shocked first when I saw their new looks.

On 3rd December I got free and Senja and I had a chilled day to prepare ourself for the concert. Senja is writing for the j-music category of a website so I was happy that she also wanted to visit the live and we had sooo much fun together!

Senja did my hair, as always, and she really is the best hair dresser ever...ever...EVER! I also played a little bit with hair chalk in my bangs that day.
While dressing up we tried to listen to the latest album of SuG called BLACK. I didn't like that style of music so I hoped that they also wanted to play older songs.

Ootd:

shirt: Ghost of Harlem

top: H&M

shorts: d.i.a.

belt: d.i.a.

tights: Ma*rs

boots & overknees: eBay

My outfit was some kind of rokku. I don't own rokku clothes but GooF gave us a bag with some shirts and dresses so Senja and I chose some for our style. I really loved that Ghost of Harlem shirt. Thanks, GooF!
Lovely Senja looked fantastic, of course! 

Senja and I wanted to do some purikura but it was too late so we just went eating at Japanese restaurant Makoto before we were on the way to the location Maschinenhaus at Prenzlauer Berg.

At the location waited some less people but there was a Christmas market around and it was very annoying! I hate Christmas, I hate the smell and a lot of people were asking stupid questions like 'What are you waiting for?' or 'Why do you look like that?'.

Highlight (or better call it lowlight) of the day was a nerd wearing a Tamiya shirt. I was so done! But also we met some nice people and one of them I persuaded to participate at the VIP event.
Via Twitter we got the news that the band was in a big traffic jam so they arrived very belated and we waited some hours x___X

The VIP member were able to enter the location earlier and we got a laminated VIP pass and a special DVD.
Then we waited again and finally SuG appeared! They all looked cute and even they had a lot of stress on the way they all were in a good mood.
Some fans asked stupid questions and poor band member had to answer them. Most interesting question to me: 'Will you play ☆Gimme×Gimme☆ ?' and they answered with 'Maybe!'
It's one of my favorite songs!

After that speed question round every VIP member got a picture with the band. I was one of the last and the guys gave me an enthusiastic 'Hi!'.
I wanted to stand beside my favorite member Yuji but Chiyu and Takeru took me in the middle. While taking the picture something happened...behind my back oO

After I took place left in front of the stage (first row, of course) and waited for Senja. I was not interested in tour merchandise. It was really not that interesting.

Then the live started. Senja had to do pictures at the first 3 songs and then we enjoyed the concert together. As I feared they played a lot of songs from their album BLACK and the new single SICK'S but yesssss! ☆Gimme×Gimme☆ also and it was just great like hell!

☆ SETLIST ☆

01. street g♥thic
02. MISSING
03. HELLYEAH
04. ☆Gimme×Gimme☆

愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~

I Love Me Don't Stop- (愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~) - See more at: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/No_Music_No_Weapon#sthash.bhnYCFlp.dpuf

Ai wo Tomenaide -I Love Me Don't Stop- (愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~) - See more at: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/No_Music_No_Weapon#sthash.bhnYCFlp.dpuf

Ai wo Tomenaide -I Love Me Don't Stop- (愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~) - See more at: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/No_Music_No_Weapon#sthash.bhnYCFlp.dpuf

Ai wo Tomenaide -I Love Me Don't Stop- (愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~) - See more at: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/No_Music_No_Weapon#sthash.bhnYCFlp.dpuf

Ai wo Tomenaide -I Love Me Don't Stop- (愛を止めないで ~I Love Me Don't Stop~) - See more at: http://www.generasia.com/wiki/No_Music_No_Weapon#sthash.bhnYCFlp.dpuf

05. Block Party MonstAr
06. SICK'S
07. JUICY
08. Mujōken Kōfukuron
09. dot.0
10. CRY OUT
11. heavy+electro+dance+punk
12. Koakuma Sparkling
13. LOVE SCREAM PARTY

~ Encore  ~ 

14. SLVS
15. gr8 story

All in all the live was okay. Takeru spoke surprisingly good English but he and Chiyu were a little bit...strange. They always touched Senja's and my head when they passed by or stood in front of us. Nobody knows why oO
That really pissed us off!
Takeru told us on stage that some live scenes will be recorded while the Europe tour and they wanted to make a PV out of it. Their new single 'Smells like virgin spirit' will be released in March with a new mini album. So let's see!

It was a really great day and I had a lot of fun with Senja but SuG...I don't know if I will visit a live of them again. They didn't infected me with excitement.

So I was looking forward to my last 2 concerts in 2015, Kiryūin Shō on 15th December in Tokyo and An Café on 22nd December in Kobe ^^

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!