We mostly spent this day walking around and looking at all the canals (and enjoying the sun!). We had stroopwafels for breakfast and I found Delftware-print fabric that I’m super excited to make a dress out of! 💙
The production studio at "Baby, the Stars Shine Bright" featured in an episode of Tokyo Fashion Express. Their designs typically require up to 50 sewing patterns, which is about 5 times as many as the average dress. Detailed notes on measurements and specifications are written for the sewing factory.
The sewing factory is in Ibaraki prefecture. For more than 20 years they've been sewing clothes exclusively for BTSSB. 17 people work there, most of them being veterans age 60 or over. Due to the complexity they work in teams for ironing, sewing lace and ribbons, as well as completing gathers and frills.
The manager of the factory, Sumiko Watahiki, says in an interview:
"There's tons of gather, lace, and layering, which requires a lot of sewing. At first, I doubted I could do it! It was that hard. (But) I'm always impressed with the adorable designs when I see the finished products or while I work."
one thing i really really like about lolita fashion is the idea of planning a coordinate. You buy a dress. Then you buy all the silly little items to go with that dress. Your dress has bunnies with pink bows on it, and one day out of random chance you find an unrelated necklace with a bunny and pink bows, and you think to yourself “omg this necklace would go so good with my Sugar Candy Magnificent Bunny with Pink Bows dress” and so then you buy it. it’s so cute. it’s like buying little friends for your clothing