How is it May Already?

2022-05-10T22:05:20Z

As predicted, I promptly forgot that I was going to do informal status posts here. Merp.

I picked up some new old ETC catalogs and I started scanning them last week, but haven't posted them yet

I've also been scanning some other random things, I posted scans of a loose set of photosheets that Putumayo gave me at AWA back in 2015-ish? Putumayo / Putumayo Portfolio at Harajuku & Paris
Since my last post here I've also scanned / posted scans I already had of (in order of when it was posted):

Over on Lolibrary, I've started adding the current Emily Temple Cute items (though anyone who wants to take over this is welcome. Posting "new" items is not my passion, I really prefer digging up old info). I've also added some 1999 Shirley Temple, some 2004 ETC and continued to enter 2007 era ETC. I put in some more Baby Secret Love, and just shy of two more pages worth of Cornet.

Over on my main blog I did a featurette post for the Gothic Lolita Market (and I ordered a few small things via their overseas live shopping):
Gothic Lolita Market: Livestream Shopping!
Posted a post about ETCs coord samples and the "substyle names" they gave them:
A Bucket of Substyles: Meta’s Coordinate Samples
A feature on the 2022 S/S Ap collection:

Angelic Pretty 2022S/S Collection
And the corresponding IW one:
Innocent World 2022S/S Collection
Did a review of my IW order:

Innocent World Mini Review
A throw back post for the LBC:
Lolita Blog Carnival – What Are Some Things You Feel Shouldn’t Be Asked Anymore? Which, I found really frustrating because even though I started off with "I’m a firm believer in there not being such a thing as a stupid question, after all, none of us are born knowing anything, and what is obvious to one person might not be obvious to another. That said, there are certainly a few questions that I think really shouldn’t be asked", I immediately got people commenting and telling me what "stupid newbie questions" annoy them. Like, no one likes being made fun of for not knowing things :(

I also finally published out this super old color guide I started YEARS ago:
Raine’s Guide: Color Names in Lolita Fashion

and those were all in April because apparently I was momentarily possessed by a blogging monster or something, lol

No, honestly, the truth is that I have a lot of half written stuff from the other months that I haven't pushed out yet, lol.

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Current Activities

2022-01-18T03:27:07Z

I'm sure I won't keep up with this, because I know I'm terrible at this sort of thing... but my current project is putting 2007 Emily Temple Cute into lolibrary. Why 2007? Because I was trying to ID something and I was like "well, might as well chuck everything that isn't it into lolibrary" and then suddenly I'd entered everything from November, December, January and February on the old kyoto blog.

I also am working on my wardrobe post, but have no motivation to finish, so that's probably not happening.

And a dress maker for Belladonna, which will happen, once I can focus on the art more.

I've also updated the lolitahistory essays page with a bunch of Jfashion / Lolita history sources:
http://www.lolitahistory.com/essays/

And scanned a 2005 One catalog/magazine from Sept 2005:
http://www.lolitahistory.com/gallery/index.php?/category/540

If you want to read my more formal blogging, that is at http://www.rainedragon.com/

My most recent post was a 100Q meme from 2003, posted 10 days ago: http://www.rainedragon.com/100q-to-sweet-lolita-2003-quiz/

If you want to keep up with my scanning of my old archival magazine collection, that is http://www.lolitahistory.com/gallery/

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