Since I promised to post more often, here's another post right after the other! It will be about Hypecon, which was arranged in Hyvinkää about a week ago.
It was nice and small event. I arranged a lolita fashion show with Mari. The theme was to show off the latest trends in lolita fashion in it's many different categories! We wanted to try something new with the poses and told everybody to move around, dance and flirt a little with the audience. Our models were the best! The show was a success! See for yourselves:
Here are the pictures of all wonderful models! (Pictures taken by me)
Kaichi
Akiko
PrinceKarakuri
HajiAyase
Momochuu
Elfie
Cheetahbird
Vampireprincess
Madteaparty
Ludmilla
Caramea
Mari took my picture:
Dress: Alice and the Pirates
bambiheaddress: Essin maailma
socks: Jane Marple
shoes: Deary (from Yumetenbo)
hair roses from H&M, jewellery Baby and random.
Later in the evening after the fashion show was over, I went to see Jenlayn and KARMIA perform live. The stage was very well prepared for them, lights and everything was just amazing! I was able to see only about half of Jenlayn's performance since I helped bf to do his make-up backstage, but they did really good job! Also it was so adorable how they took pictures with the fans afterwards.
After Jenlayn it was KARMIA's turn. It was the last live for bf since he left the band after the show so I took plenty of pictures!
Thank you for reading this post. <3 Have a nice Midsummer day everyone!
So it has been quite a while since the last post... I've been crazy busy at the university. I should return soon to my Latin translation so this post will be just a small look of how Halloween went! :)
My dress few days before Halloween. I was supposed to visit an art museum with my boyfriend but we decided to instead be lazy and have some milkshake and hot white-chocolate.
Dress, choker, socks: Moi-même-Moitié,
Jacket: Black Peace Now
Shoes: YOSUKE
Hat is bought second-hand and self-customized
It had been snowing a little so it was quite cold!
I celebrated Halloween in Turku with other history of art students. I wanted to make a Pinkie Pie inspired coord, as I think she suits Halloween theme quite well, but unfortunately I don't have a picture that shows the outfit properly... Here's some pics we took before and during the party:
I wish I could have done a little more with my hair and accessorizes but I only have half of my wardrobe in Turku. xD
I really have the feeling that the main things my blog focuses on is music -related, like going on concerts and stuff, and, uh, to celebrate this fangirling I wanted to make a post that summons all my thoughts of my favourite music genres, inspirations and idols together! I hope you have the energy to read it all...
So
the other day I was listening to some bands I haven't really been
following for few years and started to feel quite nostalgic. Those bands
have so much to do with what I am today, what I think is beautiful
and how I love to dress.
I
decided that it's time to introduce some songs, artists and bands
that have impressed me the most and that have inspired me so much.
It's thanks to them that I have found so many great people, styles,
hobbies, got so many fantastic experiences... I hope that some of the
not-so-known bands I listen to could become more known and even more
people could hear their music and see the amazing styles that they
have!
Let's
start with GPKISM. GPKISM is not active at the moment, but both of
the members still make music (I wonder if I should call Ryonai a
member..?), Kiwamu in BLOOD and GPK does remixes/covers and is part
of Flood of Rain. The first time I found out about GPKISM was in
Gothic & Lolita Bible. I saw this amazing picture of GPK and I
was so stunned. I listened to Synthesisand I found it very
beautiful... Their music really is stunning. It makes you want to
drown into it and just feel it around you. I also love the lyrics...
They can be so sad and longing or passionate and fierce. And when
such lyrics are combined with GPK's voice, it's just something
divine. As I said, I first took notice of GPKISM when I interested of
the picture I saw in G&LB. I simply am crazy about decadentic,
elegant gothic style (propably Malice Mizer to blame? XD). This kind
of style is the only one I really want to try and even copy. When I
wear, for example, sweet lolita, I have no idol whom I'm taking
inspiration from, it's just clothes that I like. But when I wear
gothic clothes I almost always am thinking of some kind of source.
It's a great compliment to say "Oh you really give out Kaya-like
feeling" or "Wow your make-up is so much like Mana's".
I
really love to go to concerts. I love the feeling and the energy one
can find from there. GOTHIKA is one band that has made an impression
to me with their live performances. Few years ago, when they visited
Finland, I was really hyper about them. I mean I still love GOTHIKA's
music, but they should be more active! Hopefully I get to see them
again some day. Also, I have to admit that I have a huge crush on
Andro.
Beyond God and Evil is one of my favourite songs of all time. The
death-vocaly like singing is to my like. I love GOTHIKA's genre, it's
so gothic, mysterious but not too heavy. The members are so... hot.
That's all there is to say. XD
Please
also try Angel's Trumpet, Gusano and Elflock.
Other
great live performer is of course D. Oh the energy! That band is pro.
Theis style is also very unique, I can't seriously think of any other
D-like band? Their themes are love, they go from ancient Japan to
vampire romance. Ouka saki ni some ni keri, Yami no kuni no Alice,
Follow and Yami yori kurai doukoku no a cappella to bara yori akaijounetsu no aria (for the love of all good and evil, what is wrong
with that name) are just amazing songs. Please see the videos of Ouka
saki ni some ni keri and Yami yori kurai blah blah blah! I love how Asagi has such a mysterious and cool look in them... Also,
especially in Ouka saki ni some ni keri's look, Tsunehito is so
cute!!
You
know those songs that you simply have to return to, no matter how
many years you have been listening to them? To start with, Schwarz
Stein does this to me! do I even have to mention, New Vogue Children
and Queen of Decadence?
I'm
a big fan of Kaya's, even if I first was a bit shocked of some of his
solo work -like Chocolate or Epicurean- because I really was used to
hear Kaya's darker voice in Schwarz Stein. But eventually I fell in
love with those cute and girly songs. I even made a goddamn cosplay
of Chocolate. XD But to stay in gothic line, Ophelia, Rose Kingdom,
Madame Rosa, Awilda! Listen to them!!
New single Vampire Requiem:
Ophelia
has the most beautiful lyrics:
At
night's end
The
silence rolls in like the waves
And
lends itself to loneliness
Memories
of a night gone by
I
feel I'll go mad from your scent
That
lingers on the chilled sheets
You,
who are too far away
Your
beautiful smile
Will
tear me apart
Stop
laughing; My field of vision blurs
In
the glistening surface of the waters
I
slowly lose sight of everything
Ophelia
gently sinks
To
the depths of a sorrowful dream
Drowning
in her overflowing tears
It's
fine if it's a dream
It's
fine if it's a lie
Just
stay here by my side
(Now
I have to ask, why is my blog so pink but my taste of music like
this? XD)
So,
next to the greatest, most ultimatic inspiration!! Yes, it's Malice
Mizer. I seriously would pay anything to be able to go back in time
and see a Merveilles -timed concert. It's just something so epic. I
guess I don't really have to start introducing of what is the most
amazing part of MM (Mana!) or who is the idol I'm going ridicilously
fangirlish about (Mana!!) or whose style of clothes have made me a
lolita (...you got the idea).
Moi
dix Mois is a whole new story. To be honest it's more like religion
to me than a band I listen to. It's Mana's solo so the feeling and
atmosphere MdM creates is very dear to me. Dialogue Symphonie was the
first song I heard from them, and mind you I was kind of young back
then and has only been listening to Malice Mizer's popish songs, I
found it rather scary. Then I heard Night Breed... And suddenly I had
bought Nocturnal Opera's limited edition CD and fallen for good.
Nocturnal Romance and Monophobia woke a whole different feeling in my
taste of music. I didn't even know of such music! And the pictures
the CD had in it... Magnificent.
I
prefer Seth as a singer of MdM and I love the current style they
have, but Juka and the old-fashioned gothic elegance they had back
then is very close to that style of clothes, genre of music and
ideology I feel attached to.
I
have to mention Art Cube here, if you like Seths vocals. Your here...
and Suna to Hana are very beautiful songs.
So
as I have now returned to some of the oldest j-bands I have been
listening to, I will have to admit that... I... loved Dir en Grey. I
found out about them when Withering to Death had just been out. The
Final and Kodou are the songs that made me one of those
j-rock-idiots. I preferred Dir en Grey's visual kei era, so I
didn't really keep following them when they went more... You know. XD
It
might be that if I found Dir en Grey today I would actually prefer
their newer songs. I have to admit, that band is genious.
Then,
D'espairsRay! I loved all the PVC. Thank you for turing me into PVC
fanatic, music video of Garnet. Especially Karyu's look in it. It was
the time I learned how beautiful more masculine, or should I say
bad-ass gothic style, dark kei can be. Then I'm afraid Hizumi's voice
couldn't keep up the death vocals and they went a little too pop. The
music was still great, but it didn't touch me personally so much
anymore.
Whoaaaah,
so far so many bands! There is still one I would like to say a bit
more than just few words, after that I'll just mention some songs I
love.
So
the last great inspiration would be no other than Versailles! I saw
The Revenant Choir teaser right when it came out, so I'm proud to
say that I have been their fan since the beginning! Though I found
out about the member's previous work (Kamijo in Lareine and Hizaki's
Grace Project) after becoming interested of Versailles... Once again
I found a band because I loved the way they looked, way to go me.
What
can I say about Versailles? Absolutely elegant, graceful, romantical,
all the vampire themes... They are a dream. I also did some Jasmine
You cosplay. Oh and Kamijo is a synonyme for Elegance.
My
favourites are The Red Carpet Day, The love from a dead Orchestra,
God Palace, Zombie... Oh the list could go on and on. Sadly I haven't
been following them as actively these days, but still I would say
that Versailles is one of my favourite bands.
I
still feel like saying someting of SEILEEN, VELVET EDEN, Kanon
Wakeshima, SaTaN, Exist Trace and GOLDEN BOMBER (yes, I listen to
them)... But I wonder if anyone would bother to read my fangirling
any further. XD
So
to keep it simple, here's some songs I can't stop listening to.
Kanon
Wakeshima - Lolitawork Libretto (I used this as a lolita fashion
show opening song.)
BUCK-TICK
- ROMANCE (Atsushi comes and steals your soul...)
BLAMHONEY
- Artificial Angel (This is addicting, I tell you, ADDICTING!)
After
all this babble of Japanese bands I just have to mention KARMIA and
Jenlayn! They are Finnish visual styled bands. KARMIA is more wild,
darker and heavier. Ecstacy Road is a manificent song from them! I've
seen them perform live three times for now, and I definitely want to
see more. Jenlayn is maybe more stylish, very cool and impressive. I
can't stop listening to Alice and I also hope that they'd release
more songs!
By
the way, I love Alice's lyrics:
A
bird with broken wings
My
world's collapsing
I've
lost my voice to sing
Future
full of nothing
I
don't know what to do
Or
how to make it through
When
all I feel is blue
I
need nothing but you
Be
my bijou
I
feel like Alice
As
I'm lost in a dream
A
dream with no ending
Darkness
and malice
Fade
away as you scream
Piercing
my imagination
These
"fresh" bands really are something I like to listen to when
I don't feel like listening my epic favourites. They are a nice
change and they give lots of positive energy! Also PLUNKLOCK!
Breakout is playing in my head very often...
I
feel very fangirlish for feeling so strongly of music and artists.
They just give me so much more than just something to fangirl about,
they are part of street-style, break from everyday life and an
experience of it's own. I admit that sometimes I feel that I'm
growing too old to dress like my idol or listen to some gothic music
that's enough to make me cry, but for now, I have decided to ignore
it. After all, the perception of growing up is comparative!
Kävin Ayshan kanssa kuuntelemassa Karmiaa Pohjois-Haagan nuorisotalolla. En oikeastaan tiennyt kyseisen bändin olemassaolosta ennen Plunklockin keikkaa, jossa Karmia oli lämppärinä. Kuunneltuani vielä livekosketuksen jälkeen biisejä YouTubesta huomasin pitäväni heidän musiikistaan.
Aysha and I went to see Karmia live. Karmia is a Finnish visual styled band taking inspiration from Japanese visual kei. I didn't really know much about them before I heard them play as the support act of Plunklock. After the live I listened some songs from YouTube and I really began to like them.
Suosikkini Ecstacy Road joka kuultiin myös livenä!
My favourite song is Ecstacy Road which they also played live!
Aysha otti kamerallani muutamia kuvia:
Aysha took some pictures:
Itse pidin kovasti kokemuksesta ja haluan nähdä Karmian taas uudelleen. Yleisöä olisi saanut olla paljon enemmän! Karmian löytää Facebookista ja heitä voi käydä kuuntelemassa tosiaan myös YouTubesta.
I really enjoyed the experience and I want to see them again. You can find Karmia from YouTube.
Clubilla esiintyivät myös Muddy Bones ja Sinner's Gin.
More glamrockish Muddy Bones and Sinner's Gin performed also.
Asukuva:
The dress of the day:
Jostain kumman syystä pidin samettia hyvänä keikkavaatteena.
For some odd reason I thought that velvet is a good choice for a concert.
