Infanta Vs Angelic Pretty

Another showdown!

This time Infanta with "Playground print" 

versus 

Angelic Pretty and Chocolate Rosette.

Chocolate Rosette has been my dream print for ages, but since I'm tall (5"8) I would look ridiculous in this dress. But there comes Infanta with their - VERY - similar print they have released yesterday. I can't decide wether to order a replica (which would be longer on me and hence looking better than original burando) or go for original print from the indie brand.

The colours of Infanta's print are very similar to AP's, but instead of ivory we get black.

Chocolate Rosette in brown

Playground in brown

Okay, the similarities here aren't really visible. Both have different looks (this time Infanta is more sweet than AP?!) and the jsks look totally different. But! There is also a salopette version.

CR salopette in red

Playground salopette in red

Green versions:

Different colorways:

Infanta JSK

Infanta OP in blue/navy

Chocolate Rosette in navy

Infanta has released a beret too.

Angelic Pretty Chocolate Rosette beret in red

Infanta Playground beret in red

Angelic Pretty skirt (red)

Infanta skirt (red)

The price of Chocolate Rosette is about ~$400 whilst Infanta releases their design for 488CNY (~$80).

The quality of Infanta dresses is really high actually. I  own one of their dresses (the (in)famous Alice print, which I'm going to review later) and I find the fabric really decent and the whole piece is very well made!

Infanta OP xx Infanta JSK xx Infanta Taobao Page

Thanks for reading~

Infanta, Red Maria and AgencyTaobao review

Yesterday came my EMS parcel. I have ordered it on 24/11/2012 but because of some problems my order was closed on 11/12/2012.

On 19/12/2012 I had it sent via EMS.
It didn't appear here til 10/01/2013 though.

Communication: 2/5 I wanted to give 1/5 because the communication was really bad, but Lily from the Agency was actually helpful. For my 7 questions only 1 was answered. If you don't need to contact the seller, you can use AgencyTaobao, but if you want custom sizing and other requests – you should keep away from them.

Shipping: 2/5 Expensive (270 CNY) and slow. Note to myself: never order via EMS again. But the other option was not really cheaper, so I paid about additional 40 CNY for EMS.

Package: 5/5 I have no idea how I managed to open the parcel. It was covered in a tape. Thankfully all the items were packed great and each item was in alone plastic bag.

Contents:

Magic Tea Party cape, Infanta Alice JSK+Headdress,
Alice tights, RedMaria head accesories

Magic Tea Party "Christmas Morning" embroidery models cape 

Unfortunately it doesn't look good on me. I have a feeling it's a bit too small for me and the hood looks just... weird.  But overall it's an amazing piece! It came with spare bow button and detachable bow.

Here is stock picture of it. 

Infanta Vatican tower the LOLITA the * checkerboard Geailisi printing

 I need to do a vast review about Infanta dress. It's size L, and I wouldn't find myself in size M. It is very thick and the material is amazing! I look very well in it. However, the stretching shirring is a little bit too big for my 92-bust so I will need to cut the upper shirring a little bit. The material is a little bit shiny and smooth in touch. The zip isn't the highest quality, and this might not be brand quality, but isn't really much worse!

RedMaria chocolate headdress and fur ball
Alice tights

Small accessories. I bought just one hairball clip because I thought I would use it for my cape. I'm not sure if I want to keep the cape. For now I'm keeping it but I'm also thinking of selling it.

As to the headband the quality isn't really amazing and I need to glue the upper chocolate.

Alice tights are amazing! They are very solid and I can't wait to wear them with the dress!


Communication: 2/5
Shipping: 2/5
Package: 5/5
Overall: 3/5 I'd give them solid 4 but because of really slow communication and many of my questions unanswered, I will leave that 3.

Thank you for reading my review!

Innocent World Carriage Tassel vs Infanta Power and Throne

So, today my favourite classical lolita brand - Innocent World - has surprised me with their newest print.

Innocent World

It's name is quite lovely indeed, Carriage Tassel. No, it's not really original (not like BTSSB's or AP's names). We can assume it's all about Carriages (another Cinderella print?!) and tassels.

I can only say that tassels in a dress is not a common thing, and I'm not quite sure if I had seen any brand JSK or OP with tassels (I might be wrong, though).

It comes with standard brown and beige colourway (or rather IW's "chocolate" and "cream"), black and beige and – surprisingly – purple, and in 2 versions - short and long.

Short is being standard 93cm (55cm) long, whilst long is 108cm (68cm).

Link to IW's Carriage Tassel dress.

I'm sorry, Innocent World, with all the love you have from me, I must say that Infanta's newest print - Power and Throne - is so far more interesting.

Infanta 

JSK II

It comes in 2 ways and in 3 colors - Dark Blue, Wine and White.

JSK I 

The price for them is quite decent, being ~$80. The material is velveteen. Embroidery can be either silver or gold.

Problems: bust again!

According to IW's site their dress is just max 98cm, when minimum is 85cm - which is quite a sad news to all the very thin and plus size lolis. 

Infantas XL size is 100cm (bust) and the material being velveteen is known for not stretching easily, leaving a very little breathing room for all those over 90cm bust. Sadly, Infanta does not do custom sizing.

Verdict

I'd say that IW's print is quite lovely, but the carriage print has been for so many seasons now and together with Alice prints is getting a little bit annoying. Infanta's newest baby is ideal for Christmas season, being all velveteen and rather thick, as well as it will please all the A Game of Thrones fans.