June Heatwave, July Barbie & Ghost Walk ∣ Coords

 

Back in June when it was still in the heatwave, Helena organised a J-fashion meet up to coincide with a local con that was happening. Although I wasn't attending the con, I did go to the meet to take some photos and later meet up with Lucy who was in town. 

Headdress - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Necklace - Vivienne Westwood

JSK - Jane Marple

Bag - Vivienne Westwood

Skirt - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Socks - Bodyline

Shoes - MILK

Bracelet - MILK

Backpack - Vintage

I was very excited to finally get an opportunity to wear the 1995 (or older) Jane Marple JSK I had bought in winter, and went for a weather appropriate coord. I'm pretty sure the JSK was designed to be worn blouseless, which was handy as like I said above we were having a heatwave and it was very hot. I went for a very FRUiTS coord as I also bought some vintage MILK boots that went very nicely with the JSK. If course I couldn't resist editing my coord photo like a snap because I am predictable.

The next day our comm had a belated ILD meet, which was afternoon tea. An old comm member, Hannah, who no longer lives in Newcastle was in town for the con so she was able to come to the meet which was lovely! This day was even hotter than the last and forecast for a thunderstorm so very close. Despite this I did want to wear a "proper" coord since it was the ILD meet. Lucky for us the venue had air conditining!

I did take photos of the food but it was quite dark inside so they weren't too impressive. The food for the vegan afternoon tea was nice, though a little odd for an afternoon tea with my favourite being crispy cauliflower with gochujang sauce. All the vegan cakes were lovely though very rich so I ended up taking some home.

Headdress - Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Cutsew - Putumayo

Purse - Patchy

Skirt - MILK

Bag - Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Tights - Offbrand

Shoes - Antaina

Then in July Jordan organised a meet to go and see Barbie. Our local indie cinema was hosting a Barbie afternoon tea followed by a screening of the film, so our plan was to go to that. Unfortunately the tickets for that sold out super quickly, so instead we went for lunch at a cute café before going to see the film. 

By now the weather had turned and literally all July it was cold and rainy :(. Of course, I put together a very pink coord as is the law when going to watch Barbie. As I'd just re-dyed my hair I wore my white bodyline headdress for the first time in ages, I didn't want to risk any red rubbing off on my BTSSB one lol.

Headdress - Bodyline

Necklace - Vivenne Westwood

Cutsew - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Skirt - Jane Marple

Bag - Vivienne Westwood

Backpack - La Luice

Socks - Heart E

Shoes - Antaina

A random cute candid I got of Jordan at M&S after the film lol

A few days later I had a day out with my mum. She invited me to see the Barbie film with her- apparently when I mentioned we couldn't go to the Barbie afternoon tea she thought we hadn't seen the film either. I put together another pinkish coord, though not quite as sweet as the last. I'm really enjoying my red hair with lolita!

Headdress - Bodyline

Blouse - Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Tie - MILK

Cardigan - Jane Marple

Skirt - Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Bag - Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Socks - R.R.Memorandum

Shoes - MILK

I finally got to get my Barbie box photo, since the smaller indie cinema didn't have one I requested we watch it at the bigger cinema this time. Totally worth it lol.

We actually saw Barbie at the end of the day, before that we got lunch and then went to an exhibition at an art gallery showcasing Pre Raphaelite art and British Impressionists. The gallery allowed photography as long as it wasn't just of individual paintings and the flash was off, so I got a few~

You can't see it but the colours used on the mountain remind me of the backdrops in Barbie land

Right at the end of July, Rival had organised a ghost walk meet. I'd been wanting to wear my Good Luck set again for a while now and decided this was a good opportunity. I nearly wore a wig with my coord but decided instead to go with my actual hair and the red hair pieces, and I love how it looks! Very 90s mallgoth lolita but like in a good way. I also finally wore these boots that I bought ages ago.

Headdress - Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Choker - Vintage/handmade

Set - Good Luck

Socks - Lolitabutiken

Shoes - Antaina

Bag - La Luice

We got sushi & cocktails first then had some time to kill so we spent some time taking coord photos. Unfortunately my close up photos were out of focus (the perils of having a new camera), but the ones in the doorway turned out really nicely! Also as you saw above, I took a couple of "just in case" photos before I left which came in handy.

The ghost walk itself was fun. The host was an old goth who spotted us and asked if we'd been to Whitby before, and was generally very friendly. We did not see any ghosts unfortunately.