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A Closer Look: Miss Danger’s Royal Heart JSK

Hey all! I have a super simple post this week, just of a few photos of one of my latest lolita fashion arrivals – Miss Danger’s beautiful Royal Heart JSK in Red. I’ll give a few of my thoughts on this JSK as well, but as I’m sure you will be able to tell by the photos, I’m absolutely in love with it! 

Here’s the full view; I do have this piece pinned back on my mannequin as I (who selected a Size 9 for this JSK) am significantly larger than my mannequin. Please disregard that! The bodice is this beautiful velveteen material while the skirt is made of Russian Orthodox Brocade. The outer layer is this incredibly soft tulle or organza like material. It is absolutely breathtaking! 

Starting with the bodice, we’ll take a look at this stunning embroidery – the main reason I bought this jumperskirt, to be quite honest. The golden embroidery thread looks super luminous on the red fabric background. While I’m usually not a fan of big names printed on clothing, the Miss Danger branding feels well suited to the dress as a whole and doesn’t detract from my enjoyment. 

One unexpected yet beautiful detail on this JSK that I never noticed before I received it are these crystal details attached onto the brocade. It’s a detail that seems so small on a screen but when you get to actually see it in person, it adds so much elegance and character to the piece! 

And here is the bottom of this dress with the overskirt layer shown. I’m not sure if the photo portrays it as well as I’d like, but the material of this is so so soft – not the scratchy tulle feeling I was worried about. It’s very clear that everything used to construct this piece was incredibly high quality. The floaty feeling of this fabric makes this piece feel almost angelic in a sense. Very royal indeed! 

 

Here’s one last photo. The velveteen bow you can see between the bodice and skirt portions of this JSK is so darling. 

 

I hope you all enjoyed these few detail shots! I’m in love with this piece and the work done on it by the team at Miss Danger and highly recommend visiting their shop if you haven’t already. 

 

Until next time! 

BB&B Deco Review

Hey friends! I apologize for my lack of usual content on Instagram recently; I did unfortunately catch COVID and while I’m recovering smoothly I haven’t wanted to get any germs on my dresses so I haven’t dressed up as much as I would like recently! Regardless, I hope you’re all having a great second day of the new year. 

Back in December I placed an order with BB and B Deco for their Ready to Ship Sale and decided I’d post a review for y’all! This is my second purchase from BB & B and I’m happy to report that it surely will not be my last. Let’s go into the review!

 

 

I placed this order through BB&B’s website on December 1st after receiving an email from them (highly recommend joining their mailing list by the way) informing me that they would be temporarily adding a Ready To Ship Category to their website. After a little bit of browsing I fell in love with their Crowned Unicorn set. It reminds me a lot of a unicorn plush my boyfriend got me when we met in person for the first time so I just had to have it! 

For this order I purchased the long unicorn cupcake necklace and the matching dangly earrings. My order shipped out from BB&B in California on the 6th of December and arrived at my home here in Michigan on December 11th. Not bad at all! As soon as I saw the mail arrive I booked it out to my mailbox and gleefully brought my package in. 

One thing I adore about BB&B is not only their products themselves, but the packaging. It really feels like opening each order from them is an experience which I cannot get enough of. The outside of my package was adorned with a sweet holiday stamp, and even the neat arrangement of the tissue paper inside my box seemed like an ode to the attention to detail BB&B is so well known for. Beneath the pink tissue paper was the gorgeous box I know so well! 

Nestled inside of the box were my two jewelry pieces, encased in these protective pouches (along with some care instructions).

And, like a kawaii matryoshka doll, inside those pouches were my jewelry pieces! 

They were even cuter in person than I was anticipating. While I will always urge people to be extremely careful with their jewelry from BB&B seeing as they are little pieces of art and should be treated as such, I will note these feel sturdy in the hand – significant but not too heavy. The tiny crystals adorning my little unicorn cupcakes immediately caught my eye! 

I also loved that the necklace was attached to the deco piece by the ear as an ‘earring’ – this is one of those details I would have never thought of had I designed this, but it’s so clever! I have a somewhat particular eye for detail as many lolitas do and I physically could not find anything wrong with these pieces! 

Another detail I love – the metal base of the necklace actually has this adorable scalloped edge and is emblazoned with BB and B’s branding! 

I am super relieved to report that these earrings are comfortable to wear; I have sensitive ears and heavy earrings are like a waking nightmare for me. These on the other hand are the perfect weight and the metal did not cause any skin irritation (praise be!). 

 

 

All in all, I am absolutely thrilled to own another piece by BB&B. They blow me away every time I see one of their pieces with their craftsmanship and this time was no different. Thanks for reading!

 

Until next time,