I don’t really post on Instagram anymore and when I meet people in person who knew me from that era they ask why. They inquire in hushed tones as if there may be something seriously wrong. Some just mention that
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Tag: alt fashion
Making Hard Decora: The Comic Issue #2!
I’m am hanging on by a thread trying to make it to the end of this chapter and to our next Q&A episode! Meanwhile, I’ve been on a mission to get HD Issue #2 printed in time for The Great
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Let’s Go To Kawaii Holiday Market!
Contents What is Kawaii Holiday Market? Kawaii Holiday Market is a weekend long event sometimes held in spring or winter featuring kawaii or kawaii adjacent artists organized by Ten Ten Non-profit in collaboration with artist, Sebastian Masuda. It has been
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Why I Don’t Take “ConCrit” On My Outfits.
pic of me and my maid of honor on my wedding day Disclaimer: No shade to people who have found concrit useful in their fashion journey. In 2017 I posted a photo of Simon and I freshly out of our
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Let’s Take a Look at TENPLE zine!
I love that there has been so many j-fashion/alternative fashion magazines/zines popping up in the western community. The community can feel very intangible and somewhat shallow when I only experience it through “fast social media” inputs like Instagram. This is
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Comics that Inspired Hard Decora:The Comic
I read kind of a good amount of comics??? I wouldn’t call myself an otaku or anything but I try to keep up with a variety of comics from manga, to indie, to things my art friends make. When I think about Hard Decora though most of my inspirations come from comics I read in high school or college. I take in inspiration constantly but for the concept of Hard Decora the comic, I’d say the following 4 comics influenced me heavily.
