BtSSB NYC Opening

[Anonymous No.7692028]

The grand opening is just two days away.

Who's going? How many people do you think will show up?
How excited are you on a scale of bodyline detachable sleeves stocking stuffers to you finding Iron Gate OP at the thrift store?
Were you lucky enough to score a ticket for the 11am meet?
seagull meetup after, possibly?

General discussion/plans etc

[Anonymous No.7692034]

>>7692028
>How excited are you on a scale of bodyline detachable sleeves stocking stuffers to you finding Iron Gate OP at the thrift store?

[Anonymous No.7692079]

If you're coming from out of town, you should definitely not miss Sugar Sweet Sunshine, they have the best fucking cupcakes in creation and they're like two blocks from the store.

I suspect entirely too many people will show up, and am content to wait until next week .

[Anonymous No.7692087]

>>7692079
I was really bummed about not making it to the opening (went to Philly last weekend for a concert, didn't want to make another trip so soon) but thinking about all the normalfags that will show up to oogle makes me WANT to wait.

[Anonymous No.7692111]

I can't go, sadly. Boyfriend won't take the trip with me and we're having an awesome DnD session that day anyway.

I know a ton of girls from my local comm (Philly) are going, though. So insanely jelly. >pic related, it has never been so relevant

[Anonymous No.7692132]

>>7692028
Did any seagulls get an opening party ticket?

[Anonymous No.7692169]

>>7692132
I did! Got two, one for myself and one for my friend. A little nervous but I'm sure I'll have fun...

[Anonymous No.7692215]

>>7692087
Do you really think normalfags will show up?
I dont see why they would..
I am bringing a friend who loves lolita but doesn't wear it herself, though.

[Anonymous No.7692402]

>>7692215
I think if any normal fags do show up it'll be for like, two seconds. I think the shop will be crowded with enough lolitas to make them feel uncomfortable to be in there for more than those few seconds of, "Holy shit, weird people."

[Anonymous No.7692405]

>>7692402
whoops, wrong image. But still, fits.
Also forgot to mention I wasn't the anon you were replying to.

[Anonymous No.7692536]

I'm going but not to the tea party because I was away at a con when the tickets went on sale, haha. I'm so jelly of those who got tickets but I hope you have lots of fun!

[Anonymous No.7692612]

>>7692132
I got one! I'm nervous as well but I'm also happy about missing the majority of the crowd

[Anonymous No.7692640]

>>7692169
>>7692612
Nervous why?

[Anonymous No.7692695]

>>7692405
Now I'm curious about what image you were actually going to post, because that one was perfect.

[Anonymous No.7692770]

>>7692132
I got a pair of tickets to the opening party too! I am stressing about my coord but otherwise super excited.

[Anonymous No.7693065]

What time will you be arriving if not for the tea party?
It opens at 1 but Im thinking of getting there at 12.. is that too early? Or will there already be a hugeass line haha

[Anonymous No.7693159]

>>7692640
I've never been to a high scale brand event or anything before, plus most of my friends weren't able to get tickets so I'm going in by myself. Also, there's the typical last minute coord fretting as well

[Anonymous No.7693169]

>>7692640
I dunno, really. Events of all kinds just kinda make me nervous, haha. I'll get over it once I'm actually there, though. But I'm also really nervous about my coord... Something really awesome, but not too eyecatching. Last time I went into the city I went all out and got harassed to the point where I missed my bus so many people were trying to grab me/my dress/my hair. I think the reason for that was there was some sort of game? Hockey or something? A lot of the people were either foreigners or drunk guys in jerseys.

>>7692695
pic related, what I was going to post. They're right next to each other so I must have clicked the wrong one, lol.

>>7693065
From what I heard, the store is really small, so I'm honestly not sure...

[Anonymous No.7693219]

My friends and I are going. We're all into J-fashion but our lolita wardrobes are pretty much starting out. I made some star cookies for the occasion and we're gonna either hit up Waffels+Dinges, Harney, or Chinatown afterwards.

I'm cool if any lone lolita/seagull wants to hang out for a bit.

[Anonymous No.7694565]

Bumping the thread.

Tomorrow is the grand opening!

[Anonymous No.7694868]

Aaaaah I'm really excited. Didn't think I'd be going cause it was pretty far/expensive, but my hubby surprised me by booking the trip!

I'm a little bit nervous, I'm still pretty much a noob to lolita, I'm not used to a city this big and I just want a simple coord that's not terrible and to not ruin my dress. I don't own anything by Baby yet so I guess this will be an opportunity to change that.

[Anonymous No.7695297]

Just going to hang out and meet some lolitas since I'm a total hermit usually, and blow some money probably... Though I imagine the 'good stuff' will sell out quite fast. See you there, gulls.

[Anonymous No.7695298]

I'm getting ready now. I'm a bit nervous. I dress Himekaji so I'm not a Lolita but being around people that know about Jfashion gets me anxious, ngl.

[Anonymous No.7695369]

Have fun today everyone! I study in the city but since it's summer I still won't be back for a few weeks... would anyone mind reporting back if there are any of the really big sized usakumya rucksacks? I've been looking for one so it'd be really appreciated.
Best of luck and may isobe-sama grant you your dream dress.

[Anonymous No.7695587]

I was planning on going (even had my outfit on) but my boyfriend came down with the stomach flu so I'm taking care of him :(( please have fun for me

West coast ladies, how was the anniversary party for AATP? There's a lot of j-fashion things happening this weekend

[Anonymous No.7696152]

Just got home and it was really nice. The store has a lot of variety and a lot of items. Definitely going back next week when I get paid.

There were loads of cute lolitas. The group in front of ours was super sweet and nice and we got along really well.

At one point this girl walks by with a Milanoo looking black and white JSK with no blouse and black converse. The silence that overtook the line was legendary.

[Anonymous No.7696156]

>>7696152
who ended up buying the BTSSB special dresses?

[Anonymous No.7696164]

>>7696156
The lucky pack one's right? This girl I met on line did. I think it was $240 for the JSK, blouse, headbow, and OTKs. I hope they'll still have some when I go back next week but I doubt it.

[Anonymous No.7696180]

>>7696152
>At one point this girl walks by with a Milanoo looking black and white JSK with no blouse and black converse. The silence that overtook the line was legendary.

Girls in line are pic-related

[Anonymous No.7696193]

>>7696164
oh no I meant the wedding dress and that other one.

[Anonymous No.7696210]

>>7696193
Oh, my bad. I'm not sure. I was only in the store for about 20 minutes. I'm guesstimating that there were about 200 people so maybe someone did. I think you had to enter a raffle to get a chance to buy one of them.

[Anonymous No.7696255]

[Anonymous No.7696314]

>>7696210
you had to buy a raffle ticket for a chance to buy the dress

I know the girl who won the raffle but she said she picked up the dress for someone else who couldn't make it
¯\(°_o)/¯

[Anonymous No.7696379]

Just got home. Man are my feet hurting.
I got there around 1:40ish and was in line until around 4:50ish. The line was insane, and people would arrive and then cut in to where their friends were, so it kept getting longer.
Everyone was rather nice though! I have never been to a lolita meet (I've never even seen a lolita in person before, so this was quite the way to start it off)
Most girls looked decent and nice and quite a few had super lovely coords. i was in line chatting with the girl behind me for most of the time so I didn't get very many photos, just a few. I'll post the ones i did take.

Would you be interested in some video clips of the store inside itself? Speaking of which, yeah there was some nice variation. Im more of an AP girl myself so not seeing any was a bit disheartening but it was sooo nice being able to see so much stock of lolita items! The store itself is quite small but it still holds a lot I suppose.

I've posted some photos and video on my instagram
instagram.com/dulcetdear

[Anonymous No.7696385]

Just got home, had a lot of fun seeing all the coords and chatting to people on line. I'm surprised that they still had so much stock when I got into the store a number of hours after opening, I guess most girls must have just browsed or bought smaller items? Shopgirls were very nice considering the heat and craziness inside the store, kudos to them.

>>7696379
They haven't carried AP for a year, couple years now, to my memory.

[Anonymous No.7696389]

>>7696379

[Funk Brothers !!sEQILr75Rya No.7696396]

>>7696255
>>7696379
>>7696389
I have to admit, this store is a step up from the original Tokyo Rebel in Alphabet City/East Village.

I hope to return to New York City eventually and see it with my own eyes.

[Anonymous No.7696397]

>>7696389
>>7696385
I had never been to the original store location.
Do they not carry OP because of their partnership with baby? I was wondering about this

[Anonymous No.7696399]

>>7696379
AP has very serious restrictions for people carrying them overseas. From what people said about the Paris location, AP refuses to let distributors carry what they consider "competing" brands alongside their lines. So if someone sells Baby, IW or Meta, they won't work directly with them as a distributor (this is part of why Harajuku Hearts doesn't carry sweet brands; they're owned by the same "parent company" as AP USA. The other reason is that Baby already has a franchise in the same city, so working with Baby wouldn't get them anything different).

[Anonymous No.7696410]

>>7696379
>>7696389
>>7696397
Most of my other photos arent that great and i didnt get to take as many as I wanted because I ended up dropping my phone and the whole screen cracked completely, augh.
If you have photos, post, I'd love to save some haha

>>7696399
Ah, that explains it. Interesting.

[Anonymous No.7696419]

Went to the opening soiree. It was really nice and the staff were awesome. Store was a lot larger than I thought it would be and stock got replaced pretty quick. They also had a nice tea-party spread and some branded macarons.

[Anonymous No.7696448]

>>7696419
holy shit

[Anonymous No.7696485]

>>7696389
I adored that girl's coord and asked this girl for a photo as well. I think they were both shop staff. Some other girls started handing out mini cupcakes that were amazing.

The store is a lot larger than I thought it would be and has so many clothes. I thought stock would be limited. I saw Claudia on one of the mannequins. It's so surreal to be able to actually touch the clothing and try it on. I'm in love with so many things that I picked up two extra shifts for work this week since I know I'm gonna drain my whole paycheck.

[Anonymous No.7696499]

>>7696156
I won the raffle for La Marie Pure! At first I was hesitant because of the price, but my hubby said that I should get it so I did. We're going to renew our vows in December so the dress will be perfect for that. I'm just really, really happy.

[Anonymous No.7696506]

>>7696499
That's ridiculously sweet. Congratulations!

[Anonymous No.7696605]

>>7696499
That's amazing! Congrats on the dress!

>>7696485
I was surprised by the size as well! I had this expectation that it was going to be super small.

Also, just tried on the dress and blouse that I got during the soiree part of the opening... Oh man, I was nervous to try it on in store so I just sort of bought them and prayed for the best. They fit like a dream, I'm so happy.

It was awkward though, after the soiree... I ran into a girl at Kino and she asked to see what I got and I showed her. Her face dropped, "Oh... I went in specifically to buy that... So you're the one who bought it?" Never before have I laughed so awkwardly.

And last tidbit, how many stamps did you guys get on your points cards? I managed to get 12, and was a little surprised at how quickly the stamps fill up!

[Anonymous No.7696621]

>>7696152
I saw that girl... She was on line when I was getting out but jesus. How? Why? What did she end up buying!?
I also ran into the girl wearing the Milky Planet replica at Kinokuniya. "OMG wow you are a lolita, too! Wow we both have such cute coords!" And I just smiled and nodded because I mean, what am I supposed to say? She was behind me in the checkout line and apparently bought a $90 plushie and a bunch of shit. Not trying to be mean but... If she can afford to drop $90 on a plushie why is she wearing a replica?

[Anonymous No.7696624]

>>7696499
That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. So glad you're going to wear it for an actual wedding!

[Anonymous No.7696671]

Hope you guys had fun! I'm not even a Lolita but it's always amazing to see a JFashion brand actually IN an area you live! It's so...accessible! You can touch things! And BUY things! Without a shopping service! Or back and forth e-mails! Or suffer the postal wait! So fucking jazzed for you guys

[Anonymous No.7696684]

>>7696605
Well, she made that situation awkward herself. She should've just said, "Oh I was looking for that too! Hopefully they'll restock, haha!" Idk, from what you wrote she came off as rude.

A girl I met on line ended up buying about $540 worth and her point card was filled down to the second row. I think it fills up once you hit $1k? Also what do you get when you fill the card up?

>>7696621
Oh god, I was gonna go to Kinokuniya to pick up the latest Popteen and I'm glad I decided to go next week since I'm going to Baby again. Some people who buy replicas have horrible money management and waste money on the stupidest shit.

[Anonymous No.7696692]

>>7696684
I think that was me, anon-chan, ahaha... (That was my total after handing her about $30 in cash. Unless someone else got the same total as me, then oops) I was wearing Alice Bruges in sax with a peignoir and was there for the soiree.

I think it's for every $50 you spend you get a stamp. If I remember correctly you get $30 off your next purchase once you fill it up.

Replica-girl was very cringe worthy... The plushie wasn't even THAT big, maybe a 20 inches?

[Anonymous No.7696693]

>>7696692
Forgot to clear my toss-email from a sales thread, oops.

>>7696684
Also forgot to respond to the first bit, but yeah she was a bit rude but I don't think she knew she was being rude. Either way it's no big deal, I don't think I'll ever be seeing her again lol.

[Anonymous No.7696714]

>>7696692
Ah, the girl I was with was wearing Merry Making in the Ghost Town I thiiiink. Did you have a gold purse? I think I saw you a few times on line and also when I was about to get on the J.

$90 for a 20 inch plushie sounds like some Etsy shit. But of course, they're priced like that because they know some idiot will come along and buy them.

[Anonymous No.7696723]

>>7696485
No they're not staff just other customers, I saw them too while waiting in line. The staff were all working like crazy inside I applaud them, they were very helpful and pleasant when helping me.

I was also very shocked at the size and stock selection! Got some adorable socks and lace wrist cuffs and finally an Usakumya. Definitely going back next trip to the city!
The line was long which was to be expected but I don't regret waiting I enjoyed my time talking with others.

[Anonymous No.7696727]

>>7696714
Woah, this girl is my spending twin. And no I wasn't holding a gold purse, but I got a picture with that girl! She was wearing the same dress as me. And I didn't take the J, just the F and A today.
I had my hair in braids, as well, and was wearing a white oval head-dress with a bow and rose on it.

It was that shitty-looking bird from the Rilakkuma series (Piyo?), too. Like I like the bird, but this plushie just looked terrible, how you justify $90 on that? But yeah, I feel Kino kind of relies on that for selling their plushies.

[Anonymous No.7696728]

What are the rules concerning trying on clothes in this one? Couldn't find it on the site. Is it similar to Tokyo Rebel's?

[Anonymous No.7696739]

>>7696399
remember reading somewhere that AP and BTSSB signed a contract that they wouldn't compete with eachother, thought it was a non-compete clause but not entirely sure.

[Anonymous No.7696745]

>>7696485
>Sees my face on /cgl
>(◎_◎;)

I wish I was shop staff, but I'm glad so many people came to the opening. I hope this motivates Tokyo Rebel to hold more events since there was such a great turn out.

The Claudia set was amazing, I was wondering why the shop didn't devolve into fight club over that set.

[Anonymous No.7696755]

>>7696728
For the event it was try on one piece only over clothes. I'm sure during regular times you can try on as many as you want over clothes.

[Anonymous No.7696759]

>>7696728
>>7696755

This, and I think the "no trying on blouses" rule might just be a summer rule. Since sweat.

[Anonymous No.7696775]

>>7696745
Yes! More events! I went to their tea party back in '11 and it was so nice, I would love for more events like that.

>>7696485
Same, managed to snag some extended hours to fund my next trip in. Thinking about the first week in August since I want to pick up another blouse before I leave for uni.

Also, this got me thinking about the F train thng. Which sucked. I ended up having to get a cab because after a certain point the F train didn't go any further downtown, and I was told the A train schedule was made to stand in for it... Yeah no. I ended up in Canal and was forced to grab a cab if I wanted to make it in time. Money wasted.

[Anonymous No.7696785]

>>7696745
How long do you think the Claudia set will be there? Its my dream dress and I can't afford it now but I just want to see it in person.

[Anonymous No.7696789]

>>7696499
niiiiiiiiiiiice!

[Anonymous No.7696803]

>>7696745
>I was wondering why the shop didn't devolve into fight club over that set.

10/10 idea, would pay good money to see a lolita cage match over a coveted dress. It would be the Colosseum of our time.

[Anonymous No.7696810]

Does anyone have any guesses as to when the New York site will have products listed online? Ready to blow all muh money.

[Anonymous No.7696815]

>>7696810
They said they SHOULD start posting items tomorrow, I think.

[Anonymous No.7696819]

>>7696785
The set will probably be gone once it's posted online, so see it while you can!

[Anonymous No.7696828]

>>7695587
It was awesome! I will report when I get back home!

[Anonymous No.7696844]

>>7696803
Claudia was on reservation for a long time during the re-release. Everyone who wanted it probably already got it.

[Anonymous No.7696895]

>>7696844

Claudia isn't the only coveted dress out there, home skillet.

[Anonymous No.7696906]

>>7696895
To be fair the original discussion was centered around Claudia.

[Anonymous No.7696931]

>>7696906

To be fair, I said I'd like to see a cage match over a coveted dress.

A coveted dress.

Any coveted dress.

Including but not limited to Claudia.

Lrn 2 fucking read

[Anonymous No.7697266]

>>7696727
Oh, I think saw you! Did you ask a girl outside about the wristcuffs she was wearing? I think that was you and I almost melted because you looked so happy and excited to be around so many lolitas.


>>7696775
Damn, that sucks. Was the C not running either? Maybe you could've taken that to the G? This is the reason I hate weekends Some trains are under some sort of construction and it's just a madhouse to re-route yourself. I'm really lucky that the J goes straight from Baby to Woodhaven so I don't have to transfer.

>>7696745
Not sure which one you were but you looked amaaaaazing. I was wearing the pink gingham dress with twintails. Both of those photos are in my inspiration folder now.

[Anonymous No.7697274]

Can we talk about the tour buses that kept going by and eventually would pullover for the people to take photos, essentially making us a tour stop
Hilarious. I thought it was great.
Most of the normalfags that spoke to me were rather nice. On my way to the store this dude was like "Is this a living dolls thing"
Damn that TLC episode

[Anonymous No.7697279]

Did anyone run into that little old lady that kept moving forward like a tonberry and skipped a bunch of chicks in line?

[Anonymous No.7697286]

>>7697266
Yes! I asked because they were gifts at the TR tea party in '11 and I almost wore mine, but ended up not, since they didn't really go well with my coord. Oh gosh, yeah I haven't been to a meet with a bunch of other lolitas in about a year so I was just really overwhelmingly happy, haha...

Yeah by the time I figured out HOW to reroute myself, it would have taken way too long and I would have been late to the soiree. The cab driver was adorable, though! When I got in he had this funny accent and kept saying, "Lolita! Lolita! I'll take you to your meetup!"

>>7697274
I wish I could have seen that, that sounds hilarious. I think the best ~comment~ I got yesterday was from this guy on the subway. He was talking to my friend really civilly... Then all of a sudden, "SO. BO-PEEP. Where's your sheep?" And he starts laughing and we just stare at him. "Why aren't you laughing? I'm just poking fun! It was a funny joke!" After I told him I've heard it 7 times that day he actually got angry, it was pretty funny. He was a douchebag the rest of the train ride though, but we just ignored him.

[Funk Brothers !!sEQILr75Rya No.7697419]

Saw a friend's video earlier. Wow! There were a ton of lolitas who came to the grand reopening. The line stretched down to the corner to Rivington or was that Stanton?

[Anonymous No.7697434]

>>7696775
All you had to do was take an F uptown 2 stops and transfer down, it's not hard. They do it all the time. And yes, the downtown trains ran on the C line from W4 to Jay.

[Anonymous No.7697441]

>>7697279
arsenicandoldlace or another older lady?

>>7697419
The line stretched half the block, I'd say. I never saw a point where it wrapped around, though.

[Anonymous No.7697461]

>>7696499
How cute! This is the sweetest thing I've read all day.

[Anonymous No.7697502]

Some guy on a bike tried to film me even after I said no. So I opened up my parasol and gave the middle finger from behind it. I saw he was putting his up too, so I motioned to my crotch and proceeded to motion he get on my dick.

The guy ride off immediately after seeing I gave no fucks, best day ever.

[Anonymous No.7697505]

>>7696152
>>7696180

[Anonymous No.7697508]

>>7697505
As much as I adore those heart shaped sunglasses, wearing them with anything from this fashion is ten kinds of no-no. Not that I would call what she is wearing fashion.

[Anonymous No.7697522]

>>7697505
She looks like shit, but that skirt could be one from Baby, the headbow looks like brand too. It would be pretty embarrassing for you if you mistook Baby for Milanoo.

[Anonymous No.7697537]

>>7697505
>>7697522
Very similar but that wasn't her. She her hair was dyed purple and she had tattoos on her arms and back.

[Anonymous No.7697546]

>>7697505
I should've snapped a picture of her when I saw that she was wearing knee high socks with fucking flipflops.

[Anonymous No.7697564]

>>7697279
You mean this lady? She was behind our group and at one point a girl in front of us was taking a picture of another lolita and the line started moving. A picture takes like three seconds so we were patiently waiting and this lady just jets I front of us. Then she tried blending into the group in front of us. She got in the store like 2 minutes before we did so I don't understand her rush.

>>7697274
Whenever the buses passed and the tourists started taking pictures of us, we took pictures of them. One lady had the entire upper part of her body out of the bus just to take a picture and I could not stop laughing.

[Anonymous No.7697794]

>>7696419
Is it just me or do those sandwiches look.. really bad?

Everything else about the store looks really cool, though.

[Anonymous No.7697826]

>>7697794
They weren't too bad, just a little heavy on whatever dressing they had. Most people went for the Macarons which were really good.

[Anonymous No.7697847]

>>7696755
What does 'over clothes' mean? For instance, can you take off a JSK to try on another or do you have to try on a dress over any other dress you're wearing?

[Anonymous No.7697875]

>>7697434
Every time I asked an employee they told me to get on the A, and pretty much everyone else I talked to said they were told to do that :/ But duly noted just in case this happens again.

[Anonymous No.7698255]

>>7697847
You got to have a blouse on to try a dress, they don't let you try on blouse at all I think, those are the rules they had at the old Tokyo rebel

[Anonymous No.7698367]

>>7697875
A and C make similar stops along that part of the line that the F was rerouted to, where exactly were you trying to go? They actually have this reroute fairly often on weeknights/weekends so it'll probably be good for you to know for next time.

>>7698255
This is correct, blouse under dress and no trying on blouses/cutsews. You also have to have your own blouse now, they won't provide one. At least for the opening they didn't. I don't know what their policy on OP's is though...

[Anonymous No.7698373]

>>7698367
The Baby in SF lets you try on OPs like they were actual dresses. You still have to wear the makeup mask thing, though. I'm assuming the NY location would use those same rules.

[Anonymous No.7698958]

>>7696785
I'm pretty sure the SF shop has it. That is if they didn't sell it at j-pop this weekend.

[Anonymous No.7699157]

>>7698367
I was trying to get the Baby store for the opening... The stop on 2nd street was supposed to get you pretty much right there, but it cut off before there. (By the way, thanks for the help!)

[Anonymous No.7699201]

>tfw she took a photo of you but you cant view the album
>god dammnit

[Anonymous No.7699304]

Does anyone have a coord shot of the 3 Chinese girls who were together? There was one with an outstanding old school coord, one wearing Memories of my First Soirée, and the other was wearing Snow White?

I was amazed by their coords but was too shy to ask for a photo.

[Anonymous No.7699431]

>>7699304
I have pictures of them with other girls but not just the three of them, sorry.

[Anonymous No.7699475]

>>7699431
that's fine! I just wanted shots of their coords to go in my inspiration folder, it's totally cool if they're with others.

[Anonymous No.7699553]

>>7699201
What were you wearing anon, I'll get it for you. Friending Mary Alice is advised if you're not a drama llama, it's fun to get jelly of all the awesome stuff she does. She is basically living the dream.

[Anonymous No.7699673]

>>7699157
Well I meant what train you were trying to use and if you were coming or going from uptown/downtown. Anyway 2nd ave is an F-only stop (I don't recall if the M goes there but it was a weekend so it doesn't matter because the M doesn't run on weekends). So if you were coming from uptown, you could have transferred from the downtown F (which I'm assuming you were on if you were going to take it straight there?) to the downtown D at West 4th St and taken that to the next stop, Broadway/Lafayette, and walked southeast from there to the store (you would pass the 2nd ave stop on your way), which isn't all that far. Maybe 10 street blocks east over to where 2nd Ave is, and then 2 avenues down as normal from that stop.

If you were coming from downtown, the F should have taken you right there, but if the construction is ever happening on the uptown train side, you can transfer at West 4th to a downtown F train, then take that 2 stops to 2nd ave, or take a downtown D to Bway/Lafeyette and walk as above.

Sage for not lolita but I hope this helps!

[Anonymous No.7699727]

>>7699673
Yeah this actually helps a lot! Thanks a bunch!

[Anonymous No.7699737]

>>7699553
does anyone know how old she is?

She has to be at least 60.

[Anonymous No.7699750]

Here's some of the photos from BTSSB's FB. And they have the grand opening blog post: http://www.bssbnyc.com/blogs/news/15399175-store-opening-photos

[Anonymous No.7699751]

They also have the online shop up and running.

[Anonymous No.7699756]

People who got the early access party tickets.

[Anonymous No.7699758]

The line at 1 PM when they were about to open the store to the public

[Anonymous No.7699764]

The line got even longer later in the day

[Anonymous No.7699766]

>>7699750
Goddamn, Claudia is such a beautiful dress.

[Anonymous No.7699776]

>>7699756
More people than this got early access, didn't they?

[Anonymous No.7699778]

>>7699776
I'm willing to be there was between 15 and 20 tickets so maybe a couple wandered off but that's about it. I'd probably guess it to be closer to 15

[Anonymous No.7699782]

>>7699776
Some people were late for the photo. The post says that 25 tickets were sold. That's why they sold out in a minute flat.

[Anonymous No.7699908]

>>7699553
There were two people I saw wearing the navy vampire requiem sk, and I cant remember which one it was that took the photo (just that it was one of them otl)
BUT if it was her, I had an ivory melty doughnut sk with a pink ETC chocolate bar top
If you find it, thanks!!

[Anonymous No.7700599]

>>7699750
I remember Tara and Kitsy from the previous shop but does anyone know the two girls on the right?

[Anonymous No.7700620]

>>7700599
In not sure about the one in claudia, but the short girl in white is powderedvinegar on tumblr.
I personally don't like her (she's obnoxious and acts really immature for her age), but she's got a lot of brand and has a lot of retail experience, so I can see why she got picked.

[Anonymous No.7700897]

I'm moving to NYC this fall for college. Would it be worth it to do some SS-ing in my spare time for people? I know I wouldn't make loads of cash doing it, but would it be worth it to make like a quick twenty bucks or something?

[Anonymous No.7701076]

>>7700897
TR already does free shipping and has cheaper than SF baby prices. I highly doubt SS'ing would even be necessary.

[Anonymous No.7701336]

>>7700620
She's really annoying and rude and that made checking out at baby really awkward for me. I personally would rather not shop there when she's working. I can see why she got picked though,she's 30 years old and has good taste.

[Anonymous No.7701398]

>>7699908
That's you on the top left, correct? This is the only one I found. Apologies to anyone else in the picture, I can delete this off 4chan as soon as the requester gets her copy.

[Anonymous No.7701409]

>>7700620
The one in Claudia is the infamous Karen.

[Anonymous No.7701481]

Anyone get a picture of those 2 dudes dressed in Kodona? One of them had a pirate coord in the back of the line and the other one was in the middle of the line with a visual kei look.

[Anonymous No.7701484]

>>7701481
Sorry correction with visual kei look sorta and his coord was all black, looked vampire-esque*

[Anonymous No.7701489]

>>7701409
Newbie loli. Deets?

[Anonymous No.7701492]

>>7701398
Yes it is, thank you so much!!

[Anonymous No.7701493]

>>7701489
Got into a big fight with Rosarie over a reserve, and had been storing her items. GtFO post was made but it's gone now. They made a lot of secrets about each other. In short Rosarie scammed and lied to her.

[Anonymous No.7701499]

>>7701409
Wow really? She was super sweet to me and we chatted for a bit, I would never have suspected haha

[Anonymous No.7701504]

>>7701409
I'm a little out of touch with the gossip recently. Infamous Karen? Care to elaborate?

[Anonymous No.7701513]

>>7701504
See >>7701493

[Anonymous No.7701516]

>>7701499
Of course she is nice. Rosarie targets really sweet girls because they are easy to take advantage of, and exploits their kindness. She's a nasty cunt.

[Anonymous No.7701535]

>>7700599
>>7701516
Yeah, Karen is probably my favorite NYC lolita. I haven't been to the city in a while because I've been avoiding meets ever since the-mod-who-shall-not-be-named pretty much called me out for being one of the youngest members at the time (and the youngest at that meet). So yeah, but the second Karen saw me she was like, "Anon-chan!" And I was really flattered! I mean a lot of people recognized me and were happy to see me back, but she just seemed very excited about it.

The other shopgirl Tia, I've heard bad stuff about her but in all my interactions I've never actually seen her act that badly? She seemed kind of frazzled at the opening, and came off as awkward while I was checking out (I mean understandable, I just made a $600+ purchase and she was trying to figure out my points card)

But for TR's shopgirls they are amazing! Back at the old location they always remembered my name, past purchases, it was really impressive! I'm happy to see them back.

[Anonymous No.7701680]

>>7701535
>She seemed kind of frazzled at the opening, and came off as awkward while I was checking out

that's literally what tia is like all the time

[Anonymous No.7701762]

Hey guys, we got a news article!
http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/07/japanese-lolita-subculture-takes-new-york.html

[Anonymous No.7701815]

>>7701680
agreed, she's a ball of nervous energy 99% of the time

[Anonymous No.7701838]

>>7701762
>http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/07/japanese-lolita-subculture-takes-new-york.html

these photos are just awful

[Anonymous No.7701899]

>>7701762
I love how she asked me a million questions and stopped me to pose for "casual" photos throughout my entire time in the store... And not a single photo of me. Whatever, I'm just happy that the article is well written and she makes it clear that Lolita =/= the novel

[Anonymous No.7701904]

>>7701680
>>7701815
Man, I must have caught her on really good days at other meets, then. This is the first time I've seen her this frazzled. I'm going back to the store soon and now I'm curious as to how she'll act, lol.

[Funk Brothers !!sEQILr75Rya No.7701908]

>>7701762
Great writeup, but I agree with >>7701838 that the photos are awful.

[Anonymous No.7701909]

>>7701899
Same. The pictures are ugly so I am happy to not be in there.

[Anonymous No.7701968]

>>7701909
Yeah, some of those angles were REALLY strange... She also stopped one of the shop girls (Kitsy) and took quite a few photos when she was obviously anxious to get back to work, and didn't use even one. I understand getting a lot of photos but man, don't stop people for candid photos, that's not how it works.

But that flash, man.

[Anonymous No.7702108]

>>7701762
Wait wad this done by that lady in with the bobbed brown hair?

[Anonymous No.7702167]

>>7702108
I think it was a combination of the lady with the little camera (it had a biiiiiig flash attachment) and the lady with the voice recorder. Don't remember what they look like, though. (I am terrible at recalling faces)

[Anonymous No.7702398]

>>7702167
I know that I was stopped by a blonde lady that just had a little point and shoot camera on her. This style of photography works well with the typical grungy fashion shoots for the NY fashion scene, but it doesn't work at all with lolita.

[Anonymous No.7702422]

>>7702398
To be fair, inside the store there was that horrible white fluorescent lighting. It would probably look terrible with normal photography. And the edgy photography style doesn't work well with lolita, but it's OK for the people dressed in punk styles.

[Anonymous No.7702674]

>>7692111
fellow frilladelphian here.
I felt these feels. I dressed up and went to get lunch and tried to live vicariously through people's posts on FB and here ; n ;

[Anonymous No.7702854]

My favorite coords from the event.

[Anonymous No.7702858]

>>7702674
>frilladelphian
kek, cute

>>7699304
Anon, look, it's a picture of the chinese girls! >>7702854

[Anonymous No.7702861]

>>7702854
I took the same train as those two girls on the left and literally just followed them all the way to the store.
I probably would have gotten lost with a map because im directionally challenged haha

[Anonymous No.7702881]

>>7702108
I don't remember what they looked like but the "official" photographer was the lady in the floral romper and the interviewer was the one who was carrying a silver recording device.

[Anonymous No.7702937]

>>7696506
>>7696605
>>7696624
>>7696789
>>7697461
Thank you ladies! My husband is always incredibly sweet and encouraging. I can't wait to wear the dress, I hope I can put a co-ord together that will do it justice.

>>7696605
>>7696621
Thank you for mentioning Kinokuniya, anons. I've never been to one but hanks to your posts I looked it up. We went and spent about $300. It was like a weeb dream come true lmao.

I filled out a point card and a half, lol. I decided to save it for next time. Hopefully I'll be able to come back sometime soon, I'll definitely stop by the store then.

>>7696485
These two were my favourite! In general, everyone looked really good and was just sweet and lovely. I had a really good time (even if waiting in line killed my poor feet).

[Anonymous No.7702942]

>>7702854
Great outfits. Were there any other girls dressed to this level?

[Anonymous No.7702959]

>>7702942
There was a lot of fabulous people. I'm an asshole and didn't get pictures, and the people I know did haven't gotten to posting theirs yet.

[Anonymous No.7703011]

>>7702959
I was too spaghetti to ask most people for pictures, but I definitely gushed at a lot of coords that haven't been posted yet. I think it ranged very wide. You had really perfectly put together textbook coords like >>7702854, you had really creative coords that might not have been everyone's cup of tea but I thought were really cool or misses that I could see someone else liking, you had a lot of 'very good' to 'nothing wrong but not exciting' coords, you had obvious newbies/poorfags. And honestly I think it was really cool to see the range of people that came out for this.

[Anonymous No.7703021]

>>7703011
People came from many states to attend. There were people from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philly, Maryland, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and more.

[Anonymous No.7703025]

>>7702854
The Chinese lolitas are always impeccable. They're all rolling in burando. And the Momoko dress is so beautiful in person.

[Anonymous No.7703471]

>>7701899
Yup, same exact thing here. Honestly I don't even mind because most of these photos are pretty unflattering