Närcon 2015, J-fashion.

This entry won't need commentary - it's all the cute street styles I managed to snap!

The summer slipped away; welcome autumn.

I realized that I've got plenty of photos I haven't put here yet ranging from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn, so here we go. Starting with puffin elegance because yes I've made these puffin hairclips in all possible colours.

Hveragerði's ice cream day casual coord. Except that when we got there it was so windy that my hairstyle was immediately torn to pieces and it was pure luck I didn't lose the poor puffin. ;^;

We also had our first autumn storm which was a bit surprising because they usually hit us in October. I went to walk in it for fun because I have a weird idea of what constitutes as fun.

Hair art by the SO. Not sure whether to call it a heart or a certain part of male anatomy. :D

More food news from Reykjavík: there's a donut stall on the side of Ingólfstorg that sells mini donuts. Super yummy!

Best part of autumn: layers and layers of sweaters and scarves. 

I think the shoulder thingy (scarf? cape? shoulder-ette?) is crocheted by either my mother or my grandmother. It's cute and warm. :3

Naturally the drunk-knit bubble sweater has been dug out a long time ago, the first cold day in fact. I missed it! Btw new shoes - well, new from a flea market -new.

Hoping you too will have a warm autumn and chai tea, cinnamon coffee, hot toddies and mulled wine and oh, isn't it soon time to prepare for Kekri/Halloween...?

Lolita meet-up etiquette: Iceland version.

During the Närcon's lolita meet-up we spoke with one local girl and an interesting topic came up: what are you allowed to wear to a lolita meet-up. She seemed positively astounded to hear that the Icelandic lolita community has absolutely no rules regarding this, and that showing up to a meet-up in your normal clothes/some other style that's not within the lolita umbrella was totally ok, so I thought to put together an official meet-up dress etiquette for Fluff It Like a Puffin for future reference.

1. All and any styles are allowed. Love gyaru? Come as one! Lolita? Naturally! You don't own any lolita clothes but you're interested in the style? Come as you are.

Because let's be realistic, this is a very fresh hobby in Iceland. While people of the comm all share a love for Japanese fashion styles not everyone even has lolita clothes yet OR they prefer to go for some other style. As an admin it's my opinion that they don't need to own any to be a part of the community. Fluffit exists solely as a place for people to gather together around a common interest and we don't turn anyone away just because they either don't have or choose to not wear lolita to meet-ups that don't have a specific dress code.

If you want to host a meet-up on your own any rules and dress codes are entirely up to you of course, the above one is only for the community's official meet-ups. :)

2. What we DO care about is how you behave though.

Always take others into account. I cannot stress this enough, remember that the main point of meet-ups is hanging out with friends, so don't inconvenience the others.

Be in time, don't force the others to wait for you unless you know they have a chance of doing that in a comfortable place - you know what the weather can be like at worst but even on the sunniest day standing on a spot, wondering if one missing person is going to arrive at all, is very unpleasant. If you're going to be late let someone know so the others can go ahead with the meet-up and you can join it as you arrive.

If someone's hosting a meet-up with a limited number of people allowed, don't hog a place unless you're 100% certain you're going to come. Don't use the "maybe" option on FB for these meet-ups. "Maybeing" is totally ok if there's no attendance limit but if one exists, taking a place and then fading on the group is not acceptable because that chance of attending is away from someone else.

If a meet-up is hosted at someone's place, remember to also leave in time. When the meet-up is over it's over, thank the host for fun tiems and don't linger. The host may want to start cleaning up, they may have more things on their schedule for the day, they may just want to rest. Lending one's place for a meet-up is a really generous gesture and awesome for everyone so don't scare hosts away from doing that.

3. So wait, this community is for Icelanders only? Is there a way of meeting you guys if I'm coming over?

This community in fact is not only for Icelanders, but we do have one condition on joining the community: being here. This means that you can join the comm if you're an Icelander living in Iceland, foreigner living in Iceland, Icelander or a foreigner planning to move to Iceland or visiting Iceland as a tourist. The languages acceptable in the comm are Icelandic and English.

Therefore if you're planning a trip to Iceland and would like to meet the local lolitas why not drop us a note! We won't automatically accept people into the comm if their FB profiles don't show obvious connection to the country, so PM one of the admins/moderators on Fluffit and let us know of your plans. Most likely we can arrange a meet-up on some easy to reach location downtown, f.ex. a cafe.

Can't bring a coord? No problem. Our group is first and foremost interested in meeting the person themselves - the first dress code rule (iow no dress code) means everyone. :)

Närcon 2014 report 5: lolitas off stage.

That's... one way of making a flower bed I suppose.

Anyways, onto more lolita and fashion!

If you see a photo of yourself feel free to use it as you like, but please credit me and include a link to the blog entry you got it from.

Starting with the gyaru. Of all con-goers they seemed the most well-adjusted to the weather, also really cute.

Sometime earlier we found out there was going to be a lolita meet-up in Närcon and asked them on FB if we could join them for a bit. We were welcomed immediately and during a rare moment of not being needed elsewhere on NCC business we sneaked into our lolitas and over to the C-house garden. Btw note the dress on the right. :3

Well, sneaked - more like wandered around not entirely sure where to go, but S had some idea of the most likely location and voila! There they were!

Sadly we had very little time, so we tried to take as many group photos as possible so we wouldn't miss anyone -

- this time arranged into somewhat matching groups -

- and then we had to say goodbye and return to work. But it's always interesting to meet lolitas of other countries!

More lolita photos, in some kind of a chronological order. Sorry for cropping you so tight, again just trying to get rid of unwanted items on both sides of the photo... -.-

This was the first time we met the Dream Holic Wigs girl! I really loved her coords!

And then suddenly.

Khal Drogo photobomb.

This is so perfect. I cannot even. But I do curse my bad quality photo.

Creepy leg shot trouser leg detail.

Detail shot.

There were so many lovely lolitas in this convention!

Seriously in love with this coord. *_*

The same ouji who was wearing all white in the group photos - this photo is actually from the next day, right before the fashion show.

Some old school is always good! Especially when it's so well-executed!

We also found people to bully more cute lolitas at the Artist Ally. :D

Of course I needed a photo of every single one of them. :3

Haha, this photo's great! :D A better look at the "maid style" coord.

Here she is again. :D How did you manage to appear in so many of my photos without me noticing I was taking your photo over and over? :DDD No complaints though, it was great to have more detailed photos of your coord.

Here's that selfmade dress that I promised a better photo of - I loved it. The coord is also flawless.

Both S and I died a happy death when we spotted this one because dream dresses etc. you know the feel.

A definite old school sweet lolita coord, a picture perfect example of how it's done well!

More awesome outfits from the NCC team. :333