..when I go to Japan. Its called Mary Magdalene (yeah ok ignore the name, why they named it after that bible chick I’ll never know), and it has the CUTEST dresses and coats I have ever seen! Actually, they sell hats and bonnets as well! Strangely enough, when I saw the bonnets, I flashbacked instantly to my younger days when I used to be obsessed with the Muppet Christmas Carol. Why. The. Frack? Maybe because of this person:
Yeah, it is a sucky picture of her, but I’ve spent about an hour and thats the best google could come up with. Anyway, see the bonnet shes wearing? Yeah. Bonnets now officially equal The Muppet Christmas Carol. Is bonnet even the right word for those hat-things? Whatever, now I’ve got “The Love is Gone” stuck in my head. I probably shouldn’t be telling you this, for fear of exposing my weirdness, but I actually found and downloaded that song onto my iTunes a few years ago.
Anyway, back to Mary Magdalene, i’m going to try and find out the prices via a page translator, as theres a lot of different numbers on each page and I can’t really read what the site says (shh, I’m nowhere near ‘good’ at reading Japanese yet!) but I’ll update this post when I find out. Seriously, these clothes are like something out of the Victorian era, so I bet its going to be expensive. MASSIVE thanks go to Atashi (who, by the way, is absolutely awesome with her song translation, art, and Haruhi cosplaying) who happened to mention this shop in one of her posts.
Heres some pictures of my fav things they’re selling:
CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE OMG SO CUTE
I really hope that isn’t real fur…
Nyah! I love it!
I can assure you that I’d NEVER wear a bonnet unless I went back in time (or was cosplaying), but hey its cute!
Ok thats enough for today, I may have mentioned the word cute one or two times too many, but oh well. Next post I may start putting up Japanese “lessons” for my friends who have asked for it, with links to my clips that will go along with these lessons.
Look forward to it, ok?
6 responses so far ↓
fightingwindmills // January 20, 2008 at 3:53 am
So pretty! I had no idea this was en vogue in Japan.
theycallmefoot // January 20, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Neither did I until I came across the site, but then again this is coming from Japan. What HASN’T gone into fashion there? I mean, there was the whole outbreak of girls buying maid outfits for their wardrobes, and that was only a few months ago.
fightingwindmills // January 21, 2008 at 12:43 am
Ashi, I can read the prices and convert them to dollars if you still want some help. I can read a little in Japanese.
Thanks for commenting on my blog.
theycallmefoot // January 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Maybe my blog is being stupid and not showing everything it should, because I made another post with the converted prices on the same day as this. I can see it when I go to the blogs main page or when I click on the 19th on the calendar. But, thanks muchly for the offer =)
And it was no problem, I enjoy reading experiences from people who lived/ are living in Japan, It helps to prepare me for their culture.
Atashi // January 30, 2008 at 4:29 am
The prices are right at the top of the item’s page, where you see something like
22,800円
(税込23,940円)
That’s the regular price (in yen) and with tax. MM’s dresses are usually around $200-$300 and their coats are $400-$600. MM does not ship overseas. You usually can’t order things directly from the website, either; rather, they announce items in batches of 4-5 every month or so that they’ll be selling and you put in a reserve order (and pay up). Whatever they don’t sell out with the reserves they’ll put up on the site…which are the not-as-pretty designs.
Also note that MM only sells in one size, around 35″/25″ (bust/waist) max.
theycallmefoot // January 31, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Thanks for the pricing and the info =)
I know I said I’d update this post with the pricing, but I actually ended up making a new post with the prices I had worked out, but thanks again anyway =)
Hmm, I don’t know inches, those ″ marks mean inches right? But I’ll look up the sizes on a unit convertor.
Thanks for all the info =D