/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10780824
Bless you for making a new thread anon. I don't have much hope for this weeks release, but I will be attending the AP Paris event! It will be interesting to see what special items they might have on sale.

https://www.angelicpretty.com/newarrival/7-2sat-new-arrival/#

This was posted on AP's most recent release announcement. So they are aware of scalpers at least.

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It is prohibited to buy, sell or exchange the numbered tickets given out.

If such an act is discovered, the numbered ticket will be invalid.

We do not allow purchase of merchandise that is intended for commercial purposes including resale.

Please refrain from buying and selling our merchandise on flea market sites, flea market apps, internet auctions, etc.

If an act of reselling is discovered, we may refuse all future transactions with that customer.

>>10780864
>pwease no scalpy pwease ;w;

>>10780836
Oh I love this. I can't decide if I like the OP or JSK more. I wish it came in other colors

>>10780836
AP wasting manufacturing resources with this trash.

>>10780836
This is so boring

>>10780836
The bodice of this just reminds me of the dresses my mom used to make me wear to church every Sunday when I was a kid...

>>10780895
I love it too, but won't get it because once again we have a polyester release. I'm just going to have to keep buying up old dresses when they come on the secondhand marker.

>>10780824
not even a model can make those look remotely good

>>10780895
This would be cute as a lazy sundress but who wants to pay AP prices for that? Also pretty sure it will look like trash on anyone with tits

>>10780824
I need that fucking laundry print. I will murder a newbie just to make sure I get everything I want from that series. Do people think it's fugly? I hope so because that will work out in my favor just to make sure I get all the items.

Why is APs site so fucking busted?

>>10780864
I wonder if they’re posting this as an excuse to deny selling to Chinese people by saying they caught them scalping? If enough Japanese lolitas were complaining about it, they might be willing to do it. The Chinese lolitas will probably get pissed but they’re not going to stop buying.
If this is true, it’s basically a way to curate who gets the in store quota. The bots will still get a lot of the online quota but they’ll be able to pick and choose in store.

>>10781022
is it working for anyone?

>>10781033
Nada

>>10781033
Nope. I’m just seeing how long I care to keep refreshing for at this point

>>10781033
I can get through sometimes, but there's no "add to cart" button on any item on the site...

>>10781034
>>10781036
>>10781037

Same, this bullshit happens almost every release. You would think they could afford an updated site. The website is not even secure.

>>10781040
Didn’t they used to do a semi ticketed system for releases for a little bit?

RIPPERONI TO MY GULLS FIGHTING FOR THIS RELEASE

Did AP block me..?
I can't load anything now. Solid 503 error.

>>10781049
It's not just you nonny. It's everyone.

the site loads every refresh now, but still no buy button

aaaand it's gone

I got the white JSK but I'm not holding my breath.
They probably oversold this by a lot.

It was in my cart and then it wasn’t. Rip everyone

whew that went fast once everything went live! got the headbow I was going for though.

I got the pink Soap bubble OP if anyone wants to trade for the JSK!

REPLICA CHAN FROM THE LAST THREAD

I GOT THE JSK AND OP I WANTED FROM AP USA

I RECANT MY REPLICA SUPPORT

SUPPORT AP

STAY BLESSED

Fuck yes I got both of the parkas I wanted!

Did anyone spectating get the stock quantities of the Soap Bubbles JSKs?
I was too busy checking out, by the time I could look, only the yellow colorway was left and there was 2. That was at 12:50 PST.

>>10781060
*white Soap Bubbles JSK

>>10781067
How do you see the quantity in stock??

>>10781068
There's a quantity box above the "Add to Cart" button. If you type something like "99" and add it, the cart system will adjust your cart to the correct number.

Sometimes I stalk releases just so I can quickly add all the stock to my cart and see how may of each thing they got.

>>10781066
Same nonny. Seems like no one cared about HG except the Garland itself and some small things. Lucky for those of us who were just down bad for those pastel parkas.

>>10781073
Interesting I wonder if Paris gets more stock than SF for the good releases.

>>10781073
That's awesome you know that. How much stock do they usually get for a typical release.

Here's an example - they actually stocked a lot of these Face Clips this time.

>>10781075
Usually Paris does get a little more. But I can't say a whole lot, because I only track releases I like, or really hate (just to see how badly they do).

>>10781077
For dresses, sometimes it's only 1 of each colorway, sometimes it's more like 3 or 5.
For accessories, it's more like 5, or sometimes 10+. I would say anything over 15 is a lot.

>>10781080
I really wish they would limit online releases to a certain quantity for the first day or something. I was worried someone would just buy all the HG brooches.

>>10781082
I think they would still cancel orders if people legit tried to buy multiples of items? Otherwise I think people would already be doing it.

>>10781084
You really think AP SF give a shit who buys what? If they really cared they would update the site and security.

Has anybody DIYed their own Happy Garland brooch yet? I'm curious how it turned out.

>>10781100
I think some taobao shops made one

i dont understand why soap bubbles is so popular it is so ugly

>>10781017
One of my favourite AP prints, not that I've seen that many and it's not like I'm a huge AP fan either.
But I think it's really fun, I would want to own one if I were into lolita.

>>10781105
pastel rainbows are cute, and it's nice to have something rainbow that's evocative of soap bubbles instead of the usual "hurr durr gay"

What does “invoice printed” mean on an order on ap USA?

>>10781127
Most likely they printed your order and are preparing to package and then ship it.

>>10781100
Most of the attempts at DIY brooches I’ve seen look awful and don’t capture the cuteness that the original brooch has honestly

>>10781155
The original one isn't even that cute nonny it's pretty tacky and weird. May as well make your own if you actually have sewing skills.

>>10781105
Same, anon. The ruffles don't look bubbly to me at all and the whole thing is amorphous and all over the place

I hope we get news of NB this week. The anticipation is killing me

Just got a shipped email from AP USA. I'm surprised they had things on hand this time.
Hope no one gets a cancelled email.

>>10781155
do you have any pics pf the ones you've seen?

>>10781155
do you have any pics of the ones you've seen?

I finally got a shipping notification! Glad I got a pink Soap Bubbles set

Ended up paying shipping cost multiple times since I was not ready to risk one cart of everything I wanted, but worth it to get everything on my list!

>>10780864
Stolen from Instagram.

I guess they really were serious. I don't think this will do anything, but this is evidence of how pissed off people have been at releases. I hope the big offenders get ratted out.

>>10781315
Who's IG? A Japanese lolita or a SS?

>>10781323
It was Airy.

>>10781105
I remember people on LJ shitting on it back at the time of the original release.

>>10781327
All severely unpopular releases became popular, somehow. Probably due to scarcity in the western market

>>10781315
>We do not allow purchase of merchandise that is intended for commercial purposes including resale.
wait so doesn't that mean all ss are prohibited, technically?

>>10781337
technically, but AP seem to be aware of SS and know that's where a lot of money for them comes from

>>10781315
Haven’t they had rules like this posted on the shop blogs for ages? They don’t do anything about it though

>>10781337
I think the main target is scalpers (aka people selling things on fril for 60k). SS are a little different conceptually, because we're paying them for a service, rather than an upcharged item. Also SS don't relist things on websites.
I know they're both making a profit, and buying more stock than an individual, but I personally think scalpers are way worse than SS.

>>10781345
Yeah, but handing out a piece of paper is a bit escalated for AP. Isn't it uncharacteristic for Japan to be "direct"?

>>10781345
The only way to really control scalping and reselling is to either make everything an MTO or produce a quantity of inventory that exceeds demand so that re-selling no longer is profitable.
Everything selling out in minutes (or seconds) is incredibly frustrating for customers, but for the company it's great because:
-No leftover stock.
-Creates appearance of extremely high demand/popularity even if a lot of the sales are to scalpers.
-Generates hype and FOMO and so people buy right away without hesitation knowing that the thing in question may sell out rapidly, maybe even stuff they were on the fence about.
Bloodbath releases have been a problem with AP for years but they haven't changed their business model much due to the above factors.

>>10781363
>Isn't it uncharacteristic for Japan to be "direct"?
Depends on the scenario but in this case it does seem out of the norm. Like AP generally says no scalpers and no replicas online and has for years but maybe they haven't been as much of a worry at the physical stores until now. Especially considering most scalpers used to just be lolitas or ex lolitas but now it's evolved to be people scalping just for business with no connection to the fashion.

>>10781315
I’m willing to bet they start requiring people to be wearing AP again and if they just put a dress on over regular clothes, they start requiring coords (or put some line about shop staff having discretion if they believe you’re reselling). I don’t think people would be so mad if there were majority lolitas getting items, but if it is like mk said and it’s gangs of people in normal clothes buying up the releases, ya people will get pissed.

>>10781378
I think AP should require a "properly fitting coord" so that the "non-lolita business" SS like >>10781376 said can't just throw on a dress that still has a tag. It's a pretty low bar still, but it eliminates the people who can't be bothered.
I'd be pretty pissed if I saw a bunch of old normie dudes in line at a release, trading numbers and being blatant about it. The part that gets me is how shameless it is. Like apparently they weren't even trying to hide it. Probably because there were so many doing the same thing, they didn't think they'd "get caught."

>>10781107
>if I were into lolita
Literally piss off roleplayer chan.

>>10781065
You got what you wanted right away so now you love AP.

>>10781208
These are the ones from the Happy Garland tag on IG I've seen

>>10781400
itas

>>10780836
I'm a little surprised it sold out. I was expecting some colorways and that ugly old school inspired jsk to sell out but not everything.

>>10781419
Same. I guess nearly everything sells out on the JP site though. It definitely wasn't popular on the Paris site.

>>10781400
I should cut up my old SC to make one of these.

love that fat AP whale posting not to buy scalped GH garlands when her flabby ass fingers get easy access

>>10781649
How do you get easy access? Pretty sure you’re pressed because she’s fat.

>>10781688
She works at AP SF stupid.

>>10781373
Why don't they literally just do a lottery like BABY? Then bots and scalpers won't be the *only* ones getting the items each release.

>>10781065
kys

>>10781724
I believe the in store releases are a lottery, that’s what the numbers are for.
Online, I’m guessing they are not set up to do lotteries. It would be smart to set it up and do them though, at least that would stop the bots.

>>10781400
thank you. hmm the top left is hideous, the bottom ones have colors that are too dark, and the top right doesnt look very well-made. But I don't think it's impossible to make a cute one.

>>10781746
Bottom right looks like they used the fabric samples that used to come with dresses, at least the blue one is Miracle Candy I’m pretty sure. Looks well made but would be better with pastels for Happy Garland. Top right looks like they made it with glue instead of sewing, left top used bad colors and left bottom used bad colors and then did ugly paintings. As a gull who sees this would be easy as hell to do, why do people have such bad taste?

>>10781764
I agree lower right looks the best aside from colors but they need to do the top-stitching around the edge like the original has to make it look more finished and keep the edges flat. None of the ones in that collage have that.

>>10781017
it's so perfect

>>10781745
They've done it at least once before. In 2017 for Khronos Utopia, went through my chats to see my friend talking about it.

>>10781017
people here def seem to think it's fugly but who knows what china and japan think

>>10782193

idk, I think it appeals to people who like kitsch. I'm not normally even into AP but I'm mildly interested in this one, interested enough to poke around after the bloodbath and see if there are any leftovers. CGL, particularly the AP threads, are contrarian anyways, I would not trust cgl with any gestalt of how popular an AP print will be.

Has Risa had surgery or does she look exactly the same (+age) and my eyes are confused?

>>10782279
it's shoop

>>10782279
She's heavily photoshopped in most pictures.

>>10782217
likely popular in Japan/China, and I feel like it already has a cult following in the west. my comm is excited about it at least, more than the other summer releases teased in the lookbook

When does the laundry print come out? I need the bag

There’s a white colourful star parka on AP jp if anyone still wants one
>tfw paid AP Paris prices

>>10782193
>people here def seem to think it's fugly
Dunno about that, I’ve seen mostly anticipation for it here

Is it just me or have MTOs/rereleases been thin on the ground so far this year? This time last year we’d had multiple releases of Little House/Petit Bouquet, Cherry Stamp, LBS MTOs, Sugary Carnival, some others. I haven’t actually counted but it feels like less. There’s a few prints I’ve missed this year and was hoping to have seen a MTO by now. I suppose they still have a backlog from last year tho

So what do we think the special print reservation will be?
They didn't say it's "never seen before," so I'm kind of feeling it will be Sunny Smile Laundry.

I'm one of the people who thinks it's interesting, but ugly. It has a lot of personality, but it's too "western" or whatever for me. I give AP props for making a unique bag, it's just misguided on subject matter.

I just got my Soap Bubbles JSK today, and I can immediately the manufacturing is better than it was for Candy Fairy. It really makes me wonder if the quality control on the MTO was messed up, or if they got so many orders and panicked with the China lockdowns/delays that they just didn't care anymore.
All the sewing and bows on Soap Bubbles looks straight and nice, while my Candy Fairy OPs feel wonky and rushed (arm holes on my sax OP were larger and less elastic than my white OP, small bow on the chest is off centered, center bow on the waist were sewn differently, my two headbows are different shapes, etc).
I'm nervous that Nakayoshi Bunny may also feel rushed and badly made. If any other anons have noticed problems with Candy Fairy, I'm curious to know.

>>10783517
>it's just misguided on subject matter.
...what?

>>10783590
>>10783517
>but it's too "western" or whatever for me
doing laundry is only a western thing?

>>10783596
does anon not understand how 1950s USA Japan was for the longest time?

>>10783596
Like someone else said, it just feels kitschy. It reminds me of a supermarket, or nuclear family housewife.
If it's popular, that's fine. It's just very much not my taste, because I'm around enough of those things already.

>>10783614
you didn't explain what you meant by misguided.

>>10783517
either that or Sailor Marine Kitten

>>10783617
I'm going to get hate from the people who love this print, but I meant "misguided" as in "we didn't need a whole print series, complete with jewelry, about soap." Basically, it's unique, and something "new," if you're not counting Lovely Bathroom, but I feel like the last thing anyone expects/wants from AP specifically is a print about household chores.

>>10783626
Oh, wait... you're completely right. It's definitely going to be Sailor Marine Kitten if it's not a "never before seen" thing.

>>10783630
I think it's cute, I love doing laundry. Usually I have to just toss things in, but I always pay special attention to my lolita and enjoy the process of seeking out stains, cleaning them, using oxiclean to get brighter clothes, the feeling of a freshly air-dried dress. It makes me so happy to spend time admiring and perfecting the dresses I love, therefore I LOVE the print.

>>10783652
>makes me so happy to spend time admiring and perfecting the dresses I love
I feel this and I like washing lolita more than my normie clothes, but I guess the imagery of it print doesn't make me feel the same joy as actually going through the actions.

>>10783630
i think you're pretty mistaken honestly. the print is obviously influenced heavily by honey cake in its kitschy theming around something domestic/mundane. and that's why honey cake wasn't popular to begin with either. both of them look like meta made them. but AP has done this kind of stuff from time to time i feel like a lot of their toy prints have a similar feeling. i think there's a definite feeling that AP that we love of delicate princessy fluffiness, like being at a sparkling, never-ending tea party but AP also has a childlike whimsy about it, and adding whimsy to the mundane is definitely in line with their older branding.

>>10783590
>>10783617
>>10783705
turbo autism

>>10783729
sorry you're too retarded to have fun.

>>10783652
>using oxiclean to get brighter clothes
how often do you need to use it to achieve that, like every time you do the laundry or just once in a while?

>>10783732
consooming is sooooooooooooo fun i just love buying soulless unevenly cut pieces of plastic fabric covered in drawings of plastic bottles

Is AP USA always so slow to reply to emails? Waiting for a response from them since

>>10783517
Full offence, Paris and Shanghai stores being favoured is a wad of shit. Japan hasn’t had a tea party or special event for a long time. Their special release items are ugly like the blue Lemonade Float and Girly Apple releases. I feel especially sorry for the burgers that get nothing except an “”anniversary”” ring once in a while at their sorry excuse of a store.

>>10784030
china is their biggest market by far, why would they not favor it? do you understand just how many lolitas there are in china, like hundreds of thousands or even more? it's not even an "alternative" fashion there, it's a mainstream trend for gen z girls. no other country comes close, esp not japan which has a tiny fraction of that population in the first place.

idk why they love paris so much tho.

>>10784030
I thought the anniversary for Paris was in-person this year, but the email says it's online? What did people purchase a ticket for? Just being first in line to shop? I don't understand.

US never gets anything. Sometimes there's an ugly mint colorway of something, like the booger Milky Bear. AP's hard-on over Paris is something I'll never really understand.

>>10784064
The Japanese love Paris and they think the European girls dress well. It makes sense that they’d favor it to a degree. Shanghai gets favor because they have so much business. I wonder if they get a larger quota of dresses.
US gets scraps because it’s a franchise store and Americans don’t dress as well in their opinion. We’re the red headed stepchild and honestly we’re lucky to get anything. If AP SF closed up I’m sure they’d be glad not to have to deal with it, but they stick with it to save face.

>>10784064
I didn’t get an email. The original announcement made me think it was an in person event.

Why did AP bother with franchising to the US if they don’t give a fuck about it. Even if it was because of Linda, he’s gone. Close it down or give more care towards the SF store for fucks sake AP.

>>10784063
>>10784064
they love Paris for the aesthetics, it's their dream store. Shanghai they love for the $$$

>>10784122
It’s basically because of Lynda. They originally franchised it to her as Starry Candy Box but she did not have a real job so she didn’t have the capital for a brick and mortar store. Harajuku Hearts did so they were able to take over the franchising and Lynda was just in charge of the online stuff until people realized she’s an alt right nut and she was ousted.
I’m sure they stick with it because it would be rude to pull it at this point or some other weird Japanese thing. They refused to stop working with Lynda even though she was nuts just because she was the one that got them to the US in the first place with Cosplay Oneesan. Before that they had no way to buy if you weren’t in Japan or using a shopping service. After they came to the US in 2007 they opened the international site (which was a glorified forwarding service and a giant pain in the ass to use).

>>10784123
do Japanese go to Paris for the tea party? On one hand that seems fun and they could definitely make a trip out of it, on the other hand it's a lot of hassle to try to go to Paris then fly back, especially for working age lolitas in Japan.

>>10784121
They stick with it literally only because Baby has a shop there.

>>10784121
Japanese love the idea of Paris, look up Paris syndrome. Not that SF is better, I wouldn't want to go to either city with all the hobos, crime, and trash

>>10784063
don't forget there's also AP chengdu as well, so they have two official stores on mainland china.

>>10784155
Baby hasn't had a Paris shop in years, I think it closed around 2016

>>10784280
samefag, I realised you were talking about SF not Paris, my bad

Nakayoshi Bunny MTO pushed back to August.

>>10784346
This is the delivery ETA for the USA store, it's possible it will still be technically completed in July

>>10784239
Everybody likes the idea of Paris. It’s just a romantic spot.

>>10784415
there's nothing more or less romantic about it than other places. and they're certainly not better dressed than japanese lolitas

>>10784417
There’s a lot more romantic about it than Arkansas or Minneapolis just as two examples.

>>10784346
>>10784355
Japan hasn't made any new announcements (at least, not that I know of), so fingers crossed.
Although I'm scared the manufacturing for this is going to be bad, like it was for Candy Fairy.

>>10784448
Im calling it now- Japan will announce Nakayoshi is pushed back but they’ll tell customers the last day of July

>>10784451
That would be very on brand of them, but then the US store should be pushing it back to September because overseas stores always get MTOs later.

>>10784586
Be honest with yourself, that’s what’s going to happen.

I still don't really understand what's happening with the Paris 6th Anniversary.
Is part of the event in-person and the reservation online? Or did they move everything online at the last minute? People don't seem happy.

>>10784732
What's hard to understand? They've always had an anniversary fair (in-store) and an event (usually tea party but this year it's a showroom?), they're both around the same time but two different events. It seems the showroom is still happening but the anniversary fair is online.

>>10784735
>It seems the showroom is still happening but the anniversary fair is online.
This is what it sounds like but I was thrown off by what Paris said in their email >>10784064

Also it's weird that Paris is citing the "current health situation" as a reason not to allow shopping at the event, but is okay with people sitting next to each other and eating? If I remember correctly, people got to shop Happy Garland last year in person.

>>10784735
>>10784740
Sorry for double post and being dumb. I didn't understand that the two things were actually separate.

>>10784740
They also cited Chinese lockdowns as one of the reasons, so they must have failed to get the items for the anniversary fair in time for an in-store event.

>>10782279
She’s cooming. Leave her alone.

>>10783637
I don’t think this is the case. Sailor Marine Kitten is highly likely to be released this Saturday. It would make no sense for AP Paris to hold a ‘pre-reservation’ on Saturday evening (Sunday morning in Japan).

In other news, one of the most popular AP dresses is getting a rerelease for the umpteenth time.

>>10784783
If it’s Topping Heart, I’ll rip my hair out.

>>10784783
Topping Heart, Little House, Honey Cake?

>>10784784
this or fucking Little House again

>>10784783
Hoping it's petit heart, I've been waiting all spring for its yearly re-release

>>10784784
>>10784786
>>10784788
>>10784791
These are all relatively new series that have been rereleased a few times already, but I wouldn’t call any of them the most popular, especially if you consider the quantity produced. Think about more iconic AP designs.

>>10784783
>>10784794
Misty Sky or Dream Marine. (Chinese) Bitches love Dream Marine

If it’s Holy Lantern I will set myself on fire

>>10784794
fuck off. actually post what it is or leave. this thing where you drop hints and "teehee ur close!" shit is fucking annoying.

>>10784794
I always guess Holy Lantern but it's not even fall yet. Cream cookie collection? Misty Sky? Melty Royal Chooclate?

AP SH will get Melody Toys and Melty Berry Princess sets this week

>>10784801
Did they not get the MTO?

>>10784783
>>10784794
Angelic Prophet! I'm so happy you're still here.
Maybe it's Melody Toys. For awhile, that was getting rereleases back to back. I really wish they'd stop dragging certain series through the mud and rerelease something worthwhile (coughmilkyplanet coughmilkychancough).

>>10784797
Silence, whore. You will not speak that way in the presence of our distinguished guest!

>>10784877
"distinguished guest" oh please, they either say something generic enough it could be construed as right eventually or are just straight up wrong half the time. Either say what's coming out without making people fawn over you or don't post anything at all. We'll find out in a few hours what the release actually will be anyways.

>>10784880
Angelic Prophet is a national treasure.

>>10784881
Angelic Prophet is doing something illegal to obtain this information either by hacking the website and/or breaking their terms of work contract as an employee. AP can and will sue whoever they are if they knew who it was.

>>10784881
stop replying to her, she's just trying to start shit

>>10784884
Who pissed in your closet nonny

>>10784885
there are multiple anons who want her to fuck off. she's literally just coming in here to start conversation and only posts after ap announces it. she has no insider info.

If I came into this thread every once in a while and said "Angelic Pretty is going to release something anticipated" of course i would eventually be right.

>>10784896
>>10784890
She's saying they're going to release one of their most popular dresses for the millionth time. That's pretty specific information that doesn't apply to every dress. Only something like Misty sky or Holy Lantern would fit. If AP already announced that, it's news to me. We'll see if they're right.

>>10784899
she's drip feeding info useless to cause dumb tinfoils over what dress it is. even if she has the info she's too cowardly to release it early as if AP is going to fire her. she comes itt and does nothing.

>>10784884
How does that boot taste, sweetheart?

>>10784783
so then Paris will likely have the reservation for Sunny Smile Laundry for their Anniversary, since iirc that's the last new print from the Summer Lookbook, unless it's an entirely new print. they'll open reservations for Sailor Marine Kitten tomorrow.
hoping it's SSL, since a special set would be cute.

as for the re release, I wouldn't even be mad at a HL rerelease as long as the zipper JSK comes back.

>>10784890
I honestly don't care either way but it is fun to speculate.

>>10784913
Do you even know what that phrase means, retard?

>>10784783
my bet is on holy lantern but i hope i'm wrong

>>10784890
>she's literally just coming in here to start conversation
conversation? on MY taiwanese dress-up forum?!

>>10784795
Self-immolation is not an answer, anon, though I admit there’s a certain irony in using an actual oil lantern for it.
>>10784877
Thank you, kind anon! Unfortunately it’s one of those dresses everyone and their mother owns.
>>10784899
>Only something like Misty sky or Holy Lantern would fit.
This is exactly what I mean by ‘one of the most popular series’.

>>10784890
> she's literally just coming in here to start conversation
Did you hit your head? What the fuck else are you supposed to do here? Actual retard.

>>10784964
AP can release these for the millionth time, and baww over customers asking for the revival of literally any other popular print.

>>10784964
I don't understand, why don't you just tell us the print....?

>>10784968
because she's lying.

>>10784973
Well come check back here in a couple days to either gloat or take your L

>>10784976
if she actually knew BEFORE they release the details, she would just post it now instead of posting for attention.

>>10784979
Anon. she's only been wrong once and that was about a single colorway of NB. How fucking new are you. She's likely skating around some NDA shit incase someone outs her.

>>10784967
I will never understand the appeal of Misty Sky. It's like a stock desktop background

>>10784979
She's pretty clearly telling us what kind of dress and is probably just trying to avoid some NDA legal shit. Stop being a whiny cunt.

>>10784982
no she's not

>>10784980
She's been wrong multiple times, anon. and doing this is risking US/western customers some kind of punishment or penalty if they find out what she's been doing

itt jelly itas bigmad they cant be a based and clouted industry leaker

>>10784986
ap already doesn't care about american customers lmao

>>10784986
Good thing I rarely buy from AP USA. And I can't recall any times she's actually been wrong aside from the missing NB colorway.

>>10784987
she's literally lying. i bet she does webdev shit and just pretends she knows what's going on. also she seems like a male.

>>10784964
One day I hope you're able to tell us it'll finally be Milky Planet/Milky Fawn's turn. But until then, thank you for doing divine work.

>>10784986
AP doesn't even respond to English emails, why would they read an English thread with ~vague details~? Big lulz.

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>>10784900
Those who are blind to the light of the Prophet shall be banished from the holy land of burando.

>>10784135
I've been to their TP since 2016 and I've never seen any Japanese lolita who've traveled for the event, I've seen many Chinese multiple times
And if you were curious about AP, they sometime bring some of their shop girls from Japan to assist them but I think it only happened in 2016 when the shop opened and now they only have the usual shop girl from Paris store

>>10785002
she isn't a prophet. she's not even correct most if the time.

>>10785006
how long u been here, fucking newfag

go sperg somewhere else

>>10784995
Exactly why if they find out someone's doing this for all western customers to get banned

>>10785002
They respond to the western community when find out their intellectual property is being compromised by stupid illegal shit the western community is pulling

>>10784997
>>10785008
Lurk moar, she's been wrong multiple times.

>>10785014
How tf is their intellectual property being compromised? She’s not making knock offs with their art, which has been done in the western community. She’s dropping some hints on what’s going to be released in the near future. It neither helps nor hurts anyone in any tangible way. Even if she came in and said “Holy Lantern in every color will release at 12pm JST on July 15” it means absolutely nothing as far as their intellectual property being compromised.

The only way they could think that is if actual unreleased pictures were posted. Which would probably not be believed even if it was obviously real because some of you have a stick up your ass about people knowing things before you do.

>>10785014
Why do you care this much? Go touch a leaf

>>10785014
You're hyperfixating and sound stupid.
There's Chinese resellers blatantly lining up at AP Japan releases, AP knows and tells them not to resell, and guess what? Nothing happens. They continue to resell and scalp. If AP's letting that go on right under their nose, someone giving out very loose information about releases is not going to be targeted for punishment.

Baiscally, no one cares. And I'm not sure if you're a troll or a woke 13-year old who thinks you're fighting some intense moral battle, but you really don't need to die on this hill.

>>10784964
>it’s one of those dresses everyone and their mother owns.
It better not be Melty Cream Donuts or British Bear

>>10785020
so you admit she's not actually providing any info and is useless.

>>10785048
Nta but so you admit you're angry about nothing and you continue to post about it?

>>10785048
She’s not giving blatant info but I think it’s fun to discuss and speculate. Pull the stick out of your ass

>>10785048
right, no fun allowed. no one is allowed to even have hints for a brand they get excited about

stop trying to neg her into telling you outright information. its obvious and bitter

>>10785056
no i don't want her to do that i want her to kill herself out of the thread. the dumb cunt left because she gave out so many wrong hints before, she needs to fuck off again.

>>10785059
I'm sorry you're going through a rough puberty, but we will protect Angelic Prophet at all costs.

Hail the Prophet.

May AP post release details early tonight in her glory.

>>10785059
Holy shit, take your meds psycho. We don’t need aggressive nonitas like you shitting up this fashion.

Honestly the way you guys talk about her is cringy as fuck...You're more embarrassing than the alogger.

so anyway

what print do you think will be rereleased? I actually want Holy Lantern but I have a feeling it will be Misty Sky, or maybe Dream Marine? I guess Honey Cake could be a contender as well but I would be surprised if they did another rerelease of it.

>>10785093
Misty Sky has had sooooo many rereleases, what's the point.

>>10785093
I’ll laugh my ass off if AP sells Misty Sky again. The Tokyo staff were pissed off during the last MTO because of the amount of orders that came in. It took two years for those to be made. They were mad about the number of customers calling and negging about the long wait. AP would be stupid enough to do that again.

>>10785030
Figuring out which web developer is leaking info is going to be a lot easier to figure out than stopping the several Chinese scalpers spread out throughout the country

>>10785093
i thought her latest post pretty much confirmed it's holy lantern

>>10785102
AP doesn't go onto Taiwanese underwater basket weaving forums but okay

>>10785037
A grand total of five people own those shite prints and for a good reason.

>>10784964
This print is getting released for Grand Bazaar, isn’t it?

What other info do you have about the sales? Anything of interest?

>>10785005
In 2019 one japanese woman came with her husband to the TP. In 2018 TP there was one japanese girl but she lived in south africa at the time so she didn’t travel from japan. There could have been more but these were the only ones I talked to.

Sailor Kittens!

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>>10785138
I wish this was anything but a sailor theme. And that the fish got its own ring.

>>10785140
This is the ugliest fucking JSK cut I've ever seen.

>>10785147
so you just wish is was... normal cats...? ap has done that already so many times

>>10784964
It's misty sky brilliant color series

Brilliant Night Party edition.

I'm calling it.

>>10785126
I don’t know if it will be a Grand Bazaar rerelease. It’s increasingly difficult to predict release dates with all the factory delays and unreliable shipping. E.g. when I first heard about the Princess In Love rerelease, I had certain reasons to assume it would be announced very soon, but it didn’t work out in the end and we only saw it in May.
That aside, there’s one rerelease that feels Granba-worthy. It’s a solid from the same era as Candy Fairy and Princess In Love. Its design has been slightly changed in a way that is very similar to Candy Fairy.

>>10785139
I really want to like this but I hate how the cats look. I’m glad that AP has been mediocre release after mediocre release because it gives me more money to save for older pieces I do want.

>>10785174
Please be ribbon decoration!!

>>10785178
same, my wallet thanks ap for its shit design direction (the laundry shit is kind of tempting though, maybe second-hand in a few years)

>>10785174
Dream Doll??

>>10785187
>ribbon decoration
I would kill for that or twirling ribbons, but I have my doubts the big bows are coming back. It's probably Secret Princess or Dress up, if it's supposed to be similar to candy fairy.

Maybe Proper Girl?

>>10785188
The only recent release that got me to crack was cream soda mermaid but everything has been so mid

>>10785152
Technically this is also normal cats, but they're wearing sailor outfits. I wish it was cats with butterfly wings or party hats. I'm not really not into nautical stuff.

>>10785174
>rerelease
>a solid from the same era as Candy Fairy
If AP does another hyped rerelease again without making it an MTO, I'm going to pull out my hair. I was lucky enough to get Soap Bubbles during my third attempt at online shop releases, but it was really annoying.

I would guess Dream Doll, but I'm not sure how well they would replicate the side bow/veil thing on the JSK. But if AP were redesigning the series with heart tulle all in one go, I guess they might try this one.

I want to look forward to it, but all I feel now is doom and gloom based on AP's recent behavior. And Candy Fairy honestly disappointed me when I finally received it.

The veil is made of organdy and not tulle, so this shouldn’t be a problem.

The bow on the veil is actually heart tulle (I own Dream Doll, bought it way before the covid-hype), but yeah, mostly I'm concerned about the construction of it, since AP is sloppy now days, and I could see them butchering the size or shape of that part.
I'd kill for a recolor of Dream Doll in something like sax though.

>>10785220
The bow on the veil is actually heart tulle (I own Dream Doll, bought it way before the covid-hype), but yeah, mostly I'm concerned about the construction of it, since AP is sloppy now days, and I could see them butchering the size or shape of that part.
I'd kill for a recolor of Dream Doll in something like sax though.

Angelic Ganja for thy companions and mine fwends?

:^]

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>>10785005
At AP Paris shop today there were a few Chinese girls who I'm guessing will be attending the event tomorrow. Mostly French girls and some from the UK too.

>>10785272
What was the special print for Paris?

>>10785371
I think Paris mentioned they were showing the fall/winter collection, so I really want to hear if there was anything interesting.

>>10785381
I think you’re right. They were also getting a never before seen print too.

>>10785398
Last year the announcement said "Secret Original Print; Reveal of never seen print!" and this year it just said "Pre-reservation; Original print shown on Saturday!"

So I don't think it's a never before seen print? It'd be nice if it actually was and we see something new tomorrow.

>>10785411
I’m sorry, perhaps I did confuse last years announcement with this one. I’m excited to see what it is nonetheless.

damn, refreshed for one of those cutsews right at 12pm JST and all colorways were immediately sold out. what bullshit

>>10785450
AP releases aren't fun anymore, all they do is annoy me

>>10785451
Nayrt, but big same.
AP releases have made me bitter, even when I do succeed (because that usually means I spent an hour refreshing every 5 seconds).
Being an AP whore sucks ass right now because everything is a fever pitch competition.
At least I noticed lately some of the older jewelry items are cooling off secondhand.

>>10785450
I'm hoping they'll re-release those cutsews like they did with the Lovely Heart

>>10785450
lmao same, but with the blouses

>>10785451
they won't do anything about it because they're just happy to have sales.

Do I need to pay VAT if I order from AP Paris from a foreign country?

>>10784914
guess I'll eat my hat. Paris special pre-reservation is just Jelly Candy Toys

It was just Jelly Candy Toys. I think we won't get another "Never before seen!" print until the 10th Paris anniversary

>>10785575
And pink Sailor Marine Kitten special set.
I was guessing there'd be pink because of the pink blouse and cutsew from the main release

>>10785576
It looks so cute in pink, the print stands out a lot more.

>>10785576
I actually love this in pink.

>>10785576
Pink colorway master race but why does it have to be a special set ugh

AP makes the good version of everything difficult to get

Several upcoming releases being shown at AP Paris Showroom: Jelly Candy Toys, the Laundry print, a new not seen before allover bedtime gamer dress reminiscent of Girly Sticker, and... Dream Doll!

>>10785589
Does the gamer dress have animals on it? Candy/snacks? Or just gaming devices and controllers?
Did you think it was cute at all?

>>10785592
It has toys, books, plushes, desserts, and a sleeping mask on the print, but the accessories are a bunny shaped gaming controller

It's pretty cute in a "I'm going to wait for this to go one sale and maybe I'll buy the skirt" way! Oh yeah, it has an OP, JSK, salopette (think Cotton Candy Shop and Fancy Paper Dolls kind of salopette) and a suspender skirt.

>>10785589
So exciting! Was it the JSK or OP for Dream Doll (or even both)?

>>10785593
Thank you for being so detailed!
Were those bunny gaming controller accessories nice? Or just blah?

>>10785593
thanks for reporting in anon - is the gamer dress retro/kitschy like Neon Star Diner or Sunny Smile Laundry? what colorways were displayed? any accessories you noticed?

What a strange theme

>>10785598
Bed time candy gaming? Interesting to see a low cut salopette again, even with a dreamy baby room style brooch

>>10785597
Nta, but they had already mentioned it was reminiscent of Girly Sticker

>>10785599
Cute necklace though

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>>10785599
Oh my, I didn't refresh until I posted this >>10785600

Those are kinda not that great...

>>10785601
New printless dresses

>>10785603
Plus a new jelly candy toys bag (where did that yellow ap candy bag go)

>>10785603
The giant pom poms on the skirt look ridiculous.

>>10785600
yeah, I meant general vibe though. honestly I don't see the Girly Sticker resemblance, reminds me more of Candy Carol. but I definitely get what anon said about getting it when it goes on sale, it's ugly as fuck.

I love how you're strictly not allowed to take photos but Chinese lolitas don't give a shit

I was at the event, if anyone wants more photos/ask me anything!

>>10785598
The skirt looks a lot fuller in the model photo on the left, or is that a different cut?
Either way it looks so basic with no detail at all, even the lace on the bodice looks sad and limp.

>>10785608
Oh okay. The lining of the print details is like Candy Carol, but this new dress has the same color palette as Girly Sticker (at least for the sax colorway) and that unicorn. It's like a mash-up of the two.

>>10785610
Same cut, just probably different pettis

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>>10785609
Do you have a close-up photo of this?
(If not, that's okay)

>>10785609
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>>10785613
looks like the colorways for Sunny Smile Laundry are white, yellow, pink, black?

>>10785621
sorry to double post. black could also be navy, hard to tell. also do you know if the JSK cut has any shirring? thanks!

>>10785622
Seems like black to me from this photo I found

Perhaps >>10785609 can tell you about the shirring?

>>10785620
Anon the dress is right next to it....

>>10785628
I know, I just want to see a larger image of the pink color way like how someone took this >>10785612

>>10785628
nayrt but they probably want the closeup to see if it's the OP or JSK in the catalog photo

>>10785608
A swedish lolita went ahead and just posted all the videos and pictures of the dresses on her instagram story. I guess she didn't get the memo or doesn't care about looking rude

>>10785630
It’s not pink, it’s a white JSK.

>>10785632
who?

>>10785603
I like the tartan jsk, but not enough to buy retail. Maybe if it goes on sale or shows up cheap on the secondhand market. I love tartan but not enough to pay a lot for it when I could make it.
>>10785613
We’ll, all the people talking about how the prophet is never right are probably seething kek.

>>10785613
God that heart tulle is so much uglier and less delicate looking than the original. I hate it.

>>10785613
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>>10785631
Just looking at the pictures, it's the JSK.
The bodice is different from the OP, the bow veil is off to the side, and there's large scallops instead of smaller ones on the OP.

I'm going to scream if this isn't an MTO.

>>10785632
Please link

>>10785632
We were allowed to take pictures at the event, everyone did.

>>10785621
Correct, those are the colourways. Navy not black.
>>10785622
JSK has partial shirring.
>>10785630
Sorry I don't have a photo of that.

>>10785658
I mean black not navy!!! I'm tired, sorry anon.

>>10785655
Nta, I know you usually can take photos for yourself, but don't staff usually get mad when you post it online for people who didn't pay to go to the event to see? (Like with the winter tea parties?)

anyone going to the tea party in san francisco

>>10785598
The concept is cute, but the fabric looks bad and the cut looks wonky. Everything looks slightly off center, and an off cupcake skirt with no waist bow+ off center pintuck yoke is basically a huge blaring spotlight on the flaws, it's so distracting

>>10785635
>>10785644
M*******frills

>>10785671
Was considering, but I don't know anyone.. might just do the in-store event

>>10785695
Go to make friends!

>>10785679
I feel stupid because I don't know who this is. Can anyone screenshot and post their images?

Here's a random image I stole from an unrelated instagram.

>>10785613
Zooming in on the rack in the back….a sheer/tulle rerelease of this cutsew?

>>10785707
Yes, if you look at the pciture with jelly candy toys bunny purse, the yellow colorway has the same jacket but in yellow.

>>10785707
Yes, it's called the JCT Blouson
It's in the summer lookbook

>>10785711
This is great news, I’m more excited about that than any of the releases, I have the parka but it’s hard to coordinate

So, I'm stupid. Does this mean the fall lookbook will be coming soon?

>>10785725
In August/September probably
This was just a way to give people who came to the event a treat

>>10785615
I like the cut of this

>>10785725
It’ll probably be fall/summer and then a small fall one then winter. That’s what AP did last year.

>>10785662
The staff didn't say anything about not being allowed to post photos online actually. Pretty sure most people who went to the event have posted some photos and video by now!

>>10785712
The Colourful Star blouse on the left was just re-released. Think it will come back for a third time?

>>10785575
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>>10785712
I can't stand visors they look so grandma-y lol. Are they a normal hair accessory for AP releases?

>>10785782
Take your newfaggotry to the stupid questions thread.

>>10785598
seems like the theme is just "stuff girls like" and not anything cohesive

>>10785753
Actually, staff did say something during the introduction speech, and they said we were allowed to take pictures and post them. The only thing we weren't allowed to do is touching the dresses on the mannequins (only allowed for the dresses on the rack)

Migrate to the new thread nonnies
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>>10785593
>it has an OP, JSK, salopette and a suspender skirt
Do you by any chance have a photo of the JSK? I couldn’t find it anywhere.