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Once again I got the chance to review a product of my choice from @devilinspiredofficial's website. Since I always seem to have too many dresses, but never enough tops to got with them, I chose a blouse this time. I decided on a "autumn or winter" (their words) blouse by Infanta. I already own a bunch of things by Infanta and especially like their blouses, so I knew that it was going to be a good one. 

The package arrived in less than a week and the blouse was well packed and protected. Unfortunately, it had quite a strong chemical smell, but it's hard to tell whether it's from the plastic wrapping or if the fabric itself was smelling so much. Luckily, after 2 days in fresh air the smell went away. My first surprise was that the description of the blouse as an "autumn or winter" item was no lie or exaggeration. The blouse is fully lined with a very soft fleece material and super warm and cozy. In fact, it might actually be a bit too warm for me, as I get hot easily. However, it will be the perfect item to wear to outdoor Christmas markets. The fit is great, the design is neat and I can find no flaws, except for a few longer threads around the button holes, which are easily removed. 

This is the part where I would write about Devilinspired's customers' service, timeliness of shipping and communication, but since I did not pay for the blouse, I feel like I can say very little about that. The 2 people that I was in contact with were very nice and answered promptly to my emails, but I don't know if they also do regular customers' service and if it is handled the same way. As you know, Devilinspired is a reseller of Chinese brands. Therefore they are not directly responsible for the quality of the products they are offering, but have choice over what brands they decide to resell. I appreciate that they don't resell replicas (except for some bags by Loris), therefore making it easier for new lolitas to not accidentally buy a replica (Let me know if I overlooked a replica. I know a lot of brand designs, but definitely not all of them, so I might have missed one). Since they are a reseller and make their money by, literally, reselling stuff, the products are a bit more expensive than if you would buy directly from the brand's store. In exchange, the ordering process is quite simple and their staff speaks perfect English. On Devilinspired's website, the blouse is listed for 48,95€. If you were to buy it directly at Infanta's Taobao store, it would be about 28€. This is quite a mark-up, so I went on to see whether I could order the blouse directly from Infanta's Taobao store. Long story short: probably no. Taobao as a market place has recently tried to widen their customer base and now offer international shipping. Sadly, only to a few countries so far, and the European Union is not a part of it. I've heard of people contacting Infanta directly via email and asking if they would send them products, but that involves emailing strangers, dealing with translating Chinese and not having the total security of knowing whether you were understood correctly and will actually receive what you wanted. In my opinion, using a reseller (in this case Devilinspired), makes the ordering process a lot easier and clearer. You have to decide for yourself what you prefer. Last, but not least, I want to thank Devilinspired that I got the chance to receive a free blouse and got to write about it. I really appreciate it and I hope I managed to write an honest review. <3 

#devilinspired #infanta #lolitareview #LolitaFashion #eglcommunity

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Will you post photos of your whole wardrobe or at least your lolita wardrobe?

I take part in the yearly wardrobe post tradition, meaning that I post my lolita clothes collection every January. This is the entry for 2017: http://queranruffles.tumblr.com/post/155763306211/so-this-is-my-2017-wardrobe-post-since-i-am-inMy actual wardrobe is not much to look at, so I prefer not to share photos of it. I am, however, in the process of building a new one, if it turn out nicely, I might share some photos. :)

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I recently got the amazing opportunity to review a dress for @devilinspiredofficial, an online shop for lolita and casual kawaii fashion that sells various taobao brands.  I got to pick the dress I wanted to review myself and decided on this gorgeous piece from Souffle Song.The dress was "made to order" and was suppose to take 60 days to make, but I received within less than 40 days. Devilinspired's customer support was very friendly and super fast with their replies the entire time. Their web shop is neatly structured with good search functions and sells a wide variety of quality taobao brands. I especially like that they don't sell any replicas, which makes it easier for newbies to just buy anything they like and not discover in hindsight that they unknowingly bought a replica.

Now to the dress! First off: I LOVE it! The irregular bottom is just precious and gives it such a neat witchy look and the flowy chiffon fabric is really nice to wear, and also looks fantastic. The dress fits me pretty well and is much more comfortable than it looks. I especially like that you can remove so many parts (the roses, the chain, the cape, the lacing in the front and the back), this reminds me of Meta and the 500 bows and clips that come with every of their dresses. My only critique would be that although the shoulder straps are detachable and long enough, they only put in one single button hole, so people who want to lengthen the straps would have to make a new button hole themselves. I'm definitely going to wear it for our HalloWien tea party in October! 

It's so weird to write this, but I also was given a discount code to share, so if you order from Devilinspired, use "que11OFF" to get 11% discount. My own discount code... my mom would be so proud, if she had any idea what a discount code was.

#EGL Community #gothiclolita #LolitaFashion #devilinspired #eglcommunity

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#eglcommunity #lolita fashion #Metamorphose temps de fille #casual lolita #casuallolita

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What did you study in Uni?

I’m actually still in Uni, currently writing my Master’s thesis in Cultural and Social Anthropology. 

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For yesterday’s ILD I went for a Austrian traditional dress inspired coord. I was happy to be able to use some of grandmother’s Trachten jewelry. 

#EGL Community #eglcommunity #classic lolita #dirndl lolita #dirndl #trachten #innocent world

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lost soul

#creepy #spooky #infanta #EGL Community #forest

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#eglcommunity #LolitaFashion #classic lolita #shinkurose #tartan

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So I finally gave in and created a fandom blog. I also stopped resisting my growing urge to cosplay Pansy, so here we are. (also, I finally can justify buying all that Slytherin merch)

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#eglcommunity #eglfashion #LolitaFashion #sweet lolita

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#omniavanitas #eglcommunity #LolitaFashion #classic lolita #Metamorphose temps de fille #straw bonnet

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#egl wardrobe #casuallolita #casual lolita #LolitaFashion #BtSSB #baby the stars shine bright

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#eglcommunity #gothic lolita #lolitafashion #Metamorphose temps de fille