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Mini Lolita Fashion History Lesson: MILK
Today, MILK is generally known as an 'otome' or 'girly' brand, and many of their modern items don't look like what modern lolita think of as lolita.
A recent MILK collection However, in the late 80s and early 90s, MILK was considered to be one of the quintessential Lolita brands.
1990s lolita wearing MILK In a 1994 zipper interview about the history of lolita fashion the brand representative for MILK states "I think what is now called lolita fashion is the fashion that milk has been making for a long time."
MILK was founded in 1970 by Hitomi Okawa (大川ひとみ). When Hitomi Okawa started as a designer there were not many DC brands yet and ready to wear fashion was really just starting to become more widespread in Japan. Okawa attended an art university in Kyoto because of a love of drawing that started in elementary school. She used to draw illustrations of girls and make things like paper dolls. At the age of 11, she drew many pictures of the same clothes and changed the patterns (polka dots, checks, flowers). She grew up the daughter of a doctor, in an affluent home where her mother would read magazines like Harper's Bazaar with 1950s and 1960s American fashion. She also looked at American fashion catalogs as a child, and cites this study of clothing in magazines and catalogs as her earliest sort of "studying" of fashion.
50s/60s Harper's Bazaar In addition to drawing inspiration from the 50s & 60s Harper's Bazaar & American clothing catalogs, she also drew inspiration from military uniforms and how they have custom buttons and custom fabric and details like that, as well as current trends in London and Tokyo as the brand continued to develop. When she started however, she says that she was the only one making this sort of cute girly clothing in Japan and she felt like she had to make it because no one else was making what she wanted to wear.
50s/60s Harper's Bazaar
After graduating from Seian College of Art and Design, Department of Design, she started MILK in Harajuku. She wanted to start in the coolest place possible, so she decided on Central Apartment.
MILK Shop Front in the 70s, Central Apartment
She had come to Harajuku when she was either in High School or her first year of University and had stood in the middle of the pedestrian bridge right off Harajuku station, and she looked down at Omotesando and thought "Here is the coolest place, I want to be here!", and that's why she chose that location. The Bridge doesn't exist any more, it was torn down in 2011. She wasn't aware at the time that Central Apartment was a popular place for creators, she just thought that street was nice and that Central Apartment was modern and cool. In a 2021 interview she confessed that she sometimes still goes up to the pedestrian bridge on the Yoyogi Park side and looks at Omotesando, and when she does, she feels the same way she did when she was 20 years old.
Central Apartment (原宿セントラルアパート) was initially an apartment complex built in Harajuku in 1958 at the intersection of Meiji-dori. It was initially built for special international travelers like US military personnel. In the mid 1960s/early 1970s, the lower floors were converted into stores with offices in the upper apartment floors.
The Coffee shop Leon on the first floor was a popular spot with creative people. There were also shops like Mademoiselle Nonnon launched by designer Taro Aramaki which sold French style clothing and lots of horizontal stripes. Mademoiselle Nonnon is considered to be the source of the border (horizontal stripe) trend in Japan.
Initially, "MILK", was expensive and unrealistic for everyday wear, so it was mainly used as a stage costume for idols, however, people started wearing Milk as everyday clothing as time went on.
MILK also experimented with a Bridal line in the 70s as well.
While their runway looks were generally a bit more loud than the way the pieces would have been worn in real life, you can see some prairie revival influence their early 70s items as well as some silhouettes in the '76 collection that are starting to look more lolita-esque.
Here are a few runway examples from the 1980s, note the border print of a carousel in the 1988 collection and the knee length ruffled skirt in the 1982 one.
By the early 1990s, MILK was heavily featured in coordinates worn by young women who considered themselves lolita in magazines like Cutie and Zipper, and was also advertising in those magazines.
1990-1992 Cutie advertisements for MILK
Early 1990s looks from MILK were fairly consistent with what was on offer from similar shops like PRETTY and Shirley Temple.
MILK Coordinates from Nene magazine, 1995
Speaking of Shirley Temple, the founder of Shirley Temple, Rei Yanagawa (柳川れい), worked as a designer for MILK before starting the Shirley Temple children's brand in 1974.
As time went on, lolita fashion started to diverge from the MILK style, while MILK followed their own design concept and look more at current trends in girly fashion. Today, some iconic MILK items like their heart purse are still frequently used in lolita fashion, however, it would be difficult to walk into MILK today and put together a coordinate that would read the same as one made from items at Angelic Pretty.
While goth and punk brands typically have no issue relating themselves to goth or punk fashion, brands popular with lolita have sometimes resisted self-describing themselves as lolita, most likely in an attempt to not alienate non lolita customers, due to lolita fashion having a mixed reputation. MILK, like many other Japanese brands, especially DC brands, maintains that they make MILK style, even though their influence on what we call lolita fashion today, is unmistakable.
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#MILK#Old School Lolita#Lolita Fashion History#Shirley Temple#90s Jfashion#80s Jfashion#70s Jfashion#Lolita History#Central Apartment#Hitomi Okawa#Mini Lolita History Lesson
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Edward Hopper, House at Dusk, 1935. Oil on canvas.
Photo: Archive.org
#vintage New York#1930s#Edward Hopper#House at Dusk#painting#Central Park#apartment building#NY art#realism
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stuck on the fact that a small part of Dongsik hoped for 20 entire years that Yuyeon was still alive. he fantasized about coming across her in random places and was anxious about recognizing her as a 40 year old woman because he genuinely still held onto a glimmer of hope for two decades. ten years and another ten years after than. half his life picturing his sister dead and alive turn by turn. maybe even when he burst the wall open he still thought there was a chance it would be empty.
and isn't it supremely fucked up that for the enormous, cataclysmic impact that Yuyeon's disappearance had on Dongsik and the central place that his love for her occupies in his motivations as a character, the only time they interact on-screen is when he finally finds her body and tenderly cradles her long-dead hands in his.
#tbh one of the rare instance of the absence of their relationship onscreen doesnt make the emotional weight of her loss any lighter#like. his twin is Gone From Him. they'll never be together again so we never get to see them together#because we've come in too late in the story for that. the death's already happened they've already been ripped apart.#and yet she's everywhere!!#the way she was central to his life from the moment they were born; now it's her absence that's at the centre of him#like. yeah i dont need 20 minutes of them being saccharine happy as a prequel#because the consequences of her disappearance tell us everything we need fo know about the relationship they had#beyond evil
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They were in the room with the electric heater for the first time and Witloof immediately figured out so sit straight in the flow of the heat on a fallen blanket. He’s so good at being a cat like yeah that’s where you’re supposed to be!
#the cutlets#cats#kittens#Witloof#yeah my apartment has shitty prehistoric electric heating instead of central heating#it gave me cheaper rent#well the words ‘cheap’ and ‘rent’ are extremely relative these days but you know
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Linked universe x modern reader but the reader isn't into the whole adventure thing and instead only has one mission in mind.
Finding their beloved pet that they were separated from.
They search all throughout Hyrule, helping the boys along the way and keeping a sharp eye and keen ear out for their furry friend. It's basically their main quest and the actual adventure involving the shadow and the boys is like a side quest.
#oli talks#ooc#muns ramblings#mindless ramblings of a madman#shitpost#extreme shitpost#linked universe#linkeduniverse#lu#linked universe the chain#linkeduniverse the chain#lu the chain#linked universe x reader#lu x reader#comedy central right here fellas lol#based on me seeing my cute dog and thinking about how I'd tear apart the world for her#thought it'd be funny in concept lol
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question!
what's an example of a loving relationship between two female characters (platonic, romantic, familial, whatever) that's a central part of a big tv or movie franchise that's not targeted more toward female audiences?
#i feel like part of the dislike of hotd is that its central thing is 'these women loved each other so much and the world tore them apart.#isn't that sad?'#and i think some viewers genuinely don't know how to empathize with that enough to think it's worth basing a story around#whereas two women hating each other and being enemies would be seen as way more credible#so it got me trying to think of media that's mainstream (rather than just ~for female audiences~)#that has an important relationship between female characters right at the center#is there one??????#dollsome's deep thoughts
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Daniel Ricciardo | Saturday at the 2024 Dutch GP | 📸
#daniel ricciardo#autumn posts#I don't post every photo I find on insta bc some are kinda not-so-HQ and I don't think it'd be of interest and he is kinda out-of-frame here#but his small smile 🥺❤️#and kinda surprised expression#kinda shocked how absolutely bustling the paddock is as a newer fan like it is photo city in there#I love as a fan seeing so much content on racedays but wow it must be 😵💫 hella stressful sometimes too#also are insta stories broken for anyone else bc I have to visit a profile twice for the reels to load and I'm like 😤#mercury!!!!!!!!!! hehe jk but it is in Virgo rn MY sign#Carlos and I are actually born only a few days apart in 94 🥹🥳💕#anyways off topic hehe but part of the fun of my own posts is it is yapping central in here for me 🫡❤️
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another update in showing my best friend jjk
we finished premature death, and she is a geto defender as she should be as well as very upset about the satosugu breakup
#— yap central#she literally went#im blaming jujutsu society BC WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY WORKED THIS MAN TI THE BONE#AND DISNT CHECK UP ON HIM#and I said oh and he’s a girl dad now#nooo but I feel bad for him now this man was falling apart
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Well, now I can say I have dreamt about the gay Cstholic dogs as well!
I was writing a story, but the dream’s perspective switched to me watching the story like a movie at some point. It was the modern AU, and Vasco and Machete were travelling to what I think was supposed to be some important landmark in Italy, most likely the Vatican. What was going to happen was that there was going to be a portrait of Vasco and Machete from their canon time period (even though I know this wouldn’t happen at the Vatican), and their friend would point out that it looked an awful lot like them and how strange that was and have the boys react to that, but I woke up before that could happen.
This is the first time I’ve dreamt about them, so I felt compelled to let you know!
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#oh that's so neat!#you guys keep having cool dreams about my dogs while my dreams are mostly about cleaning my apartment and getting lost in various cities#and being chased by bears occasionally#spoilers but this sounds a lot like the central scene of the last chapter of that Separation fanfic I have on my pinned#but they're in Uffizi gallery in Florence instead of Vatican#dream Vaschete sightings#answered#iamthewanderingbard
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#could write a whole essay on this with the central thesis being:#we know so little about Kent he’s basically a cardboard cutout I dragged out of my apartment trash recepticle and put in my window.#omgcp#i speak#omg check please#jack zimmermann#Kent parson#pimms
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at its core dorohedoro is abt what if there was someone whose special interest was making gyoza and also someone else whose special interest was eating them. and they found each other in this crazy world to be besties <3
#all the other worldbuilding stuff? thats just for show. this is the central focus#just up to volume 18 so no spoilers please but i love LOVVVEEEE nikaidos devil manic episodes being triggered by gyoza related shit#like yeah all this wild shit going down and the world possibly ending qnd half the ppl they know might be dead etc#but on her mind at all times is her business. priority number one i love her so much#and every dream she n caiman have abt each other theyre just in her shop and shes cooking gyoza and shes eating them.. cries#also every time someone mentions they know aizawa theyre like oh yeah that guy i remember. he was always hungry as fuuuckk.#hayashida knows how to write a character consistently 😌☝️#has anyone ever matched each others freak like nikaido and caiman. well. apart from noi and shin who both just love mindless violence#i think NOT!#i hope the ending is just nikaido going full gyoza devil and its enough to satisfy [redacteds] appetite so he becomes Normal again#and the moral is just that youre not u when ur hungry..#ANYWAY. much to digest. when i finish the series i should reread it from the start again its so good n i bet theres so much i missed#dorohedoro#.diaries
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it shouldn’t even need to be said that it’s not “either” mike “or” will that are going to have crucial parts in the plot in st5 and meaningful personal storylines to match. everything is clearly leading up for it to center both of them with respect for the rest of the ensemble. like…… at least to me that’s why it’s such a compelling ship
#am i stupid#like. even considering what the duffer’s have said about will being the focus of s5 it should be a given that mike’s overarching#Four Season struggle and arc isn’t going to just take a backseat in the series finale#his motivations are so clearly tied to will#but theyre also like. His Motivations which are his own and influenced by things apart from will too.#mike’s pov has been so pivotal and central allllllll along it’s not just gonna go away. his emotions have quite literally been the#driving force and the heart of the show. in universe and for the audience. like it’s his story plendhejeidu am i stupid#why is this controversial why are so many things controversial
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The #San_Remo_Apartnents on #Central_Park_West, #Manhattan as seen through the trees of Central Park.
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In an interesting coincidence you first mentioned living in Florida the day it was revealed to me I may have to move their and now everytime you mention florida more news about this comes to light . Have you cursed me?
This is not the place for me to go into my insane ramblings but
I’m warning you.
If you can avoid it. Don’t. Don’t. Do it.
Don’t curse yourself.
If at all possible. Don’t. The state is actively running itself into the ground.
#I understand things are sometimes out of your control#but if you aren’t making 100k+ or already rich#you will suffer. immensely.#a shitty bug infested musty ass one bedroom apartment is 2k to rent#the wages here are in the dirt#the traffic. the drivers.#THE WEATHER..#I can only speak for central and south fl#north fl is the south.. idk what goes on up there.#the more north you go the more south it gets#also if you are anything but mega straight or cis HOLY SHIT. DONT DO IT.#like it’s actually dangerous.#don’t.#ask me how I know.. ha. hahaha. get me outta here.#non voice post#ask#asks
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Transcription: Zayne's ST "Beginning"
i transcribed Zayne's ST story for meta purposes and thought I would put the transcription here for others to have it if they haven't unlocked it yet/to have it more accessible than it is in game
everything with "Foreseer:" is Zayne speaking directly, anything not attributed is the poem. i did it this way to make it easier to read the poem on its own, since that's what i hope to analyze in the future <3
Foreseer: Shift your gaze elsewhere. Foreseer: Your expression shall not even earn an ounce of my pity. Foreseer: Though it seems a night in the throne room was not enough. Foreseer: Perhaps you desire to be frozen with the wall as your paltry confessional? [Ice SFX] Foreseer: Better to yield now than later. [Page turning SFX] Foreseer: Could you still be interested in what I’m currently reading? Foreseer: …Certainly, ’tis a poem related to Astra. Its descriptions suit you. Foreseer: Would you like to hear it? - A great distance beyond, …. north of ice and snow, Atop the Divine Mountain, When Light pierces through howling blizzards, The divine sing of Destiny’s crest My Emissary devout, Will thou be lost in these celestial halls? Will thou have the courage to wait for Mine words? To unveil thy fate predetermined. - Foreseer: You appear to be fascinated. Foreseer: [Laugh?] Hmph, then don’t speak. - With the frozen kingdom awakened, Greedy ants fall into eternal slumber. The divine rest upon their thrones, Yet hidden daggers lie beneath their robes. Brazen trespasser, Arcticyons sing of thy requiem. Dost thou know where thy stands, Upon white, gleaming bones? - Foreseer: I don’t mind repeating this verse. Consider it a prophesy of your future. Foreseer: Are you frightened? Foreseer: If this is all your courage is capable of, you best forget about the Creatio Protocore. [Page turning SFX] - Traces of destiny like shimmering starlight, Bind people who have never met… - Foreseer: I’ll stop here. The last verse is rather strange. Foreseer: Do you truly wish to strike a deal? Foreseer: You ask far too many questions. [Ice SFX] Foreseer: Must your wild curiosity be satiated? - Celestial Savior, Is thou prepared? To save him from darkness? To be his sanctuary amidst rime and gale, To allow the descent… of miracles once again? - [END] here is the poem in its entirety without interjections just to make it easier to read:
A great distance beyond, …. north of ice and snow, Atop the Divine Mountain, When Light pierces through howling blizzards, The divine sing of Destiny’s crest My Emissary devout, Will thou be lost in these celestial halls? Will thou have the courage to wait for Mine words? To unveil thy fate predetermined. With the frozen kingdom awakened, Greedy ants fall into eternal slumber. The divine rest upon their thrones, Yet hidden daggers lie beneath their robes. Brazen trespasser, Arcticyons sing of thy requiem. Dost thou know where thy stands, Upon white, gleaming bones? Traces of destiny like shimmering starlight, Bind people who have never met… Celestial Savior, Is thou prepared? To save him from darkness? To be his sanctuary amidst rime and gale, To allow the descent… of miracles once again?
#i'm so obsessed with this scene that i'm kind of pacing the floors of my apartment thinking about it constantly#i think that it is one of those things we will look back on and think#'wow they foreshadowed this entire zayne plot here thats crazy'#i have some crazy theories i fear#but i think ultimately this scene is very cool in that astra is speaking directly to mc via zayne#and... perhaps i am insane! but. i think that zayne's myth is what starts the entire cycle of death and rebirth#also thinking about that john keats poem they used to introduce zayne#before the game's release btw. insane#but i think this idea of cycles and death and rebirth are really central to his character Somehow#there is also something to be said about mc Not dying in zaynes myth#as opposed to the other two#i think zayne breaks the cycle only to start a new one#getting out my red string but i promise im onto something#anyway um#love and deepspace#lads#lads zayne#zayne love and deepspace#li shen#love and deepspace zayne#foreseer zayne
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“They put the sign out this time!”
When Zak was traveling with my sister during her last trip to New York, Hook & Ladder 8 didn’t have the Ghostbusters sign hanging in front of the building. I wasn’t expecting it to be there when I visited, but lo and behold, it was there, and I was so excited to see it. I believe it’s a new sign, as they still had one sign in the window as seen in the previous visit photo linked above.
We also made sure to swing by Spook Central on this trip, but due to a faulty electric bike one day (long story, might tell y’all later) and being in a hurry to get to the financial district to get to Hook & Ladder 8 the other day, I didn’t get to snap a picture of Zak in front of it.
“I’m a little disappointed, but if you had seen how exhausted Cali was from that bike, you’d understand why I didn’t pester her for a picture. I’m mischievous, not malicious!”
And I appreciate your concern, Zak. Maybe next time, and I’m certain there will be a next time; I really enjoyed my visit to New York and there’s a few places we didn’t get to go to this time.
#zak the gengar#gengar#tourist gengar#pokemon#pokémon#pokémon plush#travel#new york city#new york#hook & ladder 8#ghostbusters filming locations#ghostbusters#spook central#Dana’s apartment building#55 Central Park West#the Shandor Building#firehouse
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