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Today was fun! I went to a Sixh. event at the Ikebukuro Parco. Since Miko (from exist+trace) has been doing modeling for Sixh., she made an in-store appearance with IBI (Sixh's designer)!
I figured it would be a good day to wear my Sixh. dress (that I bought the last time I was at the Harajuku Closet Child), so after getting ready I headed out to meet Leslie in Ikebukuro. We had pasta for lunch, then headed over to the Parco.
If you made a purchase of more than 5,000 yen, you got to get your picture taken with Miko and IBI. Reguardless of the event, I love buying clothes from Sixh., so this was a good opportunity for me. I ended up getting a long purple dress/shirt with fun pink designs on it. Then, I waited in line for my turn to meet Miko and IBI. At first I was fine, but then I started getting a bit nervous and Leslie told me that my hand was shaking. Oops. I'm not quite sure why I got that nervous because I've met Miko twice before and I've seen IBI a few times, even though I hadn't actually talked with him. I'm going to blame it on meeting pretty people and being nervous about conversing with them in Japanese.
When it was my turn, I went up and greeted Miko and IBI. IBI noticed right away that I was wearing one of his designs and he thanked me for liking his clothes. We posed and took the picture, then I got a minute to talk to them while the polaroid developed and they signed it. I remember telling them that I was a little nervous and we laughed about it. I told Miko that I love exist+trace and often go to their concerts. She asked if I was coming to the November concert and seemed pleased when I told her that I was. I don't think she remembered that we've met before (even though she remembered at the exist+trace signing that she'd seen me before) because of my new haircut. I'm not really surprised though because I have Japanese friends who almost didn't recognize me with my hair this short. Miko then asked where I was from and I told her and mentioned that I was currently living in Japan. IBI told me my Japanese was good, but I did the polite thing and denied it while thanking him. He then told me "Japanese only" in English, meaning that he only speaks Japanese lol. After they finished signing the photo, they thanked me for coming and it was time for me to go. It was a fun experience!
After that, Leslie and I met up with Kaille and waxrose, one of her friends from LJ who'd recently moved to Japan. It was fun to meet someone new and I think we all had a good time chatting! We had desserts at Saizeriya, looked at doujinshi, and aimlessly browsed Sunshine City. It was a nice way to end the day.
I'm relaxing now with the window open. It rained tonight for the first time in weeks, which means it's actually cool enough for it to be comfortable without the A/C on. I'm sure it won't last because there should be about another month of summer heat, but I'm going to enjoy it while I can.
I figured it would be a good day to wear my Sixh. dress (that I bought the last time I was at the Harajuku Closet Child), so after getting ready I headed out to meet Leslie in Ikebukuro. We had pasta for lunch, then headed over to the Parco.
If you made a purchase of more than 5,000 yen, you got to get your picture taken with Miko and IBI. Reguardless of the event, I love buying clothes from Sixh., so this was a good opportunity for me. I ended up getting a long purple dress/shirt with fun pink designs on it. Then, I waited in line for my turn to meet Miko and IBI. At first I was fine, but then I started getting a bit nervous and Leslie told me that my hand was shaking. Oops. I'm not quite sure why I got that nervous because I've met Miko twice before and I've seen IBI a few times, even though I hadn't actually talked with him. I'm going to blame it on meeting pretty people and being nervous about conversing with them in Japanese.
When it was my turn, I went up and greeted Miko and IBI. IBI noticed right away that I was wearing one of his designs and he thanked me for liking his clothes. We posed and took the picture, then I got a minute to talk to them while the polaroid developed and they signed it. I remember telling them that I was a little nervous and we laughed about it. I told Miko that I love exist+trace and often go to their concerts. She asked if I was coming to the November concert and seemed pleased when I told her that I was. I don't think she remembered that we've met before (even though she remembered at the exist+trace signing that she'd seen me before) because of my new haircut. I'm not really surprised though because I have Japanese friends who almost didn't recognize me with my hair this short. Miko then asked where I was from and I told her and mentioned that I was currently living in Japan. IBI told me my Japanese was good, but I did the polite thing and denied it while thanking him. He then told me "Japanese only" in English, meaning that he only speaks Japanese lol. After they finished signing the photo, they thanked me for coming and it was time for me to go. It was a fun experience!
After that, Leslie and I met up with Kaille and waxrose, one of her friends from LJ who'd recently moved to Japan. It was fun to meet someone new and I think we all had a good time chatting! We had desserts at Saizeriya, looked at doujinshi, and aimlessly browsed Sunshine City. It was a nice way to end the day.
I'm relaxing now with the window open. It rained tonight for the first time in weeks, which means it's actually cool enough for it to be comfortable without the A/C on. I'm sure it won't last because there should be about another month of summer heat, but I'm going to enjoy it while I can.