† World Goth Day 2015 - SUPPORT S.O.P.H.I.E †

† World Goth Day 2015 † 

As some of you may know the 22nd of May every year is "World Goth Day". Just lolita International lolita day it is a day dedicated to the subculture of fashion but in this case it is Gothic culture. However I would like to point out a very welcoming charity that has had a huge impact since the day it was founded;

In 2007 Sophie Lancaster and her partner Rob were brutally beaten due to their alternative appearance by a group of Chavs (In England a chav is like a redneck or scummy youth). Both were found and rushed to hospital but sadly were both in comas. Sophie never woke up from her attack and sadly passed away on August 24th 2007. From this dark and saddening event The Sophie Lancaster charity was founded was her family and her mother Sylvia. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation spread the word and travel to schools and event throughout the UK helping to create respect for and understanding of subcultures in our communities. Her mother was even awarded an OBE for "Community Cohesion - Especially In Reduction Of Hate Crime" and to this day fights for attacks like this to go under the hate crime legislation. 

Sophie's family are working their hardest to help protect and educate people in our modern society and are always open to funding and donations. If you'd like to learn more, send a donation or help spread the word of this charity please go to their website OR their merchandise store to show visual support;

The Sophie Lancaster Foundation

 S.O.P.H.I.E Back Street Merch

S.O.P.H.I.E. Facebook Page

Spread the word so we can fight together to one day have this law of hate crime for appearance official!

"Sophie's murder was treated as a Hate Crime by Judge Russell who sentenced the murders accordingly. Under the current UK Hate Crime Legislation, and as the motivation behind the murder was hateful, he was able to use his discretion to class it as a Hate Crime.

We are working to have "Alternative Subcultures" or "Lifestyle and Dress Code" added to the reportable Hate Crime strands to ensure that it is not a discretionary option but equal to the existing strands which are:

• Race
• Religion
• Disability
• Homophobia
• Transgender 

Hate crime: First arrest for attack  "

I have decided to buy this tote bag to start wearing with my outfits as I no longer have my wrist band. If you can show phyical support buy getting something like this I would strongly advise you to at least buy a T shirt, send in a donation or buy a tote bag to show your support!  

† MAKE A NOISE †

STAMP OUT PREJUDICE & INTOLERANCE EVRY WHERE!

 † How I celebrated World Goth Day †

Last year I went out a partied but this year was more calm and relaxed. I spent the burnt of today doing craft projects and talking with friends online whilst watching My Little Pony. Yes I am that kind of person I enjoy bright colors, music and shiny things. I did dress up but it was nothing fancy and even took a bad quality bath room selfie as you do.

I even "gothed up" my lunch for the hell of it as I spent the next three or four hours making shiny accessories.

How did you celebrate world goth day? 

I hope you had a beautiful day and remember to keep being yourself.

Pleasant dreams †

† Random Bloggity 4†

† Random Bloggity 4†

 

Today was a very fun day. As most people know I am usually the type who enjoys company ad very rarely requires time alone but today I escaped the house for some me time and it was so relaxing. Felt like some sort of weirdo too of magical proportions. The reason for that was I caught 2 rainbows in the sky, one outside my house and another on the way out. I adore sunny/rainy weather, it just looks so magical. I like the photographs above, makes me want to pout more often but I prefer to smile in photographs but.. IDK I feel like a camera whore in this photograph... #selfie :B

 My evil lunch. There is nothing more overriding with sin than a KFC popcorn chicken meal with gravy and pepsi max but it was great and very filling for a first meal of the day. I felt really odd sitting eating on my own as I usually never do that. This was quite rare and was also kind of nice. I found myself catching peoples eyes a lot as they stared at me and my food. It was funny in my response as I simply nodded and smiled to people which gave me some pretty nice replies. A lot of smiles and giggles were had.

However it wasn't all nice. Due to the fact I was sat on my own I did get a bit of unwanted attention. This older man (assuming 35ish?) kept watching me eat and kept giving me the eye up. He did start to swagger over to say hi but thank god some kids sat next to me. He must have assumed the kids were with me because he stopped walking towards me, paused, then turned and walked away. Weird.

Out of Tea.

After a look week of essay writing and being over powered with monster energy drink me and Tony went out to pick up some foodies and head back. On our way out however Tony took me to Scorpio and I managed to get these red Doc's at nearly 50% off for being second hand. Needless to say I bought these bad boys and have worn them almost every day since I got them.

 

They do have some scuffs on them from the previous owner (hence why they were so cheep) but that don't bother me. I wanted a pair for scuffing about in anyways so these are perfect for me. I also found it funny how the color matches my nails.

After our shoes trip we popped into this new cafe for lunch and OMG the cakes were godly. I was very happy but sad I could not finish my cake. The pic below here... you can almost tell Tony wanted to hide because the image came out blurry.

 

Sleep over

 We headed over to Misty's house to celebrate her birthday and to hang out. It was a very nice hang out and the veagen cake Cheryl baked was lovely.

We also did photoshoots and entertained the arts. I Cooked a huge ramen pot for everyone and we just had a really nice time. It was also very cool in the morning too as we saw Misty's new poster for PuSh was up. Seeing her as a cover girl is mega cool!

 Studying days

Just a quick outfit of what I wore for the cramming sessions.

 Extra Photographs from PuSH

Event blog post HERE

Random times are always fun,

Pleasant Dreams †

† Concrete Weapon - Coordinate †

 † Concrete Weapon † 

Gothic Lolita Coordinate

Coordinate Rundown.

Blouse, JSK & Bow : Bodyline
Tights : Primark
Shoes : New Rock
Choker : Extreme Largeness

 After receiving this new jsk in the mail I could not wait to try it on but I was not just visiting some friends but was going to be doing a huge study/cram session for the next week. I had no idea when I'd have time to get this coordinate photographed but to my luck my boyfriend, Tony, was invited to our friends house to help her photograph an art project. So to kill two birds with one stone for our sleep over I brought a small coordinate to quickly pop on for photographs.

Concrete Weapon? The reason behind the name is a bit of a silly one. I spotted the area in which Tony took my photographs looked like a battle scene as there was bites of glass, computer parts and damage everywhere. The gray in the dress also added to the title name and made me think of some crazy lolita battle scene.

Yeah I'll let that sink it a bit. The original photo as you can see looks nothing like this jsk I wore at all (if you ask me that is). So I'll point out some details for you should it ever come back up for sale or your curiois to buy this dress from Bodyline~

† The bows are removable with silver clasps (I don't have the skulls on as it was bought 2nd hand).
† The bust has tulle material over the cotton base fabric.
† It has a lot of ruffles.
† It comes with back shirring and a ribbon on the front. I took the ribbon off because in my opinion it was a bit tacky.
† The dress is a pull over (no zip) but has a lot of give.
† The tulle over-skirt is very pretty/very soft.
† The print is magical. The details are bows and parasols in off white/silver detail. The skirt however has roses and barbwire all over it.
† This dress looks AMAZING under UV light, the details just glow!
† My only downside is its a bit short so I plan to buy an underskirt to wear with it for future reference.

So yeah this is the dress. I think it was a bonus to find considering how nice it is with just a small amount of tweaking.This dress, as I said, Looks wicked under UV light so I took a small photograph of it before I headed outside to get my coordinate photographs.

 Coordinate Photographs.

 

Despite my tiredness I think it was worth the nice coordinate photographs. Tony always does a fine job when it comes to photogrpahs. The last image above reminds me a lot of a human doll, something that doesn't offend me and I take as a compliment. It reminds me of those really old porcelain dolls that you find in random run down places.

Fun times,

Pleasant Dreams †