My-Lolita-Dress.com Haul/Review~

Hey dolls <3
As many of you know I've been trying to get more into Lolita fashion, and so I decided to order my first dress and petticoat :3 They were both from Taobao brands- Classical Puppets and Magic Tea Party. Since I've had a bad experience ordering directly from Taobao in the past (my package never came :c), I decided to use a shopping service. There are lots of various shopping services out there that tailor to Taobao lolita brands; Qutieland, Clobba online, and several others I'm sure. I remember stumbling onto this website a while ago, but concerned about the legitimacy of it, I decided to not return. 
I then found a dress which I loved on Qutieland, but with shipping it was really quite expensive  >n< I then remembered about my-lolita-dress, and so I visited, hopeful that they had the dress I wanted. They did, and at a cheaper price! I looked more into the website and saw that no one had had any negative experiences with the website, so I decided to order it c: Since there are few written reviews on the site, I thought I'd  make one c:

First some info about the site (as much as I know about it, that is). They carry lots of Taobao brands, such as Infanta, Classical Puppets, Magic Tea Party, and An*tai*na (they do however have some brand-less clothing items, which I personally would be hesitant to buy because I don't know of the approximate quality). It's run by a girl (maybe 2?) and she is quite friendly ^_^ I emailed her a couple of weeks before ordering because I was curious about one of the products and she promptly replied and was very friendly, which was quite nice~ The site is nicely organized (though the recently changed the layout, so there are a few glitchy areas). 

I ordered two things, a dress from Magic Tea Party, as well as an A-line petticoat from Classical Puppets.
I also did an unboxing video, if that interests you~

I'll start with the dress though :3

Photo from my-lolita-dress.com~

1st, their dress naming is bad- Double Tone Applique Flowers Meetup Lolita Jumper Skirt {link} The bizarre name however, doesn't take away from the awesomeness of the dress <3

Majestic cat hanger is quite fantastic.  

I love all of the details on it~ There's corset lacing on the back, as well as tons of pretty details everywhere else on the dress.

Lacing~ (I may replace the ribbon at some point- it's not the best quality.)

Lace!

The leaves on the bows are shaped a bit oddly... my boyfriend asked if they were bunnies >u<

Ruffles on the bottom~

The print is also gorgeous <3

I love that it has a vintagey feel to it~

The fabric is really nice and soft- it's very good quality and not at all stiff as I feared it might be. The fabric of the bows, waist ties, and headbow is stiffer (but that makes sense- since they need to hold their shapes). The bows are quite pretty ^_^ They have pins on the back so you can move them around to wherever you want to- I like keeping them at the bottom of the straps though c:

Like this~

Here's a closeup~ The fabric is a bit more like linen or something like that

The waist ties are detachable, and the buttons on which they attach are pretty and have a rose on them c: The ties also have a ruffle at the bottom of them. I don't wear the waist ties though, mostly because I don't know how to tie it so that it looks nice >_> Do you guys have any tips on tying pretty bows?

Pretty :3 It also came with a spare~

Long waist ties~ There are ruffles on the bottom, but It was hard to get them in the shot :P

The Magic Tea Party tag is also quite pretty :3

It's really fancy I don't want to throw it out *u*

They also have the dress in grey, but I preferred it in white~

The grey is cute too~

I also purchased the bow~ It's a bit too big for me to wear on a daily basis, so I will wear it when I go to Anime Boston in April :3

My dress came with the bottom one~

I like how the bows come with a bow on them :3 It's also quite comfy- it doesn't squish my head at all.

Me looking derpy while wearing it :3

Petticoat time :3

It's Classical Puppet's A-Line Petticoat 1 {link}

Stock photo~

They have it in a ton of colors (even one called "ice cream"- it's light pink and light yellow :3). Since most classic dresses are a-line, I decided to get an a-line petti, though I only later realized that the dress I ordered was bell shaped >_> Oh well, it still looks good under it :3

I'll do a separate review of the petticoat at a later time, since I want to show the effectiveness of it and otherwise this post would be way too long. Here's a photo of me wearing it though~

Sorry the photo is bad- shoddy indoor lighting and phone camera.

And of course, a couple of photos of me wearing everything!~

I had just tried everything on so pardon the lack of a good outfit x3

I also tried it on a few days later but the petticoat was badly adjusted in this photo >_>

Fancy shoes though :3

So yes, I hope that you found this (very long) review helpful ^.^ I highly recommend the site, and I will be ordering from them in the future most definitely.

Thanks for reading!

~Sakura

Have you used a Taobao shopping service before?