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Gothic & Lolita Bible Volume 1 |
Author: Various
Published: 2008-02-12 |
List price: $19.99
Our price: $14.59
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As of: January 07th, 2009 07:22:24 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 English? Great!
I have kept up over the years with the Japanese versions of the Gothic and Lolita Bibles, and I must say it is nice to finally have it in English. Sure, there content is a bit behind the current Japanese magazines. But, at least it's nice to know what the magazine says now, previously I just oogled the pretty pictures!
 Not terrible, not great...
I think this is fine for beginner lolitas, but if you have any amount experience at all, you'll see that it's just recycled bits from the original GLBs, with some very very beginner information added in. And no outfit pattern! I was so disappointed. Unless something changes, I'll just keep ordering the japanese issues.
 Yay! :D
I just recieved my Gothic & Lolita mook through the mail today! I jumped and squealed like a little girly when i saw the package waiting for me just outside my door. Well...i have to say i wasnt disappointed! The glossy cover and huge pages are really awesome-plus all the great articles and amazing pictures!XD Still i hope to see more skirt and blouse patterns instead of accessorie patterns in the future. So yeah-i'm totally in love when this mook! Really recommend it for all lolita lovers out there! :DDD
more patterns please!
I agree with hikikomorihime's review - I bought this book hoping that there would be patterns for tops and skirts. There were just patterns for accessories. Most of the book is about the fashion and culture which you can find easily on the internet, but it's hard to find patterns on the internet. I plan to send Tokyopop some feedback and hopefully they will add better patterns in later issues. :-D If you sew and were expecting patterns, I suggest you do the same. Be nice though. ;-)
Also, the description mentions that this book covers 4 volumes of the original Gothic & Lolita Bible, so the assumption is that this covers volumes 1 through 4. However it doesn't - it covers volumes 15, 16, 21, and 23. That makes sense since they wouldn't want to give us dated fashion information. I just thought I'd mention that in case you were expecting translations of 1 through 4.
Could have been better...
Really, my biggest problem is that they condensed so many of the mooks into this one, but only included a few accessory patterns, and none of the "how-to" craft/clothing mod instructions. Really, they wouldn't have to include full patterns, they could easily just dedicate a few pages to printed Japanese words commonly used in Japanese patterns and craft instructions, along with the English definitions. At that point, we could just locate the words, and figure out on our own what to do with our original mooks. Of course... that still wouldn't be of much help to those who just discover it, and want the dress patterns, the aprons, the pinafores, etc. Still, I'm hoping that they'll make that change in a future translated mook, if not at least host something of the sort on their site.
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