Tokyo Kawaii Life Order 6 - Liz Lisa Sailor puff short sleeve denim jacket & Clear pearl sandals

I definitely wasn't planning on doing any orders for *at least* the rest of July, but since Autumn stock is starting to roll out and some of the sales are just getting insane, I decided to just buy these two things before the listings were gone! There was an email coupon for an extra 40% off even sale prices, so I limited myself to browsing only the stock that was already at least 50% off. As a result, I was able to get an outer and a pair of shoes for about 75% off! Of course, that's cancelled out by the Tenso shipping which ended up being more than the cost of the items, but even then, it came out to about 50% off so not bad :)

  Clear pearl sandals in pink (141-9614-0)
クリアパールサンダル
I saw these shoes at the stores a lot, but I didn't even try them on. I really wasn't planning on buying them because I don't like the clear/plastic on the front strap, but when I saw what price I could get it for online now...I didn't feel like I could pass it up. Well, that, and I needed something else to go in my cart with the denim jacket (below) so I could meet the minimum to use the 40% off, and there wasn't much that I wanted that was already 50%+ off that I didn't already get lol. White was sold out so my only choices were pink and blue. I considered getting blue for awhile because I do already have 2 pairs of pink shoes from Liz Lisa (and 1 from Tralala) that are a similar shade, but when I thought about my wardrobe, I just didn't have very many things to wear with the blue shoes and a lot of things to wear with the pink lol. But just now I realized that the blue might have been nice with a lot of the white I bought recently, but oh well lol, pink works with those as well.

 

Shop staff wearing the clear pearl sandals in white with check open back OP in blue

with Liz Lisa check open back OP in pink

with Ank Rouge top and mermaid print skirt set

   & Liz Lisa seashell wicker bag

I feel like the theming for this shoe is a little confusing lol. The front strap has the little metallic seashells and the back plastic has "Cotton Candy" stitched into it. There are also half pearls along the base of the sole (? idk what that area is called lol) which are a nice little touch. And tbh, even if one or two fell off, it wouldn't matter too much, haha. I haven't worn them too much besides the (approx.) hour while I was shooting these photos, but they seem stable...although with extended wear I'm sure my feet wouldn't be 100% happy. The front strap fits really well on my foot, and the ankle strap adds extra security as well. In the end, although I don't think I would have been unhappy with blue, I'm glad I got pink just based on what else is in my wardrobe.

  Sailor puff short sleeve denim jacket in indigo (141-7012-0)
セーラーパフＧジャン
As with the clear pearl sandals, I saw this little short sleeve denim jacket in a lot of the stores, but didn't even want to try it on and didn't really consider buying it for some reason. I do like the sailor collar + lace detail that I probably wouldn't be able to find on any American denim, but something was making me turn away from it?? I'm so annoying (to myself) sometimes I swear. But it doesn't matter very much because I got a pretty good deal on it just now anyway. They restocked it in all the color options, and I knew I didn't want white (I have a lot of other white outers and too much white clothes), but I had a hard time deciding between the blue and indigo.

 

I was partial to the the lighter (blue) denim because I thought it would go better with my wardrobe, but I saw the indigo featured much more on the shop staff (although this piece in general wasn't featured very much at all, especially in comparison to its longer sleeve counterpart), and my mother likes darker denim, so in the end, I decided to go with the indigo.

with Liz Lisa sweets pattern OP (as pictured on the mannequin and shop staff above)

[I'm also wearing the clear pearl sandals in all of these sailor denim jacket photos as well!]

with Liz Lisa floral shirring OP

with Liz Lisa lace faux 2-piece OP

lots of pictures with this OP lol wtf

This jacket is a little boxier in the shoulder area and wider in the body than I would like which makes it less flattering than what I would prefer and limits what I would wear it with (personally). I think this is what I was afraid of earlier. That being said, I still like it. The material is a little lighter (weight) than I anticipated, and that's great for me. I think for the price, it was a really good deal. I'm happy with the indigo color, especially how it stands out against white and my lighter color items. I don't know how much I'll end up using it, but I love the sailor collar and short sleeves.

I probably would've been happy with ending my Liz Lisa (spring/)summer 2014 purchasing after all the items I got during my Japan trip, but this outer and pair of shoes are a nice final addition before autumn 2014!

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