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So Pretty / Very Rotten

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by Jane Mai and An Nguyen w/ guest essay + interview from Novala Takemoto
Color cover with B&W insides, 304 pages, B6 size, offset printing
Published by Koyama Press

A tome on Lolita fashion featuring various short essays and comic stories by the authors. Exploration of the fashion from perspective of Japan and North America.
A brief description of the contents:

7 short comics plus various illustrations

Essays on Japanese magazines, Visual-kei and Lolita fashion, Japanese cultural concepts on girlhood and maidenhood, a cross-cultural comparison of Lolitas in Japan and North America

Plus a personal essay by Jane Mai on her relationship to Lolita fashion and a short essay by Novala Takamoto and an interview

And more...!


SHIPPING OPTIONS: This is a very thick and heavy book so shipping overseas is costly. It costs $19US to ship outside North America by airmail (1-2 weeks). If you live in an area with a reliable postal service you may enter coupon code: SPVRSLOW as your shipping option at checkout for surface mail (1-2 months) for $10US shipping.


CONVENTION PICK UP: Enter coupon code PICKUP during check-out for pick-up at TCAF May 2018. I will be tabling in the Wowee Zonk room this year!