To kick off Spring, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright is
taking reservations soon for a new print called "Wiz Me Over the Rainbow". The print is ready for the picnic with a lot of floral accents and the picnic blanket cross hatch all over. Country Lolitas should be swarming soon in excitement; this print just needs a wicker basket or hat and you have a fantastic Country coordinate.
If you have not heard yet, Black Peace Now
released a statement on their Facebook page about the head company in Japan filing for bankruptcy protection. Fortunately, the USA store operates separately from the Japanese store, so they will not be closing their doors just yet, but this probably means that the prospect of new stock of print or items will be improbable.
Black Peace Now, Peace Now, and Black Peace Now for Men are their three operating brands, starting out with Black Peace Now in 2001 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Their main form of advertisement for the brand was through media such as music videos and TV dramas throughout Japan, and eventually leaked into magazine advertisements including the Gothic Lolita Bible in 2008. While Black Peace Now and its sister brands were never exclusive Lolita fashion brands, as they focused more on a Gothic/Punk style, the brands featured a lot of elements that seamlessly fit into the Lolita fashion aesthetic in Lolita fashion Gothic, Punk, Aristocrat, and occasionally even darker Sweet styles.
If you are looking to get some pieces from a brand that was a part of Lolita fashion history, the USA store
still has their online shop open, and the San Francisco, USA store is also still open (at the time of this writing).
