Taobao review - Flower, Chess Story etc.
Another review^^
First, some new shirts.
Shop
Sleeve hem
Sleeve hem
Backside
Fabrics: The black and off white shirts are made of a very soft knitted cotton. The lace is soft and the colors matches perfectly.
Unfortunately, the black lace is a bit scratchy on the skin.
The purple shirt is made of a really soft jersey. The lace is pretty and soft, the big bow is NOT removable and made of chiffon.
The buttons on the purple shirt are very pretty, the rhinestones on the other shirts are normal quality. I had to sew two of them back to the black shirt right after it arrived, but it was pretty easy with the lace and fabric.
4/5
Size: I think the shirts are a bit bigger than stated on the site, especially the sleeves are longer than stated. I was afraid the sleeves would be a bit too short on me, since I´m a bit bigger than asian girls^^
But they turned out to be really long enough. And since all the fabrics are very stretchy, they fit very good. But jersey shirts like the purple one look definitely better on smaller girls, it looks a bit too tight on me (which is no problem since I want to wear it under my jsks)
4/5
Others: The shop has a nice collection of shirts in different colors, fabrics and with different details. You have to check the measurements with each items, because most of them are different. Shipping in China is very fast, so if you need your order quickly, this shop is good for it.
Some colors are other than on the site, especially white/off white look almost always the same, and off white could be also creme/beige, so make sure to check the colors with you shopping service.
Overall: 4/5
Classical Puppets bell shape petticoat
Lace at the hem
Fabric&lace: The fabric is very shiny and slippery, but since it´s a petticoat, that´s not bad. You skirt or dress will fall good over it because of this. It has a huge amount of fabric, so it´s really puffy. Like all pettis from CP, this one has a cotton underskirt too. I don´t really think this would be neccessary, because the fabric is very soft.
The lace is also very soft and pretty. With this, you can also use it as a underskirt to make your dress/skirt look a bit longer.
5/5
Size: I ordered this custom made. the length is perfect, just like I wanted it (50cm, for my longer classical and goth dresses).
The waist is very tight, unlike the one on my other petti from CP. I guess after using it a few times, the rubber will get more elastic and less stiff.
4,5/5
Others: It takes CP up to 4 weeks to make a petti, but this is totally worth the wait. With the exeption of the ultra poofy version 2 of Dear Celines petticoat, this one and the A line petti from CP are the best petticoats I´ve ever seen.
Overall: 5/5
Black patent leather school bag by Fancy Pocket
Shop
Inside
Inside front pocket
Embroidery
Bottom
Fabric: Very nice and heavy patent leather. You can also choose nylon fabric for this bag.
All metal parts seems to be very good quality so far. The embroidery is clear and shows no thread ends.
It has no lining inside, so you can see the not too pretty inside of the fabric.
The bag has a seperate board for the bottom.
4/5
Size: Like stated on the site. This bag is REALLY spacy! If you have to carry many books, notebooks and so on for college/school, this bag is perfect for you. The straps are logn enough to wear it over your shoulder, even with a thick coat.
6/5 ^^
Others: This bag is the same Fancy Pocket bag you can buy as "japanese school bag" on some other sites in the internet. But here, you can safe some good money, because you get it directly from the manufacturer. The quality is not as good as the one from Candy Sugar bags, but good enough to last a few years (I guess). You can decorate it to your style with the extra loop in the front and the best part ever - this bag has a bottle holder! No more wet notebooks or sticky Nintendo DS from your ice tea (the reason why I bought this bag^^)
Overall: 5/5
Chess Story
As usual from Chess Story. Beautiful roses, nice ribbons, wonderful lace and pretty pearls.
The headbow is the same I alredy reviewed some time ago, this time in black&white.
I can only recommand their hair accessoires.
Unfortunately the black roses band is broken, but I think I can fix this.
Overall: 5/5
Foxcherry
Lace
The plastic heart hoop is pretty cute and you can move the heart around on the hoop.
The bow is made of nice ribbon and the hoop itself is covered with a pretty flowerlace. Unfortunately the metal contains nickel, which I´m allergic to. The bow hoop is really huge, perfect for wigs, but if you want to wear it daily, it might be too wide (the ends are a few centimeter under my ears o.O).
The bow and the lace are only glued together.
Overall: 3/5
Flower
half bonnet in white
Fabric: Nice cotton fabric. There are different types of lace, but all look pretty and non-shiny, some are also very soft.
The ribbons are normal satin, and the little bows on the sides are fixed with safety pins O.o
I guess I´ll sew them on.
4/5
Size: it´s very big. The widest part on top is 13cm with lace.
It´s 44cm long, yo it covers both ears.
4/5
Others: The fabric is nice, but they didn´t used any interfacing, so it is totally soft and has no stiffness at all. It only lies on your head. The extra picture shows how much it can stand if draped carefully and if you don´t move.
I´ll try to make it stiffer with some wire and spray-on starch.
So if you are looking for a good bonnet, you should invest more money on a better brand.
Overall 3/5
Classic dress (Victorian Maiden replica) in black
front
back
sleeves
Fabric and stuff: As usual from Flower, the fabric is a really nice and soft cotton in deep black.
All the ruffles are fine, inside are some loose threads, but that is normal if something is sewn new. The ribbons are normal satin ribbon. The zipper is very fine and doesn´t get stuck anywhere.
Size: I ordered this custom made.
I gave them specific measures to make sure it fits my arms, shoulders and bust.
The measures were totally off -.-
The sleeves are 6cm too small (I also measured them, they were 30cm instead of 36).
The upper body part is around 10-15cm too short, which causes the underbust ribbon to sit right across my chest, the waist is under my bust and the skirt is too short.
Others: I told my agent about this problem and she said, the shop would remake this dress, if I would send it to them (which is too expensive for a 30€ dress). Maybe I will get free shipping from this shop next time I order, which is at least a little apology.
I had a similar problem with another dress for my friend, so if you should try to order a dress, make sure ypur agent checks all measures twice!
I already altered the sleeves, which was very easy because of the pleats.
I will have to remake the body part, which is some work, but not too difficult (I can sew very well).
Overall 2/5
First, some new shirts.
Shop
Sleeve hem
Sleeve hem
Backside
Fabrics: The black and off white shirts are made of a very soft knitted cotton. The lace is soft and the colors matches perfectly.
Unfortunately, the black lace is a bit scratchy on the skin.
The purple shirt is made of a really soft jersey. The lace is pretty and soft, the big bow is NOT removable and made of chiffon.
The buttons on the purple shirt are very pretty, the rhinestones on the other shirts are normal quality. I had to sew two of them back to the black shirt right after it arrived, but it was pretty easy with the lace and fabric.
4/5
Size: I think the shirts are a bit bigger than stated on the site, especially the sleeves are longer than stated. I was afraid the sleeves would be a bit too short on me, since I´m a bit bigger than asian girls^^
But they turned out to be really long enough. And since all the fabrics are very stretchy, they fit very good. But jersey shirts like the purple one look definitely better on smaller girls, it looks a bit too tight on me (which is no problem since I want to wear it under my jsks)
4/5
Others: The shop has a nice collection of shirts in different colors, fabrics and with different details. You have to check the measurements with each items, because most of them are different. Shipping in China is very fast, so if you need your order quickly, this shop is good for it.
Some colors are other than on the site, especially white/off white look almost always the same, and off white could be also creme/beige, so make sure to check the colors with you shopping service.
Overall: 4/5
Classical Puppets bell shape petticoat
Lace at the hem
Fabric&lace: The fabric is very shiny and slippery, but since it´s a petticoat, that´s not bad. You skirt or dress will fall good over it because of this. It has a huge amount of fabric, so it´s really puffy. Like all pettis from CP, this one has a cotton underskirt too. I don´t really think this would be neccessary, because the fabric is very soft.
The lace is also very soft and pretty. With this, you can also use it as a underskirt to make your dress/skirt look a bit longer.
5/5
Size: I ordered this custom made. the length is perfect, just like I wanted it (50cm, for my longer classical and goth dresses).
The waist is very tight, unlike the one on my other petti from CP. I guess after using it a few times, the rubber will get more elastic and less stiff.
4,5/5
Others: It takes CP up to 4 weeks to make a petti, but this is totally worth the wait. With the exeption of the ultra poofy version 2 of Dear Celines petticoat, this one and the A line petti from CP are the best petticoats I´ve ever seen.
Overall: 5/5
Black patent leather school bag by Fancy Pocket
Shop
Inside
Inside front pocket
Embroidery
Bottom
Fabric: Very nice and heavy patent leather. You can also choose nylon fabric for this bag.
All metal parts seems to be very good quality so far. The embroidery is clear and shows no thread ends.
It has no lining inside, so you can see the not too pretty inside of the fabric.
The bag has a seperate board for the bottom.
4/5
Size: Like stated on the site. This bag is REALLY spacy! If you have to carry many books, notebooks and so on for college/school, this bag is perfect for you. The straps are logn enough to wear it over your shoulder, even with a thick coat.
6/5 ^^
Others: This bag is the same Fancy Pocket bag you can buy as "japanese school bag" on some other sites in the internet. But here, you can safe some good money, because you get it directly from the manufacturer. The quality is not as good as the one from Candy Sugar bags, but good enough to last a few years (I guess). You can decorate it to your style with the extra loop in the front and the best part ever - this bag has a bottle holder! No more wet notebooks or sticky Nintendo DS from your ice tea (the reason why I bought this bag^^)
Overall: 5/5
Chess Story
As usual from Chess Story. Beautiful roses, nice ribbons, wonderful lace and pretty pearls.
The headbow is the same I alredy reviewed some time ago, this time in black&white.
I can only recommand their hair accessoires.
Unfortunately the black roses band is broken, but I think I can fix this.
Overall: 5/5
Foxcherry
Lace
The plastic heart hoop is pretty cute and you can move the heart around on the hoop.
The bow is made of nice ribbon and the hoop itself is covered with a pretty flowerlace. Unfortunately the metal contains nickel, which I´m allergic to. The bow hoop is really huge, perfect for wigs, but if you want to wear it daily, it might be too wide (the ends are a few centimeter under my ears o.O).
The bow and the lace are only glued together.
Overall: 3/5
Flower
half bonnet in white
Fabric: Nice cotton fabric. There are different types of lace, but all look pretty and non-shiny, some are also very soft.
The ribbons are normal satin, and the little bows on the sides are fixed with safety pins O.o
I guess I´ll sew them on.
4/5
Size: it´s very big. The widest part on top is 13cm with lace.
It´s 44cm long, yo it covers both ears.
4/5
Others: The fabric is nice, but they didn´t used any interfacing, so it is totally soft and has no stiffness at all. It only lies on your head. The extra picture shows how much it can stand if draped carefully and if you don´t move.
I´ll try to make it stiffer with some wire and spray-on starch.
So if you are looking for a good bonnet, you should invest more money on a better brand.
Overall 3/5
Classic dress (Victorian Maiden replica) in black
front
back
sleeves
Fabric and stuff: As usual from Flower, the fabric is a really nice and soft cotton in deep black.
All the ruffles are fine, inside are some loose threads, but that is normal if something is sewn new. The ribbons are normal satin ribbon. The zipper is very fine and doesn´t get stuck anywhere.
Size: I ordered this custom made.
I gave them specific measures to make sure it fits my arms, shoulders and bust.
The measures were totally off -.-
The sleeves are 6cm too small (I also measured them, they were 30cm instead of 36).
The upper body part is around 10-15cm too short, which causes the underbust ribbon to sit right across my chest, the waist is under my bust and the skirt is too short.
Others: I told my agent about this problem and she said, the shop would remake this dress, if I would send it to them (which is too expensive for a 30€ dress). Maybe I will get free shipping from this shop next time I order, which is at least a little apology.
I had a similar problem with another dress for my friend, so if you should try to order a dress, make sure ypur agent checks all measures twice!
I already altered the sleeves, which was very easy because of the pleats.
I will have to remake the body part, which is some work, but not too difficult (I can sew very well).
Overall 2/5