A Guide to TaoBao

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Now that have stopped bombarding you with exclamation marks we may pray to kawaii! *cough* totoro *cough*. I’m soooooo (it took me three tries to write “soooooooo” without autocorrect. LOL!) psyched up to talk to you again. My computer was pulled away for one month because of things…

Things that you won’t get to know about.

No…

NO…

NOO…

NOOOOOOO. Period…

I WILL NOT TELL YOU! (<— Take a moment to appreciate the exclamation mark. ^.^)

This is off topic but…

is i weird that I still have my christmas tree up? No? OK, we can all be HAPPY now.

So…

In the past month I have:

won three gold medals in the science olympics

had a guy tell me he liked me

had a pet rock

had someone kidnap and kill the pet rock

went to the pet rocks funeral (I will not tell you his name because then you might get to attached and cry)

had another guy tell me he liked me

got an A on my music test so DON’T criticize my music

DIDN’T take down my christmas tree (LOL)

sprained my angle AGAIN!

ate, breathed, lived you know… normal human stuff

That’s the over view

INTO THE KAWAII: A Guide To TaoBao

What is Taobao?

Taobao is a large Chinese shopping website, similar to eBay featuring thousands and thousands of stores selling a wide range of products including anime merchandise and Japanese street fashion.

To buy from Taobao you will need a shopping service (SS) since Taobao only delivers within China. A few reliable and popular Shoping services used are: Taobaospree and Taobaonow, however there are many more options to choose from if you look around.

The currency used is Yuan (¥) The prices of the products usually are low but remember you have to include shopping service fees and shipping fee's on-top. Also keep in mind, you might get charged customs if your order is over a certain amount.

Some products will have weird prices such as "999" or "9999", this means that the product is sold out or not yet available.

Sizes: Most stores carry one sized clothes, sometimes S/M/L, but measurements can vary a lot. Since I know chinese I can translate then for you:

Some helpful word you might see as part of measurements:

腰围 /中腰 : waist

臀围 : hips

胸围 : bust

肩宽 : shoulder to shoulder length

袖围 : sleeve cuff circumference

袖長 : sleeve length

衣长 : general length of item

It's also possible to see an item on either Buychina or Yoybuy where you copy and paste the taobao url into the url bar on the website.

Taobao stores have feedback scores that start with hearts (The lowest) and go up to gold crowns (The highest).

At the top of every Taobao page will be an orange search bar where you can type in what you want to find and look through the "Babys" (AKA products)

Here's a quick guide through a few popular kawaii themed stores:

Gyaru:

Luckynail Studio- Gyaru nails. There's also nails that can be good with Lolita and Fairy Kei.

Bobon21- A Popular Hime styled brand. Perfect for the summer as well as selling coats. Clothing and accessories.

Enew- Cute wigs

Doudousz- Shoes

Maijiwigs- Casual wigs

Candy Rain- Similar style to Liz Lisa. Otome style. Clothes, shoes, outerwear and accessories.

Ayra- Onee-gyaru style

521feizhuliu- That brand you've seen allover Storenvy.

Maykii- Hime Kaji and korean fashion styled

Lolita:

An*tai*na- A popular shoe brand

Chess story- Sweet prints as well as a few casual Lolita items

Classical puppets- Classical lolita. They all so supply petticoats.

Dear Celine- Classical Lolita

Secret shop- Shoes and socks

Infanta- Classical and sweet clothing.

Ichigo15- Lolita punk and goth clothing

Others:

Tomybear "To Alice” one of my favourites

Binbinhly - Casual cute and Fairy Kei.

Cream made- Fairy Kei,Spank,Mahou kei.

Dearli- Mori, Cult and Dolly Kei.

Forest girl- Otome and Mori Kei.

Have LOADS of fun ordering these things for MUCH cheaper!

And you can thank me all in the end!

Arigato! Anata o aishiteimasu!

ありがとう! あなたを愛してます!