Forest Girl

This lovely mook,Lesson5 girl loves the forest, come winter, is full of Mori girls fashion. I love the cute clogs page and the Mori girl home decor, loooovvvvveeeee! The mook came with a sweet little tote inside by Natural Label.










森ガール Lesson5 大好きな、冬が来る (e-MOOK) [大型本]


Remember the Giveaway deadline is December 10th for this lovely little doll.

Spoon-February 2011

This is the February issue of Spoon chock full of Emily Temple Cute, Marble Sud(my favorite!), model Yu Aoi, and a special Russian section.

New Japanese mags!

Took a trip up to Kinokuniya last week to get a slew of Japanese mags. I bought two Fudge's, two Spoon's, one Nylon and one So-en. Love them all. So-en and Fudge have more high fashion, Spoon and Nylon have street fashion and mori girls. If you need info on any of the mags just leave me a comment or email me.

SPOON_MORI GIRLS!

So I bit the big bullet and ordered the Mori Girls issue of Spoon from Amazon Japan, it was pricey too pricey, but there were only a couple left and I didn't want to miss out. It's chock full of photographic goodness. This issue has models Yu Aoi and Merii (Jungle) (Merii is one of my absolutely favorite Japanese models), both modeling Mori girl styles, plus there's a whole section on Emily Temple Cute and Jane Marple two outstanding designer labels plus Syrup (I wish they were here in the States). They have the A to Z's in becoming a Mori Girl, I will list those for you here: A is A-line, as in clothing that doesn't cling to the body. B is for books for the well read girl, who loves books about art, tragedy and child like stories. C is for Check, as in gingham or plaids, D is for dot, that one is obvious. E is for Ethnic, that's to incorporate some ethic styles into your mori-girl outfits. F is for Film, like Amelié and Virgin Suicides,and for some reason G for Girl is lumped in with that one apparently meaning girly sappy films. H is for Hairstyle, only a perfect bob with bangs or curly long tresses with fringe are the two acceptable hairstyles for Mori-girls. I is for Illustration, for a lovely collection of children's illustration like my favorites, Marini & Monteany, J is for Jam and your shit of luck if you dislike Jam every Mori girl must eat JAM! K is for Kago bag, these are bag's resembling a basket like little red riding hood's. L is for life and from what I can determine they me living creatures that a mori-girl should enjoy the cute cuddly furry creatures, especially those residing in the woods, and she must have some charms, key chain or other element incorporating such creatures in the design. M is for Mellow time (I laughed so hard at this that I almost cried) this means you should own candles! O is for one piece for everyone leaving in the west this means a dress. P is for Perfume easy enough. Q id for Q & A, I have no idea what this could possibly mean. R is for romantic, a mori girl should immerse herself in romantic things. S is for Scandinavia, all mori girls should love Scandinavian stuff, no problem there what's not to like. T is for Toe, they mean a rounded toe shoe on this one. V is for vintage also self-explanatory. W is for Walk with Camera, a mori girl should always have her Holga to take pictures of the deer and bunnies hopping about. Y is for Yummy, a Mori girl must only wear sweet treats in the from of charms never eat them. Z id for Zakka, all mori-girls must be crafty girls. Ta-Da! Some of these rules are kinda weird some of them apply to a lot of the female population already. Anyway not making fun of the Mori-girls because I love this style, just was tickled by the crazy engrish in the magazine. More pics on my flickr

Marché , Spoon and Mori Girls

Last week I finally received my copies of the new Marché and Spoon. Spoon has a great fashion shoot from Syrup brand in Estonia, Scandinavian, and they revisited "Mori Girls"which they also introduced in their last issue using the beautiful model Aoi Yu, she graces this month's issue also, plus an interview with her if you can read Japanese."Mori in Japanese means "forest" and a Mori Girl (森ガール) is a girl who looks like she lives amongst cedar and pine trees. She's part Little Red Ridinghood (although she prefers dark blue, dark green or bordeaux brown to bright red), part Marie Antoinette pastoral fantasy, part Alice in Wonderland". A Mori Girl wears soft shapes, layered clothing, vintage, handmade, rounded toe shoes(clogs anyone? ME!!!!)has crafting skills like crocheting, knitting, sewing (obviously or she would out of a wardrobe ;)). When not making their own clothing they shop Syrup and Fur Fur brands.







Then there's Marché, it's a wonderful Mook covering crocheting and knitting, they also feature crafts artists' studios and new books. There are lots of patterns included and they are usually really beautiful and easy to understand without any knowledge of Japanese.