I wore my new We’re All Mad Here (WAMH) dress to a mini-meetup in the city on Sunday! This is the outfit I would have worn to the Halloween meet if we hadn’t been so horribly thrashed by Hurricane Sandy. You can keep your Thanksgiving, I am still in Halloween denial and will be until Christmas.

Dress: courtesy of We’re All Mad Here | Stockings Macy’s | Blouse: Angelic Pretty (hand-dyed by me) | Bolero: You’re My Present | Hairbow: Chocomint | Fluffy bat: Milky Way | Shoes: DIY lavender glitter by me

This is my first dress from We’re All Mad Here and I am really impressed. The print is perfect, all of the bows are excellent, and the fabric is the same kind of high-quality satin that Aqua Princess was made from. I would easily say this dress is one of the few indie brands available that is legitimately brand-quality and worth every penny. Not only that, mine is custom-sized to fit me and the designer, Eden, made the dress by hand. It makes a beautiful lolita dress, but it could easily be dressed up for a night out or look at home at rockabilly night at the club. For the next coordinate, I’m thinking I’ll dress it up with my pearls-and-chains Putumayo belt, a Gothic band t-shirt, my pink Doc Martens and perhaps something studded for a punkier look.

If you’re looking to purchase one, this dress is called The Betty! Check out We’re All Mad Here’s Tumblr post to get your own.

We only had a few girls at the meet today but I am so pleased that I met new people I click with! I accidentally ran into Rune, who I have been dying to meet. We were both feeling the skulls today…

Make sure you check out her fashion blog, Mermaidform! Or if you just want to see her amazing coordinates, try her Lookbook!

We went to an adorable Japanese sweets & teahouse called Spot near St. Mark’s Place, right across the street from Trash and Vaudeville. So much good food in this area if you like Asian food – pho, ramen, shabu shabu…

Upper photo: apple crumble cupcakes! Lower left: Nina & I! Lower center: Rose petal and taro macarons. Lower right: Kiki (who I love to pieces) and Petrina (who I also love to pieces)

 As we were leaving we ran into this… panda?! I don’t know who this cute girl is, except that she went to the Big Bang concert the previous night (needless to say this means I am as jelly as a Jello Jiggler). And this is a perfect example of why I love New York City.