Shop Introduction #1: su*pu*re

Today I'll start something new on my blog: shop introduction. I will show various physical stores and online stores to you and take time to talk a bit about them. This first time is kind of a special. It's about a plus-size store in Osaka I found per accident when I walked around there.

La Farfa Shop List

Since I was asked to write down the shop list that's noted in the back of La Farfa magazine I wrote down everything.
It's sorted Japanese so I hope you get along with it. I also added the links to the brand sites so it's easier for you to navigate. The cosmetic stuff I made smaller so you can see the fashion stores better.


あ
AS KNOWN AS olaca [LINK]
アナスイコスメティックス [Anna Sui Cosmetics - LINK]
井田ラボラトリーズ(キャンメイク) [Ida Laboratories (Canmake) - LINK]イトキンカスタマーサービス [Itokin - LINK]
イミュ [Imju - LINK]
WALL [LINK]
エウルキューブ [Eur3 - LINK]
お世話や [Osewaya - LINK]
オリエンタルトラフィック(ダブルエー) [Oriental Traffic (Double A) - LINK]

か
Carhartt Store Tokyo [LINK]
貝印　お客様相談室 [Kai Group - LINK]
花王(ビオレ) [Kao (Biore) - LINK]
カオリノモリラフォーレ原宿店 [Kaori no Mori - LINK]
カバーマーク　カスタマーセンター [Cover Mark - LINK]
Grandedge渋谷109店 [LINK]
クレアーズ [Claire's - LINK]
グレイル原宿駅前店 [GRL[Grail] - LINK]
ケサランパサラン　カスタマーセンター [Kesalan Patharan - LINK]
神戸レタス [Kobe Lettuce - LINK]
コージー本舗 [Koji Honpo - LINK]
コーセー(エスプリーク・ヴェセ) [Kose (Esprique) - LINK]
コンバース　インフォメーションセンター [Converse - LINK]

さ
サカゼン馬喰町店 [Sakazen - LINK]
サブストリート マイスタンダード [Substreet My Standard - LINK]
ザ・ボディショップ [The Bodyshop - LINK]
三愛水着楽園 [Sanai Mizugi Rakuen - LINK]
シーズン [Season - LINK]
資生堂 [Shiseido - LINK]
しまむら [Shimamura - LINK]
シャンティ [Chantilly - LINK]
ジャンパール [Jean Pearl - LINK]
jammy横浜店 [jammy - LINK]
shop NikoNiko [LINK]
スズタンカブリ中野サンモール店 [Suzutan - LINK]
SUPER HAKKA / super hakka feuille [LINK]
スケッチャーズ　ジャパン お客様コールセンター [Skechers - LINK]
スピンズ原宿店 [Spinns - LINK]
スマイルランド [SmiLeLand - LINK]
セシール [Cecile - LINK]
セザンヌ化粧品 [Cezanne - LINK]

た
タビオ(靴下屋) [Tabio (Socks) - LINK]
ダイアナ銀座本店 [Diana - LINK]
チュチュアンナ [Tutu Anna - LINK]
ディー・アップ [D-Up - LINK]
T-Garden　カスタマーセンター [LINK]
Decorative [LINK]
ドクターシーラボ [Dr.Ci:Labo - LINK]

な
nowistyle [LINK]
ニッセン [Nissen - LINK]
ヌオーヴォ [Nuovo - LINK]
northcorner [LINK]

は
A Happy Marilyn [LINK]
ハニーサロン / ハニーサロンルミネエスト新宿店 [LINK]
ハニーズ [LINK]
VARAL DE MODA＋ [LINK]
パラドゥ　カスタマーセンター [Parado - LINK]
Hanjiro Harajuku [LINK]
ビヨンクール阪急メンズ大阪店 [Beyond Cool - LINK]
FIG&VIPER [LINK]
フードコスメ(スキンフード) [Foodcosme (Skinfood) - LINK]
フェリシモ [Felissimo - LINK]
PLAZA カスタマーサービス室 [LINK]
plump(セシール) [plump (Cecile) - LINK]
ふりふ [Furifu - LINK]
文化屋雑貨店 [Bunkaya Zakkaten - LINK]
ベルメゾン(千趣会) [Belle Maison - LINK]
Bonita新宿ALTA店 [LINK]

ま
MINT BREEZE [LINK]
MOON (Soso) [LINK]
ムーンスター　お客様相談室 [Moon Star - LINK]
メイべリン　ニューヨーク　お客様相談室 [Maybelline New York - LINK]
Momo wonder rocket.com [LINK]
モンスタードロップス [Monster Drops - LINK]
モンキーバイト [MONKEY BITE - LINK]

や
UNIQLO [LINK]
夢展望 [Yumetenbo/DreamV - LINK]

ら
LAGRACE MART渋谷109店 [LINK]
RANDA [LINK]
Re-J / Re-Jオリナス錦糸町店 [LINK]
リベルタ [Liberta - LINK]
Reir [LINK]
レブロン [Revlon - LINK]
ロージーローザー [Rosy Rosa - LINK]

わ
ワコールお客様センター [Wacoal - LINK]


If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Ageha ♥

Review #4: la farfa [ラ・ファーファ] Vol. 2

So here's the second volume of "la farfa", a oversize fashion magazine. It was released in spring/summer so everything is made for that time of the year. There's no new volume annouced yet but I'm really looking forward to reading it.

So what exactly does the magazine provide?
Photos, coordinates, hair makes, make up and a huge special with yukata and bikini

How much does it cost?
630Yen

How many pages does the magazine have?
96 pages

What about the content?

 Spring/summer coordinates

 Fashion sorted by pants style

 And more coordinates. How you can mix a few clothes for everyday's styling

 Make up help

 Make up and hair styles

 How to style up for different kinds of fashion types: casual, girly, gyaru, natural

 Huge bikini special!

 More hair make for biki and also for yukata fashion

 Yukata special

 Snap shots

 Underwear special

What do you think about the magazine in the end?

It's much better than the first volume. There's more information, more tipps, more help, more photos and more different styles. It's really nice how they improved! I really enjoyed reading it. It's very helpful and will give so many advise to people who think they can't dress fashionable.

Any negative points?

Yes. Still there's this skinny model ad in the magazine which is so annoying.

 

Rating?

• Photo Quality:  ❤❤❤❤♡
• Information:    ❤❤❤❤❤
• Styling:           ❤❤❤❤♡
• Variety:           ❤❤❤❤♡
• Overall:           ❤❤❤❤❤

I hope I could help you with this review!

Ageha ♥

Review #1: la farfa [ラ・ファーファ]

Hello everyone!
So today I'll do my first review. It's a magazine review of the Japanese oversize fashion magazine "la farfa". You can take a look on their (Japanese only) website by clicking here.

So what exactly does the magazine provide?
Like every magazine for young women: Photos - lots of photos. Coordination help. Street Snaps. Makeup. Hair.

How much does it cost?
630Yen

How many pages does the magazine have?
96 pages

What about the content?

So first you can see some cute coordinates divided in "Lady Casual", "Chic Gal" and "Sweet Feminine". They give some points about how to combine like tunic shirt and short pants to coat the body and give a nice shape.

Next to the clothes you can also see where to buy them and how much they are. I think everything is quite cheap. Usually it's around 3000~4000yen per item. Of course there are some exceptions.

There are some pages like this: Showing some coords and providing points about coating the body. How do you get a nice silhouette and stuff like that.

Guess what? Another coordination page. They show the models before and after, point out what's important and what I like most: they even give you size information about the models (height, weight, bust, waist, hip)!

How to dress "oshare" (stylish). These pages are dedicated to the latest fashion trends like now: Spring Style. You can see which colors, patterns and cuts are trendy and how to wear it.

The usual makeup pages. Shading help is also provided to make the face look slimmer.

Hair arange pages for short and long hair.

Here are some "Spring Codes". I really like the one on the very right. Looks pretty ♥

Accessory and more coordinations. They have a bunch of onepieces in the magazine. A lot of them are so pretty.

 Comfortable, chic and trendy shoes!

Of course there are lots of street snaps.

"Career Style"

How to wear the suit right.

 Shop list of the shops named in the magazine.

Next issue is planned in summer 2013.

"ChubbyKawaii" will evolve!

What do you think about the magazine in the end?

I find it quite informative. A lot of useful stuff is written. It's not a gyaru magazine as you probably saw. But still I guess it can help oversize Gals to style up and to become better in coordinations. You might get a better feeling for your body. Also, since the brands and shops are written down you know where to buy these clothes. Even with a "normal" body it might be hard sometimes to get clothes that really fit you (especially pants). I guess that is the main point why I bought the magazine.
Also it's great that there finally is something like this since all the other magazines in Japan promote (sometimes too) skinny models.

Any negative points?

Yes. Skinny models ads on first and last page. Also the magazine's variation is quite low. There are like 50 pages only coordinates and nothing else.

Rating?

• Photo Quality:  ❤❤❤♡♡
• Information:    ❤❤❤❤❤
• Styling:           ❤❤♡♡♡
• Variety:           ❤❤♡♡♡
• Overall:           ❤❤❤♡♡