Panel Descriptions

Tea for Tea Parties (WORKSHOP)
Tea parties are a fairly common Lolita meet-up activity, but how often is the tea the main focus? The right tea can enhance the experience, while the wrong one can detract from it. Come learn about a variety of teas, and discover how much there is to know about this ancient beverage.

Face-Ups 101 (WORKSHOP)
Whether you're new to the world of dolls or already have a collection, sooner or later you'll want to know how to alter your doll’s appearance with a new face-up. Come learn about materials and techniques at this panel and demonstration.

Lolita 101
TBA

Modifying & Customizing BJDs (WORKSHOP)
Grab your dremel, epoxy & color box. It's going to be a wild ride! So much of the joy of collecting BJDs is creating unique characters from your imagination and bringing them to life in resin. This panel will show you that it's not so scary to bring your vision to vivid life!

Custom Design Your Own Lolita Skirts
Cheryl Kuczek is the first sewing instructor to start sewing classes targeting all the lolita in the world, so that they too can create beautiful lolita fashions. This presentation will give you all the information on how to make your own lolita skirts easily with a simple formula! Easy how-two techniques for construction will also be discussed. There will be a question and answer session, and you may go by Cheryl's Booth in the Exhibitors Hall for inspiration too!!!

Custom Design your own lolita Jewelry and Handbags with Paradiso Designs
Cheryl Kuzek has her own line of handbag patterns that are now available to the public who want their own designer-look bag. She also designs a line of vintage inspired jewelry, perfect for classic or gothic lolita styles. Whether you're after accessories for your lolita coordinates or just want something for more casual wear, this is the panel for you! Cheryl will discuss the finer points of handbag and jewelry construction, and how you can achieve the fun looks that you desire! There will be a question and answer session, and you can see Cheryl at her Booth in the Exhibitors Hall.

Spice up your Doll Clothing with Paradiso Designs
Cheryl Kuczek will show you how to simplify the design process for making authentic doll clothes that fit. This panel will give you the information to find the best kinds of materials to truly achieve that special look for your doll! There will be a question and answer session, and you can see Cheryl at her Booth in the Exhibitors Hall

BJD Burrito aka Dollie Travel Blanket (WORKSHOP)
Mel Quinn of Faerie Fingers will show you how to make a blanket for your special BJD. Whether you use it for that quick trip to the doll meet or extra padding in your doll carrier., this fleece presentation blanket is just the thing to keep your doll neat and clean. This is a hands on workshop. Bring your own materials or come to watch. Everyone’s welcome!

Materials: 3/8 yard of fleece and cotton print, 1 package of piping (optional)

Doll Clothing 101
The lovely creature enters your life and suddenly your imagination is firing on all eight cylinders, but how to start? We'll discuss measuring and fitting doll clothes, sewing techniques, fabric choices, notations, and embellishments.

BJD 101
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Doll Furniture
There are lots of lovely doll chairs and sofas but perhaps they're not quite right or too expensive. Don’t despair! With some ingenuity and careful shopping, you can make some charming fun furniture for your dolls.

Doll Carriers
So you want to travel with your dolls and you need some way to protect them from the elements and accidental damage. The solution is a doll carrier. This demonstration will touch on both soft sided and hard sided options

Photography 101
TBA

Intro to Steampunk
You may have heard of steampunk, but what is it? Diana Vick, the Vice Chair of SteamCon will tell you all about the exciting genre of Victorian science fiction known as steampunk.

Steampunk Lolita
Two great looks that go great together. Diana Vick, the Vice Chair of SteamCon, gives you instruction on steaming up your Lolita look.

Gothic Charm School
Jillian Venters, aka "The Lady of the Manners," answers questions about decorum and etiquette for Goths and the Non-Goths in their lives. I was in attendance at her book signing when a person asked if Lolita Fashion was a Goth spin-off. Jillian's witty and thoughtful answer showed she knew Lolita Fashion and the EGL community and the similar problems both our communities share.

Tsukiyomi Moon Phase (Wikipedia)
The story is about the relationship between freelance photographer Kouhei Morioka and Hazuki, a teenager who descends from a royal vampire lineage. At the beginning of the story, Kouhei travels to a castle in Germany to take photographs of paranormal phenomena for his friend Hiromi, who is the editor of an occult magazine. At the castle, Kouhei meets Hazuki, who feeds on Kouhei's blood and claims him as her unwilling servant. Although this "blood pact" is supposed to bind Kouhei to Hazuki as her obedient slave, her act has no effect on Kouhei. Following an action-packed sorcerers' battle in which Kouhei and his cousin manage to free Hazuki from her captivity in the dreary castle, Hazuki travels to Tokyo, and takes up residence with Kouhei in his grandfather's house in Japan. Hazuki claims that, because she fed on his blood, Kouhei is now her servant, but Kouhei continually refuses to obey her, especially when he thinks her requests are unreasonable. Despite their fighting, the relationship between the duo progresses over time - even in the face of repeated attacks by opposing vampires - until Kouhei becomes determined to protect Hazuki from the vampire servants of her family, who are determined to retrieve her by whatever means necessary.

Rozen Maiden (Wikipedia)
Jun Sakurada is a Junior High School student who refuses to go to school after being traumatized by an embarrassing experience there (see Hikikomori). He has taken to locking himself in his room, never leaving the house, and spends the day ordering goods online and returning them before the date in which he has to pay. His older sister, Nori Sakurada, does everything she can to brighten Jun's dreary existence, but is unable to change his situation.

One day, Jun receives a letter claiming he has won a prize. The letter asks him to choose "Yes" or "No". It states that after he has made his decision, he must place the letter in the drawer of his desk, and Holie will take it to the spirit world. Despite his skepticism, he follows these instructions, and discovers soon after that the envelope has vanished. Moments later, he realizes that a richly detailed wood case has materialized within his room. The box contains a strange realistic doll dressed in French aristocratic (similar to gothic lolita) attire. Jun examines the doll from every angle before seeing the key and winding up the doll. The doll creaks, stands up on its own, then proceeds to slap him for handling her as crudely as he had. She introduces herself as, "...Shinku, the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden."

LoveCom Official Website
Based on the bestselling comic by Aya Nakahara Love?Com The Movie is a high-school romantic comedy centering on two students. Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Ôtani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. But as their friendship develops, so do Risa's feelings toward Ôtani. The English version of the manga series is currently available under VIZ Media’s SHOJO BEAT imprint.

Guest and Industry Dinner Reception
This is a private reception reserved for Guests of Honor, Exhibitors, and Patron attendees.

BTSSB Fashion Show
Come see the latest fashion apparel from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright!

Nana (Wikipedia)
Nana Osaki is a punk singer who wants to debut with her band Black Stones (BLAST for short). Nana was the lead vocalist in their old band with her boyfriend, Ren, and they lived together as lovers since she was 16. When Ren was offered a chance to debut in Tokyo as a replacement member of the popular band Trapnest (Toranesu in Japanese), Nana chose to cultivate her own band after Ren left her and Black Stones for Trapnest. Having too much pride to simply follow Ren to Tokyo and happily be a rockstar's girlfriend, she stayed behind. She leaves for Tokyo at the age of twenty, and to start her musical career.

Kamikaze Girls (Wikipedia)
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. A complete fish out of water in her rural and sleepy Japanese town, where everyone buys their clothes (and everything else) at the same store and no one understands her, Momoko's life is one of sugared sweets and frilly treats. Desperate to make some money to pay for her expensive indulgence, Momoko tries selling bootleg Ver*ace and Uni*ersal Studios clothes left over from her Dad's yakuza (gangster) days. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered... Road movie, buddy comedy, deeply insightful and surprisingly touching, the surreal world only further highlights the all too real friendship that brings these two unlikely girls together.

Friday Night Bingo Party
Take time out to play our Friday night Bingo party and win fun prizes!

Fencing Panel
A panel sponsored by the Metro Tacoma Fencing Club on the gentleman's sport of modern Olympic fencing with all three Olympic weapons: foil, epee and sabre. Includes demonstration.