Kitsy's first video! Tokyo Rebel Stock Update Vol. 25.. Store note: telephone woes.. Winter hours notice.. Now accepting reservations for the "Trick Hat, Pricked Heart" series by Alice and the Pirates!..
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Kitsy's first video! Tokyo Rebel Stock Update Vol. 25
Here's Kitsy in her very first stock update video! She's showing off the items we've received in our last two Innocent World shipments (the previous shipment never made it to video before).
All of these items are available in store and online. Hurry, because a few things are already sold out! (We shot this last week - sorry it took so long to post!)
Store note: telephone woes
Just a quick note in case you've been trying to call us for any reason - our store phone system is currently down, and may not be repaired until Tuesday, February 7. Yes, we've wished a pox on Verizon many times. We think this may be related to a Verizon truck that's been parked down the block from us for the past month or so doing work underground, but in any case, our business phone is sans dial tone at the moment.
Please continue to email us at info@tokyorebel.com in the meantime if you'd like to contact us. During business hours, we generally read emails immediately, and even outside business hours, we see them pretty quickly and can respond to anything urgent.
Winter hours notice
Just a quick heads-up that until spring (when we'll give another notice), we're reverting to our now-annual winter schedule for our physical store. Those hours are:
Tuesday - Saturday 1-8pm
We will be closed Sundays and Mondays.
Our web store will continue to be open Mondays (and Sundays, of course), and we will also continue to be available for customer service inquiries during that time.
The last thing we have to tell you about today is probably the most exciting: to coincide with our announcement of our upcoming interview with Innocent World designer Yumi Fujiwara, we just received new Innocent World items, including their new Rose Lace Book bags!
IW's Antique Book Bags are some of the most popular items we've had, and while that series is no longer in production, we did receive some of their new Rose Lace Book Bags! These have a similar design but a different print than the earlier Antique Book Bags.
Of course we also received new skirts and dresses, some of which you can see in the photo at the top! (Sorry about the cell phone pic quality!) That is the Bertille Rose jumper skirt in navy/short - we also have this in long, as well as in Bordeaux in both short and long, and we've got the matching socks too. If you like the navy dress but aren't sure what kind of headgear to match with it, we now have the Miranda headdress in navy as well.
We also restocked the Heart Scallop Umbrellas, which will hopefully be around long enough this time for us to get them back up on our web site - we last restocked them just before Christmas and they sold out quickly. And we can't forget to mention the brand new Napoleon Skirt (link goes to IW's web site), which is so beautiful we just had to get it!
It may take us a couple of days to post everything to our site (for IW, we need to take our own pictures), but here is the list in the meantime - and it's all available in our store right now.
* Rose Lace Book Bag in ivory, chocolat or black - $159
* Napoleon Skirt in navy or black - $285
* Bertille Rose Jumper Skirt in navy or bordeaux and long or short - $319
* Bertille Rose Overknee Socks in navy or bordeaux - $35
We know from the emails we've received that some of you have been waiting, and we're a bit late with a couple of these... but we still have a few KERA #162 (February 2012) and GLB #42 (winter 2011) in stock, and they're now up for ordering on our web site! In addition, we've just posted KERA #163 (March 2012), featuring Shoko Nakagawa on the cover! Get 'em while you can!
We have several things to tell you about today and tomorrow - the first is new items from Pullip! We've restocked several of the dolls that had sold out previously, and we've received the brand new Alice and the Pirates x Mitsukazu Mihara Milky Rail Train series collaboration dolls! We previously sold this series for wearing - now it's available in doll form! These are now available for ordering online, and for in store purchase.
We're excited to announce the next in our ongoing series of interviews with icons of the Japanese fashion scene. This time, we're bringing you a Q&A with one of the most famous designers of Lolita clothing in Japan: Innocent World's Yumi Fujiwara! Fujiwara-san is not only Innocent World's designer, but also the company president and founder. This has allowed Innocent World a consistency in design quality that few other brands of any kind can match. You may have seen Fujiwara-san (pictured at left) in the Gothic & Lolita Bible, where she regularly appears to promote her brand.
As always, we are opening up this Q&A to you! Send us your questions either by comment or by email - we will pick the best ones to include with our own. Of course, we will be asking her all of the obvious questions even if nobody sends them in, but this is your chance to really get some secrets of Lolita design and the industry in Japan!
Please send us your questions by Saturday, January 28!
The sale rack returns!
Those of you who have been with us since we first opened our store may remember that at one time we had a full rack dedicated to used and sale items. Well, we haven't sold used items in a while but the sale rack has made a triumphant return!
Whenever you visit our store - at least for the next little while - you can browse the last rack in the store for sale items. (We've moved the stuff that used to be there to other racks - we might move it back eventually.)
A few sale items are still in their old place, including most sale dresses from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright. They are clearly marked, however.
Oh, incidentally, if you didn't notice before, we've added all of these items to the sale collection page on our web site - many of them are priced to move quickly! Up to $100 off dresses, for just one example! We are clearing out inventory to make way for spring merchandise.
In addition, don't miss the special note we've added above the products on the reserve collection page - keep in mind that we can get almost any item on VM's web site, including reserves no longer on our site and most in-stock items! We're now removing reserve items completely from our site shortly after our reserve period ends (to avoid confusion with our in-stock products), but that does not mean that you cannot still order them. All you need to do is email us if you don't see an item on our site and would like to order it - VM is one of the easiest brands for us to order from.
