Hiya! My name is Max, but a lot of you will probably know me as raspberryparlor, the name of my Instagram account. I’ve been wanting to make a blog for quite some time now, in fact, I actually made this page a few months ago! I got too caught up on making it look cute, so I never ended up posting anything. I still haven’t worked out how to make this look aesthetically pleasing, so you’ll have to bear with me for now. I’m not sure how many people will actually read these posts, but I have so much to say and I figured this might be better than filling my stories with page after page of text. I’ll do a more in depth introduction eventually, but for now I just want to ramble!
Onto the main subject of the post: bidding wars! Most specifically, an auction that I bid on today.
Yesterday, a member of the os discord server shared a link to a listing of this cutsew which caught my eye. Initially, I wasn't able to view it since Yahoo! JAPAN is no longer available in the UK, but I was able to access the listing via a proxy website. The price was much more reasonable than I expected, so I decided I would try and bid on it closer to the ending time. I set some alarms to remind me to bid, but I still felt very anxious the night before and even woke up a couple of times haha.
Once the auction had about an hour left, I set my sniper bid and sat and watched. I find auctions to be really paralysing for me, to the point where I can't think about or do anything else until it's ended. I felt nauseous with worry, which probably isn't normal, but bids stress me out a LOT and I really didn't want to lose this one. Every time I saw a new bid pop up, I'd get even more nervous. I knew a lot of people would be keen on this item given its age and condition, but when so many bids started coming through I felt like I was a bit out of my depth. My sniper bid went through, but I ended up getting outbid shortly after. Luckily, the auction had automatic extension* enabled, which is usually very annoying but it ended up working in my favour in this case! I was able to place another sniper bid, and I decided to go all out with this one.
The price had gone up a lot at this point, and I wanted to stay ahead as to not get outbid, so I ended up entering a bit more than I had originally planned. It payed off though! It came down to the last 5 minutes again, and my bid went through. I was the highest bidder. I watched my screen intently, only looking away to refresh the page and see if anything had changed. Nobody else bid after that, so I ended up winning! It took a few hours for the confirmation email to come through, so even though I was pretty confident that I'd won, I didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure. Those few hours were AGONISING!
Everyone was so happy for me, and I feel so proud of myself. I've officially won my first ever bidding war! The first time I tried to bid on a lolita piece ended in complete and utter heartbreak, with me losing an auction for what is now my most sought after piece. I'm really pleased I gave it another go!
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| An image of the cutsew. |
Now, let's talk about the piece itself. If it were any other piece, I think I probably would've stepped back when it started getting pricy, but I refused to back down for this one. The main reason for that is the motif, which I've already talked about on my stories, so I'll discuss everything else first.
1. It's a cutsew. I fucking LOVE cutsews. I usually have trouble with blouses fitting me around the arms, so cutsews are a really great alternative for me! I also find them to be way more comfortable and tolerable to wear for longer periods of time. It also has neckties, which is especially nice because I've been wanting a piece with some for a while now!
2. It's black and white. For the past year, I've been purchasing almost exclusively old school items, the majority of which have been black and white. I find this really lovely because it means that pretty much everything goes together! It's very refreshing compared to my hot mess of a sweet lolita wardrobe haha.
3. It's OLD! It's from 2003 to be exact, and it's in wonderful condition considering its age. It's now my second oldest piece, and my oldest Angelic Pretty piece. I'm very excited to see what the tag looks like! I'm also planning to upload some pictures of it to lolibrary once it arrives, as this colourway isn't yet documented on there.
4. Last but not least, the Snow White motif. As I mentioned in my story, Snow White was my favourite movie when I was little. It isn't anymore, and hasn't been for a long time. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I watched it. Even so, the movie has and always will hold an extremely special place in my heart.
When I first saw this piece a month or so ago, I immediately added it to my wishlist. I wasn't even looking for it, I just stumbled across it whilst looking for a different Kira Imai piece. I never let myself think too much about it because having dream pieces in old school can get really tricky, it was just sort of one of those pieces that I thought would be really nice to own if I had the chance. I never would've imagined I'd be able to get my hands on it at all, let alone so soon! I jumped at the chance to be able to bring something so special to me back through my current interests. I know there are a lot of Snow White themed pieces out there, but I don't care for a lot of them simply because they aren't to my taste. This is the only thing that's really stuck out to me.
There's always a lot of talk about lolita fashion making people feel like a princess, which isn't something I ever really understood until recently, when I wore my first ever Angelic Pretty dress. It makes sense considering the brand's concept, which I've only just experienced for myself. Now I'm not saying that this specific cutsew will magically turn me into a princess or anything, but I do think it's a nice way to bring back my younger self, who spent most days dressing up as Snow White. It feels strangely healing for my inner child, you know?
I already have so many ideas for this piece, and I'm really excited to share them all with you guys.
Anyway, TL,DR: I won my first bidding war and I'm really fucking happy about it.
If you actually read all of this, which I doubt anyone did, I really hope you enjoyed it! I'm hoping to write more blog posts soon, so please let me know if you'd be interested in that. I still need to work out how to properly format things, but I mainly just want an outlet that doesn't involve talking my boyfriend's ear off for hours (thanks for putting up with me Stan!).
Bye bye for now!
P.S. Can you tell I had a bit too much fun with hyperlinks?
*Automatic extension is a feature on Yahoo! Japan Auctions which allows the bid's ending time to automatically extend by 5 minutes if there is a new highest bid in the last 5 minutes of the auction. It's very frustrating, but in this situation I wouldn't have won without it! I got lucky that the people I was bidding against ended up backing down quite quickly, otherwise it could've gone on for ages!
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