After teetering on the fence for a couple months, I decided to finally go ahead and make an order with Gloomth, a online Lolita/Goth/Victorian inspired clothing store based in Ontario, Canada. I purchased the Anther JSK.
Communication
I emailed to ask about production speed and got a response from Taeden very quickly, within a few hours. When I placed my order, I received an automated email as well as a personalized email with further information. The same happened when my package shipped.
Communication: 5/5
Shipping
On their website, Gloomth promised North American orders placed before the 20th of October would arrive in time for Halloween (the store is currently make-to-order, in the process of switching to shipping from stock). I made my purchase on October 19th (cutting it close, I know), but it only just arrived today, November 4th. While my order did ship Thursday the 28th, before Halloween, no standard speed package is going to make it from Ontario to Baltimore in two days. Fortunately, I didn't actually need it for Halloween.
Here is how it arrived:
Kitten not included.
I got a kick out of the margarine box, but my goodness, what a rough trip it must have had! There was a hole punched clean through, as you can see. Inside, the dress was wrapped in black paper (with stickers!).
While I understand that the damage up to the post office, I wish it had been wrapped in plastic. With the hole in the box and all, it could have gotten water damage (even without a hole, cardboard isn't great against water).
Shipping: 3/5
Quality
It looks pretty much exactly like the website's photos, except longer. I'm 5'6 and it is knee length (which is good, in my opinion). It is lined with a built in tulle petticoat (and a layer underneath the tulle so it's not scratchy). I inspected the seems and found no flyaway threads or imperfections. I was surprised by how well the dress holds it's shape. The white parts of the fabric have silvery glitter highlights, but they're very subtle and impossible to capture with my camera.
Here I am wearing it:
I wore it to class and it was very comfortable and didn't wrinkle from sitting down. I was also unexpectedly hit with pouring rain on my way home, and the pattern didn't run or bleed at all when drenched.
Quality: 5/5
Overall, I'm really happy with it. The dress is fuller and longer than I expected, and I really love how it fits and looks on me.
Final score: 13/15
I thought they were only selling Ita stuffs, but I changed my mind ! Nice JSK ♥ !
ReplyDeleteIt looks really lovely on, are you able to get a good sized petti underneath it?
ReplyDeleteThats really quite nice looking :D
ReplyDeleteThat jsk looks lovely! I've been thinking of ordering something from their site, some of the clothes looks really nice. Do you mind me asking what the length of that dress is? I'm curious becuase I'm thinking of ordering it, but I'm really tall and it looks short in the stock photos.
ReplyDeleteAnon, I added a medium petti later and there was plenty of room to spare.
ReplyDeletetoxicsugarplum, it's knee length. I was concerned about length too, but it's much longer on me than in the stock photos, and I'm 5'6.
Wow that actually looks really good.
ReplyDelete*grins*
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're happy with your purchase. This just further cements my belief that Gloomth is awesome. Taeden is so anal about good quality I expect nothing but the best when I order from them!
By the way, I did an interview with Taeden in case any of you missed it.
This is really beautiful. I will have to check that site out.
ReplyDeleteWAHHH. At first I didn't like it, but when I saw the design up close(and you wearing it!!) I REALLY started liking it.
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