An*Tai*Na Shoes & My-Lolita-Dress Shopping Service Review! ~

Hello my sparkling blue velvet bows! ~

I'm back on my blog today with something I haven't done in a while, a Lolita fashion review! ^w^ The Prince was kind enough to offer me for my birthday something I needed to replace in my closet for a while; A pair of pink shoes and a pair of lilac shoes! :3

So this time I'm going to review them for you! They are from the brand An*Tai*Na and I got them through My-Lolita-Dress as it is usually my go-to shopping service for Taobao merch! ~

My-Lolita-Dress Shopping Service

As I said earlier, My-Lolita-Dress have been my go-to shopping service for years, probably since they have launched in... 2013 I think? I've never had any problems with them and I have made several orders with them through the years.

However, this time their service felt different from usual... Firstly, I didn't get a confirmation email of my order like I used to have before... ;w;'' I got the Paypal receipt after I paid for my shoes (Around September 15th) but no confirmation email from them which was weird to me since it seems like it was sent automatically before? I was a little worried so I contacted them around two weeks later to get an update for my order since that seemed a bit weird to me and I wondered if my order went through... They responded to my email the same day telling that my shoes were going to be shipped around October 9th which was fine with me. ~

Shipping

I received my order on October 21th. ~ It took 7 business days, more or less, to ship from China to Canada, which was very reasonable for the shipping time to me. The shipping was around 32$ USD which was around 42$ CAD which isn't that bad for two pairs of shoes from China. I chose the regular airmail untracked shipping since I always seem to get hit with customs when I chose DHL or EMS with My-Lolita-Dress orders... This time I didn't get customs and it was faster then the estimated shipping time too so I was pretty happy with that! ^w^

The two pairs of shoes came in a bigger shoe box that was shipped in a shipping bag. They were packaged in the same box so I was worried that I only got one pair but both were packaged in there. There wasn't any special protection in the shoe box other than some tissue paper around each shoe... They weren't damaged or scuffed in the shipping process though. ;o;''

Quality & Price

As usual with An*Tai*Na shoes, they are pretty good quality as far as Lolita shoes goes! ~ I paid around 42$ USD which is around 55$ CAD for each pair. For me personally it's a reasonable price for Lolita shoes, especially since I am very picky with the style of shoes I like to wear and I cannot find designs I like easily... (I prefer a low heel and a simple design with fewer straps to wear on the daily but I like when shoes have more "special" touches like intricate bows and stuff! ^w^)

One thing that bothers me a bit is that on the pink pair of shoes the bow "tails" kind of flip the other way around instead of laying on the top of the shoe like the lilac pair... But I am pretty sure that was because the way they were packaged during the shipping. I may try to tape them down for a bit to see if it helps replacing them correctly... If I am not too lazy about it... XD;

Fit & Sizing

When I first tried them on, I was so pleasantly surprised a how comfy they were compared to my other An*Tai*Na shoes! ^o^/ It's almost as they weren't made by the same brand! (I was almost dreading to order new shoes for so long because I knew I was going to have to break them in and how painful it would be... ^w^'') I've always said that Bodyline was my go-to brand for comfy Lolita shoes but An*Tai*Na must have fixed that problem since I feel like the "toe box" for their shoes was made significantly larger than on my other shoes I own from them that were purchased a long while ago. ~

As for the sizing, I was surprised to see that they were a bit bigger/longer than my other shoes from them... I made sure to look back at my previous shoes order to order the same size as before (which is a size 36, as I am usually between a size 5 and 6 in US/Canada shoes sizing). I can't say that they are definitely too big for me; I could adjust them to my liking with the straps, but there is quite a significant "wiggle room" in them. If I order shoes from them again in the near future I would probably size down a bit and get a size 35.5 or 35 next time. ^w^''

Overall

I am overall satisfied with my order and my new shoes! ^w^ The ordering process was easy and I could have emailed them earlier to reassure myself about not getting the confirmation email instead of worrying so I take the blame on that part. XD; The shoes are nice quality, they are probably the comfiest pairs of shoes I own now which makes me want to wear them even more! ~ The colours are beautiful and they match nicely with what I have in my closet. I'm a little disappointed that they changed their sizing compared to their past models of shoes but I could adjust them so they fit nicely and more snug on my feet so it worked out fine in the end. :3

I hope you liked my little review, I was a little bit rusty since I don't write them too often, haha! XD;

Until next time my precious minty flowery teacups, take care! ^w^