Otomé style will always been close to my heart, I love wearing my Lolita clothing day-to-day without having all the impractical parts, so otomé is the style I dress in most of the time. I also absolutely love mori-girl and co-maintain the ohyeahmorigirl tumblr, if anyone follows it! I think a lot can be learned from the texturing used in mori-girl. As far as western designers go, there are a few that I absolutely adore, for example Besty Johnson, Vivienne Westwood and Rodarte, but I love high-end Japanese designers like Issey Miyake and Naoki Takizawa too, they’re definitely great inspiration for my non-lolita designs.

Tell us about your thought process for your latest print, Super Berry.

The inspiration for Super Berry actually came from Andy Warhol’s soup cans and the Souper dress, which was released as an advertising campaign by the Campbells’ Soup Company in the 60s, that’s one of the reasons it’s called ‘Super’ Berry. I really love pop-art and was thinking ‘how can I make this lolita’? So, Super Berry is the product of that.

Who do you picture as the ideal Strawberry Skies customer?

My ideal customer is anyone who is made happy by wearing my designs. I’ve always thought ‘at any point, no matter how sad you feel, you should be able to look down and smile at whatever you’re wearing’, so I really hope my designs make people happy and that they feel a sense of pride while wearing them.



That's such a sweet sentiment, I love it! So, what are your ideas for future prints?

Haha, well, I won’t give away too much! But my December print will be Strawberry Space Rangers, which as the name implies, is a space themed print. This print is essentially ready-to-release, so you can see more about it on my website under the Strawberry Space Rangers tag.

Alternately, do you feel you prefer producing prints or non-prints?

I love both prints and non-prints! I have a line planned called ‘Crayon Box’ which will consist of mostly bold solid colours, stripes and polka-dots. I think non-prints are great, since you can concentrate more on the style of the dress, rather than working around the print to compliment it.

What do you envision for the future of Strawberry Skies?

Once I finish my undergraduate studies, I’m interested in growing Strawberry Skies as a business and getting other creative minds on board to be part of a larger design and manufacturing team. In the near future though, I’m really looking forward to collaborating with other designers and artists and building up the Strawberry Skies label into a Lolita household name.