Overview fukubukuro 2014 and shipping with Tenso

In case you missed my blog posts about them, I will give you a short overview and some afterthoughts of the fukubukuro (lucky bags) of 2014 that I bought. You should not mistake those with the fukubukuro of 2015 (still need to make videos of those! I know, I am really late. >_<), as they are usually sold on 1 January of each year, so currently, you can already pre-order those of 2016.  

dazzlin (ダズリン) fukubukuro (aka lucky bag, 福袋) 2014






Afterthoughts: 
I liked the dazzlin fukubukuro 2014 the most and my opinion is still unchanged. The canvas outer bag was used a lot by me and it can actually be counted as an extra item. The fabric was sturdy and it looked like a normal bag. The only thing that I missed was a hard cardboard to use on the bottom of the bag. Maybe, I should find some time to make one myself one day. ^_^

The coat in this fukubukuro became one of my favorite winter coats and for days when it wasn't as cold, I removed the fur collar. The flowery pink dress, I didn't wear as much as the weather here in the Netherlands doesn't really allow me to. But the purple grey turtle neck sweater was worn a lot under vests and sleeveless dresses in the winter.

Lodispotto (ロディスポット) fukubukuro (aka lucky bag, 福袋) 2014


Afterthoughts:
The outer bag of the Lodispotto fukubukuro 2014 is a bit flimsy and the print is a bit too cartoon-like, so I had never used it outside. The pink dress was very thick and surprisingly kept me quite warm - as I am normally not really a girl that likes to wear dresses and skirts in the winter ^_^). The pink color of the dress looked really nice combined with the black of the coat, but later on, the color faded to a brown-pink, which isn't as pretty. I didn't wear the rest of the items as much, as they are a bit thin for the cold weather here in the Netherlands. 

Misch Masch (ミッシュ マッシュ) fukubukuro (aka lucky bag, 福袋) 2014







Afterthoughts:
Although the coat from the Misch Masch fukubukuro 2014 has the label of size 38 (which is my size in European sizes), it is a bit too tight on me. On the other hand, the coat from Lodispotto with the label M does fit me very well. The rest of the clothing from Misch Masch and Lodispotto also fit me (European size: M/L). It helped that most of the clothing are very flexible knit wear and loose blouses. There is also an elastic band at the back of the skorts, which is better than a zipper. In particular, the simple blue vest (luckily without too many decorations) and lace blouse were great additions to my closet. Normally, it is quite a gamble for me to buy Asian clothing online as the sizes run very small, but Lodispotto and Misch Masch are two Japanese fashion brands that I can buy more clothes of in the future.



GALSTAR (ギャルスター) fukubukuro (aka lucky bag, 福袋) 2014



Afterthoughts:
The GALSTAR fukubukuro was the worst fukubukuro out of the four and I noticed that I had never worn or used anything that was in it, although I thought that some items were reasonably okay. I actually wanted to wear the red fur collar on Chinese New Year as on those festive days, the redder you dress yourself up the better, but I forgot. ^_^





My experience with shipping the fukubukuro with Tenso 

The international shipping of the first three fukubukuro was done by Tenso and it was the first time, I used this service, so I was a bit nervous. The items are worth quite a lot, so I wanted to be sure that the parcel will get to me safe and sound. That's why, I decided to ship by EMS, which is one of the most expensive shipping options that you could select at Tenso. At first, there were a few days delay due to New year's holiday (the fukubukuro are normally sold and send on 1 January) and Tenso confirmed that they received the parcel on 6 January. It then arrived in the Netherlands on 10 January, which is really fast. I had no complaints with Tenso, so I used their service again for the fukubukuro 2015 haul that I will show you soon on my blog.




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