lolita media library: Kira Imai’s “Velour”

“In the light of the chandelier, my dress glittered in a color I’d never seen before.”

Overview

An art book published in 2009. It contains a short illustrated story called “The World in Back of the Left Eye” (with text written by Kira Imai) which expands upon her previous name 眼帯天国 (Gantai tengoku), a number of full page drawings of characters who appear in the story, and a few other full page illustrations created from 2006-2008.

Table of Contents

• Salon-de-atmosphére p.5
• Davide p.6
• piano-piano-piano p.7
• Princess Trump p.8
• Hydrangea Princess p.9
• Ribbon Doll p.10
• Jewelry Princess p.11
• The world in back of the left eye p.12
• Emblem p.13
• Short story “The world in back of the left eye“ p.14-21
  The illustrations are all in black, gray, and white with pops of aqua.