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This section is incomplete, you can help it by adding information about this publication's history (how it came to be, peak of popularity, issues list, notable events/updates). Add sections and subsections as needed.
Parfait ran between October 1999 and February 2003, available in-store and/or via mail order.  Issues were typically 44 pages<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parfait ■Volume 2 -Everlasting Days-■|url=http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait_Vol2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123132805/http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait_Vol2.html|archive-date=Jan 23, 2005|website=Baby Secret Love}}</ref> (after the initial 32-page first volume<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parfait ■Volume 1 -Lolita in Workaday World-■|url=http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait_Vol1.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205121622/http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait_Vol1.html|archive-date=Feb 5, 2005|website=Baby Secret Love}}</ref>) and featured Baby Secret Love collections, other shop/brand introductions, event reports, interviews, art and comics.
 
The creator cites the title's inspiration as follows:<blockquote>""Parfait" is a French word that means "perfect." It seems that sweet parfaits such as chocolate parfaits and strawberry parfaits also have the same spelling, but it's a fact that I realized this later on."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Parfait Archive|url=http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205081409/http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Parfait.html|archive-date=Feb 5, 2005|website=Baby Secret Love}}</ref></blockquote>
 
==== Publication History<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=~CHRONICLE~|url=http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Introduction.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205083455/http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/DGT-Follower/Introduction.html|archive-date=Feb 5, 2005|website=Baby Secret Love}}</ref> ====
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|October 1, 1999
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|Only 30 copies were published, available in-person at [[Angelic Pretty|Pretty]] in [[Laforet Harajuku]].
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|February 15, 2000
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|Preorders were available at Comitia, a Japanese doujinshi convention.  30 copies were made available at Pretty, with a 5-copy restock slightly later after selling out.
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|July 4, 2000
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|October 31, 2001
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 13 June 2024

Parfait
BSL SUB TITLE Parfait.jpg
Available inJapanese
Founded1999
Dissolved2003
CountryJapan
OwnerBaby Sweet Love
Websitewebsite
Current statusDefunct

Parfait was a Japanese-language lolita fashion magazine by the creators of Baby Secret Love that ran for 5 issues between 1999-2003.

History

Parfait ran between October 1999 and February 2003, available in-store and/or via mail order. Issues were typically 44 pages[1] (after the initial 32-page first volume[2]) and featured Baby Secret Love collections, other shop/brand introductions, event reports, interviews, art and comics.

The creator cites the title's inspiration as follows:

""Parfait" is a French word that means "perfect." It seems that sweet parfaits such as chocolate parfaits and strawberry parfaits also have the same spelling, but it's a fact that I realized this later on."[3]

Publication History[3][4]

Cover Volume Release Info Notes
ParfaitVol 1.jpg 1 October 1, 1999 Only 30 copies were published, available in-person at Pretty in Laforet Harajuku.
ParfaitVol 2.jpg 2 February 15, 2000 Preorders were available at Comitia, a Japanese doujinshi convention. 30 copies were made available at Pretty, with a 5-copy restock slightly later after selling out.
ParfaitVol 3.jpg 3 July 4, 2000 Was available via preorder, as well as at both Pretty and Heart-E in Laforet Harajuku.
ParfaitVol 4.jpg 4 October 31, 2001 Was available only via mail order.
ParfaitV 5.jpg 5 February 11, 2003 Was available only via mail order.

Notable Figures

This section is incomplete, you can help it by adding information about notable figures involved with this publication (authors, editors, designers, models etc).

Footnotes

  1. "Parfait ■Volume 2 -Everlasting Days-■". Baby Secret Love. Archived from the original on Jan 23, 2005.
  2. "Parfait ■Volume 1 -Lolita in Workaday World-■". Baby Secret Love. Archived from the original on Feb 5, 2005.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Parfait Archive". Baby Secret Love. Archived from the original on Feb 5, 2005.
  4. "~CHRONICLE~". Baby Secret Love. Archived from the original on Feb 5, 2005.

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