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==History==
==History==
In August 1988, the company that would become Baby the Stars Shine Bright was first established as a manufacturing and wholesale company for women's clothing by husband and wife team Akinori and Fumiyo Isobe. Baby, The Stars Shine Bright was formally established in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Baby, The Stars Shine Bright eMook}}</ref> The brand was named after an Everything but the Girl album from 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baby, the Stars Shine Bright|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_the_Stars_Shine_Bright|url-status=live|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> In October 1999, Baby launched their website and opened their first directly managed store.<ref name=":1" /> In 2001, they released the first version of their popular [https://lolibrary.org/items/btssb-milky-boots Milky Boots], and Usakumya appeared in an advertisement for the first time.<ref name=":1" /> In September of 2002, the Novel Kamikaze Girls, which featured the main character going to Baby The Stars Shine Bright, was first published.<ref name=":1" />
In August 1988, the company that would become Baby the Stars Shine Bright was first established as a manufacturing and wholesale company for women's clothing by husband and wife team [[Akinori Isobe|Akinori]] and Fumiyo Isobe. Baby, the Stars Shine Bright was formally established in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Baby, The Stars Shine Bright eMook}}</ref> The brand was named after an Everything but the Girl album from 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baby, the Stars Shine Bright|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_the_Stars_Shine_Bright|url-status=live|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> In October 1999, Baby launched their website and opened their first directly managed store.<ref name=":1" /> In 2001, they released the first version of their popular [https://lolibrary.org/items/btssb-milky-boots Milky Boots], and Usakumya appeared in an advertisement for the first time.<ref name=":1" /> In September of 2002, the novel [[Kamikaze Girls]], which featured the main character going to Baby The Stars Shine Bright, was first published.<ref name=":1" /> Baby opened several new stores in 2003, and filming began for a movie version of [[Kamikaze Girls]].


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|https://blog.goo.ne.jp/baby_kanazawa
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Revision as of 17:48, 8 December 2021

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
BtSSBLogo.png
Founded1988
CountryJapan
No. of locations14
Founder(s)Akinori and Fumiyo Isobe
Websitehttps://www.babyssb.co.jp/
Webshophttps://babyssb.shop/ (JP) https://shop.baby-aatp.com/ (US)
TwitterBABY_THE_STARS
Bloghttp://baby-aatp.blogspot.com/ (US) https://www.babyssb.co.jp/shop_list/ (JP)
Instagrambabythessbofficial baby_the_stars_shine_bright
Weibobaby20141123
Current statusActive
Lolibrary Link

Baby the Stars Shine Bright ベイビー・ザ・スターズ・シャイン・ブライト）is a sweet lolita brand founded in 1988.

Concept

Baby describes their brand as:

In a time when one truly felt cute and elegant

like a beautiful princess,

happily dressing up in fancy frills and lace.

Our Lolita designs bear this mindset.[1][2]

Sub-Labels (optional)

Alice and the Pirates - Alice and the Pirates was founded on 2004.[3]

History

In August 1988, the company that would become Baby the Stars Shine Bright was first established as a manufacturing and wholesale company for women's clothing by husband and wife team Akinori and Fumiyo Isobe. Baby, the Stars Shine Bright was formally established in 1992.[3] The brand was named after an Everything but the Girl album from 1986.[4] In October 1999, Baby launched their website and opened their first directly managed store.[3] In 2001, they released the first version of their popular Milky Boots, and Usakumya appeared in an advertisement for the first time.[3] In September of 2002, the novel Kamikaze Girls, which featured the main character going to Baby The Stars Shine Bright, was first published.[3] Baby opened several new stores in 2003, and filming began for a movie version of Kamikaze Girls.

Notable Figures

Akinori Isobe (礒部昭徳) - Cofounder of Baby the Stars Shine Bright and husband of Fumiyo Isobe

Fumiyo Isobe (磯部フミ子) - Cofounder of Baby the Stars Shine Bright and wife of Akinori Isobe

Kumiko Uehara - One of the lead designers at Baby the Stars Shine Bright.[5] She went to fashion school, sent her resume to Baby, abd was rejected (baby had 0 staff designers at the time). So she started her own brand, and a year later after her brand was in a magazine, baby called her and hired her. She designs the orthodox/mainstream clothes. (For example, the standard style everyone says “this is the BABY style” that's made of solid color cotton material with torchon lace.)  Also designs all shoes, bags and parasols.[6]

Kanou Masumi - One of the designers at Baby the Stars Shine Bright. She studied at a university that had a fashion department. She is assigned to designing classical style and princess motifs and was the designer for Fragrant Rose Memories and the Shooting Star A-La-Mode dress.[6]

Saki Tachibana - She went to fashion school and started as an assistant for Baby the Stars Shine Bright while still in school. She is the designer of Claudia, The Fairy Tale Princess[6][7]

Mitsuba - Mitsuba started as shop staff person, and then became a designer for Alice and the Pirates. She decides the schedule for a series and assigned the roles to each designer. She mainly designs all types of items including the original print series.[6]

NAKAMURA TOMOMI - Like Mitsuba, she also started as shop staff person, and then became a designer for Alice and the Pirates. She designs the items Mitsuba assigns to her. Also designs head accessories, hats, and bags in many cases. She generally decides the name of original prints, too.[6]

Misako Aoki - former model

Midori - Model

Akira - Model

Characters & Design Motifs

Usakumya

Usakumya (♀) first shows up in 2001 in the GLARB I Fashion Show in the form of a very shaggy plush.[8][9] She is typically described as a bear dressed up as a bunny.

The Story of Usakumya

“Deep in the forest of a faraway land, there lived a stylish little bear. On a sunny afternoon, the little bear happened upon a very long-eared bunny. In that moment, his heart was stolen by those lovely ears. The little bear wanted nothing more than a pair of long ears for himself. Thinking he too could have long ears, the little bear sat in front of the mirror and pulled on his round ears until they turned red. The little bear cried and cried every day because his ears remained the same.

Then, one day, the little bear saw a lovely girl wearing BABY’s clothing. She listened to his story from beginning to end, and decided to grant the little bear’s wish! As if by magic, the girl presented the little bear with an exquisite bunny-eared bonnet. The little bear placed the bonnet on his head, and looked at himself in the mirror. All of a sudden, the tears stopped. The little bear looked just like a little bunny with red eyes from endless crying and long ears atop his head.

The girl exclaimed, ‘So cute! Where I am from, we call bears ‘Kumya.’ From now on, you will be known as ‘Usakumya-chan.” The little bear was so happy, he traveled to Candyland, where the girl resides. Everyone in Candyland wears BABY’s clothing, and everything there is cute and sweet. Usakumya-chan and the magical girl spent many fun-filled days in Candyland.“[10][11]

Kuma Kumya

A bear, pretending to be a bear.

Neko Kumya

A bear pretending to be a cat


Locations/Sales Model

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Shop List

Standalone Alice and the Pirates locations are listed on their appropriate brand page. [12]

Shop Country Address Status Socials
Flagship Japan 6-29-3 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Harajuku KY Building 2nd floor Open

(1999-)

baby_the_stars_shine_bright
Osaka Japan 2-10-24 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Preview Building B1F Open https://ameblo.jp/babyosaka-blog/

baby_osaka

Sapporo Japan IKEUCHI ZONE B2F Open baby_sapporoten
Takasaki Japan 93-18 Torimachi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture Nonaka Building 1st floor Open

(2003-)[3]

https://ameblo.jp/babytakasaki/

baby_takasaki

Kanazawa

(+AatP)

Japan 24 BELSEL 1F, Tatemachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Open

(2003-)[3]

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/baby_kanazawa

baby_kanazawa

Shinjuku Japan 〒160-0022 3-1-26 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku Marui Annex 7th floor Open

(2003-)[3]

baby_shinjuku
Yokohama Japan 2-15-13 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Yokohama VIVRE3F Open

(2003-)[3]

https://ameblo.jp/baby-yokohama-blog/

baby_yokohama

Fukuoka

(+AatP)

Japan 1-12-56 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka THE SHOPS DAIMYO 2nd floor 207 Open

(2004-)[3] (Relocated Mar 2020)

https://ameblo.jp/baby-fukuoka/

baby_fukuoka

Sendai Japan 3-11-15 Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Sendai FORUS 7F Open https://ameblo.jp/s-baby-ap/

baby_sendaiten

Sannomiya (+AatP) Japan 1-5-26 Sannomiya-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Sannomiya OPA 4F Open https://www.opa-club.com/sannomiya1/shop/633

baby_sannomiya

Kyoto (+AatP) Japan Kawaramachi, Chukyo-ku, Kyoto Shijojoru Kawaramachi OPA 2nd floor Open https://ameblo.jp/baby-kyoto/

baby_kyototen

Ikebukuro (+AatP) Japan 1-50-35 Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Ikebukuro P'PARCO 2nd floor

Open

https://ameblo.jp/babyshibuyaparco/
Nagoya Parco Japan 3-29-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya City Nagoya Parco East Building 4th floor Open

(Relocated October 2003)[3]

https://ameblo.jp/baby-nagopar/

baby_nagoyaparco

Paris France Closed (2007-2017)
New York (Tokyo Rebel) USA Closed (2013-2018)
San Fransisco USA 1746 Post Street, San Francisco CA 94155 USA Open (2009-) https://baby-aatp.blogspot.com/

baby_aatp

Hiroshima Japan Closed

(2003-?)[3]

Utsuomiya Japan Closed

(2003-?)[3]

Omiya Japan Closed

(2003-?)[3]


Gallery

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Brand". Baby the Stars Shine Bright.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Baby The Stars Shine Bright SF.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Baby, The Stars Shine Bright eMook.
  4. ↑ "Baby, the Stars Shine Bright". Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ "Babyssb Designer Interview". EGL.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "interview - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright and Alice and the Pirates". Tokyo Rebel.
  7. ↑ "Tekko 2018 is pleased to announce BABY, the Stars Shine Bright and ALICE and the PIRATES!". Facebook.
  8. ↑ "2001年9月14日 FASHION×LIVE EVENT『GLARB-I』". Baby The Stars Shine Bright.
  9. ↑ "2001年9月14日 FASHION×LIVE EVENT『GLARB-I』Coordinates". Baby the Stars Shine Bright.
  10. ↑ "Lolita Hime: Translation of Usakumya's Story". Tumblr.
  11. ↑ Kuma Kumya-chan Wearable Fleece Blanket Book. 2013.
  12. ↑ "Shop List". Baby the Stars Shine Bright.

External links

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