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Parfait ran between October 1999 and February 2003, available in-store and/or via mail order.  Issues were typically 44 pages (after the initial 32-page first volume) and featured Baby Secret Love collections, other shop/brand introductions, event reports, interviews, art and comics.
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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Revision as of 18:20, 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

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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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