this happy dress is up on the shop~! i found matching fabric to make this gingerbread cookie colored bear on the front 💕 #eglfashion #sweetlolita #classiclolita #kawaii #kawaiifashion #kawaiilifestyle #cottagecore https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9h_txPhzA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Outfit rundown
Dress: old Mulberry Chronicles
Jacket: second-hand (vintage?) Salon d'Y
Bag: second-hand Angelic Pretty
Belt: vintage
Gloves: vintage
Shoes: old Queen Bee
Turtleneck: second-hand Ank Rouge
Mushroom in glass bell: Peppermint Fox
Herb brooch: gift by @lotvdesignsOther brooches are from various artists whose names I forgot (mainly from Design Festa, I am guessing)
I don't remember the source of the tights
That's possibly because the pattern is actually for a vintage sun hat! the pattern is by Mary Nishimuta.
This is what the finished product should look like:
(source)
These things are awesome! They are reversible (although mine won't be) and can be stored flat or rolled up! A convenience you don't get with regular lolita bonnets!
So I really couldn't stop thinking about turning this into a lolita-style bonnet so that's what I'm trying to do.
Luckily this dress still needed a bonnet (and I had all the materials for that on hand):
Last Sunday (29th October 2023), the Berlin lolita comm had a meet at the Museum für Naturkunde (Natural History Museum). The theme of the meet was "Cabinet of Curiosities". Afterwards, we went to Bellas Café where I enjoyed an incredibly good milk shake (see last photo for my reaction after trying it).
I'm quite happy with it but there's a few things I'd do differently next time:
Put wire in the brim. I used decovil as stabilizer and it's floppier than I would like. Or perhaps I'll try buckram
reposition the snaps. The snaps are placed in such a way that the back overlap gapes quite a bit. I fixed it by placing adding a second pair of snaps on this one
probably size down a bit
find a way to actually make this stay on my head? this straps aren't doing anything tbh!