I have to say I am a big fan of some of bodyline’s older Lolita designs. Oftentimes, they would use pretty decent fabric, as seen here with the Francoise Velveteen OP. I wanted to take a chance on this OP, which seemed to look quite nice from some owner photos!
However, I wasn’t a fan of the collar, which was thick and frumpy (though not in a good way). I wanted to make a more elegant and simple collar out of cotton, as opposed to the thicker velveteen they originally used.
I also took this as a chance to oxyclean soak red fabric, which bled a lot of excess dye. I’m not too sure that it won’t bleed again the next time I wash it, but I’m hoping that it won’t be too terrible and stain my alteration.
I ended up coming up with a design inspired by Victorian Maiden. The cuffs were repurposed to become a half bonnet, which actually was quite cute! I originally wanted the waist tie to make a hair accessory, but it appears that the Mercari seller forgot to include it :( oh well. The removable bow actually was cute as a headbow, so I turned it into that as well.
The finished result:
Anyway, I hope this can inspire some of you to alter cheaper or non-egl pieces into a usable piece of your Lolita wardrobe!
edit: I was so excited to find this scan after I made the alteration. It's from Gosu Rori vol. 1 and looks almost just like the dress I altered! It's from AP. It makes me want to add a little detachable bow at some point.
Thanks for reading~
Valentine
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