Alierina Lolita

today is a dark day

Victorian Goth

Summertime coord. ❤️

I finished my beautiful lacy beast! It took me a few months, 11 yards of cotton sateen, forty yards of lace, and many hours of hand sewing, but it’s done! 

This dress is based on this ensemble from the 1860s. The dress is made of cotton sateen with tulle, chantilly lace, alencon lace, embroidered lace, and beaded details. The vast majority of it was hand sewn. 

The bodice is lined with cotton, lightly boned, and laces up the back. The skirt closes with hooks and weighs eight pounds thanks to all the embellishments. It has a twenty four inch waist and is worn over a steel boned corset, hoop skirt, hip roll, and petticoat. All of which were made by me! 

It was a process, with lots of ups and downs but i’m really pleased with the end result. Construction notes and more photos can be found here! 

Look at this magical crown of birds and lights and cranberries and things. I like how this turned out. I was worried the birds would look silly, but I think they add a lot to it and make it more unique than most flowery crowns that i’ve seen.

The tutorial about making it is here! 

Do you know a -cat ears headphone- can match your Milky Cross OP?

Spring Awakening – Work in Progress  by Lukas Martin R.

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08/06/16

I’m going to a wedding later but right now I’m gonna go hang out with @maroonsparrow!! 💘

no idea what these folk are doing - I drew them Tuesday when it rained all day☔️ ☔️

i have a friend that likes to take photos of my back a lot. (╯◡╰,)

いつだって前を向いていたいけど、それでも後ろを振り返りたくなるのは、未来は不確かではないし、過去には確かなものがあるからなのでしょう、きっと。

Our “Son Sofii” team in outfits “Who is she?”at Gothic&Lolita festival 2015, Moscow ^_^ 

A comparison shot of my original sketch vs finished dress,  the inspiration vs my finished dress, and the dress! 

I’m incredibly surprised with how much it resembles the sketch considering I didn’t reference it once after draping the bodice. And I think the same can be said about it and the painting, I really didn’t expect them to turn out so similar!

Re-blogable photos // construction notes