Haven’t been on in a while, but on the topic of handmade lolita, here’s my coord from Halloween. my local comm has a big Halloween party every year and everyone kind of goes all out, so I wanted to make something really nice. This year’s party was witch themed (last year’s was shironuri), so I went with an alchemist concept. As mentioned in a previous post, I made the dress itself pretty inexpensively (I spent like $50 on the materials), but put about 40 hours into research and hand embroidery. The alchemical symbols on the dress are separated into categorical columns, like the center is planets, another columns is metals, another is organic matter (stone, wood, crystal, etc.), another’s seasons, and the last is the basic elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Air). The back skirt panels feature the classic elemental combos, like Earth and Water makes mercury (I think- I don’t remember the specifics).
This was also my first time making a hat, which turned out ok, I think. Not the best thing ever, but acceptable. I ended up winning “spookiest coord” in the coord contest, so I guess overall everything was a success! Next time I wear this with lolita, I will likely wear a bigger petticoat. I was going for more of an EGA feel, but looking at pictures I think I want more poof.
Here’s the coord rundown, with some of my progress pics posted under:
Dress and hat: handmade Shoes: American Duchess Purse: Killstar Jewelry: Witch Worldwide, vintage, and offbrand Blouse: Charlotte Russe Belt: Rue21 Tights: offbrand Forehead moon: etsy
And for funsies, here’s last year’s “silly” group shot vs this year’s:
