who's afraid of alterations?! not me!
Guess what I did to my holy-shit-was-this-expensive! dress? A recon! Yaaaay!! =^.^=V When I got the Haunuli dress in the mail, I was kind of disappointed by the fact that it was too big. While I appreciate the roomyness in ANY lolita dress, I was horrified to find out that I looked really pregnant in it! I tried pulling and tugging, but I just could not get comfortable in wearing this OP. I lamented in the fact that I should've waited out for the JSK instead.
Well, since I've been on a budget and $300 on a dress I won't wear really bothers me, I decided to do the only thing I can do...make a recon! I was super nervous when I first started disassembling the dress... This could turn out to bad!! Luckily, I found that I had enough sewing skills to make this work. :)
Haenuli "Angel of Music" OP to JSK Reconstruction
DRESS: I thought this turned out pretty well. It's exactly how I thought it would look and I was able to use most of the dress itself for the recon. I used the sleeves to make a gathered bust. The top panel turned into straps and I rearranged the trim to the center of the bodice. Also, when I bought the dress, it didn't have the pin. A quick look on ebay and I found a perfect replacement: a victorian mourning pin! Score!!
DETAILS: For the bodice and hem, I decided to get some matching gimp braid to add a little bit more detail to the dress. I thought that since the print itself is so fancy, it needed the added oompth of more gold. =^.^= And as an added bonus...it looks like a underbust corset dress!
BEFORE AND AFTER: Ta-da! Pretty nifty, huh? I paired this with my AllegraK shirt and the black Cutie Creator headdress. Some opaque stockings and maryjanes and this outfit is good to go. *sigh* I love a good recon!