#but... detachable sleeves

[simgerale]

this is me now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shanks]

CACAO

[coldtortelloni]

another karlach! aptly captioned: cozy sweater

[strawberryteabunny]

at the Colosseum in Rome 🏛

I did a really long tour around the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. It’s an incredible structure, so impressive even though it’s very deteriorated. The ruins around the area are gorgeous too!

Coord rundown:

JSK: BTSSB Classical Rose Bouquet

Overdress: VM Ophelia Ribbon OP

Blouse (sleeves): Angelic Pretty

OTKS and hair clips offbrand

[kirstydreaming]

[lichdolly]

BABY, the Stars Shine Bright - Collar OP with Detachable Sleeves in ivory, pink, black, and red (2001)

[lovefrenchisbetter]

St Agni Femme

[girlblocker]

i am so excited bc next month im getting a forearm half sleeve!

[nebulare-art]

Day 25 (Gijinka)

[alangdorf]

And so, inevitably, I got around to making gijinkas of my original favorite Kirby characters! I was stuck on them for quite a while because I didn’t want to make them look too much like Magolor (my fault for giving him the head wings, I know) and I also didn’t want them to look too much like they do in canon because I think the fun of gijinka as a design exercise for me is adapting design elements into a new context, and also Elfilin doesn’t have any clothing or body details to work off of which made coming up with his outfit really hard, but I had the idea for the hair and liked it so much I just decided to run with completely human-looking designs for them. (The closest I have for an in-universe justification for this is like… maybe the Ancients were humans before they were catpeople - wait I still haven’t posted my Hyness gijinka - and Elfilis originally looked the same as in canon but changed to mimic them at some point for DNA acquisition and/or sympathy-garnering reasons. Idk it doesn’t really matter just really funny comparing them with Magolor lol)

Fun Fact! The double helix motifs in Elfilis’ spear and Forgo’s ear are left-handed (if you make a thumbs up with your left hand the stuff twists in the direction your fingers are curled as it moves the direction your thumb is pointing), which is the opposite chirality from the DNA in all known life (it’s right-handed). I’d be willing to bet that was on purpose to make them more alien. I went a little crazy with the left-handed double helixes in these designs; in fact, the positions of Elfilis/Forgo and Elfilin make a left-handed double helix through the whole post! Not even on purpose!

Anyway, had a lot of fun with these and wanna do more with them in the near future (now I can put Elfilin in cute clothes irl AND on my computer)

[trishmishtree]

Making a regency gown: Finished

Here, have some dogshit-quality photos of the finished dress because my phone is a worthless overpriced potato masquerading as a camera

I swear it looks better in person.

I'm actually pretty pleased with the final gown even though I used 100% the wrong fabric and the skirt could use a whole entire panel more width. The floral embroidery on the hem (4th pic) came pre-embroidered with the fabric, but the dots and vines were hand-embroidered by me.

I finished the embroidery 3 weeks ago but didn't post pics because I was still holding out hope that aforementioned dogshit camera would cooperate. And well, I finally said fuck it, I'm tired of trying to get decent photos while standing on a chair in front of my bathroom mirror while 19/20 of the pics I try to take come out blurry. These 4 photos are just the least terrible of the bunch 🤬

[shanks]

Bach Do / Dishwasher1910

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Grey Gauze Day Dress with Detachable Sleeves, 1850-1855, American.

Augusta Auctions.

[strawberryteabunny]

First day in Rome! I saw the Pantheon and Trevi fountain and met up with a couple girls from the Rome lolita comm for dinner ૮꒰ ྀི◜༝◝꒱ა (photo with Clara (IG pi_po_password))

Coord rundown:

OP: BTSSB Gingham Rose Ribbon

Headdress: AP

OTKs: Meta

Shoes: Cotton Candy Feet

[haveteeth]

[katrani]

I was reminded (thanks Furi!!!!) about Belle dress opinions and like it is *so* frustrating to me that Watson's gown in the disney-made live action one was so bland! Not enough contrasting shades of yellow, the whole structure reads less "ballroom" and more "prom", the fabric looks kind of cheap, the embellishments are present but *way* too subtle because they depend on the way the light hits them And this is something friends have heard me go off about, mostly because Disney did a good job out of the gate with live action Cinderella! That one had princess gown vibes!!!!!!!!!!! How do they, as a production company with Brand Identity to Upkeep, make such a step backwards? Anyways imagine the simultaneous sheer delight *and* horror when a franchise with a reputation of being pretty cheaply budgeted (regardless of actual budget, there are consistent jokes about "well we know they can't use a cgi-heavy form for the next five episodes" or "oh so THIS one is the important episode, they actually got rain for the drama") made a better fucking conceptual Belle gown!!! Twice!!!

Thank you Himeno KingOhger for my life, my friends probably dislike you because you sparked me getting back on this bullshit. Like, just lengthen the first one, be able to get some more expensive fabric?? You have an oranger shade and white contrasting the pure yellow. You have different textures in the fabrics, you have accessorizing that works. Like ultimately these both feel like they could be the theme park version of a movie gown???