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Costume :	Alice
Variant :	EGL/Gothic Loilta
Source :	Alice in Wonderland/Through the looking Glass
Progress :	Complete

Worn At :

Auchinawa 2006

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Through the Looking Glass

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Costume Information

General
Cost :	53.95
Time Taken :	About 15-20 hours over a few weeks

Description
My friends and I decided to do a gothic lolita cosplay for our first anime convention and I really wanted a blonde wig... so we ended up deciding to do Alice in Wonderland after some dicussion. But I eventually would have ended up doing Alice anyway because I've loved that story since I was very little, even if I still don't understand it too well! However, I ended up being the only member of my group who actually finished theirs in time and was a very lonesome Alice. I won't buy any more corsetry from Primark, it's cheap and nasty and loses it's shape after a couple of hours, thus looking stupid and being uncomfortable (luckily the jacket hid it). The lace around the jacket cuffs didn't turn out how I wanted it to, but it's still really pretty. I think I should've tiered it instead of just layering it, but it's not bad for a first attempt. I'll rember that in future, hopefully! The shoes were easiest, I already had them in a cupboard (result!). I love that I randomly hoard stuff like that. The bustle was hardest. That alone took me about 8 and a half hours. By hand. I had no clue what I was doing as I've never made one (or anything that complex for that matter) before. Adimittedly it would've only taken me about 6 and a half or 7 hours if I'd had acess to a working sewing machine to do all the hemming. sweatdrops The outfit was matched to the parasol instead of the other way around! lol. I originally planned to either clean it up or recover it, but I decided that it's beautiful in it's decrepincy. This is being retired as a full costume because the skirt doesn't fit anymore and there's no way I'm gonna wear the corset again. Elements of it will be used again though

Description

My friends and I decided to do a gothic lolita cosplay for our first anime convention and I really wanted a blonde wig... so we ended up deciding to do Alice in Wonderland after some dicussion. But I eventually would have ended up doing Alice anyway because I've loved that story since I was very little, even if I still don't understand it too well! However, I ended up being the only member of my group who actually finished theirs in time and was a very lonesome Alice. I won't buy any more corsetry from Primark, it's cheap and nasty and loses it's shape after a couple of hours, thus looking stupid and being uncomfortable (luckily the jacket hid it). The lace around the jacket cuffs didn't turn out how I wanted it to, but it's still really pretty. I think I should've tiered it instead of just layering it, but it's not bad for a first attempt. I'll rember that in future, hopefully! The shoes were easiest, I already had them in a cupboard (result!). I love that I randomly hoard stuff like that. The bustle was hardest. That alone took me about 8 and a half hours. By hand. I had no clue what I was doing as I've never made one (or anything that complex for that matter) before. Adimittedly it would've only taken me about 6 and a half or 7 hours if I'd had acess to a working sewing machine to do all the hemming. *sweatdrops* The outfit was matched to the parasol instead of the other way around! lol. I originally planned to either clean it up or recover it, but I decided that it's beautiful in it's decrepincy.

This is being retired as a full costume because the skirt doesn't fit anymore and there's no way I'm gonna wear the corset again. Elements of it will be used again though

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