Classic Lolita: A Mary Magdalene Dress
March 26, 2008 at 4:16 pm | In Lolita, Merchandise |
And so I pray, Unlimited Crease Lines Works
I received this beautiful dress in the mail today from a friend. It is absolutely gorgeous and worth every yen it retailed for (27,090 yen, ~$270.63). The sad part is that I don’t own a petticoat to poof out the dress like you see on MM’s website. I’m really afraid of wearing the dress, actually, since it was so expensive, so I probably won’t get a petticoat anyways.
The sizing for the dress is B88cm/W64cm (35″/25″), which I managed to fit into despite my recent weight gain of 4-5 lbs. The biggest problem with the dress is getting into it. The shoulder and sleeve parts are non-stretchable and so tight that I can’t put on the dress on my own. A second person has to pull the back zipper up and fasten the hook-and-eyes for me. So, you’ve been forewarned, if you ever feel like getting a MM dress at least. My dress is also currently sold out. It was the last one MM had in inventory leftover from a reservation period several months ago.
I can’t smile on cue.
Does anyone else do lolita (AKA elegant gothic lolita)? This MM dress is the first piece of lolita that I’ve ever owned and I highly doubt that I can ever scrap up enough money to get coordinating headdress, socks, and shoes to go with it.
The original product image.
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I’d love to get some goth loli clothing, but sadly, it’s a lot more expensive than people think.
Comment by Nicole — March 26, 2008 #
omigosh don’t tell me your planning to sell that lovely dress away? shoes and stuff can be bought later
Comment by sunny — March 27, 2008 #
It looks nice! Don’t be afraid to wear it– why shelve something that was meant to be worn? I’m sure an occasion will come up for you to wear it, and with regular weight fluctuation, it’ll probably fit better in a few weeks, too.
I’d love to wear gothloli clothing, but I don’t have the figure for it. Plus Florida weather is so hot and the people so conservative that I’d never hear the end of it unless I did it all in my house!
Comment by Random passerby ;) — March 27, 2008 #
0_o; I remember seeing your post on /cgl/ I would NEVER get rid of a Mary Magdalene dress, especially one so gorgeous! I’m trying to buy some lolita clothes, but I don’t read Japanese and have no friggin clue on how to buy any of the brand names. Socks and Mary Janes are not that expensive and with this style of a dress, you don’t even need a headdress.
..but if you want to sell it in the future, I’d pay every penny for it.
Comment by Kayla — March 31, 2008 #
You can get a really good pouffy petticoat and head dress from In The Starlight:
http://www.inthestarlight.com
and get shoes from ebay at a very reasonable price, especially if you get pre-owned ones. Demonia and TUK make some vry cute lolita-looking shoes. If you shop around a lot you’ll be surprised what you can find.
Good Luck and don’t sell the dress!
Comment by Rosa — July 10, 2008 #
Thanks!
I actually found a super poofy petticoat from Bodyline, so I’ll be getting that. As for shoes, thank the gods that I can fit into children’s sizes, so a pair of little girl Sunday shoes will work just fine.
Comment by Atashi — July 10, 2008 #