Sailor Moon Couture Intermission

Instead of the usual rant of how the Cosplay is coming along and the research done to complete outfits and get them just right, I've decided instead to grace my BlogSpot with a quick Sailor Moon Gothic Lolita Couture. (Keeping it as amateur as possible.)

Also, all images were searched on google images. Links to the search engine's find provided.
Let us begin by starting with the blond Lolita wig.
Blonde Lolita Wig
Red Hair Bows
Pearl Hair Clips
The wig is a nice color, very similar to that of Serena's own golden locks, it is just a bit more pale in comparison. It is about 40 inches and very cute for Lolita style.  Styling tips would be to create odangos for the hair piece and to clip twin red hair bows to the front almost as substitutions for her odango covers, following with twin pearl hair clips above the bangs.

Blouse
Next is the Blouse. It is a MM Emmanuel Puff Sleeve Blouse with button up front, lace trims, a white cotton bow on the neck and a high neck collar with lace trims. It is elegant and gives Serena's usual sailor fuku and run for its money.

Corset Fingerless Gloves
Serena often wears white elbow high gloves, I thought, white gothic fingerless corset arm warmers/gloves with compliment the white shirt and give a spin on her plain white gloves.

High Waisted Skirt
The high waisted skirt is a Iw's Lilly Emblem Pintuck Frill Skirt in black. However, following Serena's sailor fuku, the color we'll pretend it is is navy blue or royal blue. To give it a puffy look, a white pettiskirt should be worn underneath. In the manga, Sailor Moon's skirt had a fullness and had lace underneath, we can recreate this with the pettiskirt.

Red Boots 

Lastly, are the red ankle suede boots. I had actually had to decide between two others, these, and these. I decided on the ankle boots in the end only because of my own preferences. Because of the length of the high-waisted skirt, a thigh high pair of shoes would ruin the look. (Sailor Moon's thigh highs work well with her mini skirt) And since the high -waisted skirt is long, a lower pair of boots would look nice. The second pair is much nicer, but I disliked the simple look, although it would also work well with the piece. I also think, because of the low cut of the boots, she'd be able to pull off a pair of printed stockings such as the ones above.

So, here we are. Doll Master playing virtual dress up.