/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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Have the skills and knowledge, yes. The crepe is my choice actually, I like the tooth ( like chirimen). I wouldn't be able to print it on jacquard like what I think KL is going to do, though, I'll have to settle for adding a repeat damask pattern to the background instead.

The dress isn't technically difficult. The underskirt is in fact dot tulle netting, it doesn't need to be hemmed. Pre-pleated tulle trim is available from taobao, though probably not double layer tulle trim. So there's a little work, yes, but not miles and miles of pleating and hemming, no.

Cost-wise, spoonflower 3 yards plus shipping is likely to run me around USD120-ish, the rest of the stuff from taobao is likely to cost half that, less if I reuse from my sewing stash. It's a decent USD85-100 less than USD267-285 clobbao was charging for their previous print.

The upside of making my own is being able to make a low-waisted dress with an open front, instead of having to choose between high waist or open front.

That, and I might actually get mine done faster than KL ships theirs out, if those comments from their previous print run is any indication.

I'm not looking to make a direct replica, it will be done with clipart and whatever free vintage art I can find and clean up, since I'm not looking to overspend buying graphics for it either. All done, "my" dress will only resemble Krad's in layout, the open front, the underskirt and the general feel.

Still, someone is bound to make the connection and start asking, though. How bad will the fallout be if I outright said "yeah, this was inspired by that, but I didn't feel like buying the original from the indie brand and made my own" ?