In case anyone is curious, this is what the inside of a tutu bodice looks like. There's no lining, just a bunch of exposed seams. The "lining" is usually a structural fabric that's flat-lined to the fashion fabric. It doesn't really look finished or pretty, but you can't tell from the outside, and it serves a purposes. If you need to re-fit this for the future (tip: tutus are expensive and time-consuming and every tutu you make will be re-fit in the future to fit another dancer. The tutu you make will be used until it's completely worn out, and then used for another 5 years before someone decides to take the bodice off and make a new one, and then three years after that someone is going to take the skirt off and add a new one, and even though it will all be new pieces, it will be considered the same tutu, much like a dwarf's father's axe. It will live forever in some form), there isn't any lining to remove, add, or resize. If the decoration on the front needs to be changed, the threads to remove it are right there on the inside and you can cut them without worrying about cutting the applique piece itself (because that applique will be saved and reused somehow).
A lot of people who don't dance or don't work in ballet are surprised to find that pointe shoes often last less than a couple of weeks of intense rehearsal, or that many dancers use a new pair for a performance and then a new pair for the next performance. They just don't last that long.
On the opposite end, many people who don't costume or who don't dance are surprised to learn that costumes will be used until you physically cannot use them anymore.
The reason I'm bringing this up is to say that what you are sewing probably is there to serve a purpose. If it's filing that purpose, it's good sewing. You'd never buy a wedding dress that looks like this on the inside. It would be unacceptable. It would not feel like a finished piece that stays with you for the rest of your life. But you'd never want to use a tutu that looks like a wedding dress on the inside, because you know it'll be hell to alter for the next show. But on the outside, you need both to look very similar: elegant, extravagant, show-stopping beautiful, enhancing the beauty of the person wearing it and their importance in the ceremony taking place.
This applies to your personal sewing, too. You know what your lolita needs to look like from the outside. But the inside can serve whatever purpose it needs to. If that's you doing a less difficult technique because that's within your skill set, changing a look to be more comfortable or accommodate something you need accommodation for, use conventional materials obtained in an unconventional way such as reclaiming fabric from another item, working to take advantage of specialize tools or to compensate for not having tools you're expected to have, that's fine. That's absolutely fine.
If you're selling things, you either need to be meeting the standard that your customers expect for the price point, or to be completely honest and open about what they will be receiving (or both.) But you also need to ask, who is your customer?
Is your customer you? Do you care if your inside seams are visible? Does it matter to you if your lining is a weird color? Does the dress look beautiful, professional, tailored, and exquisitely built from the front side? Are you planning on showing anyone the inside?
If it matters to you, and you love taking absolute pride in everything you make, and you love when you take off the dress and the inside is just as beautiful as the outside. You're allowed to take pride in your work, whatever that means to you.
But if you're new to sewing, you're not sure how exactly the best way to do things is, you're allowed to use lolita as a learning experience. You're allowed to tackle projects and learn the techniques as you go. You're allowed to not know how to do something before you start it. You're allowed to make imperfect things.
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