L501, Bodyline Sweet party time!
JSK with with printed sweets and things, 'sweet party time'. from Bodyline.
soft cotton fabric throughout, both fabrics.
prints are crisp and vibrant. block colours are also vibrant.
print includes: heart shaped cakes, cup cakes, jelly, tea cups, tea pots, cherries, raspberries, cream. And is also printed with "Sweet Party time!" over the dress, broken up with little bows.
5 different types of lace and trim, they match well.
lace and trim are not of excellent quality, but they are still quite acceptable and do not detract from the overall appearance of the garment.
two different ribbons used, both satin. white for small bows on the 'bib' area, and also threaded through one of the trims (also on the 'bib' area). Matching ribbon (burgundy for the wine colourway, black for the black colourway, I haven't seen the other colorways so I can't comment on those.) for lacing the back, over the shirring.
There is ample length of ribbon for the lacing up of the dress.
quite forgiving shirring at the back of the dress.
pin tucks on the bib area are perfectly executed.
sizing and length are accurate to the description on the site.
includes Bodyline tag, sizing tag, and washing instruction tag.
bows are executed neatly, both the 'bib' bow and the detachable waist bow.
all edges are over locked neatly in matching thread colours.
ruffles along the bottom edge are perfectly executed with an even appearance and spread.
gathering of the skirt to the bodice is perfectly executed with and even appearance and spread. spreads perfectly over a petticoat with an even and beautiful shape.
a couple of loose threads.
one stitching error on the back of the dress in the shirring. Not structurally compromising, not visible to someone not looking really really hard.
regular zip, inserted neatly although there where 2 stitching errors (shown later). Zip is encased in a flap of fabric. zip is matching colour.
pin on the hair bow is a bit loose.
colour from the main body of printed fabric runs/ rubs off.
washing- DO NOT PUT THIS IN YOUR WASHING MACHINE! take it to the dry cleaner! Colours will run!
directly from the tag:
Dry clean, petroleum solvent only
please excuse the poor image quality, they will get better further down the page!
sewing errors in zip area
Additional comments
firstly, the construction of the garment is quite excellent aside from the 3 stitching errors, so it is a little disappointing that they are there. It could have easily scored 5 out of 5 for construction otherwise :/
Secondly and very importantly the colour. I know many lolitas are quite used to the non colour-fast prints with brand dresses, but this is sort of new for me in the budget lolita category. Yes, this dress in not colourfast. If you don't know what this means, basically if you wet it the colour will run and (as I experienced) colour will rub off on your blouse or outerwear you co-ordinate with this JSK. You can see on the picture that highlights the sewing errors on the zip, that a bit of colour has rubbed off from under the armpits.
Fortunately I was able to get the colour that was transferred onto my white blouse just with a wash, just make sure you take this JSK to a dry cleaners. They may even have some suggestions for products to fix the colour a bit more.
Otherwise this is actually a quite high quality garment, if it had a lining and slightly better lace, it would probably pass as a high to medium quality indie brand item.
I have to mark it down for those stitching errors though. But I highly recommend it as a budget lolita item.
overall thoughts:
Quality: 3.5/5
price: 5/5
