BABY Alice In Fun Fair JSK Restoration 🎀 Full Stain Removal

Ever buy a lolita dress only to have it arrive with stains? Fear not, there is still a *chance* it could come out - you just have to be willing to baby it for a bit. I bought this dress with the knowledge that it was heavily stained and the assumption they wouldn't come out. I was actually planning on turning it into an overdress! But shockingly, the stains actually lifted! Now I have an amazing dress that I didn't need to alter at all ^-^

Hi! I'm The Stitchess! I'm an interdisciplinary artist and seamstress. I started sewing when I was 8 and loved it so much I made it the focus of my study in college. After a lifetime of battling severe mental health issues - I found healing in the radical softness and Japanese kawaii communities. As much as I love fashion and clothing, I also think it's important to consider how and where clothing is made. I went fast fashion free at the start of 2019 to voice my concerns over the rapid consumerism gripping the garment industry. By no means am I perfect, but I think it's important to show that change is a process. I believe it is always important to strive to be better, even if perfection is unattainable. Thank you so much for letting me share my art and process with you. I hope we can all grow together!

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Intro: Garden in Bloom by Mike Franklyn
Main: The Tree of Love by Million Eyes
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[mermaidpotato]

I have mixed feelings on peignoirs in lolita coords because they often hang sort of strangely and obscure the shape/print, but your tucking it into the belt so it had a little window of unobscured dress was genius! And the sleeves on it are so cute.

[kirib]

Oh my gosh I'm so happy to have found this! I was the seller and seeing you bring life back into this dress is so exciting lol- thank god the stains came out. It looks fantastic on you and all of your coords were super cute!!

[pootoobaby]

I think the peignoir hate came about because it was so overused in coordinates for a while, and people tried adding it to their coordinates to be trendy not really thinking about whether or not that coord would even call for one.

[hayleyt]

Honestly though, nothing hits like sticking a jsk with a "dry clean only" label in the washer and having it not run. Even when I've washed an item multiple times I still think this time is gonna be the time it runs.

I had to spot clean AP's Promenade de Paris jsk which had 3 year old mystery stains on it and used the multiple application of oxyclean to great success.

Congratulations on your first brand dress! $50 is a steal and I'm really glad it worked out for you because 2008 Baby is such a great print era.

[miiol]

that dress is so cute and so your style, and I love the coords you showed!!!! amazing that you got the stains off

[Nostalgiafairy]

Omg I was debating on this dress and I’m so glad you got it instead because after watching this video I would’ve made it worse! I’m so glad you managed to get them out and you made this video! Lolita’s need to watch this as a PSA “don’t leave stains on your dress and never dry them with stains!” The amount of badly stained dresses is kinda sad. Also this gives me such a old school sweet vibe which is my favorite look! And yes bring the Mary Janes with sweet back!

[BrushedPencil]

Omg I'm usually part of the anti-pengnoir brigade (not really lol, its just not my taste) but I love that coord so so much!!! This print and this dress in general is so gorgeous. I love the lace!!!! I also really appreciate this vid cause it has made me second guess stained dresses that I categorized as irredeemable.

[kamilareeder]

I swear some people wear lolita jsks to have food fights or dig ditches or something lol.
Like did someone throw a drink on the previous owners at a meetup or something 😂😂😭😭 ?!
Great job on it though:) a lot of old btssb dresses are a weird linen blend and the reds are vulnerable in pre 2012 dresses but you did an excellent job ^^ 👌👌🙌🙌

[Androgynary]

I applaud your relentless dedication to stain removal...I, too, have gone to war with many questionably stubborn spots on secondhand clothing...

[CoraMaria]

B-but the peignoir look was my favourite! And tbh it looked the most at home with today's lolita trends from what I've seen. Then again, I am a fan of offbeat lolita.

[jasminejordan]

Honestly, I have lost so many GOOD clothes to stains- this is such a good practice for folks trying to reduce their carbon footprint by buying fewer higher quality pieces!

[automaticflight]

OHHH THAT LAST COORD IS SO CUTE ive always thought lolita was really cute but not something i would personally want to wear but that last coord man, , , , its everything

[xAlecto]

I learned some new techniques on how to remove stains (honestly forgot about baking soda and vinegar. simple, and seems obvious, but---)

Also that last coord was so cute! Tying the waist bows around as a belt really helped with the silhouette, imo!

[nataliacism]

This was so satisfying to watch, I'd love to see a series of you restoring old brand dresses

[syd]

that last coordinate was perfect i’m in love!!!

[digimaui]

There are few things more satisfying than getting out pesky stains. Great job!

[bethanybrody]

Great work! And also inspiring because it's rly exciting to see someone bringing a damaged dress to life. Your story/video on how you treated the stains on your BTSSB blouse actually inspired me to purchase a "fixer-upper", BTSSB blouse w detachable sleeves which turned out great after I worked on it. The "bodice" part used to be a peachy pink color, while the sleeves were tinted yellow, so I put it in a bleach bath to lift the colors entirely, and now I have a beautiful, staple white blouse thanks to you :)
Btw I'm rly loving the music you chose for this video.

[rinrinri]

I always rewatch this whenever I'm dealing with a stained JSK from LM. You are my guide. Thank you

[pearliecute]

Currently having this battle with a fruits parlor OP I got for cheap!! Literally same exact situation. Been through 2 owners before who never tried to remove the stains. Good news is they're almost out and the dress is pretty much wearable now!!

[dreamer]

I really liked how the peignoir worked with this dress