Hello! As I said in my previous question, my little sister (Emilia who is ten) has a fascination with old-fashioned (Victorian or other) girls dresses. There are no answers that come up good so please suggest something from this short sum up. Once again, not trying to be picky but I have an extremely hard time finding things.
I DO NOT want any suggestions for-
*Halloween costumes since they are very cheap quality and never historically accurate (for example if you type in girls victorian dress in a costume store, you are going to get some dress made of cheap scratchy material with an ugly bodice that looks like a medieval peasant girl who got mistaken for a maid and still has some of her ugly maid items AND IF YOU SUGGEST THAT THE MATERIAL USED IN THE DRESS IS NOT SCRATCHY, IT WILL STILL BE AN UGLY HISTORICALLY INACCURATE MESS WHETHER THE MATERIAL IS CHEAP OR NOT!)
*Mainstream stores like JC Penny, Walmart, or Limited Too or other things. They do not have what I am looking for.
* Anything too pricy, sure I can always save up but the cheaper the price the better.
*Japanese Loli-fashion (which doesn’t involve anything sexy or not age-appropriate, they are frilly dresses that are supposed to look like Marie Antoinette), she has plenty, has spent enough money (ONE BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT DRESS=0 OR MORE), and is plenty satisfied.
*Sewing patterns, although they are pretty and a good example of what I’m looking for in some cases, I do not know how to sew and neither does anyone in my family and tailors in my area want up to 0 for what I am needing since we had a Tsukasa cosplay commisioned for her that cost 0 for just a simple middy blouse and simple knee-length skirt. And learning how to sew can take a long time as well.
*The adult style of Victorian or other old-fashioned dresses since her fascination is the children’s style (middies, pinafores, lacy dresses, anything fancy and old-fashioned)
*Glitzy pageant dresses, my sister is not a prostitot.
*Rozen Maiden-cosplays not what we’re looking for ATM
*American Girl.com doesn’t carry Samantha dresses ANYMORE so suggestions
*Don’t say IDK or Just Google it, I spent hours of research trying to find the right thing.
What I am looking for:
*Ever seen Shirley Temple in her like The Little Princess, The Littlest Rebel, and Heidi? The overflow of lace and that cute and childish sparkle to them? Exactly what we’re looking for!
*Anything knee-length and old-fashioned basically.
*American Girl dolls (Samantha, Nellie, Addy, and Kirsten) are other good examples as well as The Life of Faith dolls (Elsie, Violet, Katherine, Millie, and Laylie).
*Another great example is character’s from classic literature like Sara Crewe, Mary Lennox, Anne Shirley, Amy March, Rebecca Randall, Alice, and Heidi.
*Middies, pinafores, and lacy dresses with an old-fashioned feel to them.
I’d really like it very much if someone answered, thank you -curtsies-