So so far I've covered a few different styles of lolita dresses. I started with a sweet, then did a classic, but I haven't done a gothic yet, let's change that.
This issue's dress is Lingxi's Nightmare Lilith. It's a rose-themed gothic, as made obvious by its incredible collar. Seriously if I could get just the collar I would. It's perfect for basically any gothic rose coord. The thorns add so much to the rose which is a pretty common motif.
The collar isn't the only rose themed part of this dress though. The skirt has an printed rose motif. It's in almost the same black as the dress itself, so it's relatively subtle, but it adds a lot. Especially thanks to the pop of red behind it which adds some colour into the otherwise pure black dress. (Which, speaking personally, is very important for any gothic lolita in my eyes. Pure black can look good but I much prefer gothics that use dark reds, purples, and navys in their scheme since they add some visual interest. White too but white is tricky and not every dress pulls it off. But ultimately I'm not a gothic I'm a classic, colour is just part of my aesthetic in a way it isn't for a gothic.)
The dress has two sleeve variants, regular sleeves and bell sleeves. They're both lovely, I'm honestly not sure if I prefer one or the other.
Of the three model coords, I like this one the most for its use of prayer beads. It unfortunately gives up the witch hat that's part of the set (which I love, witch coords are so cool and I want one), but the new headpiece is beautiful and I adore how the spikes on it accent the rose collar's thorns.
So that's the dress! I didn't really have as much to say this time, like I said I'm a classic not a gothic. I just really loved this one's collar and rose theme.
It would depend on your exact measurements I'm pretty sure. I can't really be sure of the exacts though since I haven't worn anything with this style of top yet, but I know the bottom half would just work since all the shaping there comes from the overskirt and petticoat. So it's really all just about how the shoulder, chest, and waist are shaped. I'm inclined to assume that if you added a lace bodysuit to distract you might be able to pull it off without much breasts.
There are lots of gothics out there that don't show off as much skin and should be doable for basically any body type though, there's this one I've been considering making a post on which is this really cute gothic winter jacket but I've been putting it off since the model photos are less visually interesting on it. There's another one that I really love and would be easy to pull off but I'm avoiding posting it because I genuinely want one for myself and it's pretty low leftover stock rn. I'll try to cover a few more gothics when I see some I like.