How to Make a Lolita Headdress

Lolita fashion combines an innocent, naive look with extravagent details.

Lolita is a style of fashion originating in Japan. Lolita fashion emphasizes a cute, sweet, innocent style with high-necked, lacy dresses. Accessories are important to a complete Lolita look, as it is a style that utilizes a lot of small details. Although lacy socks or tights, cute patent-leather shoes and sparkly jewelry are important to Lolita fashion, appropriate headwear completes an outfit. Lolita girls often wear bonnets and headdresses covered in lace for a complete look.

Things You'll Need

• 1/4 yard fabric
• 1/4 yard lace about 1 inch wide
• 2 yards of ribbon
• Thread
• Needle
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of your base fabric into a rectangle 4 inches by 11 inches.

2. Fold the rectangle of fabric in half vertically to create approximately a square.

3. Cut the corners on the side of the fabric where the edges are folded together to create rounded corners. Unfold the fabric and you will have an oval.

4. Wrap your ribbon around the edges of the fabric and fold it over the edges to create an even edging. Pin the ribbon into place with sewing pins.

5. Sew the ribbon into place using thread that matches your ribbon color in small, even stitches.

6. Cut a length of the thick lace that runs from one end of the fabric to the other; the ribbon runs along the middle of the headdress. Pin the lace into place with sewing pins.

7. Sew the lace into place using thread matching your lace's color in small, even stitches.

8. Tie a bow with your remaining ribbon, trimming the ends to leave a foot of ribbon dangling from the bow. Repeat this to create two bows.

9. Sew a bow onto either side of the headdress where the lace meets the edging. When you wear your headdress, the bow's ribbons will dangle from it.

Tips & Warnings

• Add to your headdress and create an even more elaborate look by adding additional lace along the edges or adding craft glitter that can be sprayed onto fabric.

References

• BeMyGoth.com; Lolita Headdress Tutorial; 2011
• Broken Dolly: Round Headdress Tutorial
• Misselthwaite Manor; Bonnet vs. Bonnet; February 2010