cotton purple dress Eileen Fisher Women's Stretch Poplin Shirtdress - fully smocked bust with white embroidered detailing Purple Cotton Gothabilly Dress

Always consider changing out the dress ties for a real belt to change up your look

Any good seamstresses enable you to choose from any dress, making any suitable alterations that you need

Adjustable self-tie neck

Influencer crossover: staying Dark Academia but still current Sometimes the lobby votes themes like Influencer, Your Own Style, or Fashionista, and I still want to keep my Dark Academia heart

Pin in place, taking care to line up clusters on either side of extensions

She Project Runways-together a sail and some rope: If I tried really hard, I could come up with a ridiculous argument that this is a reference to a toga or sari or something, but its too un-thought-out