EGL Grad Dress Design-- Front

This was designed for one of my friends as she is getting her grad dress custom made (not by me luckily on this design lol) and couldn't think of a "good Elegant Gothic Lolita design" as she was in an artistic slump. So I came to her rescue and designed this at 3 am (this is a copy of the original drawing btw). She ended up loving it ("well of course" you may say but I don't entirely agree since I find it too wedding dress-ish but that's the perfectionist in me speaking)
All she gave me to work with was that she wanted some belting, and lots of lacing/ ruffles and lace. The fact that she was going to get this made out of black, red, and white really didn't help me in the process of designing this. My inspirations came from the Elizabethan and Victorian eras.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Want to use this for yourself? Just ask ^^ I'm always willing to talk <3

The back of the design is located at [link]