Don’t be sorry, it could actually work quite nicely. Thanks for your input!

Oh gosh that’s such a fun theme. My first idea is to wear a red wig that has pigtails, or a blended red and white wig with pigtails, but the latter might end up looking like a candy cane. Another thing you could do is a white wig with pigtails and red bows on the pigtails, and then just add other hints of red into the jewelry and small accessories. Or if you wanted to make the white not so overwhelming you could do the same with a natural colored wig or just your own hair if you’re able to put it into cute high pigtails.

Maybe you could add a cream bow or something similar to the center of the top section? That would be easy enough. Or you could wear it without the crossed straps (although I personally love that detail) and wear a cream necklace in it’s place some of the necklaces that Innocent World has. Another option would be to use a headpiece that includes both the wine and cream which wouldn’t be too difficult to find if you looked at Classic Lolita brands.

I would say that those particular socks would match the skirt best in pink, but that being said, I don’t think they would be your best option. I think it’s the color of the diamond design that makes me say that. It doesn’t seem to fit well with the colors in the skirt. I would say to go for something either with no print at all, or try to find a print of bows or ice cream or a similar theme in a colorway that suits the skirt better. If you can’t find anything you like better though I think you could work around those.

Either color would work fine with the pink blouse and shoes. I would personally get lavender because it’s one of my favorite colors, but either would work well in that coord. Maybe decide based on the rest of your wardrobe and which color would fit in better.

If it’s a simple JSK and it doesn’t have any print or specific designs that would make it more appropriate for another style (for example if it has a Gothic cross print it would probably be better suited for Gothic, if it has a pastel cake print it’s probably better suited for Sweet, etc.) it could easily work for Classic. There are a number of colors of blouses you could use. Black would be one option but you could also do a number of dark, muted colors such as navy blue or wine red or you could use ivory for a more antique look and to lighten things up a little.

I want to say a blonde wig just because I think it would be a lot to put a lavender headbow on a lavender wig. I feel like the blonde wig would break it up better. I would then do pink tights or socks and lavender shoes, maybe with pink or white bows clipped to them for a little added touch of cute, but I wouldn’t say that’s necessary.

The Mario coord correct? I think you could get away with the shoes in a few colors. Blue, yellow, light green, black, white. However, since it is your first coordinate you probably want shoes that are going to be versatile so you can easily work future coords around them in which case black or white would be your best option, depending on which color you think you would like to see more of in your future wardrobe.

Are you sure it’s brown and it’s not just the lighting? I have noticed that in some lighting the pink version can look brown so that’s one possibility. Another possibility that I cannot confirm but I’ll throw it out there anyway is I know that not all of the prints Bodyline uses are actually theirs. Sometimes they use fabric that was marketed commercially to make their products so it may be possible that the print came in brown at one point and someone else made a dress out of it, it just wasn’t Bodyline. As I said though I can’t confirm that and I’m not sure if Antique Clocks is their own print or not.
Or maybe she just did a really good job of dying it?
Whatever the case may be, I am almost entirely sure that you are not being scammed. If she was trying to scam you she would have probably used brand, or at least something that she thought she could get more money out of than Bodyline.