A Bunch of New Lolita Prints & Anime Boston

There are a few new brand prints out for Spring, so I figured I would lump them all up in one post. Some of these are actually less new than others, so I'm sure you've seen most of them by now, but I've been really wanting to gush over a couple of them.

Metamorphose- Blooming Garden

Let's start with Meta's newest print, Blooming Garden, because I just love it, especially the white colorway. It reminds me of fine china! I'm really loving the OP version of the print too, except for the cheap little bows on the bottom, but a quick snip could fix that. Meta prints are usually hit or miss, sometimes too busy for their own good, but the roses and soft colors on this one look just perfect in blue! There are actually a bunch of different pieces with this print, three JSKs, an OP, a skirt, and a few bows, even a bonnet! Meta also has a few designs on the horizon that are, at the moment, just sketches. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. I'm hoping it's going to be something really cool like embroidery or a screen print.

Baby the Stars Shine Bright - Cherry Cherry Fallin' Cherry

Baby's newest print is cherry centric and has a really stupid name. I'm not really sure if I'm feeling this one. The red cherries might be a little too much, although it does come in a few different colors so it might look a whole lot better on a non-white background. There's two different versions of JSK in this print, one of which comes in three sizes, and a skirt and a headbow. I think that cherries just aren't my thing, so I'm not too excited about this print.

Angelic Pretty- Happy Garden

I really only have one word for this print "Uuuugh". Easter prints? No thank you. While I insist that you can wear Baby's old Trick Or Treat print any day of the year, how much wear are you really going to get out of a dress with colored eggs along the hem? Ignoring the theme of the print, I find the general color scheme of the dress really lack luster, it just looks like a green blobby mess at the bottom. While I am not an Angelic Pretty fan, I do think a lot of their prints are cute, just not the recent bunch of them, they have just begun to look more and more like blobby pastel messes. At least the cut of this dress is super cute. I love the ruffles around the collar and the crossed ribbons. This print comes in two JSK choices, an OP, and a few accessories.

Innocent Word- Antique Pansy

I love this print, it's adorable and so cool to see such a rarely used flower in a Lolita print. This particular JSK is really cute too, I love the tiers! Sadly the rest of the items in this print line kind of suck. You can get a headband that looks like the pansies from the fabric cut out and glued to a cheap headband, or a necklace along the same lines. The OP in the print really isn't doing anything for me, it has a bodice that reminds me too much of a T-shirt. Non puffy sleeves? I applaud Innocent World for trying out something new, but it just looks weird to me, a little too 1950's.

On a different note, I'll be attending Anime Boston this year, which is this coming weekend! I am actually going to try to get to the Lolita panels this year, as last year I missed out on all of them. And maybe the BJD meetup if I have room left in my bag to nestle a doll in. I'm pretty excited for the first big convention of the year. As always, I'll be in Lolita for the weekend. On Friday I'll most likely be in *gasp* Maid Lolita, something I've always wanted to try even if it is a bit silly. The rest of the weekend I'll be in Gothic Lolita with a huge bonnet on. If you spot me, a tall Gothic Lolita in a huge bonnet carrying around a BJD, say hi!