Prints I Would Love To See

The world of Lolita is filled with so many different symbols, designs, and motifs. But despite the vast array of loli-appropriate symbols to choose from, so many brands tend to stick with the basics like cute animals, desserts, and toys. This gets really old, really fast though, especially if you don't particularly care for that side of Lolita. Of course, there are a few brands always coming out with something a little bit different, which is always refreshing, but not nearly often enough. So, what kind of prints would Caro-chan like to see more of? Well! Let's find out :D

Cherubs

I would love a Lolita print with chubby little cherubs on it. The fatter the better, I love the little things, they are just too cute! And I don't mean a small 1 color print job reminiscent of Christmas fabrics, I want big Renaissance styled cherubs with pink cheeks and curly golden hair carrying garlands of bold colored roses floating around in a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds. A little over the top and tacky? Eh, not any more than teddy bears having a parade around the hem of my skirt.

Books

So this one has been done before, recently by Innocent World and a short while ago by Baby, but, still, I would love to see more prints with elegant antique books. Maybe a dark brown print to give it a quite, old, library feel with books lined up on a bottom hem. Not a neat perfect line of books though, but a bookshelf of someone who obviously reads a lot and loves to read. Some books laying on their sides, books leaning, books stacked on top of other books, as well as interesting items like old dolls, tiny globes, and pretty containers hidden among the books.

IW's take on books

Tarot Cards

I'm a sucker for tarot cards, I love the symbols and the art of tarot cards, and I would really love to see them featured on a Lolita print. Alice and the Pirates actually has an upcoming print featuring them, but since the remodeling of their website I have no idea where such things go, but the last I saw it was an all over print with tarot inspired designs all over it, which sounds good enough for me! I can't wait to see what it looks like.

Stained Glass Lamps

A lamp print dress might seem weird, but, hey, Innocent World put out a furniture print earlier this year, so lamps aren't too strange! I can imagine a bunch of different stained glass lamps lined up along the hem of a dress with a vertical striped flowery wallpaper pattern in the background.

Jewelry

I'm sort of surprised this hasn't been done before (or has it and I just can't recall? I bet if anyone did it was Meta!) but I would love a print featuring elegant Victorian styled jewelry. I would love this on a deep jewel toned dress, like burgundy or a vivid deep blue, with vertical lines of pearls and gems going down the dress ending in elegant scallops, sort of as if very long necklaces were draped over the dress. Actual rhinestones scattered throughout the print as well as a metallic gold ink would make a print like this fantastic and over the top in the very best way possible.

Tea Cups

Another print that has been done a few times, but not nearly as much as it should be done. I would love to see a muted pastel print with a decadent floral pattern in subtle colors with an assortment of tea cups at the bottom, some stacked up, some full, some tipped over even!

AP, doing the tea cup thing.


Medical Illustrations

A bit morbid and guro, but I love it non the less. I would kill to see some more grotesque in Lolita. Maybe a circularly system that connects to scattered anatomical hearts. I imagine this done in a faded red on an ivory background with the print done in a simple 1 color engraving style, just like old medical illustrations.

Octopi

Who doesn't want to see an octopus print Lolita piece? It seems like every time the subject of dream prints pops up nearly everyone wants to see an octopus print piece. What's so Lolita about octopi? Absolutely nothing, but they are such awesome animals. I would love to see a piece similar to Angelic Pretty's old Twinkle Mermaid print, a solid pastel sea green dress with simple octopi screen printed around the hem of the skirt.

Unicorns

Sure, we recently got Metamorphoses Twinkle Journey print featuring unicorns, but they were much too cute for my liking. I love the medieval styled unicorn, especially the one featured in a series of tapestries called The Hunt of the Unicorn. I imagine a print like this on a deep green background, with scattered greenery in the style of typical medieval paintings with an elegant forest along the bottom with unicorns grazing, resting, and generally being elegant and made of magic along the bottom. Metallic gold printing along the edges of horns, hooves, and manes, would make something like this look incredible.

Unicorns are so bad ass!

I'm not normally not too big on prints, I tend to prefer solids and generic prints like flowers, but if brands released a few of these, I definitely wouldn't be able to resist! If you're interested in learning a bit about the mythology behind often-used Lolita prints, Lolita Charm has begun a new series about just that, called Lady's Lessons, so keep your eyes open for more about that!

What kind of prints are you just dying to see? Do you happen to collect any and everything you can find on one particular theme? Are there any kind of prints you're just sick of seeing? Personally, I'm sick to death of toy themed prints, or really any print that would make me feel like I turned a nursery's curtains into a dress. As far as themes that instantly make a piece go to the top of my want list, definitely religious themed prints. While I am by no means religious, I really enjoy religious art, and it's always a treat to see it in Lolita, despite how controversial it sometimes is.