Favorite Themes in Prints

[Anonymous No.10454047]

What's your favorite motif on prints? I know chocolate was a favorite, and cats/bunnies are always in style. I personally miss lambs/sheep

[Anonymous No.10454050]

Rabbits and crowns. Combined together and I nut.

[Anonymous No.10454054]

>>10454047

Chocolate/sweets, strawberries, and toys (especially bunnies). Kudos to prints that combine any of them like Lyrical Party, Teddy Bear Baker, Doki Doki Strawberry Magic, etc.

[Anonymous No.10454056]

>>10454047
Regimental stripes, naval motifs, and chocolate.

[Anonymous No.10454059]

I love stained glass, non-berry fruit prints, and cats. It's a simple life, but a comfy one.

[Anonymous No.10454060]

for sweet:
>ice cream
>unicorns
>glitter/sparkly bits, whether on the fabric or beads attached as decoration

for classic/gothic:
>furniture/architecture
>silhouetted figures or dolls, especially if they're a little creepy (see pic related, one of my dream dresses)

[Anonymous No.10454061]

>>10454047
Fairies, Cinderella carriages, castles

[Anonymous No.10454063]

>>10454047
I love this print so much. I wish I could find it.

[Anonymous No.10454064]

Anything star/celestial or astronomy themed is also something I adore

[Anonymous No.10454065]

>>10454063
God, I know. It's definitely one of my dream dresses

[Anonymous No.10454069]

I'm a sucker for checkerboard patterns, card suits, and well-drawn cats. I also feel like circus themes are underrated.

[Anonymous No.10454072]

>>10454064
Yes, same. Anything zodiac related too.

[Anonymous No.10454074]

>>10454047
Fairytales are my jam

[Anonymous No.10454080]

my favorite motifs are florals especially rose prints!

other faves include woodland creatures like deer and bunnies, royalty, cutlery, angels, and fairytales

[Anonymous No.10454081]

as basic as it sounds I LOVE BEARS, anything bear themed I tend to love, and it's an easier print to find even in classic

[Anonymous No.10454083]

I’m basic but I really like crosses for gothic and sweets/candy for sweet.

[Anonymous No.10454085]

>>10454047
Squirrels. Squirrels doing anything cracks me up

[Anonymous No.10454086]

>>10454047
I like country plants and animals like sheep, deer, bunnies, berry plants, and florals. I also like pets like cats and dogs, but I'm pickier with those. I wouldn't get a chiffony hime style with a cat, but I would get it on cotton. Whereas with a sheep, I'll get it on damn near anything.

[Anonymous No.10454101]

>>10454063
It’s on mercari.

[Anonymous No.10454104]

>>10454080
I really want a sunflower dress. I know there are some Taobao ones but I wish AP or BABY would make one.

[Anonymous No.10454106]

>>10454101
I guess I have to specify that I’m not paying 2x the retail price

[Anonymous No.10454109]

>>10454069
Omg yes to all of this. I absolutely love card and circus themes

[Anonymous No.10454114]

>>10454106
Nayrt but if you say "I wish I could find it"/"it's my dream dress" etc, I'm surprised you're not willing to purchase it, even its priced higher.

[Anonymous No.10454125]

>>10454114
Because that’s stupid. I’m not saying I wouldn’t pay above market price, but $600 isn’t remotely the market price. This dress goes for $200 tops if that, I’d probably pay $400 but paying more than three times the going rate is retarded. Plus I never said it was my dream dress, it’s not, I still want it.

[Anonymous No.10454129]

I'm a sucker for cats dressed up doing fabulous things. I found a Phantom of the Opera Cats dress that was perfect but alas, long sold out. Also butterflies, but I have yet to find a decent print I like.

[Anonymous No.10454130]

FLORALS
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[Anonymous No.10454134]

Stained glass, cats and nineteenth-century-style military pieces.

[Anonymous No.10454137]

Is this rufflechat now?? How many times can this same thing be asked over and over?

[Anonymous No.10454138]

>>10454129
Seconding butterflies, I want something besides gaudy Jewel Butterfly and the washed out IW prints.

[Anonymous No.10454140]

>>10454137
People are obviously enjoying this thread and it’s one of the few positive ones. Go away if you don’t like it

[Anonymous No.10454153]

>>10454047

Strawberries!

[Anonymous No.10454154]

>>10454137
It's nice to have positive threads once in a while. Savor it before it turns into some kind of bitching about brand wars or /pol/ tier shit.
Cherry blossom prints. I need more.

[Anonymous No.10454156]

I unironically love florals to the point where I've wanted grandma couches in a thrift store to be a dress print. Pic related continues to be my favorite print.

But I also would love a Mucha print dress that doesn't look like uninspired boxes or isn't shitty quality. So far, unfortunately only Black Milk of all places has produced a Mucha dress that I liked and they're obviously not lolita.

[Anonymous No.10454164]

I'm really loving circus themed things lately! Also I'm always a sucker for Halloween

[Anonymous No.10454166]

Anything regal or British. Florals. Cosmetic prints are high on the list. I’ve recently been into prints with store fronts or shops too. I’m all over the place.

[Anonymous No.10454212]

>>10454054
Bonbon bunny

[Anonymous No.10454229]

>>10454125

(nayrt too) I had a moment of dissonance because the comment that started the debate was "I wish I could FIND it"

ie- you haven't even found it to buy it, not "I wish I could find it at a reasonable market price". I know, small difference, but that's what makes the "I won't purchase" raise eyebrows.

[Anonymous No.10454283]

music notes/piano motifs . Brands hardly seem to make them though even though I'm absolutely wild for them.

[Anonymous No.10454290]

>>10454047
bears. i wish the btssb dresses with kuma kumya werent so rare and expensive!

[Anonymous No.10454295]

I love Alice in Wonderland and card suit themes, but they don't seem to be too popular recently.

[Anonymous No.10454325]

>>10454047
Birds.

[Anonymous No.10454326]

>>10454283
Seconding this! Dance of the Black Cats is one of my favorite prints for this reason

[Anonymous No.10454393]

>>10454290
Same here, there are some that are pretty easy to come by and aren't too expensive like Kuma Kumya’s Royal Kingdom and Kuma Kumya-chan's Sweet Chocolate though.

[Anonymous No.10454395]

Furniture, cosmetics/girly prints, dolls, bears, polka dots, and apples. If AP makes an apple dress I’ll freak.

I care more about the execution and overall feel though. Anything can be kawaii if done right.

[Anonymous No.10454416]

>>10454395
ETC, milk, and meta all have apple dresses if that interests you. BTSSB also has pomme rouge

[Anonymous No.10454420]

>>10454326
I just picked up that print recently myself! It'd been a favorite of mine for a long time but I couldnt justify the price. But I noticed it went down in value so I had to grab it.

Wiggly piano keys hnnnng so good

[Anonymous No.10454424]

Swans, picture frames, tapestry-style unicorns

[Anonymous No.10454457]

>>10454047
Roses, architecture and catholic imagery.

[Anonymous No.10454461]

I love food-based prints, like anything with jam jars or bread on it.

>>10454064
I also love AP's celestial/astronomy based designs, like Mercator Antique Shop, but new AP is so disappointing-- I feel like Horoscope Carnival could have been something great, but the print looks so muddy and cheap on poly.

[Anonymous No.10454499]

>>10454393

I've been looking for Kumya Chan's sweet chocolate on mercari and fril and LM lately with no luck :/

Maybe because I dont want the mint or dark brown colorway, just regular brown or at worst pink.

[Anonymous No.10454580]

>>10454416
I'm aware of most of those and have several in my collection. My favorite is Milk's Love Berry series. It features other fruits too but apples are very prominent. And you bet I ordered a set of Apple Stamp pajamas from ETC.

AP is my favorite lolita specific brand so I'd love to see their take on apples.

[Anonymous No.10454639]

>>10454580
Lovely Snow Fantasy uses a frozen apple shape to frame the cute winter scenes of the print. The series also included a frozen apple bag.

[Anonymous No.10454668]

Birds. I love when brands use them predominantly in a print because they're always pudgy sweet things and I wish we had a print that showcased them in the same way brands do cats bunnies and bears. A bird circus? A bird tea party? The possibilities are endless and I'm really hoping it will become a trend one day.

[Anonymous No.10454736]

Butterflies. Meta has made a couple with butterflies like Jewelry Butterfly and Fairy Tale and there’s The Dream in a Midsummer Night from Baby. I wish there were more though...

[Anonymous No.10454738]

>>10454047
cats, gobelin (if that counts), religious imagery, goth towns and feminine roses

[Anonymous No.10454874]

>>10454668
have you seen metas cherry berry song?
The stock photos dont do it justice. After watching an unboxing of it and seeing the birds up close... I had to add it to my wishlist. They are so pudgy and cute in the print.

Id love to see more bird prints like you described. An unrealistic dream for me would be more chicken prints

[Anonymous No.10454875]

Vampires, roses and gothic architecture!

[Anonymous No.10454911]

Anything Vampire, Ravens & Crows, Stained Glass, gates & architecture

[Anonymous No.10454950]

Roses. That’s... that’s it. I’m just a massive slut for roses.

[Anonymous No.10454952]

Cats, stars, chocolates, bears, and bubbles.

[Anonymous No.10454975]

People.

[Anonymous No.10454979]

>>10454975
You have rights

[Anonymous No.10455066]

>>10454639
That's super cute, I didn't realize those were apples! The dress isn't really my style to wear personally but I do think its cute. There was also a red apple bag released with Classic Fairy Tales I believe.

[Anonymous No.10455068]

>>10454975
same

[Anonymous No.10455077]

Animals, fruit, card motifs and aquatic themes.

[Anonymous No.10455101]

>>10454975
you disgust me

[Anonymous No.10455109]

Vampires, red roses, coffins, ruins, candles, death

[Anonymous No.10455275]

>>10455101
thank you.

[Anonymous No.10455695]

Lemons, bears, pastries, sheep

[Anonymous No.10455737]

I’ve noticed I really like fruit prints, especially lemons, and I just keep going back to forest/woodland type prints and carnival-esque stuff.
I blame the fact I love yellow and red
I also love stuff with honey, but I think because it’s a callback to Bees, I would LOVE to see some prints with little bees in it honestly it would make my life.
Zodiac stuff is also pretty high on my list, but it’s rare there’s ones that actually really call to me.

[Anonymous No.10455789]

>>10455737
Ive been DYING for a good bee/honey print. The last one I remember was this one from Aapt. It really didnt do it for me though

[Anonymous No.10455827]

>>10454975
Same, I want lolitas on my lolita dresses, please and thank you.

[Anonymous No.10455833]

I would ADORE a citrus print that included oranges. They could use the same image to make it different citrus... pink for grapefruits, orange for oranges, yellow for lemons, green for limes. PLEASE MAKI OR HIMARI

Favorite: roses, stripes, bats, ribbons or bows, fairytales

Will consider if cute: strawberries, lemons, chocolate, teddy bears, vampires

Dislike: people, childrens toys, rabbits

[Anonymous No.10456455]

>>10454106
I got the OP in black with the matching head bow on Mercari last year for like 7000 yen!

[Anonymous No.10456478]

>>10455789
there was only one good colorway of that print tho

[Anonymous No.10456486]

Heraldic imagery. Crowns, fleur de lis, stylised animals like lions and unicorns and dragons, armour and weapons, stripes and checkers and whatever else weird shit people put on their coat of arms as long as it’s properly stylised. Tartan also counts.

[Anonymous No.10456497]

>>10456455
Aw thanks anon, you’ve given me hope!

[Anonymous No.10467496]

Crowns and castles. Royalty themes

[Anonymous No.10467537]

Circus, check-patterned diamonds, card suits and magician type shit are my jam

[Anonymous No.10467623]

I love hands, I wish they were more common. Also architecture, vampires, coffins, and bats.

[Anonymous No.10467631]

>>10454047
Not really a print theme, but I LOVE it when prints have 3d elements, like the lace and bows actually tie into the theme

[Anonymous No.10467637]

I was briefly involved in mermaiding before getting into lolita, so any sea or ocean print immediately has my heart

[Anonymous No.10467656]

Fairytales, unicorns, cosmetics/girly stuff, certain flowers/florals, mermaids/shells, and unironically Alice in wonderland

Things that don't see enough but honey/honeycomb and bees, non generic flowers. I want some lily of the valley, violets, honeysuckle, etc

[Anonymous No.10467668]

>>10454130
For spring? Groundbreaking

[Anonymous No.10467674]

>>10467668
Not florals but

[Anonymous No.10467682]

For sweet I really like a couple of specific food prints, toys, brand mascots, and prints with a retro feel to them. I also really like prints that incorporate brighter colors such as dark pinks in them, and glitter prints.

For gothic I’m huge on catholic imagery like stained glass and crosses, vampire prints, coffins, cemeteries, roses and skeletons.

[Anonymous No.10467684]

Halloween. That's it, that's the whole reply.

[Anonymous No.10468352]

>>10467623
Any more examples anon? I kinda love it. Other body parts on their own like eyes is neat too.

[Anonymous No.10468490]

>>10467684
thank you

[Anonymous No.10468496]

>>10467682
Just coming to say i fucking love Jewelry Jelly. I'm pretty fed up with APs quality and polyester trash bags but I would buy this print again if they re-released it. I really want to see the jellies in full vibrant detail

[Anonymous No.10468570]

anything that is gold on velvet, simply regal perfection for me

[Anonymous No.10468612]

>>10468570

A thousand times yes; my favorite is wearing my red velvet/velveteen dress that has gold on it around the holidays and feeling all fancy and fluffy.

[Anonymous No.10468649]

>>10468352
The only other one I can find is this dress from Triple Fortune with skeletal hands. I like eyes too, and they're well established as a spooky motif, so I think hands have a lot of potential.

[Anonymous No.10468661]

>>10467623
>>10468649

Im calling you out hand-anon

[Anonymous No.10468670]

>>10468661

[Anonymous No.10468735]

>>10468352
>>10468649
I know it’s not dresses, but Q-pot. has a new spooky collection with eyes

[Anonymous No.10468777]

>>10468735
fuck that! the nun ghost on the right is where it's really at!