>>10567291
I think at least as far as color cohesion goes, the clip art feel does at least in some part come from the decided lack of color cohesion. Instead of picking a small handful of colors in similar saturation levels a la ap, they mix things up in a way that, while would work for a child's notebook cover, doesn't work for lolita.
There's also something about >>10566888 where it looks like they got someone who draws decent anime style circa 2010 to do the border print, but lolita prints don't have an anime style pretty much ever so it just reads as cheaply made weeb shit you'd find at a vendor's hall.
Idk it's just truly baffling that after how many years, western brands (jfash or otherwise) still fundamentally misunderstand what makes things look authentically kawaii