Every year I ask my patrons for ideas. I don’t promise to draw those ideas, but I always like to know what my patrons are interested in seeing. Plus, I run out of ideas sometimes.
One of my long time patrons, Denise, asked for some Gothic fashions and let me decide what genre to explore in that larger subgenre. I have been wanting to draw some Gothic Lolita clothing for a long time, partly because I really wanted to draw a bonnet.
So, Denise, here is a gothic Lolita paper doll for you.
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Gothic Lolita clothing is often called “Victorian Children’s Clothing Inspired”, but it is not really Victorian clothing. It is a ruffle and lace obsessed fever dream of Victorian clothing. And that’s part of the fun!
Historical accuracy has no place here.
If you hop over to my Lolita Fashion Pinterest Board, you will see a lot more of this style. A few specific sources for these dresses include this gothic look and this purse and this dress and this dress. I actually drew a few more dresses that didn’t fit on this page, so they’ll be going up for my Patrons in the next few weeks.
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A few things I love about Lolita fashion, in no real order-
- I like drawing ruffles
- There’s a super high level of coordination, so I tied everything together with ruffles and roses.
- There’s something really refreshing about a fashion style that is both super modest and super feminine. It’s not something you see a lot in fashion, I feel like.
The color scheme here is black, red and lavender. I feel like if there’s one downside of doing gothic fashion it is that it is… well, it’s black. Don’t get me wrong- black is a perfectly nice color- but it is all black. I try not to make my paper doll clothing all black, because I feel like it obscures the line-work a lot. However, since you have a black and white version of this gothic Lolita paper doll, you can make this one all black (or all purple, or all green) if you wish.
In fact, with a different color scheme, this set could totally be sweet Lolita or classic Lolita.
In the words of the college students I work with- You do you.
And on that note, I wanted to pause here to thank my Patrons who have supported me. Consider joining us if you want! You could get your idea drawn.
First off, I’ve been on this site printing paper dolls to color for years now, and I want to thank you for making all these for all of us. I’m really excited about this new series. One thing though, I really like this doll, but when I click the link to download the black and white pdf, it takes me to this other doll: https://paperthinpersonas.com/PDF/jewels_gemstones/pleats-frills-princess-bw.pdf
If you could fix it, that would be great! Thank you again so much 🙂
Should be fixed now.