Fairy Print Suspenders

Description

A blue-haired fairy, drawn in tattoo-illustration style, is the design on this pair. It is a single figure rather than a repeating motif, and it is rendered in the flat colour and heavy black outline of flash artwork, which is what allows it to hold together as an image at strap width where a softer illustration would fall apart. Blue leads the palette, with purple, grey and black around it.

The print is the whole product, and it suits someone who dresses deliberately rather than someone looking for a plain pair with a small detail. Alternative and fantasy-themed events, conventions, festivals, costume nights, and gothic or fairy-themed parties are the obvious homes for it, though there is nothing stopping it being worn as ordinary casual wear if the artwork appeals on its own terms. It works as a costume component when you want the fairy reference without wings and a full outfit behind it, which is often the more practical choice for an evening out. Plain black underneath suits it best, since anything patterned will fight the illustration.

The straps adjust for length in the usual way, so the pair covers a range of heights rather than arriving fixed. Because the artwork is detailed rather than graphic, it rewards being seen close up, which makes it better suited to a party or a bar than to a stage where the detail would be lost anyway. The straps sit narrow on the chest, so the figure stays the focus rather than the strap it is printed on.

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