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October 20, 2026·#Trends

Southwest-Inspired Designs: Bringing Desert Colors and Patterns to Linens and Event Design

Orange Highland Plaid linen tablescape with a floral blue porcelain plate.
Event Planning & Design: Honey & Thyme Photography: Maddy Rasmussen

Southwest-inspired design is defined by patterns with movement, structure, and a little western personality. When incorporated into event design, this influence can establish strong encapsulating visuals. However, southwestern design is not just desert and cowboys. Whether the direction is more graphic, contemporary, or organic, there's a southwestern vision within each of our Lola Valentina exclusive collections.

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Orange Highland Plaid paired with Denim Highland Plaid for the maximalist plaid dream.

Event Planning & Design: Honey & Thyme Photography: Maddy Rasmussen
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Inspired by the vast, celestial night skies of the desert, our Cosmos collection captures the mystique of the Southwest.

Event Planning, Design, Photo: RMC DMC
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The belle of the southwest: our Malachite Southern Garden plays the perfect ode to the sage and succulent palette of the region.

Event Planning & Design: Scarlet Rose Events Photography: Carhart Photography
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Luna is designed with the brilliant phases of our moon, evoking the beauty and wonder of the region's naturally striking aesthetic.

Event Design & Photo: Ellie Styled

A Graphic take on Southwestern Design

The Glitch Collection blends nostalgic vibes with a sophisticated twist.

The secret to layering maximalist patterns like Retrograde, Static, Frequency, or Pixel is finding a point of connection. A shared color palette, complementary scale, or balance between bold and understated motifs can bring multiple prints together without making the overall design feel busy.

Trending Graphic Southwest Patterns

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Color That Makes a Statement

Southwestern landscapes inspire a rich spectrum of colors. Sunbaked terracotta and warm sandstone to muted sage, deep turquoise, and the vibrant hues of a desert sunset.

A Southern Palette With an Artistic Edge

For a more artistic take on Southern-inspired design, our Watercolor Jacquard and Ebru prints bring detail and texture to the tablescape. Watercolor Jacquard's painterly, abstract textures create depth, while our Ebru prints draw inspiration from the centuries-old art of Turkish marbling.

Watercolor Jacquard & Ebru:

Plaid: A Maximalist Southern Statement

Lola Valentina Plaid is not traditional, it's a statement. Plaid offers endless opportunities to layer color, mix patterns, and create spaces full of southern personality. Pair our plaids with our floral prints, contrasting stripes, or complementary solids. Timeless, but anything but boring.

(Anything but Traditional) Plaid

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Southern Sunsets and Big Skies

Skylar invites us to honor what cannot be held, yet is always present. It reminds us that memory has texture, that emotion has color, and that beauty can exist even in the most tender spaces.

Inspired by the colors of the ever-changing sky, you can find a Southern sunset in every design.

Trending Collection: SKYLAR

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The Mystique of the Southern Night Skies

Cosmos seeks to bridge the gap between the ethereal and the physically present, the visible and the beyond.

Continuing to draw inspiration from the beautiful vast southern night sky, our Cosmos collection explores the interplay of pattern, color, and cosmic wonder.

Trending Collection: Cosmos

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Rooted in Southern Style: Southern Charm

Although the Southern Charm Collection is inspired by the aesthetic of Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans, our Southern Charm Collection is designed to mix enduring patterns and unexpected combinations. Southern Charm proves that classic Southern style can be anything but predictable.

Trending Collection: Southern Charm

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From the Lola Valentina design team

Lola Valentina is an upscale tabletop decor company offering custom and collection-driven designs printed on decor placemats, table linens, runners, napkins and more.

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