Fashion Valentine: Emilia

This week my fashion valentine is my dear friend Emilia, also known as Pastelbat! She has an amazing fashion sense and can make any style look amazing. She has always been a trendsetter and is really creative. She also makes accessories that she sells online and at events. Be sure to go follow her on tumblr and instagram for more outfits!

I really love the retro type style that Emilia has been dressing in lately. She looks absolutely stunning in all her outfits. On the left I love the black gingham with pastel pink, it just looks classy and expensive. The look to the right is simple but still looks super fashionable somehow!

Emilia also does very cute more pop style outfits too. Both these look so comfortable and super adorable. The overalls with all the pink on is really cute. 

Emilia used to dress more in lolita before but still had some lolita pieces that she uses now and then. I think that she really brings style elements from the other styles she dress in into lolita which results in some really creative outfits! 

Emilia keeps surprising me with new creative outfits and I just cant wait to see what she comes up with next! These two outfits look really fancy and doll like, love it! She is also a really good friend, I have known her for over five years and she has always been a very kind person.

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//Love Mintyfrills 

Evelyn x Barbie

Evelyn also made a cute Barbie collab for the Laforet event, but for this one the same clothes are also available in human size. So if you want to have a matching clothes with a Barbie you should totally check it out! I wish Baby the stars shine bright would of had a clothes matching with their Barbie also.

//Love Minty

Preppy Cute (x Barbie)

More cute Barbie clothes for the laforet Barbie event. The two top ones are by Dolly & Molly, the bottom dress is from OLIVE des OLIVE and the barbiedoll is by la belle Etude. I totally love the DM dresses, they would both be super cute for just casual outfits, the top left one is my favorite of the bunch! The dress for the Barbie doll is really adorable too.

//Love Minty

Nile Perch/Faline Tokyo x Barbie

Nile Perch and Faline Tokyo both made super cute sweaters with Barbie prints for the laforet x Barbie event! I think these would look really cute with Fairy Kei or just comfy casual for anyone who likes cute pastel clothes. The retro feel in the print makes them even more perfect for Fairy Kei. I definitely like these!

//Love Minty

Metamorphose x Barbie

Here we have Metamorphose's contribution to the laforet Barbie event! As usual Meta goes for a really different and bold direction. There is something really classy about the pale pink with black combination. All in all its a really cute set! I think the print might be a little bit too simple in the shapes, I personally prefer the Angelic Pretty dress. But then again I'm always in love with everything Angelic Pretty creates. What do you think of the dress? Would you buy it if you could? More Barbie designs to come! 

//Love Minty

Laforet x Barbie

As I mentioned earlier there will be a Barbie event in laforet with 20 brands there doing collabs with Barbie, there seems to be some great stuff coming up for sales, so sad that it only will be sold there. But at least we get to see the cool designs different brands made. For those of you that don't know, Laforet is a huge shopping mall in Harajuku, they house a wide selection of brands and a lot of Lolita brands have their stores there. So its a must see if you go to Tokyo. Some of the brands are: Angelic Pretty, Baby the stars shine bright, metamorphose, Algonquins, h.Naoto, Emily Temple Cute, ghost of harlem, Swimmer and Super Lovers to name a few. Its interesting seeing brands taking the idea of Barbie and designing something that still fits their brands aesthetic. I will be posting more about the different Barbie designs so be sure to check bad for that!

//Love Minty

Baby the Stars Shine Bright x Barbie

Lots of entries in the Barbie trend, lolita brand Baby the Stars Shine Bright will be releasing a Barbie with lolita clothes for the Barbie in Laforet event. For only 12 000 yen this lolita Barbie can be yours if you can actually get to laforet. The event will take place 7 Feb to 1 Mar. 20 brands will be doing collaborations with Barbie.  I think the dress is really cute, can I have the same in people size please?

//Love Minty

Angelic Pretty x Barbie

Speaking of Barbie trends Angelic Pretty just announced that they are releasing a special colab Barbie dress. Too bad from anyone outside of Japan since its a LaForet special, but hey, a girl can dream! This dress is delightful in its simplicity.

//Love Minty

Casual Cute Barbie

Cute and casual barbie look, mixing Moschino with some fairy-kei brands.

1. Barbie sunglasses - Wildfox $189

2. handmirror Phonecase - Moschino $52

3. Logo Knit - Moschino $750

4. pastel shorts - milklim $44

5. comfy shoes - Vans $92

6. pastel heart backpack - ManiaQ $34

(if you wear this coord or something like it send it to me or write #mintycoord, and I might feature you!)

//Love Minty

Trend: Moschino Barbie Look

Spring is coming so I will be posting my favorites from spring/summer fashion shows and some trends that I've been seeing. Starting with my favorite collection: Moschino. They have really went for doing their own thing and the Barbie look they went for is amazing! With stunning colors and all around just really fun and happy! If I could pick any item from this collection it would be the pink knitted sweather dress with the Moschino logo in Barbie style font all over it. I'm in love. 

There is really whimsy and joy all throughout the fashion show! Designer of this collection Jeremy Scott was quoted as saying  "Like every girl and gay boy, I loved Barbie,". The big blonde wigs and bubblegum pink lipstick really adds to the barbie feel. I really hope this catches on so that cheaper chains will pick up the trend of the barbie style.

Amazing collection with lots of colors and creative cuts, there is a lot of variation. My favorite ones are the pink but there was much of other neon colors also! I'm going to try and do some coords with items from this collection but also try and do cheaper options that still has the barbie feel to it. This collection is so inspiring.

//Love Minty