Angelic Pretty: Ghost Night Bride

In anticipation for Halloween coming up Angelic Pretty have released Ghost Night Bride. Its got a slightly Gothic aesthetic, but the cut, details and print motifs it still keeps Angelic Pretty's regular sweet style. Though I think with the right styling and coordinate those who want to could probably make this look quite Gothic.
I decided to make my own layouts to show off the new release instead of just reposting the pictures everyone has already seen, I hope you like them! Please drop a comment to let me know if you do.~

I've seen people compare this to Vampire Requiem from Alice and the Pirates, but I don't agree on them being very similar. I think the thing that most makes people relate them is that the color palette of this print (the red details on these kinds of colorways) is more prevalent in Alice and the Pirates collections. It has some elements in common like gates, castles and roses. But if you look closer at the Angelic Pretty print the theme is more 'wedding of people super into Halloween'. It has lots of cute things like cakes, stars and a romantic set table. Vampire Requiem also has clouds over the boarder followed by nothing, its plain one color above that. This is not my kind of color palette, but it looks good and the colors are nicely balanced.

The OP has a the fake blouse style that AP tend to do a lot. Personally I'm not a fan of this type of premade coordinate. Don't get me wrong; this dress is definitely pretty and looks elegant. But I think it limits your options to be creative with making your own outfits and makes it harder to not have every outfit look the same. With difference with having a regular OP and the fake blouse style like this is that they are already picking black as the main accent color in addition to the colorway of the dress. So you would have to do a three color coord (with two colors decided for you). I wish this dress was a bit more special and different from the jsk. They have the same waistline and the biggest difference other than the fake blouse is there being organza bows instead of lacing and no shirring.

So for the reasons stated above I would prefer the jsk, since it gives you a lot more options for outfits. The cut is similar to OP and really basic high waist Angelic Pretty cut with cupcake skirt. I Think this dress would be super pretty to coord with grey, luckily Angelic Pretty have been doing more items in grey colorways! The print features three shades of grey so there are plenty of options. The latest release of the milky cross blouse has a really pretty silver grey version that I think would look really pretty with any colorway of this dress. I made a little palette below to help you pick out the colors of the print that would be great to make outfits with. 

I hope you like this post and all the graphics I made for it. It took a lot of time but I had fun and I'm happy with how it all turned out! I miss blogging but its been hard to do due to health issues that I've been dealing with. 

Thanks for reading and please check back soon.

//Love Mintyfrills

Royal Princess Alice: Sweet Monster Castle

New hot mess coming to you in time for Halloween, Having mixed feeling about Royal Princess Alice's new print Sweet Monster Castle. It's too bad when prints get a bit to seasonal, limiting when it feels appropriate to wear it. For example my lavender Candy Treat jsk from Angelic Pretty looks great for Halloween coords but I can wear it for the rest of the year also. I think this would of been better if they just skipped the boarder print and went with the simple style of the rest of the print. They don't seem to go together at all anyways.

The cuts are as always from RPA boring and very meh. The font picked for the print name is so bad I don't even know what to say. Why not just use comic sans while you are at it? And I really understand why people are tired of crosses on everything and this time of the year its just going to get worse.

The front part of the collar is fine but the back part goes way to far down for being that plain. Shorten it or put a design on there! As always there is a lack of trim around the bottom of the skirt part. 

These tights don't make sense, why place the boarder print over the top? Why not just go with the cute simple style here too. Who's going to see it? Why did you bother? So many questions...

Get it together Royal Princess Alice, step it up.

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Cecilia Cross

The next release coming up is Cecilia Cross. I feel like this dress is like a mix between Milky Cross and Misty Sky, which are two prints that have been really popular lately. It is really cute but I feel like its kinda done before. I don't like the sheer overlay on the pink version or the long trim sticking out from the blue jsk. That said I still think its really cute! But it is not my favorite from this season. What do you think?

//Love Minty

Angelic Pretty: top 5 silly bags!

I really love silly bags, I have a few myself and Angelic Pretty have been releasing some really cute ones this year, so I decided to make a top 5 list of my favorite silly AP bags of 2015!

#5

Starting out my list is this pretty cross bag on fifth place, I really love all the pearl details and the over sized pearls that make out the handle makes it just perfect!

#4

Who doesn't love an Alice in wonderland theme? This bag has nice big 'drink me' tag that makes it super cute. Having a big bottle also makes you look more tiny like a doll.

#3

Angelic Pretty makes the purrfect plush bags and this kitty is no exception! Made to match with Dolly Cat and just super fluffy and adorable.

#2

The Fantastic Carnival bag is this super cute bunny with lots of bows and a fluffy tail. It also comes in white and both colorways are adorable.

#1

My favorite silly Angelic Pretty bag of 2015 is this perfectly cute teddy backpack. It is one of my favorite plush bags they have ever released, the colors are just perfect and it looks so soft. The wings are a super nice detail too. It barely has any room too put anything inside it, but it doesn't have to be practical if its this cute!

Hope you liked my list!

//Love Minty