Brand Feature: Automatic Honey

Automatic Honey is a brand that makes super cute accessories! They both do type of cute that would go perfectly with Angelic Pretty clothes and more creepy cute style. They have been making cute stuff for quite a while and keep delivering high quality cute products. They are a bit on the expensive side but I think the quality you get is worth it! Every item is carefully handmade by the two designers so I think that's something good to support!

  

Above you can see their current collection, it has a really sweet marine theme that feels super right for the summer season. Be sure to go and grab one while you can! The shell necklaces look like they would be perfect with Angelic Pretty's Dream Marine or Marine Kingdom.

They have made so many amazing pieces in the past and I look forward to seeing what more they will design in the future! They have made collections with many different themes and styles. Definitely a brand to keep you eyes on.

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty x Disney: Crystal Dream Mermaid

Yet another Angelic Pretty x Disney collaboration! This time with the little mermaid and it is so lovely. I didn't like the Marie dress but this one is really pretty. The sheer fabric goes perfectly with the marine theme. The style of illustration on the print look super cute and mixes well with the Angelic Pretty style cut. There are lots of fun items in this collection so be sure to check it out!

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Aquarium Carnival

This upcoming weekend Angelic Pretty will finally be releasing 'Aquarium Carnival', one of their very anticipated releases this year! This print is so adorable, why are there not more prints with dolphins? Adding to the cuteness the dolphins have little crowns and ribbons on them. With the marine theme still being really popular this is probably going to be gone in seconds. The cuts for it are pretty standard, nothing super interesting, but I think the print is lovely enough to hold it up. I like the blue colorway the most because it just feels most fitting to the theme. The sheer overlay on one of the jsk's looks a bit off but its usually removable. This is just super cute, can't wait to see amazing coords for it!

//Love Mintyfrills

Fashion Valentine: Cadney

My fashion valentine this week is Stephanie Christina, known online as Cadney. She is from Toronto in Canada and been in the fashion for a long time. She was one of the people that inspired me to get into lolita fashion with her adorable ott sweet coords. I always loved dressing in a lot of colors with lots of accessories and she showed that all that also could be a part of lolita. Go follow her on instagram and tumblr for more fantastic outfit picture.

Cadney had a great sense of color balancing, every part of her outfits feels so thought out. Like in the left she picks out all the colors from the print and uses them in her accessories. On the left I love that she sticks to the theme of Dream Marine. Both the obvious seashell bag and necklace but I also think the fabric of the blouse being sheer gives a really nice feel of water that just ties it together so well. Also I must say that she makes her glasses go perfect with the outfits. 

No matter what the color of the dress she always perfectly matches the colors. Every outfit I see her in feels so thought out, like every detail has been carefully planed. Like on the left she has the red, blue and white from the outfit. But also adds small black bows because there are black details in the print. Such perfect attention to detail.

I love any coord she does with Milky Planet (seen above) and it became my dream dress because of the outfits I saw her making with them. I get so inspired by any outfit she posts and it makes me want to do better too! Cadney has been such a huge inspiration for me since I started lolita and last year I finally got to meet her face to face. It was really amazing, she is such a wonderful person. She does a lot for her local lolita community and really cares about others. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me for so many years and I hope to meet you again one day.

me and Cadney <3

Click here to check out my past Fashion Valentines!

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: 17 Upcoming Releases! (extended guide)

Here is a guide to the upcoming prints from Angelic Pretty. I think there is a lot of cute stuff and I'm happy that spring is coming. The more I see of the new collection the more I like it. Hope you enjoy this post and please comment to let me know which one is your favorite. Click in the name of the print to read more about what I think of the dress! I made a post about this before I had clear pictures of many of these dresses, you can read it here.

Aquarium Carnival

The marine theme has been really popular so there is no wonder that there is more coming along now. This one features dolphins and I can't recall them doing that before so extra points for being more original. I'm not sure about how to wear the off the shoulder type cut but the rest of the design looks really cute. I wonder what other colorways it will come in.

Antoinette Decoration

I think this dress is amazing and I totally love it! It reminds me a lot of Scarlet Primavera but with less flowers. Though same as that dress I would guess that the pricetag is around 100k yen. One day it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine. *dreaming*

Antoinette Princess

They made quite a few really frilly dresses. I have always seen Angelic Pretty as the best for prints and Baby the stars shine bright the best for frilly princess type dresses but I think Angelic Pretty are putting in some heavy competition on this. I think the colorway really suits the Antoinette type aesthetic and it just looks really wonderful. Anyone would feel like royalty in this dress.

Eternal Carnival

Carousels is Maki's favorite motif so they always come with new carnival prints every year. This one looks really cute, I hope its not as pale as these pictures make it look. Also yes give me more pony bags!! 

Harlequinade Ballet

There are now more clear pictures and I think this print is really cute, the hats are kinda wonky though. I love the contrasting colors on the pink x sax colorway! Its will be cool to see a wide variation of coords with this dress,

Holy Lacey Doll

Another pretty non print dress, its nothing special but it still looks really cute. Not much more to say.

Holy Theater

It's hard to completely make out what there is in the print, but there seems to be some cute lams. Not a big fan of the veils and sheer overlays but there seems to be a variation of cuts. I hope the other colorways are more interesting though.

Jewel Marine

This dress just looks adorable, The print is really sweet and I love the big pink ribbon. The cuts are quite different from each other offering good options and they seem to have really nice detailing. The marine theme is still going strong so I'm sure it will be popular! 

Rose Princess

This dress just goes overboard with frills frills frills. To bad there is not a good picture of her standing with the dress, it looks pretty long. The different shades of pink look really cute together, I think it gives it a Antoinette x Barbie look. And it will be cool to see more of the other colorway too.

Magical Princess

I think this print is really cute, it reminds me of the castles that you have with magic sand! I hope the print isn't as pale as in these pictures. I wonder what more colors there will be. I think blue would look really pretty.

Baked Sweets Parade

I just love donuts, so this is really cute to me. I like that the print is in better scale. The mint colorway is really pretty.

Cecilia Cross

I'm just really tired of the religious symbols and the virgin mary style with veils and such. And I don't really like overlays, it being longer than the dress just makes it worse. The jsk without the overlay is pretty cute.

Strawberry Garland

There is no surprise that there are two new berry prints since berry prints are Asuka's favorite motif. The strawberries look so cute, and the frills on it are so pretty.

Wrapping Cherry

This is a simple but very cute design its like a mix of wrapping ribbon and drained cherry. It would suit otome and more casual styles. The heart bag is also super cute.

Charlotte's Bear

This is the special Imai Kira collab that they had for reservation at the big teaparty with the fashion show. I think its really cute as always. The scale of the print is really cute. I think it can be coorded in many different ways, both sweet and more classic

Maria Rose

Another really pretty and layered non print dress, its somewhere in between the others. Not super ott but also not too simple. It looks really balanced and pretty.

Melty Sky

Another sky type print. It really resembles Dream Sky, which is not a bad thing. Its a much better design than Misty Sky that they recently released. Also the stripe star bag looks really cute! I like the pink colorway a lot because it has a lot of other contrasting colors and the pink shoes with blue bows are adorable.

I hope this helps you with planing your spring spending and that you are a bit less confused about all the releases.

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Top 10 Favorite Prints 2015

There has been a lot of interesting prints coming out this year so I thought I would pick my top 10 favorite Angelic Pretty prints of 2015! I'm not counting rereleases, so misty sky and holy lantern wont be on this list. Hope you like my picks and feel free to tell me what your favorite was!

10: Horror Garden

This print was released around Halloween and it was just perfect for that time of the year. This is my favorite colorway, I love the white with black trims. Black with white trim is so common so the inversion is really nice, reminiscent of the white holy lantern colorway. 

9: Marine Kingdom

A lot of people were exited about Angelic Pretty releasing a mermaid print, its really cute even though its a bit messy. Definitely looks better in real life though! This cut is really pretty too and I like the pearl details.

8: Melty Berry Princess

I have always loved strawberry prints, it might have something to do with having the nickname 'Ichigo' for five years. So this is actually the only print on the list that I actually bought because it was available when I was in Finland for the Lolita convention Hellocon. It looks super sweet and I love it!

7: Luminous Sanctuary

I think this dress has a simple elegance too it. This high contrast colorway is also super pretty. The Pegasus are really cute.

6: British Bear

I think this print looks perfect for the fall and winter season. The plaid reminds me of punk style, extra much with the yellow special set that the released later. Its cute and I can just imagine all the pretty coords with this.

5: Dream Marine

Marine themes have been popular this year and there are so many creative coords that have been made with it. This print is super cute and I understand why it was so popular!

4: Fantastic Carnival

Carnivals are always cute and I love the contrast between the sax and pink. The animals are really cute and its cool that the used other ones than ponies. I feel like one could make amazing ott coords with this dress and I really want it for that reason!

3: Milky Cross

I love that this dress has such a soft feel to it. Most of the time I don't like sheer overlays but it just looks perfect with this print. I also love the big ribbon flowing down.

2: Cherry Marguerite

This print just makes me think of summer, the white and red combo looks amazing. It makes me want to go to a lovely Lolita picnic in the sunshine.

1: Wrapping Heart

I don't think that its a big surprise that this is my favorite. I love coording with three colors and this is perfect to go with my three favorite ones mint, pink and lavender! I even like the high waist on this OP but the jsk's look perfect too. I love all the colorways and cant wait to find it on the secondhand market once I have the money for it!

Royal Princess Alice: new print

Lolita bran Royal Princess Alice just announced this new print on their twitter. I don't know to much about this brand but I think this print looks super cute! It looks like an underwater castle, the dreamy pastel colors look really cute. The dress construction looks simple but good! I would totally consider getting this!

//Love Minty