Improved Outfits [1]: Color Coordination - 1 Base color

There are many ways of putting together a lolita outfit and I want to talk about some different ways of  coordinating colors. Lets start simple with some looks at how to match with the base color of the main piece. 

I think many start with wearing a neutral white blouse to go with pastel colors. Though I think going with all pink with a pink dress makes for a much cuter outfit. You could also make it more interesting by matching with a different shade of the same color, but lets talk more about that in a future post! While doing this type of outfit I would favor ankle socks over otk socks since your legs break off the color scheme. If you don't like bare legs I would suggest thin white stockings with the pink outfit and black fishnets with the black one.

Even though this dress is in the grey colorway you can choice to treat black as the base color since it has the black ribbons and a lot of black in the print. Even though I would love a coord using this dark grey as the base and black as the accent, its hard to find items in this kind of grey from Angelic Pretty. Even though light grey has become more prevalent in many collections. 

In the next guide I will go into how to do outfits with more colors! 

//Love Mintyfrills

Coord: Retro Doll

Bubblegum pink and yellow is such a cute color combo and I think the simple tartan dress from Aymmy and quirky Betsey Johnson canned soup bag really give it a cute retro look. 

1. Dress: Aymmy

2. Top: Liz Lisa

3. Bag: Betsey Johnson

4. Shoes: Liz Lisa

Want to start blogging more again so please check back soon again for more new posts. ~

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Winter Coat Collection 2016

Angelic Pretty has released a bunch of new winter coats. There are many different styles of lolita winter coats. A lot depends on what cut of dresses you prefer.

 

I think the Milky Dream coat is really cute. I'm a big fan of scallops, its super cute but not too much details on it. The waist is pretty high but it should suit most basic AP dresses.

While the Victoria coat has nice fabric the cut is a bit off I think. Having the length just be slightly shorter than the dress makes it look like its too small and doesn't fit right. I think it could work with more casual shorter dresses but I don't think its worth the high price for that.

The Bear coat is cute and the cut works great if you want it to be more form fitting. Though think about that it wont look good with high waist dresses. These long coats really need a good petticoat under to look good. Otherwise they can look kinda floppy. This also comes in a pink colorway that is adorable.

The coat to the right is really cute and would work with various dress styles.  It comes in a gorgeous antique pink colorway with white faux fur. The only thing that could be a problem is that its probably a very heavy coat to wear and also I think its kinda boring that it covers the whole dress. If you hang out with your lolita friends outside it can feel like you are wearing the same thing all the time.

The Bunny poncho coat is cute but I think its really personal preference if you like that type of coat or not. On the plus side it wont feel tight or uncomfortable!

The Classic coat is really not my style it comes in two shades of brown, red, white and black. I just don't like it to be honest.

These two coats are really more my style. I like the shorter coats because they show of your dress and are not as heavy as the longer coats. Both of these are really adorable and I would generally recommend this type of coat.

It's really nice having a warm coat that fits well over your lolita clothes. It's really cold here so I'm happy I have my lavender bunny coat to wear this winter.

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Get The Look: Pink Cat Girl

Another simple outfit that you can get all at the same store for pretty cheap. I think this would be super comfortable and you get 10% off with the promocode 'mintyfrills'!

Sweater: $22

Shorts: $27

Shoes: $30

Hope you like it!

//Love Mintyfrills

Get the look: Strawberry Milk

A cute and simple outfit with a strawberry theme, everything can be ordered from the same online store and if you use the code 'mintyfrills' you will get a 10% discount! The store is called Sanrense and they ship internationally.

Top and shorts set - $32

Shoes - $33

Backpack - $28

total = $93 ($83 with the discount!)

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Fashion Valentine: Essy Noir

This weeks fashion valentine is lovely Essy Noir! I have followed her on social media for a long time now, I first found her on lookbook and fell in love with her incredibly clean and minimalist sense of style. She really has her own style down and it shows in every photo. And her photos are just amazing! Go follow her on lookbook, instagram and tumblr!

Most of her outfits are monochrome, the sharp contrasting black and white makes for a really graphic and pleasing aesthetic. The color blocking looks really well thought thru. She almost always has big clunky platforms or heals with her outfits. 

She also often wears only white or only black and she manages to keep it interesting by mixing different fabrics and wearing clothes with interesting cuts. With the overly kawaii and over the top cute style I'm used to wearing and seeing its so refreshing to see someone look incredibly cute with this simplicity.

Essy beautifully balances perfectly between cute feminine style and more tough, cool style. Like wearing a black leather jacket and shades balanced out with a little black dress and fluffy, clunky heals.

Sometimes she mixes in other colors and it always looks effortlessly perfect. I also must add that her hair always looks flawless. I think that its important to look for inspiration from people dressing in entirely different styles from yourself to find new ways to express your own fashion. If you just look for new ideas from people similar to yourself you will quickly stagnate. I love Essy's outfits and want to try to take some inspiration from her clean style. Thank you for letting me write about you in my blog and I look forward to seeing more of your outfits.

click here to check out past fashion valentines!

//Love Mintyfrills

Sugary Gingham

Everything on this outfit is from Katie, they have so much cute pink stuff~~

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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

Print Making

Working on some ideas for prints and made this, pretty happy with the general look of it. Its supposed to be twiggy, I think I will add some kind of text to it also! 

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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

Who needs a boyfriend?

I found the t-shirt I wanted to make a really sassy outfit with it. This would be a really comfy outfit for those days you just want to be left alone but still look fabulously badass.

1. Beanie - NLY $10

2. 70s heart sunglasses $22

3. NO pin - EyeCandy $3

4. Comfy knit cardigan - Monki $37

5. Black jeans - Cheap Monday $19

6. Sassy T-shirt - PINK $27

7. Ribbon shoes - Irregular Choice $20

8. Black Handbag - Love Moschino $252

9. F*ck off  pin - EyeCandy $18

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

//Love Minty

10 New Angelic Pretty prints coming in spring~

 Angelic Pretty recently had a fashion show where they showed their full spring collection, many pictures are popping up here and there, from leaked photos to Kera magazines. I though I would make a guide just in case you've missed anything!

1. Parfum

New dress with print designed by Imai Kira, this is a special preorder only dress just like cats teaparty was! It looks amazing and I look forward to seeing people wearing it.

2. Milky Cross

This cross themed print with chiffon overlay is looking stunning. It will be coming out this weekend so gogogo contact your shopping service.

3. Dolly Cat

Good news for you cat lovers! AP will be releasing this cute dress with kittens on it, I really love the purple ribbons on the pink colorway. I wonder what color the ribbons will be on other colorways, it will be cool to see.

4. Wrapping Heart

Print with adorable gift boxes, looking forward to this one!

5. Melty Berry Princess

A new gorgeous strawberry print from Angelic Pretty, seems like they are also releasing a new version of the popular strawberry bag (and there will be and other dress to match my old strawberry bag with!). Mostly rooting for the white colorway, but all red could also be super cute.

 6. Cherry Marguerite 

 Another berry print but this one seems to be more cherries, the colorways look interesting but people are kinda confused of how crosses fit into this theme, just getting into a trend or do we maybe not see the full picture? Exited to see the gingham blouses though!

7. Mirage Castle

Recently these pictures came up from a issue of Kera. A dreamy princess sleeve OP with a matching aristocrat set. I hope the will be selling a boy style set with this and not just have it for the fashion show. I wonder what other colorways it will come in, darker or pastel?

8. Dream Marine

Stunning seashell themed dress, no really clear pictures of this but the cuts of it are looking stunning. The OP has a chiffon overlay and there seems to be a jsk with layers, both super cute.

9. Salon de the' Rose

Another princess sleeve OP, this one with a lovely cake print. It has a pretty sweet/classic feel and I think it would look amazing in mint or sax.

10. Belle Epouqe Rose

There are no clear pictures of this dress yet but it seems to have rocking horses maybe? roses? I guess we will have to wait and see!

I hope you liked this guide to new Angelic Pretty dress! I'm really looking forward to all of them and saving all my money! Thanks for reading.

(print names are just guesses since they are the time of writing not published)

//Love Minty

Keep Calm and Acquire Brand

Hello! Mint here.
In the years since I started to dress in lolita I have accumulated quite a lot of lolita clothes. I'ts really nice when you start to feel that you can wear lolita every day without it feeling like you wear the same thing every day. I scavenge around the internet looking for the items I want and looking for them in good prices.

I'm really proud of my collection!

Love every single dress I buy. Trying to work in some more colors just bought a red french cafe and a lavender candy treat. Still waiting for them to get here (also waiting for my milky planet in sax~~).

 I've worked a lot of extra shifts to be able to buy some new lolita dresses, haven't bought any new lolita dresses in months, spent most of my money on my trip to London a few months ago.

OH, and PS, I changed the color of the text since someone complained about it being hard to read.

Love
//Jennifer