Angelic Pretty: Little Witch

I really like Angelic Pretty's Little Witch print series. It's super cute and I really like the illustration style. I kinda really want this one.

I really love the pink colorway with the lavender ribbons, it's just such a perfect colour combo. I really like the scalloped neckline on the jsk, I always love scallop. More scallops please. It would of been really cute with scallops at the bottom of the dress and then maybe lace matching the contrasting ribbons. The neckline of the jsk is the same as the OP's neckline but without the faux blouse. I do not at all like the long tulle bottom of the cutsew dress, it just makes it look really cheap.

The style of the illustrations feels very graphic and clean. I think the yellow and mint in the print allows for really fun outfits! Though the specific shade of mint can be a bit tricky. The black version could easily be coordinated with pink, lavender, mint or yellow. 

I wish they would of made the cat jewelry came in pastel colours also. Why are they all black? It's not like there is any black in the print even. I also would of prefered silver instead of gold and a plastic finding for the ring.

I don't like the red colorway at all. I feel like they really should of changed the colors of the print itself to make it go better with the red. The print colors are pastel but then they put the black ribbons on it and it's like why though? I do not understand why they made the jsk come as a set with a armband, with the other colors it's already pretty meh. But with the red armband it becomes just very unfortunate. Bright red armband worn on the upper arm, really AP? This aint it chief. If you bought this dress or want it I have a super easy fix for you friend, just don't wear it with the armband. I'm not implying anything about whoever designed it, I mostly find it unfortunate.

Angelic Pretty: Candy Carol

The holidays are coming up soon and Angelic Pretty has released this festive dress called Candy Carol. It has an all over print with teddybears, wrapped gifts, treats and decorations!The print is cute but doesn't feel like anything special and the cuts are pretty basic too. I think you can probably do the most interesting outfits with the white jsk, by matching it with one of the colors from the print. Since I dislike making outfits with white it feels boring that the red and navy colorways seems to already have decided you should wear it with white.

All in all I don't really dislike this dress, its perfectly fine and has a cute print. Maybe it would be cuter with some candy cane striped ribbon details or some more box and frills of any kind? One thing I know is that this dress wont be on my wishlist.

//Love Mintyfrills

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

Angelic Pretty: Dreamy Parfait

A while back Angelic Pretty released this adorable dress. I think Dreamy Parfait looks really summery and fresh. The colorways are really pretty and cuts go well with the style too. It reminds me of Strawberry Parlour and Fruits Parlor, but it still had a pretty unique look to it.

The gingham texture of the fabric and trims is really interesting, I dont think Ive seen it on other dresses. It makes it more pop instead of just frilly. My favorite colorway is the mint color by far, even though I like all the others too.

The accessories they made for this dress looks really sweet too. The blouse with the contrasting pastel details is just adorable and I want it in every colorway. I also love the ankle socks and they would be perfect for the summer.

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Angelic Pretty: Dreamy Perfume

A couple of weeks ago Angelic Pretty released Dreamy Perfume and its adorable. Perfume bottles is always a cute theme and its done really well here. I like that they made the print contrast nicely in the different colorways, putting pink bows on the lavender colorway and vice verse on the pink one. Not sure what I think of the black colorway, I feel like black colorways of pastel prints rarely look good in stock photos. 

I see what they are trying to do with the bodice on the OP but I don't think it really works. That kind of just sown on lacing looks cheap. The jsk looks a lot better and I like that it has some extra frill on the bottom. I think the design feels really sweet and dainty, it could be coorded both to be really pop sweet or more on the classic side depending on how you coord it.

I would love to have this dress, I think I would pick the jsk in Lavender or Pink, both are adorable. 

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Angelic Pretty: Mademoiselle de Paris

Recently Angelic Pretty released Mademoiselle de Paris, a simple all over print with poodles and crowns. I think they pick good colors for their prints with black details. It always looks Amazing in lavender (Like Cinema Doll or Dolly Dot and many more). Choosing to put red details on the white colorway makes it stand out from the others, I think you could make some interesting coords with it.

This dress is cute but I'm not a huge fan of the general aesthetic, the small dots and thin lines of the black motifs is not my thing. I like big cute chunky designs more. But even if I wouldn't buy it myself I think its pretty and look forward to seeing coords with it!

My favorite colorway is the lavender because I just think black and lavender is a great match.

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//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Sweet Cream Princess

Angelic Pretty just released the unfortunately named 'Sweet Cream Princess'. I must say I had higher hopes for this dress, it looked really nice in the earlier photos. The print is boring and the colorways are dull. I hope the colors look better in real life but from the pictures I'm really not impressed. The mint colorway is a bit better. The print has some cute elements but I don't like how they put them together. I'm usually a big fan of scallops but it just looks off on this dress. The shoulder straps on the jsk look weird and the white scallop part on the bodice look out of place. 

 I was looking forward to the more interesting OP but honestly it just looks cheap on the front part. Its just a flat piece of white fabric with some frills on it. The plain fabric really makes it extra cheap looking. I don't know if its just bad stock photos but I just don't like how it looks.

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Angelic Pretty: ❤ Dreaming Present ❤

A while back Angelic Pretty released Dreaming Present and I think this is actually a really cute dress. The colorways are perfectly suited for the theme. I love that all the colorways have a very different feel to them. Either bittersweet or super sweet with the white version. I love the different colors picked as accent colors, contrasting but perfectly matched with the print colors. 

 The print has a nice gingham background that helps the print not feel empty but not so much that it overpowers and makes the print messy. I like the style of this all over print and the big scale that they picked for it. The vintage toys, cups, lamps and other various things are adorable. 

The OP and JSK are really cute, I like the small scallop details on the bodice. Though the skirt part is a bit plain. The skirt has really nice trim on the bottom and I think the other cuts could of looked better. But all in all I think this is really cute design and would love to get my hands on the white colorway. There also were some adorable bear jewelry released to match with the print. I love the big clunky rings!

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Angelic Pretty: ❤ Wonder Memories ❤

Wonder Memories is a new Alice in Wonderland inspired print by Angelic Pretty. Lets just address the biggest problem with this dress: the colorways. They are really bad and do not make the print look good at all. They make the print dull and messy. The only decent colorway would be the black one because at least the print looks clear. I feel like the colorways were thought to be like the ones for Wonder Story, but are just a bit off. I saw a 'fixed' photoshoped version on tumblr that shows the potential there. I just hope the colorways look better in real life.

The cuts are pretty basic but look nice enough, I like the extra row of frills on the bottom of the jsk. I just think this dress could of been so much better with other colorways that it feels disappointing.

//Love Mintyfrills