Thisholiday seasonLoungeflyadds more fairytale glimmer to its collection with a young , sequin - bedecked Disney Princess release . The fandom fashion house and its VP of Creative , Liz DeSilva , give away to io9 the latest drop in the Disney royal family - inspire line featuring Mulan and natter with us about the firebrand ’s global impact .
Sabina Graves , io9 : I roll in the hay there ’s been at least a few loss in this specific series . Can you tell me a routine about what inspired them ? I love that it look like they ’re taking inspiration from the costume .
Liz DeSilva : Our sequin miniskirt packsack in general have been a fan darling , and so we ’re always attend at : how do we take something that everyone loves and take it to the next level ? Sequin princess cosplay just seemed like a really great series to put in front of our fans , so we started look at what we could do with all of their outfits . And it ’s really quite the challenge because sequins look best when they ’re not printed , when you ’re getting actual sequins — so we do n’t want to publish color on them . We have to exercise within the materials in the market . So it ’s in spades a challenge to really source all of the right spangle for each princess . But I think each one has come out utterly attractively .
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io9 : It ’s awesome because like you say , they do lend themselves to that realm of fans who love to curry up , who love to incorporate these looks , even if they ’re not dress up as the character . How far ahead are you in planning your releases for each of them ?
DeSilva : We really ferment a full year out , sometimes more . We have a calendar that we build on , always wanting to see at least two rounds of sample , and that allows us to really perfect every musical composition . So for get through approval with our awe-inspiring license partners — there ’s so many stairs . aright now we ’re wrapping up all of what we call our gift - giving assortment , and curtly begin on all of our overarching planning for 2024 .
io9 : I ’m so excited for some of the collecting . I definitely be vicariously on social media through your Disneyland Paris trip and fuck all the matching outfits . What ’s it like seeing the global impact among the fan who are collecting the cup of tea and showing them off at places like theme parks , and the different shoes in the natural state ?
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DeSilva : It was an amazing experience because myself and Derek [ Baca ] , my collaborator , we ’re about to have our four - year anniversary with the brand . look how many more people it ’s touching now from the beginning is amazing . This was our first tripper outside of the states for Loungefly . And not only did we get to see bags out in the wilderness in London and Paris , but we get to have our first - ever fan case and meet some of our retail merchant in person that we do exclusives for in Europe — as well as go to Disneyland Paris and see our bags there , which is jus an unbelievable feeling . I love to see how multitude style the bag and how they ’re expressing themselves . So to see that all the way across the world — well , in Europe was astonishing , and in a Mungo Park that ’s not the same common that we always get to see . We got to see our Paris exclusives there . I hope that we get to continue to expand and offer our bag in even more place .
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io9 : That is so cool . What ’s the vibe with how the purse are styled over there , and what was the feedback you incur from fans ?
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DeSilva : Do you cognise what I find ? There ’s like a big difference in that here [ in the U.S. ] , we definitely fully espouse our fandoms , and it ’s different there . When we went to the park there , there ’s mass wear ear and the haversack . But I feel like when I go to the parks here in the DoS , I see a quite a little of mass tire out the shirt and the ears and the bag and all the things . There ’s a lot of expression . [ In Europe ] , it ’s definitely more toned down ; it ’s a petty more pernicious [ from ] what I saw in [ Disneyland ] Paris . walk around , I was wearing ears , a shirt , a mini backpack , and a crossing dead body — all Brave Little Tailor . I unquestionably felt people like looking at me like , “ Well , this little girl ’s got a lot operate on . ”
So we work very close with the Paris teams on their exclusive and they unquestionably have penetration and feedback for us that ’s specific to their customer . There ’s always really interesting thing to me — here , we ’re very all about placard and we pay up with cards most of the metre , right ? And when we were designing some collections for Japan , we had to really make over the billfold silhouette . They are still more of a coin - carrying society , so they need those pouches for coin . It ’s really interesting when you work with unlike parts of the world , like what weigh in terms of functionality of their bags .
Here are more feel at the Mulan diamante Loungefly collection :
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The Mulan Disney Princess Sequins Series bag is available atLoungefly.com .
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