Irregular Choice Disney Princesses: The Little Mermaid Teaser

It's here, time to meet the 5th Disney Princess! Irregular Choice told us months ago that we would be visiting 6 princesses before the end of the year.  So far we've had collections from Snow White and Mulan, then Jasmine from Aladdin and Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and now it's time to go under the sea, for my favourite, Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I was so, so excited when I realised she was going to be included in this series and today I have the first teaser, which isn't quite Ariel...
We're starting with the villain of the story, Ursula. I think this will please those that were seeking a more villainous theme, but weren't satisfied with the 'sharing' in most items from the last collection (Maleficent with Sleeping Beauty). Here's Ursula all on her own in the Elegant Evil shoe.
It's a chunky platform sandal and I'm just going to say now before I've even seen these in real life, that I'm living for that turquoise glitter. Look at the gorgeous colours in it! Ursula sits on the outer side of the shoe, a bit like Miss Piggy on Original Diva, with her face on the counter and sitting upwards onto the ankle. While her neck, complete with shell necklace (and Ariel's voice!), spreads down onto the side of the heel. Her black outfit is covered in tiny little metallic discs and her lilac skin has a sheen. Her features are embroidered and as always, the attitude of the character is captured perfectly.
You'll find her metallic arms (apparently not tentacles, I was randomly reading this!) in black and purple working their way down the side of the shoe, across the toe and back up the other side. They swirl onto and over the platform too. The toe is open (basically a thick strap across) in the black glitzy material with gold piping and red metallic trim and the swirls sit on top of this.
The sandal fastens with a wavy strap across the foot, closing into a heart shaped buckle. I love the sparkling wave detail out the back of the heel.
Inside you'll find silver, shimmering lining with coral coloured branding.
Alongside these sandals is the Elegant Evil Bag. We've seen this style in both the main line and Disney (there was a Genie one in Jasmine, Buzz in Toy Story etc), it's a nice dinky shape. The flap of the bag features Ursula with her limbs spiralling out to the sides. The bag itself is made from the same sequins/mesh used in Bon Anniversaire which I blogged about here yesterday. It's really stunning in real life and fits well with Ursula.
On the main body of the bag you have the troublesome eels, Flotsam and Jetsam, looking as sinister as ever. There's a bright coral pink glitter between them and on the flap too.
The bag can be used as a clutch or a strap can be attached to the sides. I always love the little details like the shell beneath the rings. The flap closes with a stud and inside is the same metallic silver we saw in the shoes.
Flip it over to the back and the metallic swirls continue with "Love Ursula x" embroidered in gold and bright turquoise edges the whole bag.
So there you go, what do you think of our first sneak peek at The Little Mermaid?  The collection will be launching in stores and online soon and you can follow me on Instagram and Facebook to be kept up to date.