Secret Honey Aurora Pink Rose Dress
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Today I would like to show you my amazing Aurora Pink Rose dress from Secret Honey. This was a limited edition (meaning more limited than Secret honey’s usual dresses) in 2014! I adore the colour combination and the absolutely stunning print on this dress.
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The Aurora Pink Rose Dress
I have a special place in my heart for this dress. Reason one is, that the cut is so good for me. Reason two is that I absolutely hate pink, but this dress made me fall in love with at least this specific shade of pink, some sort of dusty rosé. Absolutely gorgeous with the grey in combo. Let’s have a look at the dress, first from the front:
Like almost all of Secret Honey’s 2014 designs, this dress is SHORT… It is barely in my comfort zone ^^’ I like to wear it with black tights. Without just for photos, but not outside, that would be risky… If you like your skirts to be longer, the 2016 rerelease of this dress is about 4-5 cm longer. At the end of this article you can find a comparison between the two versions.
And from the back:
The Facts
If I remember correctly, this dress was already “limited” when it came out. Some sort of special edition. I do see it from time to time on mercari.jp though. But more rare than the 2016 version.
- Released in September 2014
- probably around 11'000 yen plus taxes
- This dress came in two "colour ways". The difference of this and the other version is the colour combination. The other version is pink and black instead of grey.
Size and Closure
The dress closes with a hidden zipper and a hook and an eye at the top in the back. On both sides of the back there is a shirring panel to adjust the waist circumference. The top of the back is also elasticated.
The sleeves are also elasticated. I do not know if the elastic of my dress got stretched or if the sleeves are only minimally elasticated, but it does not give much more space, it seems to shape the sleeves more than be there to help with the size… But, again I don’t know if it is supposed to be like that or simply happened over time.
Measurements
(Amateur-)measured with shirring extended:
- Chest: ca. 96 cm
- Waist: ca. 82 cm
Fit on me
I like how comfy this dress is! And how beautiful it shapes the bust area. It is a bit high-waisted and short on me, but I still like the fit. I prefer it over the 2016 version. If you want to have a look at that one, you can find a post with a comparison between this 2014 and the 2016 Aurora Rose dress here.
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The Bodice
The bodice of this dress has a lot of room for a bigger chest, which I absolutely love, because I don’t have a very flat chest. It is slightly high waisted, but still looks as if it hits your natural waist, which I also love because it highlights the smallest point of the body. Well, almost. But it is better than an empire line 
The bodice is decorated with grey lace. Secret Honey rereleased this dress in 2016, but when they rereleased it, the lace for the pink version suddenly was pink o.O Which I don’t understand, the grey is such an amazing contrast, it fit so well, why change it! So if you have a chance of getting this dress, get yourself the 2014 version with the grey lace 
Here is a detail shot of the lace, it is a flower tendril:
The top part of the bodice is rushed and decorated with shiny buttons, on the 2014 version also in grey (2016 has pink rose buttons instead):
And then we have the waistband, also decorated with the flower tendril lace. Note the beautiful pink and grey rose pattern on the fabric:
Dress in Action
The Skirt
The skirt of this dress is acutally quite short. But I think it is very well balanced with the waistband and bodice. Also the print around the hem does not seem to be too big to me, I like the way it looks. It is very prominent, but still blends into the skirt very beautifully.
The fabric itself has a beautiful rose print with grey and pink roses and also line drawings. I like it a lot, it is very pretty:
The skirt is pleated at the waist, beautiful box pleats. Together with the thicker fabric, the pleats give the skirt volume and shape it very nicely.
The skirt has two layers, the fashion fabric as well as the lining layer, the usual for Secret Honey, no lace, no ruffles or anything, the hem is pretty simple and also done with the machine, Secret Honey often does invisible hems. Not the case for this dress.
The Print
This dress of course has a print around the hem! It’s a hundreds of roses and silhouettes of Aurora, Maleficent/the Dragon and more, in grey and pink. It is wonderful, have a look:
One more picture of me in the dress. I do like it, the shorter skirt balances the short bodice out. I think the longer skirt is my issue with the way the 2016 version looks on me… This one I like quite a bit better 🙂
And that is everything I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed having a look at this pretty Aurora Rose dress together with me. I wish you a good one and hope to see you in my next post
Love,
Ella
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