Shimamura Spirit Elsa Set – Frozen 2

Hello everyone. This is the second Shimamura x Chiharu Disney outfit that I bought, a cute Spirit Elsa set consisting of a skirt, a cardigan and a shoulder bag. Secret Honey never released a casual dress for Spirit Elsa, which is why I decided to get this outfit. I love Elsa’s spirit dress a lot, it is one of my favourites.

If you wonder how you can buy from Shimamura, I would refer you to my post about the Anna and Elsa Nightgowns from Shimamura x Chiharu. You can buy directly from the Shimamura website, I go a little bit into detail on how to do that in the post. If you are not fast enough and everything sold out, you can also buy the pieces from mercari.jp, unfortunately most of the times with a price mark up. But if you are patient, you can find the pieces at almost the original price too. If you don’t know, how Buyee works (the proxy you can use to shop on mercari.jp), I have a whole post with many screenshots on how to buy with Buyee.

In my last post, I showed you a spooky little Halloween dress, Secret Honey’s Ursula dress. Now let’s review some more Shimamura Disney Fashion together!

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The Spirit Elsa Set

One thing upfront: The skirt is slightly see-through… I may wear it with light blue opaque tights or the leggings from the Spirit Elsa Costume from Secret Honey in the future.

The skirt and cardigan were 2970 yen including taxes each. The bag was the most expensive piece, around 4090 yen including taxes. So this whole set would cost you around 10’000 yen plus fees for shopping services, shipping and tariffs in your country, if you find it for the original price. Here is the outfit from the front:

I bought the skirt in size L and the cardigan in size M (because size L was not available anymore). I think, I do get away with M and I am still losing weight, about 8 kilos to go, so it is ok, because the cardigan is meant to be oversized. The sleeves of the cardigan are nice and long, which I love. It also hits my natural waist, I think, it is not unflattering. The skirt is perfect in L at the moment. I think I can even loose 5cm in the waist and it would still be good. Here is the outfit from the side.

I decided to wear my white sandals with the set. I had to remind myself that I was Elsa and thus not cold several times though 😉 But my feet were the only icy thing that day, the cardigan was nice and warm actually and the skirt has three layers of fabric and I wasn’t too cold in it either. Here is a look at the back:

Dress Facts

All three pieces were sold separately.

Size and Closure

I bought the skirt in size L and the cardigan in size M. size L skirt is perfect for me. The cardigan is a little bit small over the bust, but it does work in the smaller size since it is made to be a bit oversized.

The waistband of the skirt is made from elastic, i love the size, not loose and not too tight.

Measurements

(Amateur-)measured skirt waistband with elastic extended:

Waist: waistband does extend to about 100cm. But I don’t know how comfortable wearing it at that stretch would be.

Cardigan:

Bust: 95 cm are the maximum and there is some gaping at that size already, so better below
Waist: 72 cm seem to be perfect, if you like it to sit snug.

Fit on me

With the exception of the gaping between the second and third button of the cardigan, I really like the fit of these two pieces on me. The skirt is perfect. It is shorter on me than on Chiharu though. I think Chiharu is about 20cm smaller than I am (I am 1.74m). But I do not mind that, it is still decently long and looks nice in my opinion. The waistband is perfect, I already mentioned and i also love the length of the sleeves and the fit around the waist of the cardigan.

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The Cardigan

As I said, I bought the cardigan in size M. Since it is oversized, it works quite well for me, eventhough size L would be better. Here it is on my floor:

The cardigan does not have that many details, only the buttons and some embroidery in silver over the chest. It does not necessarily scream Elsa to me, that is my issue with this outfit. It is pretty, but to me it does not really read Elsa. But that is my only critic, I do like the cardigan, it is nice and comfy to wear. Let’s have a look at the embroidered snow flake:

And of course, we will also have a look at the buttons. There are four buttons in the centre front. They look shiny and nice, but they are plastic obviously:

Here is a close up of one of the buttons. I like that they chose special buttons, that is nice attention to detail. I think the buttons on the Anna version of this cardigan are normal ones, if I remember correctly. So Elsa got some extra attention.

Set in Action

The Skirt

I like the shape that this skirt has. It is nice and voluminous. Looks nice without a petticoat. Here is the skirt on my floor so you can see how much fabric is in it.

The skirt is made from three different layers of fabric. The top layer with the print (transparent) a layer of fine tulle (obviously transparent as well) and then the lining layer (that should be opaque but isn’t in certain lighting so be careful with what you wear underneath ;)):

The skirt has a pretty print in silver around the hem. It shows the signs of all four spirits as well as snow flakes in two sizes (they represent the four spirits together with the fifth spirit but the sign is simplyfied).

Here is a closer look at the spirits fire and water:

And then we have earth and air:

The Shoulder Bag

The shoulder bag is actually my favourite piece of the collection. It is super pretty but it is white, so it will be a bit difficult to keep it pretty and clean. There is also not that much room, but it fits my big wallet, keys and phone. But I wish, my Switch or a book would fit too 😉

The back of the bag does not have a pattern, but a silver imprint:

The print on the front is the designed after pattern on the bodice of Elsa’s Spirit Dress. I love this very much. Here is a close up:

There are also two silver prints in the front and in the back. In the front we have again the symbol of all five spirits:

And here is the snow flake in the back with all four symbols of the spirits again:

The bag is made from a textured faux leather and it is lined in white on the inside (thank god no one will see the inside, I am pretty sure it will get dirty with keys, wallet etc. in it. It has a zipper pocket as well as an open pocket to store your phone and keys:

The hardware is silver and matches the print on the skirt and the buttons on the cardigan:

I have one last photo for you. I tried a little Elsa pose and I think, the picture turned out quite cute 🙂 So I leave you with it:

And that is everything. I do like the outfit, it is comfy and very pretty. But I will probably look for something else to wear as a top, maybe I’ll sew something myself that reminds me more of Elsa than the cardigan alone. I will probably keep the cardigan though, it will be nice over top of whatever I’ll come up with. Also, there is a white Elsa coat from Belle Maison… If I find it in the right size and for a good price, it could complete the outfit perfectly. Ideas, ideas 🙂 But enough now, thank you very much for reading until here. I hope you enjoyed having a look at this Spirit Elsa Set from Shimamura in collab with Chiharu. I wish you a good one and I hope to see you in my next post.

Love,
Ella