The Evolution of the AG Modern Holiday Outfit: Part Two

Blogger has a new post interface... and it is... well, blech when combining it with photobucket images. Hence, this post has been in progress for the last three days.... blech! But now we're back for Part Deux of the AG Holiday Round-Up! Yes, there are a lot more outfits to see!

The continuing saga continues with 2002.... and the Starry Night outfit that lasted just for the end of 2002. It was tre popular and is kind of like the nice long dress we would have preferred to have available for the millennium.

Also, in 2002 (as far as wintery outfits go) we got the overwhelmingly pink ski trip outfit which lasted into 2003. You can see it in the slideshow below with all the white furry bits clinging to a sea of pinkness. And we got the lovely blue Snowflake Satin pajamas which you can clearly see are pretty awesome. Plus that catalog cover is cute.

In 2003 they really started cooking with the Radiant Rhinestones Outfit. This one was a winner, combining a luxurious "fur"-trimmed coat with a beautiful red dress. It sold out very quickly and it is still popular on Ebay today (seven years later). There was a separate accessories set that included a tiara, necklace, earrings, purse and a Christmas tree ornament in a fancy gift box. Obviously, this accessories tradition continues today.

Also in 2003 AG released the Shimmery Gold Dress set, not available in catalogs. Theory is that the gold dress was introduced quickly when Radiant Rhinestones sold out way before the holidays had actually arrived. Whether or not this is true, someone can feel free to tell us in zee comments.

Moving on to 2004, confident that the holiday outfits could make them money, we again see two of them with a separate accessories set. See a trend? Yes, I think whoever was in charge of these outfits in 2003 is currently in charge of planning them. ;)

So we have the Winter Magic outfit shown with the furry muff and earmuffs available in the separate accessories set, and the Merry Moonlight Outfit with the silver opera cape and elbow-length gloves. Though the prices were expensive these outfits were worth getting because they came with a lot of stuff: tights, shoes, hairclips, purses, etc. etc. Plus they were quite glamorous.

As you can tell, we dropped in a couple extra 2004 holiday catalog images because they were pretty enchanting that year....

In 2005 AG introduced the Cherry Chocolate Outfit and the Gala Party Outfit. There was also a coordinating accessories set for the Cherry Chocolate outfit (sold separately of course)-- it wasn't made of as much "win" as the Radiant Rhinestones accessories-- but hey, at least they were trying. We weren't really 100% convinced by the Cherry Chocolate outfit as the leopard print furry collar and cuffs left us going, "Huh?".... but we did get the creamy Gala Party Outfit that year. We think of it is as one of AG's more impressive designs.

Stay tuned fore more crazy doll blogging---- Part Three of the AG Modern Holiday Outfits, looking back at 2006 through today!