Oky-doky. Sorry for the delay with productive posts.
First we have the MyAG Rosy Red Holiday Outfit shown on Adanya (#49) and then with the Holiday Accessories from this year. Lots of pics in this post.
That is Part Uno. For Part Dos we'll show you the Rosy Red Outfit on 3 other dolls.
Then we'll move on to the Purple Party Outfit, with and without the Accessories, and then the Reindeer PJs.
What do you get with this set? The dress, the headband, and the flats.
$36
What do you get with this set? The dress, the headband, and the flats.
$36
It is a pretty dress, but the fabric is that kind of slippery fake satin/taffeta stuff that AG lurves.
The bodice decoration is made of a red velour.
The flower accent seems a bit large for scale, but it is about equivalent to the girl version by AG.
The headband has red crystals sewn onto it.
Like most AG headbands, it doesn't really want to lay flat against the doll's head.
The red flats are nice, shiny, and have cute mesh floral accents.
But they seem kinda loose.
Like they were meant to be worn with tights under them.
But this set did not come with tights.... curious and curiouser.....
The Rosy Red Dress with the Holiday Accessories Jacket.
I would like to say I screwed up the ratio of this pic, but nope, she just looks that frumpy/bloated.
I wouldn't normally pair this jacket with this dress because the cut of the two things does not work together. But for review purposes.... here you are:
The jacket is black velvet, lined in black. So I wouldn't leave it on your doll too long.
The ruffle edging and the length of the bodice are both good.
The length of the sleeves is just awkward.
She looks like she has black wings.
I would have shortened them by an inch or two, or just committed to more fabric for full-length, tapered sleeves on the jacket.
The Holiday Accessories set includes the jacket, the nutcracker, the bracelet watch, and two tickets to the Nutcracker.
$32
The watch is difficult to get on, with the lobster-claw-like clasp.
And it is the only part of the set that isn't easy to replicate.
The nutcracker is plastic. Yep plastic.
That's a tragedy right there.
Have you ever heard of a plastic nutcracker?!?!?!?!
I don't think you can even crack nuts with something plastic....
But he looks pretty fly.
Minus the plastic thing.
And his jaw does move up and down.
Can't really say I love the screw in the back of his head...
I honestly would just look for a wooden nutcracker Christmas ornament in stores.
Probably won't have a screw in the back of his head.
And probably more affordable.
These are the Nutcracker tickets, you get two.
If you have a printer, you can make these yourself and make them better-looking than what AG is selling. I mean, look at them. The color of the tickets has even been absorbed into the paper because they picked the wrong type of paper. It is just plain ol' paper. Not even photo paper, not even laminated. No sheen, no nothing.
Really AG? You couldn't make better tickets than this?
I could draw better tickets than this.
And I can't draw.
Again, the Rosy Red Outfit is $36.
The Holiday Accessories Set is $32.
Both way over-priced.
The red dress, headband, and shoes are fine.
But nothing really special. And only 3 pieces. Three. Pieces.
If you want a red holiday dress I would commission one from a capable seamstress.
Hear that seamstresses???
You should be making affordable holiday dresses right-about-now as good options to the MyAG offerings. It can be done. Liberty Jane offers several dress patterns.
Go to the fabric store/website and get your fancy dress on.
People want their holiday dresses now, or even yesterday.
Also, I think you could commission a seamstress to make a more attractive dressy jacket.
You can find a more-genuine-looking Nutcracker easily.
And those tickets are redunk.
Print some yourself.
And that's all for Part Uno folks.
Stay tuned for Part Dos!
Any questions??? Let us know in the comments below!!!
Thanks for visiting us today!
6 comments:
Is the dress that bad? :( It looks so pretty though...that's too bad. And I totally agree with you about the accessories and prices. Really AG?
Thanks for the review. I'm stunned how little you got for your $68. Stunned! Is that last photo the back of the "tickets"? Are they not even double sided? DH takes our DD (now 8) to the nutcracker every year, so I liked that they included it in the accessories, but even before this post I planned to duplicate it myself. Looking forward to the next post.
Eh, the dress isn't that bad. We don't like fake satins/taffetas ourselves. It is inexpensive fabric that is made to look like expensive stuff. But it doesn't quite work/convince us in our opinion. It just doesn't seem worth the price to us.
But the dress is pretty and it will do the job for a party dress. There really aren't a lot of good party dress options out there -- so this is filling that void.
Yes, that last photo is the back of the tickets -- they are not double-sided. :-/
Thanks for posting this review, Now I know I should just make a cure red dress for my dolls. I can't stand most velour/fake velvet things anyways, but this dress sure looked cute in the catalog :( Oh well, a penny saved a penny earned.
Also, when you talked about the black jacket I self-consciously looked over at my dolls and analyzed their outfits for black, Hmm, I suppose I should take Heather out of that black tee shirt huh?
Love, Jenna
Yes, whenever I put the dolls in something dark that might stain them, or something leather, I immediately take it off of them after picture time.
I learned that lesson the hard way!
That style of jacket only looks right on perhaps one percent of the population, waifs. The doll having healthy proportions is not going to look good in a cropped jacket. Anyone not a stick skinny person will look wider with a short dark cropped jacket. I also think most shrugs look bad, unless they are the ones Ballet dancers wear to keep warm and again most ballet dancers are skinny. It shortens the length of the torso. A faux fur cape would have been cuter.
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