Sunday, February 23, 2014

Not Just Dancewear: Isabelle's Tutu

Hola! Another quick post from us in our "Not Just Dancewear" Series, 
where we show Isabelle's items mixed and matched 
with a variety of pieces from our collection. 

The goal of the series is to show that Isabelle's 
pieces can be used for everyday wear.

Today we have Liv, aka Marie-Grace, wearing Isabelle's Tutu.


Now a tutu is inherently a dancie item, 
so it can be difficult to make it into everyday attire. 

However, tutu skirts are actually "a thing" for fashion.
And not just for 2 yr olds.
Or costumes.



The fashion blog, imperfect wonder had a post about them on Jan. 6th.


Lady Moriarty in Paris, another great fashion blog.


And from Cocorosa! Lots of great outfit posts.


Along with skater and scuba skirts and dresses, 
the tutu is a fun and flirty piece to add to any wardrobe.

We thought we did okay with the Isabelle Performance Outfit skirt here...


So we plowed forward with another tutu outfit.


Often people combine more flirty items with a tutu skirt -- 
bustiers, things with lace, ribbons, bows, tulle-accented hairpieces, etc. 
Or they go with professional items like blazers, button-down shirts, full sweaters.

We decided to embrace the idea of a warm, fuzzy feeling outfit.


Nothing says warm like waffle-weave thermals and a polar-fleece vest. ;-)


Liv's top and vest are from the ye olde American Girl Wilderness Outfit.


Don't ask us about those pants.
I think we lost them on purpose.


Her snowflake hairpiece is something we made ourselves 
out of a Crate and Barrel felt snowflake garland and a hairclip.


Her leggings are from an Arianna Collection
My Pink Planet doll outfit via Amazon.
Called "Tween Delight." Which is a horrid name.
The jacket and top are un-usable, i.e. bad.

But the outfit gave us these nice leggings and 
the skirt we used with the Rosette Leotard here...


Liv's booties are from the even ye older 
American Girl of Today Snowball Sweater and Leggings Outfit.
1998.

Before there were even computers!
Okay, there were computers, just not the internet shopping paradise 
we know and love today.


We saw them on the Clarisse's Closet blog, 
and decided to get them for ourselves.

Obviously the rest of the original outfit should really just be burned, 
so lucky for us someone on Ebay was just selling the booties.


The Isabelle tutu itself is many lovely layers of tulle, 
with a combination of cream and gold colors.




It really just made us think of a lovely bowl of warm oatmeal.
So that is sorta what we themed this outfit around, haha.

Maybe we were just hungry...


We hoped you liked this outfit!
Stay tuned for more posts in our "Not Just Dancewear" series!




Saturday, February 22, 2014

Meet Isabelle!

Hola! Sorry long time no postiness!

We'll be announcing the winner of the gift card giveaway soon.

And we'll be starting up the first of 
3 Fashion Design Challenges for this year.

But for today, we show you our new Isabelle!

We traversed down to AG Easton with the Commander of the Pippaloo kitchens 
yesterday and purchased Isabelle in person.

The doll we got has slightly quirky eyebrows, but she spoke to us -- so we went with her. 
She looks like she is saying "Really?" in a sarcastic way to someone.

Columbia: "I plan on going to the 2018 Winter Olympics 
as a professional curler!"


Isabelle: "Really?"


Her meet outfit is cute. 
But we wouldn't have put silverish-gray pants with gold shoes.


And also, we feel the combo of the pants and 
the shirt make her hips look really wide.


We are going to change up her meet outfitto and 
hopefully find a set-up that doesn't make her look 
like she is carrying a wide load....

So her hair is a nice light honey-blonde tone.


The wig attachment is barely visible.
So, yeah.
Feels a bit pointless.


Her meet hairstyle was a good idea, but it adds weird bumps.
So, yeah.
Woulda done it a bit diffy.


Gold shoes are a cute style.
They should make more of these in different colors, sold separately.


The slight heel makes it a bit more difficult 
to stand her up on her own.
Just fyi.


The pants are okay.
A bizarre cross between pants and sweatpants.
We aren't big fans of the tough, scratchy material.


Shirt is a pretty color.
We would have designed it with the graphic a bit more to the side.
And with a different neckline.


As we said before, Isabelle feels like a not!Lanie to us,


So we will probably experiment with some customization 
on Isabelle to make her stand out a bit. 

We already have Lanie, 
and many other hazel-eyed classic face mold dolls. 

Might as well have some fun. ;-)


Friday, February 14, 2014

Today is the Last Day to Enter!

Reminder About Our Followers 
Contest for an AG Gift Card! 


Ends on Valentine's Day, 2014! Today!

Last Day to Enter!


We will giveaway one $60 AG Gift Card to one lucky winner
IF

we get 700 blog followers, 

950 Facebook followers, 

OR 

1350 Pinterest followers!



Please let your friends and family know about our blog, 
our Facebook, and our Pinterest boards!





Contest Ends February 14th!
Valentine's Day!

The winner will be randomly chosen and 
then announced here on The DW.


Enter by commenting on this post:


with your full name and email address. :-)

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Reminder About Our Followers Contest for an AG Gift Card! Ends on Valentine's Day!

New Contest Announced on December 22, 2013!

Ends on Valentine's Day, 2014!


We will giveaway one $60 AG Gift Card to one lucky winner
IF

we get 700 blog followers, 

950 Facebook followers, 

OR 

1350 Pinterest followers!



Please let your friends and family know about our blog, 
our Facebook, and our Pinterest boards!





Contest Ends February 14th!
Valentine's Day!

The winner will be randomly chosen and 
then announced here on The DW.


Enter by commenting on this post:


with your full name and email address. :-)

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