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.

http://www.imperfectwonder.com/tutu-fashion-trend/

Lady Moriarty in Paris, another great fashion blog.

http://ladymoriartyinparis.blogspot.com/

And from Cocorosa! Lots of great outfit posts.

http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.com/

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...

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/01/not-just-dancewear-performance-set-skirt.html

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...

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/01/not-just-dancewear-isabelles-rosette.html

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!

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,

i.e., Lanie with Straightened Hair.

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. ;-)

Isabelle, i.e. Lanie with Straightened Hair

No, we don't have the Isabelle doll yet, so don't pee yourself. ;-)

This post is designed for us to opine about how Isabelle is 

GOTY 2010 Lanie with straight hair.

And her bangs have grown out.

Her stories live on!

And Lanie lives on as...

Isabelle!

Lanie's ballet-dancing split personality!

Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, except one girl likes science

and the other one likes dancing!

Obviously Isabelle is the much stronger, 

beast-like personality.

She even comes with her own set of restraints, like 

Mr. Hyde in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

So yes, we are buying Isabelle.

We might even custom-order her some Jekyll and Hyde outfits.

But basically she feels like a cop-out by AG.

No diversity, but even worse in our opinion is no creativity.

We had to add our own layer of creativity to make 

Lanie/Isabelle have a split personality disorder.

AG didn't even come up with that one. ;-)

We have already ranted about how there 

are many types of dolls that American Girl could be 

making that they just are not making, see our post here: 

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-new-myags-classic-mold-conspiracy.html

They have a variety of face molds to chose from and 

they go with the classic mold again.

Even two years in a row.

Ridiculous.

And she is a blonde doll.

Just like Lanie.

And green/hazel eyes.

Just like Lanie.

And the sketchy eyebrows.

Just like Lanie.

And the light skin tone.

Just like Lanie.

The only things that are different are straight hair, no bangs, 

and the add-on pink-tipped hairpiece.

Which looks like a hula skirt in the stock photo.

And American Girl has an array of classic mold, 

blonde dolls already available in the MyAG Line.

Eight in fact.

EIGHT.

Plus Caroline and Kit.

So that makes TEN other blonde, classic molds currently being sold.

Add on Isabelle and that makes ELEVEN.

Which I think is some sort of record.

Did American Girl 

just assume 

we wouldn't notice 

Isabelle is blonde and classic mold?

We aren't idiots AG.