Not Just Dancewear: Isabelle's Performance Set Unitard

Today we have Sharmaine sporting 

Isabelle's "sleek unitard," haha. 

That is how it is described on the American Girl website.

We'll call it a sleek-tard.

Our camera-phone experimentation continued with this series of pics.

And as you can tell her wig is in a different position from last time.
http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/07/camera-phone-experimentation-cropped.html

This is a benefit of not gluing down the wigs.
And we can swap them around all of our bald dolls as we please.

Her top was crafted by Etsy's Royal Doll Boutique.

Tiny pink bunny is from the San-X Sentimental Circus line.

You can buy it here:
http://www.shopkawaii.com/San-X-Sentimental-Circus-Dreamy-Land-2-7-Palm-Siz-p/mp-61901.htm

Sunshine moved a little bit and her hair became redder,

skin tone more golden in da pics....

Which goes to prove how different your doll 

can look depending on the lighting...

Even in this series of pics her hair color and skin tone look different pic to pic, 

because the clouds kept moving, 

shifting the quality and quantity of sunshine!

We should do more posts on that issue. :-)

Thanks for visiting us today!

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Please check out our current photography contest:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/07/2014-july-photo-contest-announced.html

Entries due tomorrow, August 1st.

And our Summer Fashion Design Challenge:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-fdc-theme-announcement-entries.html

Entries due August 15th.

Not Just Dancewear: Four Isabelle Items Combined!

Hola!

Here is another entry for our "Not Just Dancewear" series!

Today Needa (MyAG #47) is wearing Isabelle's

Coral Sweater

Coral Legwarmers

and

the Purple Leggings/Tights and Coral Shoes from

her Metallic Dress outfitto.

In addition, she is wearing a slipdress from 

Etsy's Royal Doll Boutique.

Hairbow is from Icing.

Thanks for visiting us today!

p.s. The Spring Fashion Design Challenge entries are due May 15th 2014!

Not Just Dancewear: Isabelle's Funky Leggings aka Isabelle's New Meet Outfit

Hola! Here is Isabelle's new meet outfit.

Her original attire did not really suit her personality, so we changed it up -- 

incorporating her Funky Leggings.

So it also fits into our "Not Just Dancewear" series.

We also added burgundy acrylic paint as eyeshadow above her eyes.

The top is from Etsy's Made by MoMo Couture.

Skirt by See Joan Sew.

And boots are from Ruby Red Galleria.

RRG used to carry 18" doll outfits, 

but they don't seem to have any right now.

We don't lurve the word "funky" -- 

but that is more of our Isabelle's personality.

She is an older teen.

Edgy. Likes dark colors.

Skulls, bones, and swords are all good.

Wears makeup. Kind of a punk. ;-)

Thanks for visiting us today!!!

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. ;-)