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!

American Girl Archivals: The Sad Exit

So here it is December 16th. Almost the end of the year.

Mollster and Emmibeans are in the last leg of their existence at American Girl.

Right now most people are giddy over the upcoming

GOTY 2014 shinies and Isabelle.

As we stated in this July 2013 post, we should have been really upset by Molly and Emily's archival, but we are really just numb to archivals now.

In the summer the Columbus AG Store had big displays all over the place, right in your face, stating over and over again -- "Soon We'll Say Farewell to Molly and Emily" etc. etc. etc.

When we went to the Columbus AG on Nov. 10th -- there were still Molly and Emily displays, but the whole 'farewell' signage was hidden in a couple far-off corners.

And Molly was still displayed with everybody else.

Including in her winter skating attire.

It was a pathetic indication that their coldblooded attempts to make us panic-purchase more and more historical stuff did not exactly clear the stock instantaneously.

The feeling in July was "Buy! Buy! Buy! 

Your collection must be complete! Eeeeeee!"

The feeling in November was more of "Oh yeah, they're retiring. 

But we won't be too obvious about it. Whatevs."

Despite being numb to archivals, we are no less disappointed that Marie-Grace and Cecile's collection has been diminished recently, suggestive of possible archival next year or perhaps 2015. Which is actually painful for a collection that really feels quite new.

Marie-Grace's Party Outfit

and

Cecile's Special Dress

are no longer listed on American Girl's website.

Qua?

All of that Fairy Princess Mardi Gras Masquerade Confectionary Madness

is also gone.

No more stupid coats.

No more grossly over-priced banquet table.

Heaped with plasticky food.

What's going on here AG?

Where is all this stuff going???

Truly, we aren't too traumatized.

Overall, we were very disappointed with their collection -- 

But the dolls are very very beautiful.

And we'll probably buy another Marie-Grace.

This purging makes us ponder that maybe AG does read our blog posts or something and realized that we hated most of the Marie-Grace and Cecile collection.

Though the ridiculous bed is still online.

Blech.

So we'll probably order another crinoline set, along with another M-G, 

and maybe a parasol.

We recommend both dolls, the desk, and the parrot set.

The crinoline set is very useful for a variety of dresses and time periods.

Argos is made of awesome.

The other clothing -- parlor outfits, skirt sets, bedtime wear are all fine.

But nothing to really squee about.

They all scream of a cheaper, less historically accurate AG clothing.

Someday when we have endless amounts of time and money we'll really give their collection The DW treatment and give them all the clothing, accessories and furniture 

Marie-Grace and Cecile deserve.

For now we'll just pat them on the head and reassure them that even if AG failed them, they are still very special and worth bunches and bunches and bunches of care and attention.

These are beautiful girls that we'd buy 10 more times.

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So are M-G and CeCe really on their way out?

Are we to see more things drop out of their collection?

We have no idea.

But if you have your heart set on owning anything from their collection, 

we'd put it on your 2014 shopping list y'alls. :'-(

Eye Color Comparisons with Saige

Sup peeps.

This is the eye color comparison post -- perhaps not a thrilling piece, but we thought Saige had Marie-Grace's eye color and she really doesn't. 

So we took some pics for comparison porpoises.

You could argue that Saige's eye color is closest to Kit's and #27's.

But our Kit's eyes are very dark, much darker than Saige's.

She is currently buried deep in the doll closet.

So here is a pic for comparison that we have taken before.

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Kit

Saige

So in a way, Saige has her own eye color.

Much like Caroline.

And Marie-Grace.

So maybe this is a new AG trend.

Saige and Periwinkle.

Saige and Adanya.

Saige and Liv, aka Marie-Grace.

Thanks for visiting us today!

Up next: Tomorrow we begin to tackle Saige's Sweater Outfit and Her Parade Outfit!

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Marie-Grace Part Five: Straight, Smooth Hair

Hola, here is Part Five of our Marie-Grace series.
And this is the last part for today, haha.

We straightened her hair, as you can learn in Part Four.

And then we put her in the MyAG Purple Party Dress (Holiday 2012). And we did her hair in a couple of simple ways.

(For some reason Blogger doesn't want to center our text....buggers.)

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Voila!

Thus ends of whirlwind of M-G posts for today.

Thanks for visiting us and checking out our new Liv Brooks. :-D

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