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My Scene Madison (2024) vs Blumarine Spring 2022 Butterfly Top

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Fashion Fever top vs. Marc Jacobs top in Sex and the City

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Barbie x Yves Saint Laurent ‘Paris Rose’ » Yves Saint Laurent fall 1983 haute couture

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Barbie Fashion Avenue 1997 outfit vs Moschino vest and Moschino shirt in The Nanny

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Anyway Mattel really gave Michelle Yeoh those slanted eyes when she doesn't have them, and also it's the second time an Asian character has become a Mattel Creations Exclusive (Simi Liu's Asian Ken being the first)

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NOW they make dolls that actually kind of sort of look like Margot and Ryan?!

AND they're charging $100!!!

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Ad for a Tenth Doctor action figure from Doctor Who Adventures Magazine 24

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Zendaya(s)

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The Birth of Venus by Botticelli figure/bjd

Part of The Table Museum collection by Freeing

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It’s super breathtaking:

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I think that might be the tiniest button hole I've ever seen. And the real leather boots!

Sewing 1890s Day Dress in Doll Scale

I went slightly overboard with this second historical doll project. Here's my first one. The style is from around 1897 and more of a middle class style. As with my first doll outfit, I tried to stick to historical methods as much as possible, but the scale forced me to do some deviations. I hand-sew everything though sewing machine was already widely used, because in this scale it's easier to control the stitch, there's not that much to sew anyway and also I just really like hand-sewing. Here's all the items I made. As said, I went a little overboard. One thing that's missing is the corset cover, but the layers of fabric were creating enough bulk on the waist as is so I decided to not make one.

This time I decided to try repainting the face. I don't have any doll customization materials, so I used acrylics. After couple of attempts I got decent results. Acrylics can't make as smooth and delicate finish as pastels, pencils and gouache, which can be used on vinyl with basing sprays, and I'm not experienced with painting small details on 3D objects, so it's a bit smudged at points, especially with the other eye. I aimed for 1890s very neutral make up and the type of expression that was popular in fashion plates and other illustrations.

Undergarments

Combinations and stockings

The combinations are split crotch as they were in the period. They are from thin cotton voile I have a lot of and is very appropriate. I didn't have really tiny enough lace for this, so it's kinda bulky, but I think it's okay enough. The stockings are cotton knit, which fits well. The garters are not actually necessary for this doll since her legs are rubbery.

Corset

I made the corset from a firm-ish linen and satin rayon pretending to be silk as the fashion fabric. The stitching of the boning channels is not super neat, this fabric is very unforgiving, I didn't have exactly matching thread and the scale made it very difficult. I of course didn't have tiny busk, so I used small hooks, sewed thread loops for them and used narrow metal wire for the edges. I think it looks surprisingly right on the outside. I used the same wire as the boning to reinforce the lacing on the back. I didn't actually use boning elsewhere but the tightly packed linen edges in the boning channels kinda work like lighter boning. I think it keeps the shape pretty ways even with just that. I stitched cotton tape inside to shape the corset further. I also didn't have tiny metal eyelets so I hand-sewed the lacing holes.

Bustle pad

The bustle pad is from linen and stuffed with tiny cabbage.

Petticoat

The petticoat is from the same cotton as the combinations.

Outer wear

Skirt

The fabric is cotton half-panama. It's pretty thin, but firm. I would have liked to use a woven wool, but I didn't have any that's thin enough to work in this scale. I think this cotton looks close enough in this scale to a wool with a tight weave, so I'm imagining it's that. My problem was that the cotton was white, but I wanted light brown. I wasn't going to buy any fabric for this, so I did the reasonable thing and dyed it with red onion peals (I've been doing natural dye experiments so this worked well for me).

Shirtwaist

The shirtwaist is from the same cotton as the undergarments. Yes, I dyed it too. I didn't have thin enough cotton in a color that would fit with the skirt and the purple bow, so I dyed it light blue with fabric color. Since I already went the trouble of dyeing I decided I might as well make a small flower print to it since that was popular in the era. I didn't want it to jump out too much but the lighting makes it even less visible. I made it with a white fabric pen. The collar and cuffs are reinforced with linen. I also sewed small stick-like beads to the cuffs on both sides, so one acts as a button (I sewed a buttonhole too) and the other makes it look like they are cufflinks. The bow is from the same fabric as the corset and the belt is sewn from the same cotton as the shirtwaist. The buckle is from a barbie belt.

Waistcoat

The waistcoat is from the same fabric as the skirt, thought the lapels and the back are from another satin rayon. I tailored the front panels and the lapels by stitching the linen interlining with tailor's stitches (I don't remember if that's the correct word in English) into shape. There is some wonkiness on one side of the hemline for some reason.

Boots

I made the slightly insane decision to make the shoes fully from leather, like they would have been in the period. I had an old broken leather wallet I had saved in case I needed some leather scarps. It has fairly thin leather, so it was workable here. It's light brown though, so I used black shoe polish to darken it. I wanted black or very dark brown shoes. I stacked the heels from glue and leather pieces and carved them into the right shape and sewed the shoe itself to leather shaped as the sole and glued it to the heeled and shaped sole. After I had shaped the shoes and the heels as much as I could I painted the heels black.

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More Emme pics!

Emme Elegance and Talk Show Savvy

(more Emme)

Recently I remembered that when I was a kid my mother was reluctant to buy me Barbies because of the "unhealthy" body image. She found a doll that was based on the real proportions of a woman who had been some kind of model or business woman, and was being advertised as an alternative to Barbie. I'm really curious to know if anyone recognizes this doll, as I've never seen it on any doll blogs or for sale on Ebay, and now I wonder if it was ever actually produced.

Here's what I remember:

The doll was the figure of an adult woman with very pale skin

I believe she had loose strawberry blonde hair that fell to mid back

I think her main outfit was a pants suit.

This doll would have been made between 2003 and 2005.

This doll might have been larger than most Barbies, and something like the Tonner fashion dolls

This doll had a collector price - around $100 but possibly more, since that was the reason why my mother decided against buying her

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no problem man

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it's nothing that a scrub and flat ironing and degluing and acne cream and parts replacement and restringing and hair oxidizer mixed with hydrogen peroxide and acetone soak and sanding down and a boilwash and a repaint and leaving in the sun for 10 hrs can't fix

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Quinceañera Barbie (2000)

Photos from Salvation Army Online Shop