Black Doll Collecting

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Perfect in Pink

Perfectly Pink Barbie Fashions

Over several months, I purchased pink fashion-doll clothes to redress a few Barbies. I finally gathered four Barbies to begin the process. I'll add others later.

The chosen four

The chosen four are seen in their original or previously redressed clothes. All the clothes have pink or a hint of pink, but I wanted mostly pink for the redresses.

The ladies are seen redressed individually in the following photos.

A ca. 1980s-1990s Christie found at a thrift store several years ago wears a pink and white houndstooth dress, a wide-brimmed pink hat, pink high-heels, and pearl jewelry.

An articulated Barbie Fashionista Nikki from 2011 now wears a two-piece pink tweed suit, a shimmery dark-pink bandeau tank top, light-pink high heels, and gold stud earrings.

So-in-Style Trichelle wears a pink and white gingham sundress with pink high-heel sandals, silver stud earrings, and a silver cuff bracelet.

Barbie Fashionista #6 Party Glam from 2015 wears only the pink tunic from a four-piece ensemble.

I chose these four because the fashions fit regular-fashion doll bodies, and I needed dolls with high-heeled feet. So many of my newer Barbies have Curvy, Petite, or Tall Barbie bodies and flat feet.

I am amazed at how much I love the look of pink on these ladies.

As a group, the chosen four display well in their perfectly pink ensembles. They had been stored in pockets of an over-the-door shoe organizer behind a bedroom door (as illustrated in a past Instagram post), but I will move them back to the doll room where I can see and enjoy them.

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Thrift Store Christie's introduction

Fashionista Nikki's introduction

Fashionista #6's introduction

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I am a Black-doll enthusiast, doll historian, freelance writer, author of The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls; Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion; and The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak, I Listen.

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

American Girl Princess Tiana

I took advantage of American Girl's recent discount on all princess dolls and added Princess Tiana to my collection.

Princess Tiana uses the same head sculpt as American Girl Makena Williams.

Princess Tiana and Makena Williams share the same head sculpt but their complexions differ.

The costume replicates the Disney character's lily pad green and yellow dress.

I used part of American Girl's description to enter the doll's description in my Excel spreadsheet as follows:

Princess Tiana has brown eyes that open and close, an open/closed mouth with two upper teeth; curly black hair styled in a high bun with face-framing tendrils, and a glittery green headband with yellow organza and satin petals. Princess Tiana wears a yellow and green full-length princess gown, golden-metal chain necklace with green gemstones, a pair of yellow elbow-length gloves, a pair of green open-toe kitten heels with golden binding (still attached to the box); and a pair of green cotton underwear.

This is a side view of the kitten heels that remain attached to the box liner.

American Girl's Princess Tiana is a welcome addition to my Princess Tiana doll collection, many of which are in this installation in Dee Bee Gee's Virtual Black Doll Museum.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Barbie Fashionista 233

Barbie Fashionista 233 uses the Tall (12-1/2-inch) Barbie body with flat feet. Reportedly, the LeAnn Rimes Barbie was the first to use this head sculpt, which is referred to as the Carnaval sculpt. In 2017, it was used for The Barbie Look Nighttime Glamour Doll.

The dolls in this wave of Fashionistas are illustrated on the side of the box. Fashionista 233 is the third doll from the left.

This out-of-the-box photo illustrates the length of her floral/checkered-print dress and her orange platform-heeled shoes

I trimmed a few uneven strands from the ends of the hair before this photo was taken.

She has a very lovely face.

The head sculpt (one of my favorites) and the brightly colored dress caught my attention because of its mod-era look. I pierced her ears with hot pink 1/8-inch map pins from an assortment of map pins purchased on Amazon.

I'm still determining if I'll redress her.

She now has a shortened hemline.

I shortened the dress's length by tucking it under. After the above photo was taken, I removed the dress, turned it inside out, added double-sided tape to the edge of the hemline, and folded the hemline up to cover the tape to permanently shorten the dress.

Fashionista 233 posed with two other dolls that share the same head sculpt.