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| Makena Williams is part of American Girl's "World by Us" collection, |
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| In addition to her adorable face, I love her two-strand twisted hairstyle. |
Makena has the most precious face and big brown eyes. Fully described in her separate installment in DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum, additional photographs of Makena are included there. (See the link below.)
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| HRF Design fashions by Nichole Lynel |
At the time Makena was ordered, I preordered the two fashions from the Harlem Fashion Review collection shown above. These fashions are designed by rising African American fashion designers who have partnered with Mattel (American Girl). The fashions I ordered, designed by Nichole Lynel, are scheduled to arrive in February 2022.
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| The boxed package of Addy's Kwanzaa Celebration ensemble includes an image of the contents. |
Additionally, I ordered Addy's new Kwanzaa Celebration ensemble. The two-piece fashion (sleeveless top and maxi-length skirt) is made of orange Kente-cloth-print fabric that is unlined and quite thin.
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| Close-up of the Kwanzaa Celebration bracelet, two-piece dress, matching headband, and sandals |
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| From the back to the front are the Umoja cup, kinara, packaged candles, and mat — quality and authenticity-wise these are all very nice. |
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| Makena models the Kwanzaa fashion. |
Since Addy still wears the Kente-cloth-print fashion designed by Misha Yarbrough for the American Girl Addy Facebook group's 3-year anniversary, Makena tried the new fashion on instead.
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| Side-by-side comparison photo of American Girl's Kwanzaa Celebration fashion and the limited-edition fashion made for the American Girl Addy Facebook group |
Both fashions are nice, but the quality of the limited edition non-AG fashion is superior. I also appreciate that Misha Yarbrough's dress (on the right) covers all of the doll's cloth body. One of my pet peeves is dressing cloth-bodied dolls in clothing that exposes the cloth.
Related Links
Harlem Fashion Review Collection
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Thank you for reading. Comments that are not spam are appreciated. Spam comments will not be published, so don't waste your time. To contact me directly regarding dolls or any of my posts, please use the contact form on the right of the home page, which is visible in "web view." A link to web viewing should be visible at the bottom of this page.
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Very nice review of the doll and the new Kwanzaa outfit. I do appreciate the vibrant colors in the new dress and the kinara set. It is a wonderful addition to the collection and gives the collector options for their dolls for the Kwanzaa season.
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DeleteI missed buying Addy's original Kwanzaa ensemble at retail and didn't want history to repeat itself with the second one.
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Good to see Makena on your blog. She looks nice.
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