ZiZi Goes Shoe Shopping

As illustrated above, ZiZi's original black shoes did not work well with her new clothes.  They look too much like work shoes.  I had gone through the doll shoe stash several times without success in finding a suitable pair for her to wear with her camel sheath, animal-print shrug, and gold lamé shoulder bag.

After a week or two of wearing the black shoes, ZiZi noticed a pair of beige sandals worn by "Romper Chic (RC)," and said to her:

"I love your shoes.  May I try them on?"  RC agreed.

ZiZi thanked her and asked, "Do you think these go well with this dress?"  RC replied, "Yes, but what will I wear?  I'm certainly not wearing those black shoes you had on."

Overhearing this conversation, I decided to recheck the doll stash for shoes for RC where I found a  pair of yellow mock fringe, open-toe booties.  RC tried these on.  The somewhat overbearing ZiZi saw the yellow booties and liked those, too.  She said:

"Oooo girl, those look good on you.  I think I like those better.  Here, you can have your shoes back.  Let me try those on, please?"

The ever compliant RC gave the yellow booties to ZiZi and was actually happy to have her own shoes back.

ZiZi loved the fit and look of the yellow booties, but in the back of her head she thought, "These shoes are yellow and I'm not wearing yellow."  In the back of RC's head, she thought, "I'm not letting go of my shoes again, no matter what."

Closer look at the yellow booties

This woman is so hard to please.  She continued wearing the yellow shoes for about a week, but sensing her discontent, I returned to the shoe stash one final time and found a pair of gold lamé flat sandals that match the color of her hobo purse.

ZiZi is finally pleased with these sandals.

The sandals are not made for Curvy Barbie's foot size, and in human shoe-fitting standards would actually be too small for ZiZi, but she likes them and for now, that's all that matters.


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Walmart Finds: Shoes and Dolls

Barbie shoe accessory packs

In addition to the black sandals I purchased for her and the white T-strap flats that came with her original fashion, my Goddess Fashionista Barbie now has three more shoe choices.  She has my location of three shoe/accessory packs at Walmart to thank for this. They were $2.44 each.

Each pack contains one pair of flat shoes, a pair of high heels, a handbag and additional accessories, which is not bad for $2.44.  Each one is described and illustrated in individual photos after which Goddess models her new shoes:

Pale aqua sandals with mock fringe and a matching headband are featured in this shoe/accessory pack. The high heels are muted gold with matching gold shoulder bag that has mock fringe.  This pack also includes a gold beaded bracelet, which is plastic, and a shiny gold-tone mock pendant necklace.

Goddess wears a Sparkle Girlz fashion with the aqua flats and headband.

Silver ankle strap flats with closed toes, hot pink high heel sandals, silver "quilted" shoulder bag, shiny silver choker, hot pink bangle bracelet, and gray sunglasses make up this accessory pack.

Another Sparkle Girlz fashion was chosen to wear with the silver shoes, handbag, and sunglasses.

This kitty-themed accessory pack includes black ballerina-style flats with embossed floral pattern at toes, light pink high heel sandals, shiny silver cat ears headband, light pink cat pendant necklace, gray bracelet with kitten face in center, and a "purrfect" black kitten-face shoulder bag.

Goddess models the black flats, cat-faced shoulder bag, and wears the cat ears headband.  Which of the three ensembles do you think she chose to continue wearing?

Answer to the above question:
Goddess decided to wear the fashion ensemble shown in the first photo, which is actually the last one she tried on.  "We" did not think this one would be her final choice, but after she tried it on, "we" thought differently.  The colors and her deep complexion go well together.  She is back on the corner of my personal desk with the two other lovey ladies that have become her BFFs since her arrival.  See them below:

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Also found at Walmart was the above set of two playscale dolls by Kid Connection, which I believe is a Walmart exclusive brand.  There were a total of three different sets, wearing similar style party dresses of different colors.  This was my first time seeing a set of two dark-skinned dolls by this company.

This photo captures their true complexion.

One doll has a light caramel complexion, the other has a dark caramel complexion.  Both have long black rooted hair.  The doll on the left has a ponytail while the other has a small top ponytail with the rest hanging loose.

One final photo taken outside the box, with the dolls still attached to the inner lining, makes them appear paler than they are because different lighting was used, but their pink shoes are visible.

Priced at $4.97, there was no way this collector of dark-skinned Barbie competitors was leaving these two lovely dolls behind.

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