A Mondrian Color Block Dress

This Mondrian color block dress fits 18-inch dolls

After Christmas, I wanted to redress (once again) She's That Girl Reign in a Mondrian color block dress. I searched the Internet and found the dress at a price I was willing to pay. It arrived almost three weeks after it was ordered. Unfortunately, the dress cannot fit Reign's overstuffed body. 

Curly Girls United was redressed for Christmas 2023.

I browsed the doll room for a thinner 18-inch doll and selected Honey (part of the Curly Girls United doll line from 2016). Honey had been redressed in Christmas attire since Christmas 2023. So, a redress for her was long overdue.

Honey wears the Mondrian color block dress with white boots.

The dress fits well on Honey's slender body as illustrated above.

Honey usually wears her hair down, but it's pulled up into a loose curly 'do for now.

A few weeks before Christmas, I redressed my Made-to-Move Barbie in a similar polyester dress. The two took the following photo.

Made-to-Move Barbie and Honey are twinning in their Mondrian dresses.

Here is a close-up of Made-to-Move (MTM) Barbie. 

The two will not be displayed together in the doll room, but both look so retro 

1960s in their Mondrian color block dresses. MTM Barbie takes it a notch further by pairing white fishnet stockings with her dress. 

About Honey's dress—I was disappointed with the twill-fleece-lined fabric used for the dress which resists raveling when cut; but if not for the fleece-type lining, the dress can easily tear. I almost pulled it apart at the stitched sleeves when attempting to try it on Reign. Other than the flimsy fabric, I'm pleased with Honey's new look. 

Mondrian squares and triangles

Mondrian fashions are inspired by the abstract art of Piet Mondrian (March 1872 – 1 February 1944), a Dutch painter and one of the pioneers of abstract art. His paintings extended to design architecture and fashion. "Mondrian fashions became popular in 1965 when Yves Saint Laurent released his Mondrian collection. The collection was a tribute to the work of Piet Mondrian and featured cocktail dresses with geometric lines and bold colors" (OpenAI).

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Made to Move Barbie and Gabby

Made to Move Barbie has been here nearly a year, remaining confined to her packaging.  Gabby urged her to come on out now; so she did.

In a comment to my initial post about my Gabby Douglas Barbie, Ms. Leo asked:

Does the MTM body she is on have a longer neck or is it just a different style head than the MTM? She looks a little darker than the yellow top MTM. Is she?

The two dolls do share the Made to Move Barbie body; however, there are subtle differences.  In answer to Ms. Leo's two questions, the neck lengths are the same, approximately 1/2 inches long each. Gabby is, in fact, slightly darker than Made to Move Barbie.  See the complexion and other differences between the two bodies in the photos shared below:

Gabby's complexion is slightly darker than MTM Barbie's with Barbie's having more yellow undertones to her caramel complexion and Gabby having more red undertones.

Even though the flash interferes with this head-shot comparison of their complexion, Gabby's slightly darker complexion is apparent.

An arm-in-arm comparison photo illustrates the subtle differences in complexions, particularly when their free arms are compared.

Their joints are all the same as I described in Gabby's original post; however, their body markings differ.

MTM Barbie's back is stamped:
©2015 MATTEL
1186 MJ, 1, NL
MADE IN CHINA
(below this in silver letters -- the circled area in the photo -- is:)
H43HF
DHL83

The circled area on Gabby's right upper back in gold letters reads:
FGC34
K071
(The lower back reads:)
©2016 MATTEL
1186 MJ, 1, NL
MADE IN INDONESIA

They have different shaped feet with MTM Barbie's foot having a higher arch.  Foot Markings:   MTM Barbie, R2 on right and L1 on left; Gabby, R1 on right and L4 on left.

MTM Barbie is 11-1/2 inches tall.  Gabby is 11-1/4 inches tall.  MTM Barbie's over-sized head adds to her height.  Their bodies are the same size.

The height difference is more apparent in this back-to-back photo.

Red Ruffles Fashionista and MTM Barbie

Red Ruffles, who has been here much longer than MTM Barbie, has been desiring freedom and a new body for quite some time.   Since I do not care for the over-sized Asha head on MTM Barbie, Red Ruffles' wish will probably be granted very soon.


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