Fashion Swap, New Shoes, New Name

Music Barbie and Tropi-Cutie wear Sparkle Girlz fashions with shoes from Barbie accessory packs.  Earrings were added using quilting needles for Music Barbie and a pair of gold dangle earrings made from "human" dangle earrings are worn by Tropi-Cutie

I do not usually name or rename my dolls, because remembering the new name would be difficult for me (I would have too many names to remember).  If a doll reminds me of someone or if it is tribute doll, I will name it. As a rule, they maintain their manufacturer- or artist-given names.

In the case of Tropi-Cutie, a name that begged for replacement, because of her Afro hairstyle, I have decided to name her Pam after actress, Pam Grier, who sometimes wore an Afro in the 1970s blaxploitation films in which she starred.  Grier is also a current favorite actor of mine, earning this status after I viewed the 1997 movie, Jackie Brown where she ultimately becomes the victor, outwitting the males, all of whom had their own agendas that would have caused unpleasant issues for Jackie Brown.  In a male-dominated society, I always root for women.  This movie is one that I can watch over and over again and still want to watch more.  Thank you Pam Grier (and I guess Quentin Tarantino for writing and directing it just for Grier to play the role of Jackie Brown).

Pam Grier in a 1970s photo, possibly from a film in which she starred.

Anyway, Tropi-Cutie's new name is Pam.  I googled photos of Pam Grier to find a more appropriate Pam Grier-ish fashion for the doll to wear and found the above photo.  (Blog reader, Bailey, found and shared a similar image with me as well after I discussed with her off-blog that I was renaming this doll Pam.)  The halter blouse influenced my decision to allow Pam, the doll, to swap clothes with Music Barbie (who also needs a name, but I just cannot think of one that I will remember.)  The two are shown in the first photo of this post.  Pam (the doll) needed Music Barbie's fashion, so the two agreed to swap.

After the swap, (seen below), Music Barbie chose not to continue wearing the orange high heels she had worn previously. She opted for a red pair of heels from an older Barbie accessory pack, which also had a red clutch in it.  The red shoes and now clutch do more for the new-to-her floral blouse than the orange shoes.  See how she pulls it all together in the next photo.

Music Barbie now wears the cold-shoulder floral blouse and denim shorts that Pam had been wearing.  Because she has high-heel feet, the two could not swap shoes.   As indicated above, she wears a pair of red heels from a Barbie accessory pack.  The orange shoes she wore previously are now back in the shoe stash.

Pam is loving her new clothes and enjoys showing off her belly button.  She's pleased she was able to continue wearing the black Roman sandals with this, too.

After the fashion swap and shoe change, the girls chat a while.

Both are pleased with their new clothes.  Pam is delighted that Music Barbie was willing to part with and swap out fashions with her.  Pam is also happy that the name, Tropi-Cutie has been laid to rest.

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A Quick Outfit Swap and Pleasant Surprise

Twist 'N Shout Darla Daley in Rebecca jumpsuit made by Shasha of atelierni Shasha

Since 2013, Twist 'N Shout Darla Daley by Integrity Toys has been wearing the Rebecca one-shouldered jumpsuit made by Shasha. I won the fashion during Shasha's Welcome 2013 Contest. It's perfect for Darla, including the handmade bracelet, earrings, and belt.  However, recently I decided to see if Tamica would look as good wearing it.

Tamica in Tamica dress

Because Tamica was wearing the Tamica dress Shasha made (shown above), I decided to just do a fashion swap between the two dolls. I was pleasantly surprised.

Tamica now wears her bronze leaf-shaped earrings and beaded bracelet along with bronze sandals, matching purse, and a copper arm bracelet with the Rebecca jumpsuit, which I knew would look nice on her, but...

...I didn't realize how great Darla would look in the Tamica dress.  Her body already exhibits a lot of "movement,"  which the dress accentuates.  Darla still wears the earrings that came with the Rebecca jumpsuit, and the belt is now worn as a two-strand necklace with beaded pendant.

Darla finished her new look with a faux-straw hat that Goddess Emerald wore first, which looks rather nice with her new ensemble.

The ladies pose together for one final photo.

I have always considered doll redressing as the next best thing to getting a new doll without the added expense.  Darla's redress really did give me the new doll sensation, but this is probably because she had been wearing the jumpsuit for over three years!  Because Tamica has become my redressing muse, I know she won't wear the jumpsuit as long.

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