In her stories, Kirsten's meet dress (the blue one in the video) is confirmed to be hand-me-down - it's the dress her aunt gives her when her family first arrives on her uncle's farm - so it wouldn't be surprising if others were, too. In her stories, the dirndl dress is definitely Kirsten's - it's the one she wears on her family's journey from Sweden. Otherwise, if I remember right, the only articles of clothing confirmed not to be hand-me downs in the books are the gown for her St. Lucia dress, which was in her family's trunk when they bring it home, and the apron with her pink birthday dress, which was a birthday gift. Outside of that, I think American Girl said the winter coat in the video was one her mother made from a blanket, but it doesn't appear in the stories. I don't remember stories of origins for any of Kirsten's other outfits, though.
Fashion history as portrayed by dolls. It's interesting how much research went into these, and it just makes those places where they fell short, all the sadder. Nice job.
You should try to find Kirsten's nightgown, housecoat, and sockor. The sockor are made of felted wool and were actually handmade in Sweden instead of in a factory in Asia like most AG clothes. No doubt they used wool on the coat. They actually used rabbit fur on her kittens (and Molly's dog, Bennett) for a while. If they were using rabbit fur, they were using wool. Of course, wool is more humane than rabbit fur, but you get the point. I think Samantha's teddy bear was also real mohair.
I actually do have her nightgown, though not her housecoat and sockor. (I just never show the sleepwear in these videos.) And I have her real fur kittens as well as Sam's mohair bear.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions You would probably like her housecoat. They have a different fabric lining the collar. It's very well-done. I have a slight obsession with AG nightclothes. I have almost all of the historical ones. Just missing a few.
I always enjoy your dolly videos, Rebecca. I have a real passion for sewing for these dolls. Unlike grandchildren, they don't complain or outgrow their clothing!
Grandkids are cute but darn can they complain! I told him to stop growing and wouldn't have to measure him. He of course said he needs to keep growing so he can be taller than me!
I had never hears of Cecile and Marie Grace, so was not surprised they are more modern dolls. I was surprised that gorgeous dark blue dress wasn't historically accurate. It is so pretty. The red holiday dress is super cute but I also totally thought 1920's when i saw it. Kirsten's outfits are all just so gorgeous. I love their simplicity and yet still very cute. The St. Lucia set was one I always wanted even though my doll was Felicity. It's such an awesome set, and my family used to celebrate St. Lucia's. I'm so stoked that Addy is getting her own video; she has such gorgeous dresses. My sister had addy and i was so jealous of the little violin. I'd also love to see the series keep going past Samantha as my friends doll was Molly. Plus I'm hoping they later had a 1920's doll, since it is an iconic time for fashion too.
I don't remember Addy having a violin. Are you thinking of the girl of today one? I thought the only historical doll with a musical instrument was Felicity's guitar. And there is a 1920s doll that came out last year, Claudie, but unfortunately they really didn't give her a collection. I've heard more is supposed to come out for her later this month, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! 🤞
@LadyRebeccaFashions hmm I thought it was since she got it in her Christmas present that had meet addy set and Christmas dress, but honestly it would be like my mom to have sourced it from somewhere else since my sister played in orchestra too.
It's probably not something I'd do, tbh, since I prefer to make cosplays of their outfits. But I have made a few outfits for them that are pretty historically accurate.
I loved this, thank you for sharing! I'm just going to pretend that Kirsten was SUCH a pioneer that she originated the St Lucia tradition. ;-) SO EXCITED FOR THE ADDY VIDEO! I don't know about accuracy, but Addy's collection is iconic and has basically no misses. Excited to hear your thoughts on it. And yes, I hope you continue past Samantha! This is just so enjoyable to watch.
What I am curious about is corsets during the pioneer era. I know that all women in the Victorian era wore corsets no matter what social class. Since the pioneer era took place during the Victorian era, did pioneer women also wear corsets? If anyone has an answer to this question, I would greatly appreciate it! Also, please continue this series past Samantha! I am really enjoying all of these videos! Thank you Rebecca!!!❤❤❤
Yes. They functioned as bras and gave back support when doing manual labour. A proper corset supports you in a variety of ways and doesn't need to reduce your waist
Fun fact, it actually wasn’t that uncommon for children’s dresses to have short sleeves and wide necklines (off the shoulder, in some cases!). A lot of the Cecile and Marie-Grace outfits don’t have the Right sleeves, and other factors make them look more inaccurate, but it was a thing (A good book about children’s clothing Specifically is Victorian Fashion for Women and Children: Society’s Impact on Dress by Linda Setnik. It does start with the 1860s, but references the short sleeves and low necklines (sometimes one or the other) already having been a thing in children’s wear.)
I didn't even recognize some of Kirsten's outfits! And I thought I knew them all! Her collection is even prettier than I remembered. Makes sense why she was my second choice to Samantha when I was a kid. I loved that prairie look. Thanks for that extra Santa Lucia history lesson, I had no idea it was inaccurate to 1850's. This was fun, looking forward to the next one. Shame about the New Orleans girls being less historically accurate. That last one looked like a modern interpretation of Disney's Cinderella's dress.
Kirsten has such an extensive wardrobe - I'm guessing second only to Samantha? And I guess the one thing about that last Cecile outfit is that at least it's supposed to be a costume, but still.
When I read the first two Cécile/Marie-Grace books, I was so intrigued to see what their Mardi Gras ball costumes would look like (this was only a couple months ago- I was an adult by the time they came out and had no knowledge of their collections while reading the books). Said books have fewer illustrations than expected, so the only thing I had to go on was knowing they were matching children’s opera costumes pulled out of a trunk. I was so excited to see what child performers at the New Orleans Opera would have worn in the 1850s! Well. Imagine my surprise when I looked it up 😂 Thank you so much for doing this series! I’ve been enjoying it immensely. If you decide to go past Samantha, I won’t be mad at all. ❤
American Girl should HIRE YOU. They have obviously fallen off the wagon with regard to quality and historical accuracy, and you could put them back on the right track! I've never been a doll person, even when I was a kid, but I find these videos fascinating. If there's one outfit you could get that you don't have, regardless of cost, which one would it be? (P.S. You need to make the On the Trail dress -- it's beautiful!)
Omg designing a historical doll collection for AG would be a DREAM! And definitely the one outfit would be Addy's Cape Island dress. I'm talking about it in the next video even though I don't have it, because it is so perfect.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Oooof. I just did a quick check on the price of that one and WOW. That's EXPENSIVE. I also found a pattern for it, though. I know it's not the same, but have you considered making your own for her? It's sold by Pixie Faire.
Thank you! I've long thought that pin tucks were for when children got taller. Pretty as they are, I don't think lower income Victorians would waste the expensive fabric on a purely decorative flourish. I also think that tucks in petticoat skirts might have been for a similar use, ie. the bottom gets worn or dirty. No need for a whole new garment, just cut off the bottom and undo a few pintucks!
Kirsten did have the best outfits of the bunch. I love her on the trail outfit and her blue cheeks one with the embroidered apron the best. Thank you for sharing your love and passion for these dolls with us ❤
I never really got into American Girl because I was already a teenager when they came out, but if I had been younger I would have totally loved them, not only because of the storybooks you could get, but also the matching human-sized costumes that I remember seeing in the catalogs that I saw! I didn't know that there were so many more recent dolls and costumes that were from the 19th century; as an elementary school librarian I have seen the storybooks, and all the recent ones seem to be from the 1960s to early 2000s, and I'm sad that the company seems to have abandoned the earlier periods. As far as I'm aware, they don't have any 17th-century girls (is Kaya from that era? I don't remember), which would be great to see, as well as an African-American girl from the 17th or 18th centuries (in honor of the free Black community, perhaps), or a girl from the 1830s Industrial Revolution. As for Kirsten's outfits, they look good to me, too, from a historical standpoint, but I do think that it is accurate that she has only one pair of shoes for both summer and winter. If you could afford a second pair of shoes, then yes, having winter shoes and summer shoes would make sense, but it sounds like Kirsten's family wasn't that well-off. My grandmother was also an immigrant to Minnesota (in the 1920s) and was also very poor, her family not owning their own house or land until she and her brother grew up and could earn money to help support the family. She only had one pair of shoes each year when she was a girl because her family couldn't afford to buy multiple pairs for each person, and they were buying the cheapest factory-made shoes. I imagine that shoes in the 1850s might have been a similar relative price. My grandmother talked about going barefoot at home during the warm weather, only wearing her shoes when she went to school or during the winter, and not being allowed to run around much (she liked to play baseball at recess) in them so that they wouldn't get worn out too soon because she had a younger sister that she needed to hand them down to. I think it would be more accurate for Kirsten to be barefoot in her summer outfit!
I think that the last dolls they released that were set before 1920 came out around 2011, and then were pretty quickly retired (Cecile, Marie Grace, and Caroline). I would so love for them to do an 1830s character! Or a bustle-era one. And they don't have one from the 1600s either, as Kaya is set in the 1700s. For Kirsten's shoes, I'd agree with you except that she has three different pairs of boots! So it would make more sense, in Minnesota, if one of them was specifically for winter.
I agree with you entirely. AG seems to not really respect the 18th and 19th century anymore. I really think they should make a historical character from the 1890s. One whose brother participated in the Newsboys strike of 1899!
I didn't mean to fall down the AG rabbit hole, but here I am. Please do more of these, it's been a fun way to revisit a part of my childhood that I never got to directly participate in at the time.
I've loved watching your videos in this series, as someone with historical costuming background as well, but I must say that I do wish that you included consistent information on WHY the accurate looks are accurate. It would be super helpful to most of the audience to have a breakdown of what children's fashion for each time and place actually did tend to look like, at the beginning of each video - or at least links to resources in the infobox. Without that missing piece, it does come off a bit at times like there's no real education being given, and I'm not totally certain that people with an interest in this doll collection - but without an historical fashion education - will really learn much about identifying whether or not historical costumes are hits or misses. I think that's a shame, because when you do go more in depth on certain outfits, it's clear that you know what you're talking about and have a real passion for this.
Something I remember from when we were kids was my sister's Kirsten collection. I think she got her sweater set in 87-88, but you'll have to forgive my memory as that was a LONG time ago. When we got her knits it came with a little card that I wish I could find, but I know my mother kept for the longest time. It used to be in a box with all the doll stuff, but since got separated. Anyhow, the card gave information on the construction of the garment, saying it was hand-knit in Sweden, and it was signed by the knitter that made it. My sister and I were over the moon about that, and until my mom put it away, it got shown off to absolutely everyone. They may have gone over to making it on machine after that, but I don't remember. This was back when you could order dress up costumes so you could have matching outfits with your doll and you could buy the entire pattern line for each of the dolls so you could make them more dresses in the style of the dresses they already had. And I mean back in the day... because at that time they only had Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. I think it was ten years ago that we burn tested a bit of yarn that had come free so I could snip a bit without damaging the sweater and it appeared like it was probably real wool. That was such a cool discovery. Unfortunately, my kids never got into the AG dolls. I have three boys and a girl, and my daughter didn't get into it, though she had Marie Grace and Julie. My littlest might have gotten into them if his older sister had been more interested in playing with him, but she never wanted to. However, this might be inspiration to start my own doll collection as an adult, because I absolutely loved my dolls, and even after I no longer played with them I'd have to dress them up for every season. My grandmother made my dolls some beautiful dresses that were, well, let's call them historically adjacent. They gave the feel while holding none of the style, so they'd get dressed up for Christmas, Halloween, you name it. I miss doing that! My mom had Muffy Vanderbear and her family and would do the same with her bears, so we had lots of dress up for the seasons going on. I miss it, and you've been a huge inspiration for me to get my own collection going again, even if it's just one doll with a huge collection of dresses for every occasion!
Wow, I wonder if/when they stopped hand-knitting them. And you totally should get yourself a doll (or two). They really are fun to dress up seasonally - almost like a little seasonal decoration.
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1877 so her books would have started in the early 1880s. The “prairie dress” seems like it stayed the same for a long period of time.
I would have really loved an American girl doll I think when I was a kid. But I wasn't introduced to them until I was like a preteen and by then I was trying to act older because that was sort of the pressure around me. I didn't know about the dolls. I only new about the books. I had the first three of Addy books but I didn't even know she had a doll. Now as an adult I have the Addy Walker doll and the books. I think that they're a great way to get girls interested in history. I have always been impressed by how accurate Addy's clothes are. It's sad that they don't do just a little bit more research into the the history of the clothing fashion for the newer dolls. Especially since that information can be found so much easier these days.
I'm game for you to continue on. It's an interesting look at your favourite things. It's fun to see. It's so surprising to hear just how much some of them are selling for. I still have a few toys from my childhood. If course one of mine was pulled of the shelves as it has a tendency to break kids arms. I still play with it occasionally. Anyway it's fun to learn about other toys
I love these videos. I like to think that including the stuff about Saint Lucia helps to inform about the Swedish people and their customs. I say keep doing them. Can't wait for Addy since I have her. Currently my doll is dressed in the Disney Cinderella dress I made. She looks very beautiful in it.
I am enjoying these videos; you pack them full of info. The outfits are adorable, except for a few misses on fabric and color choices, all in all, these dolls have gorgeous wardrobes that provide hours of dress-up fun! xoxo's Sandie 😊🌺
The red Christmas dress is very 1950’s - I had one very much like it in about 1954 or 55, so only a century off. Lace on Kirsten’s apron wouldn’t be out of the question, because crochet was a standard craft for even poor women, and crocheted lace was everywhere on things like linens. An apron would be in the right general area. Interestingly, around the late nineteenth century, there was a very intentional and artist-driven nationalistic movement in Norway and Sweden in particular that searched out, “improved “, and codified folkloric costume, probably in reaction to their newly-gained independence from Denmark.
as a swede: you did pretty well for the pronunciation of folkdräkt, the only thing is that the letter ‘Ä’ is said like a short ‘e’, like in the words ten or dress, not like an ‘a’ this series is really fun, im watching it for the second time and hope you make more of it :)
I love your AG videos and AG dolls. I have 8 myself but am surprised at the amount of inaccuracies after having read some history of the company. They made it sound like historical accuracy was top priority. Oh well, even if they aren’t totally accurate I still love them. You give us so much good information. ♥️ your channel. Thanks 🧵
I loved this video! I like hearing about the accuracy of the Pleasant Company clothes and your recreation of some of the outfits. You're very talented!
(Hi I know you just liked my comment under your Felicity video, I am in fact binging this whole playlist right now) .After watching this video I decided to do my own research on 1850's fashion because I have been led astray by AG!! While scrolling on Pinterest for inspo I actually found an outfit that looked incredibly similar to MG's Party Set, the skirt is almost identical!! It's an 1860's day suit and has the green but not the purple. I'm guessing AG figured approximations in time period were good enough, despite clothing trends being way more complex and nuanced and ever-evolving unlike today (where we can just mix & match pieces)
Norway and Sweden and Denmark were the same countries at various times - I am bad at Scandinavian history! So a lots of cultural cross-over and the languages are very similar.
i dont know much swedish but "folkdräkt" just sounds like the german "volkstracht" which the dirndl basically is (also, bavarian more than german) which just means folkdress,,, so more of an umbrella term? i'm no expert though, googling swedish folk dress, "sverigedräkten" also comes up 🤔🤔 sorry for the comment bombing that word just sounded really similar to german
Very true with the musical boundaries as they changed alot It really only affected leaders. Common folk would just change who they give fealty, taxes, arms too. But dress and daily life wouldnt change in regional areas. We dont have major dress changes when we get a new president?
@@izzyeis5752 yeah, it's just odd to me that they used a German word to describe a swedish outfit. It seems like it would have made more sense to just call it her folk dress, if they didn't want to use the swedish.
okay wow Never saw that so called Dirndl when i got Kirsten for my daughter either, tho I paid a lot of money to a friend to knit the sweater and Hat for her, because it was just too cute! and friend knit one in blue in white that was a pullover for my other child who was all about molly, but they both loved their sweaters. Also made the Santa Lucia dress for my Daughter who went over ot friends house on the feast day of Santa Lucia (Dec 13) tray and all and she laughed and cried because it was a family tradition of theirs. Okay way too much memory lane here.
Wow, it was so interesting learning about MG, Cecile, and Kirsten's outfits! I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work, this video is great! Good job! ❤
I enjoy these historical videos. Too bad they got it wrong so many times but at least they did try. Thank you, I hope you do go on and do all the girls.
Oh no... now I need about half of Kirsten's dresses for myself as well as Céciles Parlour Dress (just no yellow - yellow and my complexion do NOT like each other). Addy and Samantha will be very dangerous as well. Rebecca might... I am dabbling a bit in her era to wear at university. So please excuse me for a while as I am afraid I will have to check my fabric stash and patterns. One thing though: I was very confused when you said one of Kirsten's outfits has a German name until I realized you meant a "Dirndl". You did the "rndl" part very good (most foreigners struggle with that), but the "i" has to be pronounced much differently. Think of the word "in" or the first one in "India" :) But... "It is Germanic, it HAS to be a Dirndl!!!" No, American Girl. It doesn't. About half of Germany (my area included) has no Dirndl either.
haha, right? 😆 although everyone wants to get one to get plastered in during oktoberfest now it seems, even up north, i've been seeing it in h&m i'm pretty sure ☠️
@@izzyeis5752 Yes, the "Faschingsdirndl" as my Austrian friend likes to call them. I own two "genuine" ensembles from professional shops, which cost A LOT more than the ones at h&m and co, but are very tasteful and so comfortable. I wear them for cultural events when visitng my friend as is still quite common in the Salzkammergut.
I can't wait for Addy next month! I have always loved addy and have actually managed to finally get her as of last year so I'm super excited to see how accurate all of her outfits are as I'm trying to make her clothes myself since they're so dang expensive 🥴😂 I kinda figured Cecile and Marie-grace weren't going to be too accurate, as most of their clothes did give me a "let's make it cute and shiny so little girls will want it" kind of vibes, especially the costume ball dress and coat. Honestly those colors make me think they were trying to cosplay cupcakes 😂 i am sad that Cecile's holiday dress isn't accurate tho, as it's so pretty on her. I guess claudie can get another dress though, since it fits her era better. I'm honestly surprised that Kirsten's st. Lucia outfit and celebration is actually inaccurate! I've always thought that one was very accurate, especially given it was one of the earliest outfits she got as a doll, and being as early pleasant company usually did their research, I'm now confused as to why Kirsten got such a huge mistake made in hers. I'm glad her promise dress is accurate though, as that's one of my favorites, another favorite is her mid-summer dress, the white with purple polka dots, and I'm hoping that one is accurate too as I would love to make one for my Kirsten too. I'm trying to memorize all this info so as I go to make each girl's wardrobe I can make it accurate to both the doll's character and historically. And i would love to see this series continue past samantha. Seeing how accurate each girl's era is is fascinating to me so I would love to see it continue.😊
Honestly, I was surprised when I found that out about St Lucia, too! And I'm not sure about her midsummer dress, since I haven't seen it in person, but I think the shape seems in keeping with her other dresses.
Lucia is so iconic and distinctive as a Christmas tradition in the Nordics that I feel they kind of had to include it even if it was a few years too early. It also reflects how immigrants brought that tradition to those areas of the US.
I remember being dressed as Santa Lucia when i was a child at school in Scotland. We had a Swedish teacher. I remember being terrified that th candles would burn me.I also had a Norwegian friend who let me dress up in her national costume. That had the black skirt with the red and green trim, a white shirt and apron, and a highly decorative embroidered wool vest. I found the photo not long ago , I also had some clog style shoes. Xx8
I don't have Claudie, Nanea, or Melody (yet), and I don't have very much for Kit, Molly, and Maryellen, so we'll see what happens once I get past Rebecca!
It's a shame they fudged Cecile and Marie up so badly, because they're such fantastic dolls! They could have done so much with the period and setting, but instead every outfit has something you itch to rip off. 😂 I'm still crossing my fingers that we'll get a re-release for them one day with a revised set of outfits. I think Kirsten has the most beautiful wardrobe of all the dolls. The simple cuts and understated colours compliment each other so well, especially when they're doll-sized. it's a tight race between her and Addy.
Hi @Lady Rebecca! This comment isn’t about Kirsten or historical fashions, but it is about costuming for 18” dolls. Since I’m not deeply connected in that community anymore, I thought I’d drop it here, in case you or anyone wanted to glean some inspiration or pass it one to someone who is sewing for this size doll. I saw another channel do a nifty reversible top, with a magical finish to the shoulder seam: ruclips.net/video/-jsKG9eGCYg/видео.html Maybe you already know of it, but I hadn’t seen it before. And while I watched it, I had the thought that it would be SO fun to make a reversible doll dress that way! Might need to do the final shoulder seam by hand at doll size, but wouldn’t this be a fun way to make a reversible 1960’s style A-line or sheath dress for a doll! Or maybe in Rebecca size? How about both?? 😉 I’m thinking about holiday dresses, or maybe Halloween patterns, or something. Where it was plain on one side for “everyday”, but hid a holiday surprise inside for special occasions. I have no little girl to sew for anymore, but maybe someone wants to run with it! Hope you had fun at Costume College, and I’m looking forward to that “castle” video you teased us with! 😂
Hmm, I tried watching the video, but I do better with written instructions, and with only the visual, it didn't really work for me. And which castle? The only castle I've been to recently are the ones from my UK trip, but those were in the UK road trip video from June.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Ah, too bad about the instructions not working for you. :( It’s a double layer top (or dress), where you sew everything together first - including the armsceys- except the shoulders. The bottom is left open, with each layer hemmed individually. So when you go to sew the shoulders together, you do it by turning (or leaving, maybe?) each half - front two layers, and back two layers - inside out. Then, instead of sewing all 4 of the layers together across the shoulder tops, you pin them wrong sides together so what you get is a RING at the top of each shoulder. Then you sew around the ring. This sews the two layers of the front together, and the two layers of the back together. But because the bottom of the shirt (or dress) is OPEN, you can still turn the whole thing right side out again through the bottom. It’s kind of magic! Try slowing the video way down. I turned it to half speed, and it made more sense! You can turn it to as slow as 1/4 speed, if that helps. It’s also like lining a sleeveless bodice/top, where usually you’d finish the bottom at the end by hand sewing the layers together. But this time you just hem each layer separately. Or it also reminds me of those videos of making shopping sacks, where you turn the whole thing right side out through the handle. Usually you finish those by hand stitching the bottom together at the end, inside the purse/sack. Or you just have a seam that shows, because it’s in the inside of the purse lining anyway, and who cares? ;) Anyhow, I don’t know if any of that makes sense! Maybe one of your other doll friends would understand what I am blathering on about! LOL I may have misunderstood the castle video. Might have seen something from a couple months back and thought it was recent. In any case, I hope you enjoyed costume college. Your sink dress was divine!
What about Addy? I'd say she's at least as poor as Kirsten, if not moreso. I never had the dolls, just read the books, but I'm really getting into vintage fashion lately so I'm soo bringing your videos now.
Hmm, maybe the purple and green are coming off different on screen? They definitely seem like the Mardi gras colors I've seen. You're right about the gold missing though.
also, if Kirsten has older sisters, the one dress could be a hand-me-down
She has an older cousin, but she's the oldest girl in her family.
she would have gotten hand me downs from cousin Lisbeth.
And when adult clothes were too worn out they were cut down
Hand-me-down was my assumption too.
In her stories, Kirsten's meet dress (the blue one in the video) is confirmed to be hand-me-down - it's the dress her aunt gives her when her family first arrives on her uncle's farm - so it wouldn't be surprising if others were, too. In her stories, the dirndl dress is definitely Kirsten's - it's the one she wears on her family's journey from Sweden. Otherwise, if I remember right, the only articles of clothing confirmed not to be hand-me downs in the books are the gown for her St. Lucia dress, which was in her family's trunk when they bring it home, and the apron with her pink birthday dress, which was a birthday gift. Outside of that, I think American Girl said the winter coat in the video was one her mother made from a blanket, but it doesn't appear in the stories. I don't remember stories of origins for any of Kirsten's other outfits, though.
Fashion history as portrayed by dolls. It's interesting how much research went into these, and it just makes those places where they fell short, all the sadder.
Nice job.
Thanks! And I totally agree.
You should try to find Kirsten's nightgown, housecoat, and sockor. The sockor are made of felted wool and were actually handmade in Sweden instead of in a factory in Asia like most AG clothes.
No doubt they used wool on the coat. They actually used rabbit fur on her kittens (and Molly's dog, Bennett) for a while. If they were using rabbit fur, they were using wool. Of course, wool is more humane than rabbit fur, but you get the point. I think Samantha's teddy bear was also real mohair.
I actually do have her nightgown, though not her housecoat and sockor. (I just never show the sleepwear in these videos.) And I have her real fur kittens as well as Sam's mohair bear.
I love the fact that real wool was being used. Thank you for this interesting info!
@@LadyRebeccaFashions You would probably like her housecoat. They have a different fabric lining the collar. It's very well-done. I have a slight obsession with AG nightclothes. I have almost all of the historical ones. Just missing a few.
I always enjoy your dolly videos, Rebecca. I have a real passion for sewing for these dolls. Unlike grandchildren, they don't complain or outgrow their clothing!
Thanks! And they're always the same size! 😉
Grandkids are cute but darn can they complain! I told him to stop growing and wouldn't have to measure him. He of course said he needs to keep growing so he can be taller than me!
I had never hears of Cecile and Marie Grace, so was not surprised they are more modern dolls. I was surprised that gorgeous dark blue dress wasn't historically accurate. It is so pretty. The red holiday dress is super cute but I also totally thought 1920's when i saw it. Kirsten's outfits are all just so gorgeous. I love their simplicity and yet still very cute. The St. Lucia set was one I always wanted even though my doll was Felicity. It's such an awesome set, and my family used to celebrate St. Lucia's. I'm so stoked that Addy is getting her own video; she has such gorgeous dresses. My sister had addy and i was so jealous of the little violin. I'd also love to see the series keep going past Samantha as my friends doll was Molly. Plus I'm hoping they later had a 1920's doll, since it is an iconic time for fashion too.
I don't remember Addy having a violin. Are you thinking of the girl of today one? I thought the only historical doll with a musical instrument was Felicity's guitar. And there is a 1920s doll that came out last year, Claudie, but unfortunately they really didn't give her a collection. I've heard more is supposed to come out for her later this month, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! 🤞
@LadyRebeccaFashions hmm I thought it was since she got it in her Christmas present that had meet addy set and Christmas dress, but honestly it would be like my mom to have sourced it from somewhere else since my sister played in orchestra too.
Perhaps a cool series might be to see you recreate these outfits to be more accurate? :) I'd never heard of American Girl before watching your videos
It's probably not something I'd do, tbh, since I prefer to make cosplays of their outfits. But I have made a few outfits for them that are pretty historically accurate.
I loved this, thank you for sharing! I'm just going to pretend that Kirsten was SUCH a pioneer that she originated the St Lucia tradition. ;-) SO EXCITED FOR THE ADDY VIDEO! I don't know about accuracy, but Addy's collection is iconic and has basically no misses. Excited to hear your thoughts on it. And yes, I hope you continue past Samantha! This is just so enjoyable to watch.
Thank you! And I love that thought about St Lucia 😉
What I am curious about is corsets during the pioneer era. I know that all women in the Victorian era wore corsets no matter what social class. Since the pioneer era took place during the Victorian era, did pioneer women also wear corsets? If anyone has an answer to this question, I would greatly appreciate it! Also, please continue this series past Samantha! I am really enjoying all of these videos! Thank you Rebecca!!!❤❤❤
Yes. They functioned as bras and gave back support when doing manual labour. A proper corset supports you in a variety of ways and doesn't need to reduce your waist
Yep, exactly what @lenabreijer1311 said. 😊
Fun fact, it actually wasn’t that uncommon for children’s dresses to have short sleeves and wide necklines (off the shoulder, in some cases!). A lot of the Cecile and Marie-Grace outfits don’t have the Right sleeves, and other factors make them look more inaccurate, but it was a thing (A good book about children’s clothing Specifically is Victorian Fashion for Women and Children: Society’s Impact on Dress by Linda Setnik. It does start with the 1860s, but references the short sleeves and low necklines (sometimes one or the other) already having been a thing in children’s wear.)
I think AG used the tern dirndl because that the generic term for Heidi dresses or German/eastern European folk dress were very popular in 1970/80s.
Ah yeah, that makes sense.
I didn't even recognize some of Kirsten's outfits! And I thought I knew them all! Her collection is even prettier than I remembered. Makes sense why she was my second choice to Samantha when I was a kid. I loved that prairie look. Thanks for that extra Santa Lucia history lesson, I had no idea it was inaccurate to 1850's.
This was fun, looking forward to the next one. Shame about the New Orleans girls being less historically accurate. That last one looked like a modern interpretation of Disney's Cinderella's dress.
Kirsten has such an extensive wardrobe - I'm guessing second only to Samantha? And I guess the one thing about that last Cecile outfit is that at least it's supposed to be a costume, but still.
When I read the first two Cécile/Marie-Grace books, I was so intrigued to see what their Mardi Gras ball costumes would look like (this was only a couple months ago- I was an adult by the time they came out and had no knowledge of their collections while reading the books). Said books have fewer illustrations than expected, so the only thing I had to go on was knowing they were matching children’s opera costumes pulled out of a trunk. I was so excited to see what child performers at the New Orleans Opera would have worn in the 1850s!
Well. Imagine my surprise when I looked it up 😂
Thank you so much for doing this series! I’ve been enjoying it immensely. If you decide to go past Samantha, I won’t be mad at all. ❤
Yeah, I wish they did better with their costume! It wasn't what I pictured when I read the books either.
American Girl should HIRE YOU. They have obviously fallen off the wagon with regard to quality and historical accuracy, and you could put them back on the right track! I've never been a doll person, even when I was a kid, but I find these videos fascinating. If there's one outfit you could get that you don't have, regardless of cost, which one would it be? (P.S. You need to make the On the Trail dress -- it's beautiful!)
Omg designing a historical doll collection for AG would be a DREAM! And definitely the one outfit would be Addy's Cape Island dress. I'm talking about it in the next video even though I don't have it, because it is so perfect.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Oooof. I just did a quick check on the price of that one and WOW. That's EXPENSIVE. I also found a pattern for it, though. I know it's not the same, but have you considered making your own for her? It's sold by Pixie Faire.
@@amb163 yeah, I've debated about it.
Thank you! I've long thought that pin tucks were for when children got taller. Pretty as they are, I don't think lower income Victorians would waste the expensive fabric on a purely decorative flourish. I also think that tucks in petticoat skirts might have been for a similar use, ie. the bottom gets worn or dirty. No need for a whole new garment, just cut off the bottom and undo a few pintucks!
I'd never thought about doing that with petticoats, but I suppose it would work?
Kirsten did have the best outfits of the bunch. I love her on the trail outfit and her blue cheeks one with the embroidered apron the best. Thank you for sharing your love and passion for these dolls with us ❤
Yeah, her on the trail is one of my favorites of hers.
Nice and informative. Yes, I would be interested to see you discuss doll fashions, beyond Samantha and Rebecca's eras.
Thanks! Ok, we'll see how far I go!
The green and purple were a color combination used for Huret dolls of the same era
I never really got into American Girl because I was already a teenager when they came out, but if I had been younger I would have totally loved them, not only because of the storybooks you could get, but also the matching human-sized costumes that I remember seeing in the catalogs that I saw! I didn't know that there were so many more recent dolls and costumes that were from the 19th century; as an elementary school librarian I have seen the storybooks, and all the recent ones seem to be from the 1960s to early 2000s, and I'm sad that the company seems to have abandoned the earlier periods. As far as I'm aware, they don't have any 17th-century girls (is Kaya from that era? I don't remember), which would be great to see, as well as an African-American girl from the 17th or 18th centuries (in honor of the free Black community, perhaps), or a girl from the 1830s Industrial Revolution.
As for Kirsten's outfits, they look good to me, too, from a historical standpoint, but I do think that it is accurate that she has only one pair of shoes for both summer and winter. If you could afford a second pair of shoes, then yes, having winter shoes and summer shoes would make sense, but it sounds like Kirsten's family wasn't that well-off. My grandmother was also an immigrant to Minnesota (in the 1920s) and was also very poor, her family not owning their own house or land until she and her brother grew up and could earn money to help support the family. She only had one pair of shoes each year when she was a girl because her family couldn't afford to buy multiple pairs for each person, and they were buying the cheapest factory-made shoes. I imagine that shoes in the 1850s might have been a similar relative price. My grandmother talked about going barefoot at home during the warm weather, only wearing her shoes when she went to school or during the winter, and not being allowed to run around much (she liked to play baseball at recess) in them so that they wouldn't get worn out too soon because she had a younger sister that she needed to hand them down to. I think it would be more accurate for Kirsten to be barefoot in her summer outfit!
I think that the last dolls they released that were set before 1920 came out around 2011, and then were pretty quickly retired (Cecile, Marie Grace, and Caroline). I would so love for them to do an 1830s character! Or a bustle-era one. And they don't have one from the 1600s either, as Kaya is set in the 1700s.
For Kirsten's shoes, I'd agree with you except that she has three different pairs of boots! So it would make more sense, in Minnesota, if one of them was specifically for winter.
I agree with you entirely. AG seems to not really respect the 18th and 19th century anymore. I really think they should make a historical character from the 1890s. One whose brother participated in the Newsboys strike of 1899!
I'd always assumed the bulk of Kirsten's clothing were hand-me-down
I could be wrong but i think the Little House Books take place about 20 years or so after Kristen's books.
I think you're right.
please continue to do the doll reviews. I am loving getting to see all the different dolls and their outfits.
Thanks! Addy will be next month!
I didn't mean to fall down the AG rabbit hole, but here I am. Please do more of these, it's been a fun way to revisit a part of my childhood that I never got to directly participate in at the time.
I've loved watching your videos in this series, as someone with historical costuming background as well, but I must say that I do wish that you included consistent information on WHY the accurate looks are accurate. It would be super helpful to most of the audience to have a breakdown of what children's fashion for each time and place actually did tend to look like, at the beginning of each video - or at least links to resources in the infobox.
Without that missing piece, it does come off a bit at times like there's no real education being given, and I'm not totally certain that people with an interest in this doll collection - but without an historical fashion education - will really learn much about identifying whether or not historical costumes are hits or misses. I think that's a shame, because when you do go more in depth on certain outfits, it's clear that you know what you're talking about and have a real passion for this.
I think I did that more in the Sam video, if you've watched the most recent one.
Please continue!! 😊
Something I remember from when we were kids was my sister's Kirsten collection. I think she got her sweater set in 87-88, but you'll have to forgive my memory as that was a LONG time ago. When we got her knits it came with a little card that I wish I could find, but I know my mother kept for the longest time. It used to be in a box with all the doll stuff, but since got separated. Anyhow, the card gave information on the construction of the garment, saying it was hand-knit in Sweden, and it was signed by the knitter that made it. My sister and I were over the moon about that, and until my mom put it away, it got shown off to absolutely everyone. They may have gone over to making it on machine after that, but I don't remember. This was back when you could order dress up costumes so you could have matching outfits with your doll and you could buy the entire pattern line for each of the dolls so you could make them more dresses in the style of the dresses they already had. And I mean back in the day... because at that time they only had Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. I think it was ten years ago that we burn tested a bit of yarn that had come free so I could snip a bit without damaging the sweater and it appeared like it was probably real wool. That was such a cool discovery.
Unfortunately, my kids never got into the AG dolls. I have three boys and a girl, and my daughter didn't get into it, though she had Marie Grace and Julie. My littlest might have gotten into them if his older sister had been more interested in playing with him, but she never wanted to. However, this might be inspiration to start my own doll collection as an adult, because I absolutely loved my dolls, and even after I no longer played with them I'd have to dress them up for every season. My grandmother made my dolls some beautiful dresses that were, well, let's call them historically adjacent. They gave the feel while holding none of the style, so they'd get dressed up for Christmas, Halloween, you name it. I miss doing that! My mom had Muffy Vanderbear and her family and would do the same with her bears, so we had lots of dress up for the seasons going on. I miss it, and you've been a huge inspiration for me to get my own collection going again, even if it's just one doll with a huge collection of dresses for every occasion!
Wow, I wonder if/when they stopped hand-knitting them. And you totally should get yourself a doll (or two). They really are fun to dress up seasonally - almost like a little seasonal decoration.
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1877 so her books would have started in the early 1880s. The “prairie dress” seems like it stayed the same for a long period of time.
Yeah, I think that style didn't change very much. Probably because it's so practical.
I would have really loved an American girl doll I think when I was a kid. But I wasn't introduced to them until I was like a preteen and by then I was trying to act older because that was sort of the pressure around me. I didn't know about the dolls. I only new about the books. I had the first three of Addy books but I didn't even know she had a doll. Now as an adult I have the Addy Walker doll and the books. I think that they're a great way to get girls interested in history. I have always been impressed by how accurate Addy's clothes are. It's sad that they don't do just a little bit more research into the the history of the clothing fashion for the newer dolls. Especially since that information can be found so much easier these days.
Yeah, I definitely agree. And lately, they haven't even been producing new dolls that I would really consider historical (just vintage).
I'm game for you to continue on. It's an interesting look at your favourite things. It's fun to see. It's so surprising to hear just how much some of them are selling for. I still have a few toys from my childhood. If course one of mine was pulled of the shelves as it has a tendency to break kids arms. I still play with it occasionally. Anyway it's fun to learn about other toys
Yeah, it's crazy how much old toys can go for.
I love these videos. I like to think that including the stuff about Saint Lucia helps to inform about the Swedish people and their customs. I say keep doing them. Can't wait for Addy since I have her. Currently my doll is dressed in the Disney Cinderella dress I made. She looks very beautiful in it.
Yes, I agree - it's a very cultural thing, even if it wasn't accurate for the time.
I am enjoying these videos; you pack them full of info. The outfits are adorable, except for a few misses on fabric and color choices, all in all, these dolls have gorgeous wardrobes that provide hours of dress-up fun!
xoxo's Sandie 😊🌺
Thanks! And to be fair, even most of the ones that miss on accuracy are still really cute/pretty!
The red Christmas dress is very 1950’s - I had one very much like it in about 1954 or 55, so only a century off.
Lace on Kirsten’s apron wouldn’t be out of the question, because crochet was a standard craft for even poor women, and crocheted lace was everywhere on things like linens. An apron would be in the right general area.
Interestingly, around the late nineteenth century, there was a very intentional and artist-driven nationalistic movement in Norway and Sweden in particular that searched out, “improved “, and codified folkloric costume, probably in reaction to their newly-gained independence from Denmark.
Oh, that's interesting!
as a swede: you did pretty well for the pronunciation of folkdräkt, the only thing is that the letter ‘Ä’ is said like a short ‘e’, like in the words ten or dress, not like an ‘a’
this series is really fun, im watching it for the second time and hope you make more of it :)
I love your AG videos and AG dolls. I have 8 myself but am surprised at the amount of inaccuracies after having read some history of the company. They made it sound like historical accuracy was top priority. Oh well, even if they aren’t totally accurate I still love them. You give us so much good information. ♥️ your channel. Thanks 🧵
I'd love for you to go to Kit and talk about the accuracy of her outfits in the great depression since that is a big moment in the books
Hi Rebecca. I love your channel. These videos are so informative and you always look so pretty. Love your style. 😊
Thank you!
I loved this video! I like hearing about the accuracy of the Pleasant Company clothes and your recreation of some of the outfits. You're very talented!
Thank you! ❤️
(Hi I know you just liked my comment under your Felicity video, I am in fact binging this whole playlist right now) .After watching this video I decided to do my own research on 1850's fashion because I have been led astray by AG!! While scrolling on Pinterest for inspo I actually found an outfit that looked incredibly similar to MG's Party Set, the skirt is almost identical!! It's an 1860's day suit and has the green but not the purple. I'm guessing AG figured approximations in time period were good enough, despite clothing trends being way more complex and nuanced and ever-evolving unlike today (where we can just mix & match pieces)
Oh that's awesome! Any chance you have a link to it?
Norway and Sweden and Denmark were the same countries at various times - I am bad at Scandinavian history! So a lots of cultural cross-over and the languages are very similar.
They still have different terms for regional dress, though, don't they?
i dont know much swedish but "folkdräkt" just sounds like the german "volkstracht" which the dirndl basically is (also, bavarian more than german) which just means folkdress,,, so more of an umbrella term? i'm no expert though, googling swedish folk dress, "sverigedräkten" also comes up 🤔🤔 sorry for the comment bombing that word just sounded really similar to german
Very true with the musical boundaries as they changed alot
It really only affected leaders. Common folk would just change who they give fealty, taxes, arms too.
But dress and daily life wouldnt change in regional areas.
We dont have major dress changes when we get a new president?
@@izzyeis5752 yeah, it's just odd to me that they used a German word to describe a swedish outfit. It seems like it would have made more sense to just call it her folk dress, if they didn't want to use the swedish.
okay wow Never saw that so called Dirndl when i got Kirsten for my daughter either, tho I paid a lot of money to a friend to knit the sweater and Hat for her, because it was just too cute! and friend knit one in blue in white that was a pullover for my other child who was all about molly, but they both loved their sweaters. Also made the Santa Lucia dress for my Daughter who went over ot friends house on the feast day of Santa Lucia (Dec 13) tray and all and she laughed and cried because it was a family tradition of theirs. Okay way too much memory lane here.
I can't remember when the Dirndl came out, but I think it was maybe mid to late 90s?
Thank you for this informative video! I’m looking forward to more.
Wow, it was so interesting learning about MG, Cecile, and Kirsten's outfits! I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work, this video is great! Good job! ❤
Thank you! ❤️
Great series. I would also like to see you make very accurate outfits for the dolls.
I enjoy these historical videos. Too bad they got it wrong so many times but at least they did try. Thank you, I hope you do go on and do all the girls.
Thanks!
Please continue this series. I can't wait to see Addy's collection. Can you do Caroline? Great video
I've already done Caroline, but Addy's video will be next! Caroline and Josefina were in last month's video.
Thanks
I would love to see you make/create new patterns for the AG dolls that sre accurate. That would be awesome!
When did the on the Trail dress come out, didn't exist when i bought her for my daughter.
Not until 1999. It went along with a short story.
Yes, folk-drakt ❤ in Norway there are plaid bunads (the folk dress), Telemark notably.
Oh interesting!
@LadyRebeccaFashions I have ancestors from both Norway and Bavaria. I can't escape folk drakt
Oh no... now I need about half of Kirsten's dresses for myself as well as Céciles Parlour Dress (just no yellow - yellow and my complexion do NOT like each other). Addy and Samantha will be very dangerous as well. Rebecca might... I am dabbling a bit in her era to wear at university. So please excuse me for a while as I am afraid I will have to check my fabric stash and patterns.
One thing though: I was very confused when you said one of Kirsten's outfits has a German name until I realized you meant a "Dirndl". You did the "rndl" part very good (most foreigners struggle with that), but the "i" has to be pronounced much differently. Think of the word "in" or the first one in "India" :)
But... "It is Germanic, it HAS to be a Dirndl!!!" No, American Girl. It doesn't. About half of Germany (my area included) has no Dirndl either.
Oh so interesting! Everyone in the US pronounces it the way I said it.
haha, right? 😆 although everyone wants to get one to get plastered in during oktoberfest now it seems, even up north, i've been seeing it in h&m i'm pretty sure ☠️
@@izzyeis5752 Yes, the "Faschingsdirndl" as my Austrian friend likes to call them. I own two "genuine" ensembles from professional shops, which cost A LOT more than the ones at h&m and co, but are very tasteful and so comfortable. I wear them for cultural events when visitng my friend as is still quite common in the Salzkammergut.
I love these videos so keep ‘‘em coming! Thank you so much for all the research you do for these videos.
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying them!
I know that Kirsten meet dress was a hand me down dress from her cousin. Then it's possible that her summer dress might be hand me down as well.
I can't wait for Addy next month! I have always loved addy and have actually managed to finally get her as of last year so I'm super excited to see how accurate all of her outfits are as I'm trying to make her clothes myself since they're so dang expensive 🥴😂 I kinda figured Cecile and Marie-grace weren't going to be too accurate, as most of their clothes did give me a "let's make it cute and shiny so little girls will want it" kind of vibes, especially the costume ball dress and coat. Honestly those colors make me think they were trying to cosplay cupcakes 😂 i am sad that Cecile's holiday dress isn't accurate tho, as it's so pretty on her. I guess claudie can get another dress though, since it fits her era better. I'm honestly surprised that Kirsten's st. Lucia outfit and celebration is actually inaccurate! I've always thought that one was very accurate, especially given it was one of the earliest outfits she got as a doll, and being as early pleasant company usually did their research, I'm now confused as to why Kirsten got such a huge mistake made in hers. I'm glad her promise dress is accurate though, as that's one of my favorites, another favorite is her mid-summer dress, the white with purple polka dots, and I'm hoping that one is accurate too as I would love to make one for my Kirsten too. I'm trying to memorize all this info so as I go to make each girl's wardrobe I can make it accurate to both the doll's character and historically. And i would love to see this series continue past samantha. Seeing how accurate each girl's era is is fascinating to me so I would love to see it continue.😊
Honestly, I was surprised when I found that out about St Lucia, too! And I'm not sure about her midsummer dress, since I haven't seen it in person, but I think the shape seems in keeping with her other dresses.
Lucia is so iconic and distinctive as a Christmas tradition in the Nordics that I feel they kind of had to include it even if it was a few years too early. It also reflects how immigrants brought that tradition to those areas of the US.
I remember being dressed as Santa Lucia when i was a child at school in Scotland. We had a Swedish teacher. I remember being terrified that th candles would burn me.I also had a Norwegian friend who let me dress up in her national costume. That had the black skirt with the red and green trim, a white shirt and apron, and a highly decorative embroidered wool vest. I found the photo not long ago , I also had some clog style shoes. Xx8
I can't even imagine wearing real lit candles on my head. I'd be terrified!
It was in the mid 70's in the UK, long before health and safety went wild.
I would enjoy if you did Rebecca, Claudie, Kit , Molly. Nanea, Maryellen, and stop with the 1960s with Melody!
I don't have Claudie, Nanea, or Melody (yet), and I don't have very much for Kit, Molly, and Maryellen, so we'll see what happens once I get past Rebecca!
So interesting! Thank you :-)
Marie Grace is so beautiful!
It's a shame they fudged Cecile and Marie up so badly, because they're such fantastic dolls! They could have done so much with the period and setting, but instead every outfit has something you itch to rip off. 😂 I'm still crossing my fingers that we'll get a re-release for them one day with a revised set of outfits.
I think Kirsten has the most beautiful wardrobe of all the dolls. The simple cuts and understated colours compliment each other so well, especially when they're doll-sized. it's a tight race between her and Addy.
Hi @Lady Rebecca! This comment isn’t about Kirsten or historical fashions, but it is about costuming for 18” dolls. Since I’m not deeply connected in that community anymore, I thought I’d drop it here, in case you or anyone wanted to glean some inspiration or pass it one to someone who is sewing for this size doll.
I saw another channel do a nifty reversible top, with a magical finish to the shoulder seam:
ruclips.net/video/-jsKG9eGCYg/видео.html
Maybe you already know of it, but I hadn’t seen it before. And while I watched it, I had the thought that it would be SO fun to make a reversible doll dress that way! Might need to do the final shoulder seam by hand at doll size, but wouldn’t this be a fun way to make a reversible 1960’s style A-line or sheath dress for a doll! Or maybe in Rebecca size? How about both?? 😉 I’m thinking about holiday dresses, or maybe Halloween patterns, or something. Where it was plain on one side for “everyday”, but hid a holiday surprise inside for special occasions. I have no little girl to sew for anymore, but maybe someone wants to run with it!
Hope you had fun at Costume College, and I’m looking forward to that “castle” video you teased us with! 😂
Hmm, I tried watching the video, but I do better with written instructions, and with only the visual, it didn't really work for me.
And which castle? The only castle I've been to recently are the ones from my UK trip, but those were in the UK road trip video from June.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Ah, too bad about the instructions not working for you. :( It’s a double layer top (or dress), where you sew everything together first - including the armsceys- except the shoulders. The bottom is left open, with each layer hemmed individually. So when you go to sew the shoulders together, you do it by turning (or leaving, maybe?) each half - front two layers, and back two layers - inside out. Then, instead of sewing all 4 of the layers together across the shoulder tops, you pin them wrong sides together so what you get is a RING at the top of each shoulder. Then you sew around the ring. This sews the two layers of the front together, and the two layers of the back together. But because the bottom of the shirt (or dress) is OPEN, you can still turn the whole thing right side out again through the bottom. It’s kind of magic!
Try slowing the video way down. I turned it to half speed, and it made more sense! You can turn it to as slow as 1/4 speed, if that helps.
It’s also like lining a sleeveless bodice/top, where usually you’d finish the bottom at the end by hand sewing the layers together. But this time you just hem each layer separately.
Or it also reminds me of those videos of making shopping sacks, where you turn the whole thing right side out through the handle. Usually you finish those by hand stitching the bottom together at the end, inside the purse/sack. Or you just have a seam that shows, because it’s in the inside of the purse lining anyway, and who cares? ;)
Anyhow, I don’t know if any of that makes sense! Maybe one of your other doll friends would understand what I am blathering on about! LOL
I may have misunderstood the castle video. Might have seen something from a couple months back and thought it was recent. In any case, I hope you enjoyed costume college. Your sink dress was divine!
@@DawnDavidson ah, thanks!
Please can you do a video on Claudie's outfits? Thanks 🙂
I have one on her and Rebecca coming out in a couple weeks!
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Whoop whoop! So excited to hear that 🙂 Thanks for replying
Kirsten and Samantha summer dresses are both the most historically accurate of both characters
I love Kirsten she was my favorite doll
She's the one that got me back into collecting!
When pleasant company was private owned the fashion was more $ but more historically correct
What about Addy? I'd say she's at least as poor as Kirsten, if not moreso. I never had the dolls, just read the books, but I'm really getting into vintage fashion lately so I'm soo bringing your videos now.
Please continue pass Samatha
I'm sure I'll do at least Rebecca. Not sure about past that though, as I'm not as knowledgeable about children's fashions past then.
Wrong purple, wrong green, and no gold. Deffo not Mardi Gras colors.
Hmm, maybe the purple and green are coming off different on screen? They definitely seem like the Mardi gras colors I've seen. You're right about the gold missing though.