Frilly Frock (RETIRED)

[Skayh754]

This item was released in 2014 under the BeForever branding, and retired in 2017.

Samantha's Frilly Frock
Item# BKD37
Samantha wears this fancy finery when she goes to an elegant ice cream parlor in New York City. It includes:
A shimmery satin dress with a fashionable dropped waist and a three-tiered skirt—it’s trimmed with rows of intricate lace and has a dramatic lavender bow on its sash
White tights
Spiffy lavender boots with bows and pearly buttons
A big lavender hairbow
$36


Dress: A-
Very cute! Love the pastel colors and the soft fabric! Lovely lace and details! The one con I have is the very visible "bloomers line." I had to pull Rebecca's bloomers down a bit and re-adjust them to get the dress to look right. Not a huge deal though, especially for such an adorable dress! The dress also has the softer velcro, which is very nice.

Tights: A
Basic white tights.

Boots: A+
LOVE! So unique! These are what totally sold me on this outfit! I love the metallic purple, even if it's maybe not historically accurate, and they velcro down the back, so they are very easy to get on and off!

Hairbow: A
I know that some people don't like the bows attached to the scrunchies because it isn't historically accurate, but let me tell you, as someone who could never get Samantha's bows to lay straight and look right, I LOVE it! It is very easy to get on and looks great!

Overall: A
I really, really like this outfit. Especially on Rebecca. I was a bit skeptical when I first saw it on Samantha, but I knew I had to get it if just for the shoes! I put it on Rebecca and I think it suits her so much better! I know that there have been complaints about it being too shiny and too pastel-y, but I actually really like both of those qualities! It's something very different and I know that a lot of the target market will love it!


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[starwenn]

I wasn't sure about this dress when it came out in August. Sam already has at least three pink or white frilly warm-weather dresses in her collection. Did she need this? I finally caved in when I saw some rave reviews online and decided that, if nothing else, the shoes were different. My best friend got this for me for Christmas.

First of all, this dress is VERY tight on my PM Samantha! I did get it on her with a little squeezing. The boots, nifty as they are, are tight too. It's worth it when you get it on her, though. This outfit is so cute! I love the soft, silky fabric and the very sweet skirt, with its tiers of lace and pink ruffles. The boots are both beautifully elegant and historically accurate. The pearl buttons aren't functional, but they're a nice touch. (I also appreciate the lavender bow scrunchie - I'm not good with bows, either.) The tights are simple white tights, but they're nice and thick.

This is a very sweet spring-summer outfit for Rebecca, Nellie, BeForever or Mattel Samantha, or other slimmer early 20th century girls.

[Jamirae]

I wasn't going to get this outfit but at half price, I could not resist. It's not going to my mother's Samantha, however. As others have noted, this dress looks like it's made for Rebecca, fancy shoes and all. I was pleasantly surprised to find it a lovely, though tight fitting outfit.

I am not a fan of the color lavender at all, and the lilac ribbons (and shoes) give the dress that color effect. My one wish about this dress is that I wish the ribbon around it were not sewn on so that other colors, such as white, pinks, burgundies, black, gray could be substituted. I may pick out the ribbon and resew the seams so that the dress is more so versatile. Had that been doable, the dress would have gotten an A+ from me. It's not as pretty a dress, IMO as Sam's meet dress, and is redundant in her new scant collection, but it is definitely a very nice wardrobe piece and the shoes make it unusual.

[cheshie04]

I'd never thought I'd like this, but at half off, why not give it a chance? AND I LOVE IT.

This is such a cute outfit. The color may seem wrong, but it works well with Sam and her collection (old and new).

I was worried about the boot velcro snagging the tights, but you can be careful and have no problems. The dress is very fitted on my Mattel Sam, but cute. I had to look at the stock photos to make sure the bow was supposed to be all facing down funkily. The boots are cute and I love that it comes with tights. The bow is cute too, and I'm glad that mine has all the loops where they should be. I'd just worry that the hair tie will wear out if in too long.


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[mamared]

Combined photos/comments from other threads:

Feb 22, 2015 13:18:29 GMT -5 dollydeadest said:

So sorry for the horrible pictures. There is no sunlight today and the flash from the camera is pretty harsh. .

Aug 29, 2014 21:40:52 GMT -5 sawyer said:

Here is a close up picture of them. My camera glare is there but matte is a really good description. When I think of metallic I imagine Dorothy's red shoes in the Wizard of Oz

Nov 7, 2016 21:34:25 GMT -5 Wickfield said:

You know what's funny about Samantha's Tea Dress? The real life version was actually a brighter shade of pink!

Nov 13, 2016 21:03:29 GMT -5 Argos said:

Oh my gosh, that's hilarious! But what about Samantha's Frilly Frock--I mean surely not? The boots?

Around the time that dress was released we speculated these 1890 boots might be the inspiration although they were made for women (possibly a more shocking woman as well):


Here's another pair in a closer color: