Paris Accessories

[Laura Isabella]

Grace's Paris Accessories

Grace feels très chic when she goes out into the city with these accessories:
A white polka-dot purse
Fingerless gloves
A pretend Paris metro pass
Faux lip gloss
A glittery heart-shaped coin purse with an Eiffel Tower graphic



I love the polka-dot design of this purse, but I am immediately disappointed with the fabric of the purse itself. While coated cotton is on trend for women's purses, it is one of the least durable choices, and doubly so for a white purse! One drink spill or one chocolate smudge and this purse will be headed to the trash bin.

The faux-black leather details are quite realistic looking, however the buckle is secured with velcro.



The purse is lined, which is nice.



The fingerless gloves are a rehash of GOTY Isabelle's accessory gloves, but Grace's gloves are unmistakably hers with those black bows!



The coin purse is a bit cheaply made with just a regular ribbon as a wrist holder and the top stitching a bit heavy handed. The metro pass is of a heavier plastic, similar to library cards and bus passes in other accessory sets by AG.







The set concludes with Grace's lip gloss. The cap does not come off, so this is entirely a prop only. I would have never made this connection, but it has been conjectured that the lip gloss is included in part to explain Grace's brighter face paint, especially her "shiny" lips.

The Paris Accessories are nice but no single piece stands out as a "must have." With that said, I do like the purse--though I hope Grace is able to keep it bright and white! Overall grade A-.

[American Girl Rescue]

Jan 10, 2015 23:00:04 GMT -5 Laura Isabella said:

The set concludes with Grace's lip gloss. The cap does not come off, so this is entirely a prop only. I would have never made this connection, but it has been conjectured that the lip gloss is included in part to explain Grace's brighter face paint, especially her "shiny" lips.

Just want to say here that there is absolutely No Mention of lip gloss in neither of Grace's first nor second books.

[Jamirae]

I did not intend to buy this set; I picked it up in a hurry instead of the Welcome gifts that I had intended to buy, and I think this is way overpriced for what it is. Even with the approximate $5 off I got with the $10 off $50 deal under which I bought some things. $32 is the set price for this and all it includes is a cloth pursebag with vinyl/leathe strap and closur, fingerless black gloves, a heart shaped "coin purse" that doesn't close and would be ever so easy to make even for someone art challenged like me, a metro pass and lip gloss.

The bag is cute, will look nice with any of Grace's things without being "matchy matchy". Nice color/print choice. Fingerless gloves look so much better than faux gloves for these dolls, and these are cute as can be. COuld use them as boot toppers too. The lip gloss is a thrown in extra. I guess for $32, something else had to be added. Sun glasses would have been nice and a scarf as well for the price and AG still would have made out like a bandit.

Given that AG is selling similar accessory sets for about $6-7 with purses, gloves, sunglasses included, this is a very poor value set. As I stated, I did not mean to pick it up, and am tempted to exchange it for the Welcome Set that I do want to get.

My guess this will be deeply discounted at and after the end of the year, because I cannot imagine many people paying this price for the little one gets and with so much available out there for about a quarter the price. There is absolutely nothing special about this set. Not a thing. I give it a D, though the workmanship of the bag and the gloves are nice; yes, they are cute, but the value for the price is way to low for me to give it a higher grade.

[greendogs]

As a collector who tends to get the entire collection, there was no way I wasn't going to buy this set. However, for the price and what you get - the two don't really seem to "match."

The purse is super cute. It matches all of her outfits, and is a nice accessory. I like the little black mittens, but don't want to put them on my Grace or leave them on for fear of them getting stretched out. To me they are cute, not not useful. The wristlet with the metro card is fine. It actually sorta annoys me that the metro card has the date "2015" on it. Yes, she is the girl of the year and all, but I don't like things to be "dated" like that. Just something that irks me! The lip gloss is cute.

I give this a B. I like it, I'm glad I have it, but you don't get a large "bang for your buck."

[keeperofthepast]

This set is totally not worth the price. The purse is cute and the fingerless gloves are cute as well. The rest is just meh. The lip gloss is a funny addition, but Grace does seem a bit older.