Tea Party Jumper Set (2008-2010)

[PleasantMemories]

The tea party outfits have never been one of my favorites and I wasn’t planning to add them to my collection. However, a discounted price and the “purpleness” won me over. The pieces also have some mix and match potential.

The tea party dress set is my least favorite of the two tea party outfits. The set includes a green t-shirt, purple jumper, headband, shoes, and tea party book.

Green T-shirt: The T-shirt is definitely the highlight of the set. I really like it when AG includes plain t-shirts, though the light green ones are beginning to feel a little redundant. This shirt is a couple shades lighter than Sonali’s and the one from the artist outfit. The cut is also a little boxier than the 18” ones and the sleeves are a little tighter. However, it still fits the full-sized dolls.

Jumper: The cut and the pleats are alright, but something about the design seems a little off. Perhaps, it would look better if skirt had one more tier. The flowers are also horrendously tacky in my opinion. They are large and poorly placed. Then again, I’m not a flower person. The jumper fastens with snag-less Velcro. It is a little short on the 18” dolls and doesn’t look right with tights. Therefore, my 18" dolls have been wearing it with capris.

Shoes: These shoes are in the running for worst PC/AG shoes ever. They are made of cloth, Velcro, and what seems to be cardboard. The shoes do not fit the 18” dolls very well. They are too small. The shoes fit okay on the bittys, but there are still evident design flaws. Also, each shoe has a tag that sticks out like a wing.

Headband: AG has yet to perfect doll headbands. This one is no exception. It is too small and doesn’t sit well on the dolls’ heads. Also, the headband has an annoying tag that gives the doll the mad-hatter look. The only way to get rid of this look is to cut the tag. Again, the tag seems really unnecessary.

Book-The book is a typical Bitty Twin book. We read the story once, but probably won’t look at it again.

I’d probably give the outfit a C- or D+. It is one of my least favorite Bitty Twin outfits, if not my least favorite. I definitely wouldn’t pay full price for this set, but that’s just me.

[mom2princesses]

I have to agree that the shoes with this set are absolutely useless. They are flimsy on the bottoms, as mentioned before, it seems like a piece of cardboard between two pieces of fabric. the ankle strap is too big for the bitty dolls and the toe part is not long enough to stay on. I have trouble getting the shoes on the dolls and my daughter (3.5) does not even try. The tag on the sides is really silly looking and the shoes do not stay on through even very light play.

With the excpeption of the shoes, however, I think this outfit is very cute. I actually like the flowers, I think it adds detail to the outfit. I am glad to see that the Tshirt is seperate from the jumper, for me thats an additional plus. The headband is not bad, though I would have prefered to see a cloth wrap-around headband similar to what bitty and the twins have had in the past.

The book is cute, my dd enjoys it and looks at it often.

Overall, I give this outfit a B- due to the awful shoe design.

[Memory]

I also bought the teaparty jumper because it was on sale and I liked the tee shirt. I decided to add a tier to the skirt to make it long enough for an AG and I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

I added the same lace to the straps but underneath so it doesn't look TOO ruffly, and a little lace across the top of the bodice to fill in the blank space that would ordinarily be covered by the tee. Can't use a tshirt under the jumper any more because now it's too dressy.

The shoes are silly. I agree. But they do fit a regular AG.

The tshirt fits an AG perfectly and I like the soft green color.



So because I could modify the jumper and the flowers worked well with my changes, I really like this. Ignoring the book, which is too cute for my taste, I'd give this a B+ after I changed it.

ETA: I took the killer plastic out of the headband and inserted elastic instead.

[EofA]

The Last Chance sale sold me me this outfit for my daughter's Bitty Twin.

My problem with this outfit is that it can't seem to decide if it is a fancy dress or more on the casual side, and I think AG could have done without the foofy flowers since it tips the balance toward casual. I mean, they are pretty enough if you like fabric flowers, but the fight with the fabric and t-shirt. I agree with other posters that the separate t-shirt is a highlight, but I think the sleeves of the shirt are a shade too short to comfortably cover the fabric arms on most Bitty Twins. It's a nice shade of green, at least. I was worried about potential problems with the cut and pleating on the jumper but overall I think it is a nicely done, although I agree that it would have been nicer with an extra tier on the skirt.

I think the flimsy shoes are completely impossible for little hands to work. They don't stay closed and thus fall off a lot. The Fail is extra strong because of the weird placement of AG tags on each shoe. The headband worked so long as it was positioned just so in our short-haired girl's hair, but like most AG headbands it is not really functional for holding back hair.

All in all, I think this outfit merits a B- grade because of some strange design issues and flaws. It was worth the $12 deep discount price before it was retired, so that mitigates some of my complaining.

Outfit on a Bitty Twin doll: