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Post by QNPoohBear on Feb 19, 2007 16:09:39 GMT -5
Released in 1994, retired in 2006. Later replaced with the Crinoline & Chemise set.Getting dressed was quite a chore with underwear as elaborate as Addy’s! Help her into the hoped skirt called a crinoline that gives her dresses their fashionable flair. Then add a white chemise and a ruffled red petticoat for even more fullness.Addy's undies set includes a cotton undershirt, a turkey red petticoat and a crinoline hoop. The cotton chemise goes down almost to her knees and has a cute little (faux) button over the velcro closure. The crinoline hoop has Pleasant Patterns Company printed on it. My Addy's crinoline bunches up and doesn't hang the way it should but it helps her skirts poof out. The turkey red petticoat is really cute and helps poof out her skirts when the crinoline doesn't fit. The color is one that was so popular in Addy's day. The set is cute and well-made and worth it to give Addy's skirts that classic Civil War look. Grade: A
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Post by thanx2mj on Jul 9, 2007 20:11:53 GMT -5
I got this set as a group of replacement parts. It's a nice set. Not anywhere near as usable as Samantha's or Josefina's underwear sets are. The hoop is nice but Addy can't be put on her stand with it on. The crinoline shows through most of her dresses--something that was not proper in her time. Some of the necklines on her dresses also prevent me from using the chemise. This set is cute, but very limited in function. I use Samantha's and Josefina's underwear sets all the time, but then again Pleasant Company designed theirs to actually work with their clothes. The bright red crinoline is very limited. I mainly use this set for the hoop, which makes Addy's Flower Picking, Birthday, and Christmas dresses look so much nicer. B+ The crinoline is cute but pretty much worthless.
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Post by nannypam52 on Nov 2, 2007 0:18:23 GMT -5
I recently purchased Addy's undies set off ebay. It was a set I had wanted for some time and was disappointed when I recieved it to find that the wires had separated and were slightly bent from the mailing. I figured I could bend them back and gently slide them into place. To my dismay as I tried to reshape the skirt I ran into a red waxy substance that began to ooze out of the fabric. An email and 2 calls to American Girl left me with no answers. They had no idea what the stuff was. As it was already a mess, and I sew a little, I decided to go ahead and dismantle the garment and see if it could be salvaged. The goo turns out to be an adhesive used to attach paper (or tape?) to the wires to hold them together (why red?). The sticky stuff came off of the wires with a damp cloth and baking soda, but I am still trying to get rid of the red stains. I used a little baking soda on the garment and it got rid of the "sticky" feeling. A stain stick has faded the red somewhat (I am treating it for a second time). My advice is, store this garment CAREFULLY! If the wires should bend and become separated DO NOT try to slide or rebend them. Find someone who sews and can take the garment apart. If I had, I don't think I would have had as big of a mess. I can't believe that this was suppose to hold up to a child playing with it.
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Post by Colonial Rose on Nov 2, 2007 7:40:37 GMT -5
A for the parts I have. I got the chemise and red petticoat as replacement parts from American Girl (they were tagged Pleasant Company), I only have Addy's Christmas and school outfits, but I use the set with Kirsten's clothes also. The chemise does not really go onto my PM Felicity, it does however fit Kaya with a bit of manouvering. It is basic white cotton with eyelet trim and a button over the velcro, however I thought the button was supposed to go in the front and not the back, it fits under the clothes better for me that way. The petticoat I love, it is a nice shade of red with a plaid pattern and a flounce/ruffle at the bottom. It fits well under all the dresses I wanted to use it with and gives the skirts a nice fullness.
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Post by princessredpez on Jan 11, 2008 15:12:23 GMT -5
I just received the Undies via ebay and have mixed emotions about them. The little cage hoop is adorable, though extremely wide. While I haven't made a dress for my doll (I plan on using them for programming and will be making more adult style dress for Civie who is a BATTAT doll) I think it maybe too large for the doll but will know better when I finish her first dress. B+ The chemise is too short. It hits my Civie just above the knee and most Civil War era chemises are knee length or longer. The style is also a bit off. I have found that my PM Felicity shift actually has a more authentic style than the chemise included. This shouldn't bother the average collector, but for me I will probably use the shift because it is more historically accurate. C+ The petticoat. I LOVE THE PETTICOAT! It is, perhaps, my favorite part of the underpinnings! The turkey red color is fun and the style is very nice. I have found that it is just a tad shorter than the bottom of the cage, but if Civie wears the petti below what should be her natural waist it works well. A- I think a little corset would have been a fun addition, as would a pair of drawers, but all in all the set is wonderful. The image below is Civie wearing the outfit with Felicity's stays. Picture: i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/princessredpez/100_0475.jpg
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Post by EofA on Oct 26, 2008 20:57:58 GMT -5
Addy's chemise is simple, soft and sweet. Mine wears it all the time (and yes, the button goes in front) under her heavier dresses or those whose necklines won't allow it to show. B for the chemise; would be better if it had a slightly lower neckline for versatility under Addy's Civil War-era necklines: I am not entirely happy with the red petticoat, which rates a B. It does indeed tend to show beneath her skirts, and I don't find it all that useful with her AG outfits because of this. I mainly use it with the non-AG OOAK outfits I own, all of which have much more fullness in the skirt to offset the full petticoat. Perhaps I ought to be rating Addy's AG-issue dresses lower because they aren't cut generously enough to accommodate the necessary and appropriate undergarment! Lastly, the cage hoop or crinoline. This is so ingeniously designed, and so Civil War era accurate that it's hard not to like it (and it almost makes me forgive the lack of trainer stays for Addy. Why is Felicity the only doll who gets stays?). But the cage crinoline has limited use with most of Addy's AG outfits because they aren't full enough to cover the circumference of the hoop (shown here above the petticoat so you can see it better, although in real life I understand that the cage would be worn under a petticoat for comfort). My understanding is that the cage crinolines were fashion items for fancy occasions, not undergarment necessities for girls of Addy's age and station, so since period authenticity is important for me, mine doesn't get used every time I dress Addy. Her Tartan Dress works with it, as does her Birthday Dress (although since I pose Addy sitting at the table on her birthday, I don't tend to put it on under that dress because it's too awkward to position her in it), and her blue school suit. Here it is under the Tartan Dress: The limited utility of the hoop lowers the grade to a B+. Like the petticoat, it's great to use with non-AG OOAK outfits that are cut more generously, like the one Phoebe-as-Harriet is wearing in the bottom photo. I've always been amused that Pleasant Rowland patented her crinoline design. French and German doll manufacturers as far back as the 1850s were making them for the fashion dolls of the era, so Rowland definitely did not invent the design in miniature. Anyway, unless you feel compelled to collect everything from Addy's collection, I think it is safe to pass on this set, which is retired and tends to be dear on the secondary market. If you can find just the hoop, that's about the only thing that is really unique about it. Any full petticoat in the color of your choosing will do. The chemise, while sweet and simple, can also be replicated or replaced with a colonial shift as suggested by princessredpez above. Doing so has the advantage of a lower neckline, and thus more versatility. Neat article on cage crinolines is HERE.
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Post by daughterofthedryad on Nov 1, 2009 14:17:39 GMT -5
Just a quick note on historical accuracy here, the chemise style IS accurate to the time (although a lower neck could've been used) and girls in the 1800s did not generally wear corsets until they began to develop a "figure" (thus the lack of corsets in the 1800s undie sets). Corded stays (soft and pliable) could've been worn to give the wearer a "landing place" for petticoats and such so they would not fall off the wearer's hips.
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Post by Lorem Ipsum on Feb 1, 2011 18:55:55 GMT -5
another note on historical accuracy... girls addy's age and especially her class probably wouldn't have had a hoop skirt/crinoline, though many girls wanted to wear them. Sometimes girls would save up for one together, and take turns wearing it. I don't know where Addy might have gotten one, if she was busy saving for the freedman's fund or for a gas lamp or whatever. Instead, for "poof" and for warmth, many girls wore petticoats upon petticoats. They were usually white, but oflen also red or black (+ to AG) or made of skirts that were too worn to wear on the outside, not nice enough. A petticoat was oflen worn under the hoop, too, in case a strong breeze caught the hoop and lifted it(I think... I don't remember if this is just for reenacting or how history was.)
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Post by artz_annie on Jun 1, 2011 23:03:05 GMT -5
I totally LOVE THESE!!!!!!! Best $16 I ever spent!!!! I love them.. I have always wanted them but the ebay prices are crazy.. I got super lucky having a friend who refused to sell at eBay prices or collectable pricing.. So I got a steal..
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Post by skukla on Nov 6, 2011 12:30:01 GMT -5
Compared with my Harriet's ( Cécile 's.) Addy's are shorter and wider, with the smaller hoop just above the bottom, larger, one:
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Post by keeperofthepast on Jul 11, 2023 17:25:37 GMT -5
Addy's red petticoat is such a bright spot of color under her dresses. I really love the look of these.
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