Holiday Coat (RETIRED)

[SailAwayAK~]

*Samantha wore this outfit in the DVD Samantha: An American Girl Holiday.* It was released in 2004 and retired in 2008 with the first archival of Samantha's collection.

Samantha looks like and angel in this warm velveteen coat with faux-fur trim. Her hat has a matching velveteen band and pretty flowers. Black knitted mittens add a warm touch.


Samantha’s Holiday Coat for Dolls
$26 SROC
Grade: B

I really like this little coat. I find the quality is "OK" but then I already have the Sugarplum Coat and Sam's Cape and Gaiters. This is kind of a filler coat. wasn't something all that necessary to a collection. still it is nice and really soft and lovely with it's curly white faux fur. It snaps closed and then has the mandarin little knots to close as well. A cute touch. It fits my white Bodied Sam nicely with room for an outfit underneath. The cutest touch is the two black knit mittens that are attached together with a braided string just like my mother did with mine as a small girl.



The felt/velvet hat is nice and stiff shaped about the same as her meet accessories hat. A little large on her head though. I really like the two black ribbon rosettes on the velvet banding.

[samo22]

I really like this coat. I wasn't too crazy about it when I saw it online, but it is SO much nicer in person. I like the quality and detail of the closures. It seems more functional than her plaid cape. A

[C.I.Fairfield]

I like the coat better than I did two years ago, when it came out. For some reason it seems to fit better. However, like most American Girl outerwear, they seem to have forgotten that an outfit would be worn underneath it, and it is tight over all her outfits. The mittens are a nice touch and the fur trim is very nice.

[samo22]

^ Really? Yours is tight? I have a PM Samantha (so she's bigger), and over an outfit the coat is actually LOOSE. Weird...

[C.I.Fairfield]

The body is a little loose if it's over her Christmas or any other dress that's tight in the bodice, but the sleeves are very tight over the sleeves, especially when I run the mitten cord through them.

[scandia]

The hat is adorable. A+ for it.

Now that I got the hat done with, let me talk about the coat.

It fits on top of the Denim Jumper outfit. However, I guess it is the fur in the underneath layer, but the coat looks VERY bulky. It does not skim a doll's figure like the Sugarplum Coat does. It makes a doll look way too big, bulky, and stuffed. I may have to shear off some of the fur in order to make it look nicer.

Otherwise, the coat is beautiful.

Don't even know what grade to give- that bulkiness brings down an otherwise good coat.

[LaurenInChicago]

I got this coat for Christmas and I love it. Its very pretty and the colors look nice on Samantha. I like that its thick, because here in Chicago its a very realistic thickness for a winter coat (as I'm sure it would have been in Mt Bedford as well). A from me!

[Buckingham Alice]

I bought this coat a while back and just opened ot up last night. I like it a good bit, but there are a couple of minor issues. The fabric feels cheaper than I had expected, and not as soft. It does leave a good amount of room for a dress underneath... at the moment, Sam is wearing her talent show dress. The coat fastens easily with three snaps, and also has some lovely decorative frogs on the front. The mittens are adorable. The hat is quite a bit big, but I love the style and shape of it.

Coat - B+
Hat - A-
Mittens - A+
Overall - A

[Flanuora]

Aug 14, 2011 18:11:30 GMT -5 anne said:

Is the fur around the cuffs, neck and down the inside of the front of Samantha's purple coat supposed to be as white as the muff and hat that go with her cape?

If anyone has both of these items I'd love to see a picture of the two of them together or at least have your opinion.

Thanks.

The coat fur is a bit gray next to the bright white hat & muff. I still think they work together myself.

I have attempted to attach a photo from my iPhone with the LED iPhone flash. It look pretty close to reality to me tho it's not the best photo.

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[keeperofthepast]

I don't care for this coat at all. I really love Samantha's plaid cape and the Sugarplum coat has a similar look, but Is far prettier.