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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 11:48:41 GMT -5
Caroline's Work Dress Item# F2718 Price: $32
Caroline chooses this outfit when she helps Uncle Aaron on the farm:
- A stylish-yet-practical cotton dress printed with chains of flowers and featuring puffed sleeves, lace on the bodice, and pink trim peeking out at the hem
- A cap tied at the chin with white ribbon and trimmed at the top with pink ribbon
- Tan boots that are just right for lending a hand in the vegetable garden
As I am collecting for Caroline, this was a new addition, and a lower priced item to easily add to my collection. Prior to this, I was mostly neutral on many of Caroline's outfits. I always felt that there was not one outfit that stood out to me as being "Caroline". With AG's release of this outfit, I was thrilled. DressDress is all one piece, sewn together to look like it is layered. Material is your standard thin sturdy cotton. No difficulty in putting it on, even with an extra slip underneath. The pattern is pretty, and complements Caroline's eye color/hair color combo well. Grade: A- CapCap features a pink ribbon adornment and side white ribbons to tie underneath Caroline's chin. The cap, as Catlin mentioned, fits well enough to not warrant the additional bow to keep the cap on. I almost find my cap too tight, and there is no way it is going anyway even if I swing Caroline around. Made again of the standard sturdier cotton that Felicity and Elizabeth's caps were made from. Grade: A- ShoesThe shoes are a nice sturdy material, and a nice shade of grey-brown that I can see blending well with the mud Caroline would accumulate on her boots when working on the farm. They were easy to get on. My one complaint, which may just be with my pair of boots, is that the lace is too short to tie a bow. I will recheck it again tonight and try tightening the laces, but this is a disappointment. Grade: B Overall, I like the look of this outfit, and feel it fits Caroline's character the best of all of her outfits. It would have been nice if the pieces were actually separates to layer on, but I am guessing it would have bumped up the price of the outfit to more than people would be comfortable paying. I would recommend this outfit if you are collecting for Caroline or have a regency girl.
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Post by sharayahlynn on Mar 7, 2013 13:36:03 GMT -5
I am beyond pleased with this dress. It it well-made and absolutely beautiful. The cap is lovely and doesn't put up much of a fight if you need to adjust it after you tie it. The boots were a bit of a pain to get on, but I think they will be easier to slip on and off now I've wrestled with them and stretched them out a bit. Grade: A+
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Post by sharayahlynn on Mar 18, 2013 20:36:33 GMT -5
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Post by Wickfield on Apr 5, 2013 16:35:06 GMT -5
I am so glad they decided to make Caroline's work dress! She wears it a lot in her books and it suits the doll's coloration very well. It is just darling! Even though the outfit is one piece, it is executed to look like two pieces and it does a good job of that. If you just look around the sleeves, for instance, the white sleeves aren't just attached to the patterned bodice, there is additional fabric to make it look like she is really wearing an undershirt. I don't mind that it's one piece even though realistically it should be two, because I really probably wouldn't be mixing and matching these two pieces with anything else anyway. The fabric and detailing is very beautiful. I love the fabric pattern's design and it looks historically accurate and I like the incorporation of the pink inset, the lace, and the kind of gold/earth tone ribbon. The pink and green dress portion does seem a little dressy for work, but I'm wondering if it might be made to look like Caroline had outgrown the dress and couldn't wear it on nice occasions? The extra pink fabric at the base seems to look like it was added to let the dress down to a proper length, which may explain the otherwise slightly fancy dress being used for work. That's my headcanon, anyway. The cap is also very cute and looks really sweet on, I actually like the additional ribbon ties because they differentiate the caps from some in Lissie's collection (this is also historically accurate). It doesn't smush her hair. As far as the boots go, they are kind of awkwardly shaped in the front - like they don't indent enough toward her ankle, if that makes sense. They are the same cut as her winter boots but were easier to get on, and they were shown in the book vignettes, which is another plus from me. She reminds me of one of those old-fashioned china shepherdesses when she is wearing this gown and I think it is the sweetest thing. A+ for matching her coloration and for being featured in the books! ETA: I finally got around to trying this on over the undergarments I made for my Caroline. The dress fits fine over pantalettes, a shift, and a petticoat all at once, so I wouldn't say AG skimped on fabric. Just fwiw.
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Post by Hanne on May 11, 2014 16:53:03 GMT -5
Here is my Felicity in Caroline's work dress. I really like this dress and how it works with Felicity's coloring. The only drawback for me is that the boots don't seem to be fitted very closely to the shape of her foot. Maybe I just need to lace them more tightly, but I'd hate to rip the unreinforced lace-holes. Felicity in Caroline's work dress by hannebella, on Flickr I think this dress looks good on Kirsten too! image by hannebella, on Flickr
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Post by Nostalgia on May 30, 2014 18:44:43 GMT -5
Love this outfit! So glad I bought it. I would definitely give it an A. The fabric of the dress is quite thin but it's perfect for outdoor summer labor. The mob cap with the string and pink ribbon give the dress a nice touch. I wonder why Lissie never had a string around one of her mob caps. Anywho, my last comment is on the boots. Love the color but they were definitely hard to get on. What I learned is that you have to loosen the strings and stretch out the tongue before putting it on. It slips on so much better after you do this. I agree that the laces are much too short to tie.
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Post by meghanlee5 on Jun 25, 2015 6:11:07 GMT -5
I just put this dress on my Caroline for the first time, and love the way it looks with her coloring. I feel that the dress is really well made, even though it is one piece. Personally, I wouldn't be using it with anything else, so it doesn't matter much to me, so A+ on the dress. The mob cap is adorable, and definitely compliments the outfit well. I do find the strings a little awkward when trying to style her hair, but that doesn't affect the quality of the piece, so A+ again. The boots get an A- from me. They're nice, but do require a little more effort to put on. I do like the color, as I can use them with other outfits. Overall, I really enjoy this outfit.
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Post by chernayakoshka on Mar 8, 2020 10:50:14 GMT -5
Dress – A+This dress looks like it’s multiple layers, but it’s actually just one ingeniously sewn together to look like there are several layers. It’s all made of stiff, serviceable cotton that certainly would have served Caroline well as she attended to her chores. The greens and pinks of the dress are flattering against Caroline’s complexion. It’s simple in design yet fancy in patterning, and I love it. Cap – A+The cap is a standard mob cap with a pink ribbon and bow to tie it into the outfit. Long ribbons hang down from either side so you can tie it around Caroline’s chin or leave it loose like I do. I always enjoy a practical mob cap. Shoes – A+Sturdy, light brown boots. From a pragmatic standpoint, they’d hide dirt well. From a collector standpoint, I like how different these are from the fancier shoes of Caroline’s collection. They lace up with enough extra to tie into neat bows. Very nice boots! Good Value?Unfortunately, I didn’t decide that I wanted this outfit until it was retired, so I paid about $50 for it. Retail, it was $32, which I think is very fair for a full outfit with shoes. Overall – A+I, sadly, didn’t pay much attention to Caroline until after she’d retired, but once I did, I liked that she had this outfit as an alternative to her fancier dresses. It’s perhaps a little nice to be a proper work dress, but I could see her pulling it on to get some chores done. The pieces are beautiful, constructed well, and very pragmatic, and, to me, they recall the PC era of practical outfits. It looks like Caroline has been hard at work! Her hair could do with some neatening up!
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Post by keeperofthepast on Jul 11, 2023 15:32:00 GMT -5
A friend has this and the fabric is just darling. I personally think the skirt should have been a little fuller. The boots are very hard to get on a doll. The cap is very sweet and looks like Felicity's but with the addition of ribbons to tie under her chin.
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