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This outfit, while not explicitly marketed as a Hanukkah outfit, does appear in the catalogue and in store displays with the Hanukkah accessories. It includes:

• silver skirt
  
• blue sweater
  
• silver shoes
  
• headband
  
• "Kind" heart charm
  

The whole outfit is very sweet. The long sleeves and long skirt make it perfect for a girl with more modest tastes in clothing. The blue/silver combo continues the trend for a 2nd holiday outfit in these colors (Snowflake Ball Gown, Fancy Flower, Silver Belle).



The headband, unfortunately, includes one of the new Very Long Tags. It looks ridiculous on a doll, so I snipped it off after taking the picture. You can see in the previous photo that the headband does not perfectly fit a doll's head- which results in a small gap between the top of the head and the headband. Frankly, it looks silly. I think the outfit would have been better served with a cloth headband with an embellishment as it would stretch to fit the doll's head appropriately.



The sweater is a lovely ice blue. It's a bit snug on my #54 (released only a few months ago), who is one of the newer dolls. I wouldn't recommend it for an older, pudgier doll. The sweater is embellished with vertical lines of silver embroidery. Every other line also includes small silver sequins. The sweater opens all the way in the back for ease of dressing.



The skirt is nice and full. It includes spirals of fabric that decorate the hem of the skirt.



Pleasantly, the embellishments continue all the way around the skirt- something that AG hasn't been doing on many of its skirts/dresses.



Finally, there are sweet silver ballet flats with a little silver flower. These fit well, though they do make the feet seem a bit long.

Overall, it's a lovely outfit. The heftier price tag ($36) at least includes embellished shoes and the design going around the whole skirt.

Grade: B

As a former dancer and great ballet fan, I had to at least give this outfit a try.

With this outfit, you receive:

• pink leotard with attached skirt
  
• tights
  
• slippers
  
• leg warmers
  
• two hair ties
  
• pancake tutu
  

The leotard is actually fairly well-made. It has double camisole straps. It has a short attached skirt. I found this a bit annoying, as most ballet schools don't allow skirts, or limit their use to the center portion of class. However, if your dolls aren't serious dancers, this shouldn't be a problem.



The leotard fits well. When I first put it on, the neckline was quite scooped, but it just needed a bit of a tug to bring it up to the proper level.



The back of the leotard has a small American Girl logo. At AGP New York, all of the display dolls were wearing the leotard backwards- with the logo on the front. The catalog and website both show the outfit with the logo in the back. Furthermore, when you look at the outfit, the panty portion of the leo is cut so that the logo goes in back.



The tights are standard issue AG tights, though they seem smoother than previous versions.

The ballet slippers are a bright pink, unlike the previous outfit, whose slippers were a lighter ballet pink. These ballet slippers also have small bows. In most ballet schools, students are required to tuck these bows in. You can do that with with these shoes, but it makes them look a bit lumpy. Another problem with the shoes is that they have the elastics sewn onto the outside of the shoe, instead of the inside. Like the 2-in-1 shoes, they do have full soles made of a brown material, which is more accurate that the ballet slippers included in Marisol's outfit and the Swan Lake outfit.

The leg warmers are similar to the those from the previous outfit, but they seemed tighter. They are also bright pink, again in contrast to the previous outfit's lighter, ballet pink.



The tutu is a plain pancake tutu made of four layers of tulle. I don't care for it because a young girl in a good studio would not be wearing a tutu at such a young age. However, it is not ugly. The one awkward bit is that you can see the leotard's attached skirt through the tutu, as it is not removable.

Overall, this is a good outfit. It's better than the 2-in-1 outfit in that it includes tights, but in every other area, it falls short. The 2-in-1 is more accurate and doesn't have the annoying American Girl logo and attached skirt.

Grade: B-

Here are a couple little snapshots I took of Cécile!

My Kaya flits between being modern and historical. Here are a few photos of her:

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(My Kaya has had an eyeswap to decal brown eyes.)

There’s currently a review for all items in Rebecca’s collection. As always, you're welcome to post your reviews and good quality photos in the existing reviews threads. Thank you!

I bought both the snow gear and the snow outfit for Inky, but I realized I had really only wanted the snowshoes. I ended up returning the outfit and selling the knitwear and innertube here on Playthings.

I love the snowshoes! They look so much like the ones I lusted after in the REI catalogue as a kid. I took Inky out in the snow with them on, and they actually work well. Inky was much easier to stand up with the snowshoes on and she only sunk into the snow very slightly. As I had returned the matching outfit, I didn't have the proper boots. Luckily, the snowshoes fit just fine over the boots I did have, which are from the 2008 snowboarding accessories.

I give the snow shoes an A, but since I didn't even take the knitwear and tube out of their plastic packaging, I'm going to pass on rating those.

This is my #26 Iris, modeling, with the True Style Outfit underneath.

Holiday PWP Sweater Set 2010 by Colette Denali, on Flickr


Holiday PWP Sweater Set 2010 by Colette Denali, on Flickr

Holiday PWP Sweater Set 2010 by Colette Denali, on Flickr

Holiday PWP Sweater Set 2010 by Colette Denali, on Flickr

These glasses are a rich chocolate brown with clear blue plastic on the inner faces. Unfortunately, they are not as sturdy as the rectangle/blue glasses; the plastic is less dense. The arms, however, are slightly longer, which may help with keeping them on the doll's head.

Grade: C


Two tone glasses on left, rectangle glasses in the middle, chocolate glasses on the right.


The chocolate and two-tone glasses seem to be wider. They also have longer arms.


Chocolate Glasses on Josefina mold- on this mold, the bottom of the glasses does not rest easily on the cheeks, so it can be difficult to place them securely without being lopsided.


on the Addy mold


on the Sonali mold


on the #4 mold

I've had Inky for several years now, and I'm only just seeing to make a proper review for her. Inky has a very thick wig, but unfortunately, the retired version of #4 does not have the short hairs covering her wig cap. For this reason, I try to avoid taking photos of the back of her when in pigtail styles. I've heard that the new style of wig has the short hairs, but I'm so bonded to Inky that I would feel bad replacing her head.

Another hair problem is her gigantic bangs. I think they look ridiculous, but because I'm so attached to Inky, I'm loathe to rewig. Pieces of her bangs often get pulled back when I am doing her hair, and I have to pick them out as I go. It's kind of a pain, but not having the newer version, I'm not sure that the new wig style does much about this. I would consider a bangless wig, but she has the older style of line eyebrows that are not particularly attractive.

Most of my dolls have dark eyes- and I could be wrong about this- but, I think #4 has particularly dark eyes compared to the other brown eyes available. I will try to back this up with photographic evidence.

SKU: G0837-MF1A
$7.00



This red shirt was released w/ the 2010 Lanie release. It's a basic red shirt with a star decoration on the front. The tag describes it is "Classic Tee."

I like that consistent with the pink glitter tee, this one is not cropped. Otherwise, there's nothing really special about it. I give it a B+.

This is a lovely spring/ summer outfit. The shoes are a bit weird- I don't think I like them particularly well. The barrettes are the same as the ones from the Petals and Plaid outfit, only in lavender. I don't have Chrissa, but I put the dress on Zuleikha (#28) and she looks lovely.

Grade: B

This is a lovely outfit for Rebecca. I tried it both pulled down, dropped-waisty, and also more of a blouson style. The former looks nicer. I did find it to be rather tight. the scalloping along the bottom of the striped part of the dress is a bit oversized- I think it would have been much lovelier and more delicate with a smaller scallop. The ribbon is gorgeous!

Grade: A

The Wilderness outfit comes with a taupe thermal tee, a pink fleece vest, a pair of truly ugly brown pants and a set of hiking boot-like sneakers.


The shoes are black with pink accents. I feel that they would be nicer were they brown, so as to match the rest of the outfit. It's nice that they have the elastic style laces- this makes them easier to deal with. The tongue of the shoe is only attached on one side- an interesting detail.


The pants are ridiculous. They're a kind of windbreaker material, which is good for outdoorsiness, but really, the print is awful. The pants would look so much better were they a solid brown, with a small butterfly detail. The butterfly print really ruins the pants for me.




The cuffs have adorable little thumb holes, but they are much smaller than the ones on Mia's sweater. They cuffs are also fairly tight. It was somewhat frustrating getting Inky's hands through the sleeves, but not so much that I wouldn't use the shirt.



The right sleeve has a little green butterfly on it.

Grade: B
The pants ruined for me, AG!

Ivy is such a sweet doll. As others have said, she does look much younger than the other dolls.