Poodle Skirt Outfit
Oct 14, 2015 19:55:55 GMT -5
Post by Erin on Oct 14, 2015 19:55:55 GMT -5
This is my favourite outfit of Maryellen's! This just happens to be my Helen's favourite, too! It is very well made and worthy of a 36 dollar price tag. It is very accurate to her books (it is the outfit she chose to wear for her first day of fourth grade). My Helen is 15 years old, though she still rocks this little ensemble! It fits perfectly.
The blouse is very soft. The shirt part is a semi-soft cotton and has four faux buttons on the front. The sleeves are a lovely pink polka-dotted silk which is very soft. The scarf has a multitude of purposes. You can tie it around her hair, or her neck. I personally think it looks the best around her neck. It is the same fabric as the sleeves.
The skirt is definitely my favourite part of the set. It is a wide, black, quilted circle skirt which has a very decent weight to it. It is very thick and well made. The appliqued poodle is made out of pink silk with two black bows; one on it's ear and the other on it's neck. Attached to the poodle is a long, pink leash, which is stitched on. It goes all the way up to the elastic waistband. When you lay the skirt flat, it almost looks like a record!
Fun fact: back in the 1950's, it was more common to have a telephone with a telephone cord on a circle skirt than a poodle with a leash. Yet we call them poodle skirts, not telephone skirts!
The shoes and socks are very sweet. The socks are quite thick. They can be pulled up nearly to a doll's knee, but all 1950's girls folded them down neatly to their ankles. The shoes are lovely little saddle shoes; similar to Molly's. One shoe is a little smaller than the other (again, accurate to Maryellen's story). They're made out of pleather, with a brown plastic base. The shoelaces are a white cord and are very easy to tie. A doll can stand up in them very easily.
Overall, this outfit gets an A+ from me. I also find that it looks swell when I add a pair of Our Generation cat-eye glasses to it! I certainly would buy this outfit again!
The blouse is very soft. The shirt part is a semi-soft cotton and has four faux buttons on the front. The sleeves are a lovely pink polka-dotted silk which is very soft. The scarf has a multitude of purposes. You can tie it around her hair, or her neck. I personally think it looks the best around her neck. It is the same fabric as the sleeves.
The skirt is definitely my favourite part of the set. It is a wide, black, quilted circle skirt which has a very decent weight to it. It is very thick and well made. The appliqued poodle is made out of pink silk with two black bows; one on it's ear and the other on it's neck. Attached to the poodle is a long, pink leash, which is stitched on. It goes all the way up to the elastic waistband. When you lay the skirt flat, it almost looks like a record!
Fun fact: back in the 1950's, it was more common to have a telephone with a telephone cord on a circle skirt than a poodle with a leash. Yet we call them poodle skirts, not telephone skirts!
The shoes and socks are very sweet. The socks are quite thick. They can be pulled up nearly to a doll's knee, but all 1950's girls folded them down neatly to their ankles. The shoes are lovely little saddle shoes; similar to Molly's. One shoe is a little smaller than the other (again, accurate to Maryellen's story). They're made out of pleather, with a brown plastic base. The shoelaces are a white cord and are very easy to tie. A doll can stand up in them very easily.
Overall, this outfit gets an A+ from me. I also find that it looks swell when I add a pair of Our Generation cat-eye glasses to it! I certainly would buy this outfit again!