Evette Doll (2021-2024)
Oct 3, 2021 10:41:12 GMT -5
Post by bingandnelsonfan on Oct 3, 2021 10:41:12 GMT -5
Evette 18" Doll - $110.00
She has the Josefina face mold and is the #20-tone -- the "classic/original medium", matching like Josefina, TM #66, Luciana, etc.
Evette comes with a zip-tie, good quality body fabric and grey eyes. 2017 body tag.
Evette's meet dress is rayon (or feels just like rayon), very drapey. It is very orange in a nice, bright way -- not gold as suggested in some of the stock photos. There are little cotton thread belt loops on the side (one on each side) to hold the black vinyl belt. The belt has a real metal bright-gold-tone "buckle" (it's the kind you feed the belt through, but there are no holes). I was surprised, because the belt feels a lot nicer than I had expected. It's black vinyl on both sides. The boots are a thin printed vinyl with plastic soles. If you've had Blaire's brown boots (from the casual dress outfit), they're very similar in feel -- though no heels.
These WBU dolls have completely unique face paint, when it comes to AG dolls. Their eyebrows are thicker/fuller, and they have eye makeup (eyelashes) painted along the edge of their eye sockets. Each doll has her own unique pattern. Evette also has her own unique freckle pattern!
As far as picking out the doll, it was average for sorting through Josefina mold faces. There were a lot of dolls available in the Columbus AGP store to choose from (about twenty boxes), and she seemed decently consistent in face paint from doll to doll. Definitely a doll best chosen in person (if possible), just like any other Josefina face mold. She has the typical issues with eye placement, thin/full face, etc. But this is an amazing doll!
This is a very nice wig. Unlike the AG wigs from TM #44 or #26, or Gabriela or the CYO "medium tight/natural curly" option, this is a soft wig. It does not feel coated or hard in any way. While it photographs to look curly, it's really more like a perm. They're not ringlets at all. I haven't done anything to the original wig yet, so I'm not sure on the level of care needed.
The color is the golden dark blonde two-tone of GOTY Lea's hair (with Evette having just a few more highlights). AG listed this as Caramel, which matches the wig of TM #81. Yes, that dark blonde/caramel color is the base, but this has the more highlighted two-tone look of Lea. This photos compares Lea's wig with Evette's wig.
Something that I noticed about Evette while trying wigs on was the difference in her skin tone. She's sold and listed by AG as having the #20-tone classic/normal medium tone that has been used on dolls like Josefina, etc. Well, when I tried on the red wigs, I realized that something was different. She looked very good in the red wigs, which is unusual for most AG dolls (it can be hard to get the tones matched well for the dark red wigs).
That prompted me to pull out another #20-tone medium doll to compare. Photos here show Evette with my Bethany (a 2016 TM #62 head on a Lea body). In order for the camera to pick up the tonal difference, I have them both wearing dark red CYO wigs. Note how much redder and darker in tone Bethany (right) is from Evette. And these two dolls are sold as the same skin tone.
As a final photo, here's a picture of the three WBU girls together!
She has the Josefina face mold and is the #20-tone -- the "classic/original medium", matching like Josefina, TM #66, Luciana, etc.
Evette comes with a zip-tie, good quality body fabric and grey eyes. 2017 body tag.
Evette's meet dress is rayon (or feels just like rayon), very drapey. It is very orange in a nice, bright way -- not gold as suggested in some of the stock photos. There are little cotton thread belt loops on the side (one on each side) to hold the black vinyl belt. The belt has a real metal bright-gold-tone "buckle" (it's the kind you feed the belt through, but there are no holes). I was surprised, because the belt feels a lot nicer than I had expected. It's black vinyl on both sides. The boots are a thin printed vinyl with plastic soles. If you've had Blaire's brown boots (from the casual dress outfit), they're very similar in feel -- though no heels.
These WBU dolls have completely unique face paint, when it comes to AG dolls. Their eyebrows are thicker/fuller, and they have eye makeup (eyelashes) painted along the edge of their eye sockets. Each doll has her own unique pattern. Evette also has her own unique freckle pattern!
As far as picking out the doll, it was average for sorting through Josefina mold faces. There were a lot of dolls available in the Columbus AGP store to choose from (about twenty boxes), and she seemed decently consistent in face paint from doll to doll. Definitely a doll best chosen in person (if possible), just like any other Josefina face mold. She has the typical issues with eye placement, thin/full face, etc. But this is an amazing doll!
This is a very nice wig. Unlike the AG wigs from TM #44 or #26, or Gabriela or the CYO "medium tight/natural curly" option, this is a soft wig. It does not feel coated or hard in any way. While it photographs to look curly, it's really more like a perm. They're not ringlets at all. I haven't done anything to the original wig yet, so I'm not sure on the level of care needed.
The color is the golden dark blonde two-tone of GOTY Lea's hair (with Evette having just a few more highlights). AG listed this as Caramel, which matches the wig of TM #81. Yes, that dark blonde/caramel color is the base, but this has the more highlighted two-tone look of Lea. This photos compares Lea's wig with Evette's wig.
Something that I noticed about Evette while trying wigs on was the difference in her skin tone. She's sold and listed by AG as having the #20-tone classic/normal medium tone that has been used on dolls like Josefina, etc. Well, when I tried on the red wigs, I realized that something was different. She looked very good in the red wigs, which is unusual for most AG dolls (it can be hard to get the tones matched well for the dark red wigs).
That prompted me to pull out another #20-tone medium doll to compare. Photos here show Evette with my Bethany (a 2016 TM #62 head on a Lea body). In order for the camera to pick up the tonal difference, I have them both wearing dark red CYO wigs. Note how much redder and darker in tone Bethany (right) is from Evette. And these two dolls are sold as the same skin tone.
As a final photo, here's a picture of the three WBU girls together!