Stilting Outfit - 1997 Special Edition (retired)
Apr 23, 2012 13:30:47 GMT -5
Post by maggiedoll on Apr 23, 2012 13:30:47 GMT -5
Addy’s Stilting Outfit
When the circus came to Philadelphia, everyone gathered to see the parade. Addy’s favorite part was the performer who walked on tall, slender stilts. Poppa used scraps of wood to make stilts that were just Addy’s size and painted them deep red. When Sam saw her practicing he named her Addy “stilt” Walker!
Put on Addy’s Purple plaid dress with long puffed sleeves and green plaid trim. It’s perfect for her new pastime because it has a pair of matching bloomers for modesty!
$28 ALO
(Limited Editionthis outfit introduced in 1997 )
Discontinued
When the circus came to Philadelphia, everyone gathered to see the parade. Addy’s favorite part was the performer who walked on tall, slender stilts. Poppa used scraps of wood to make stilts that were just Addy’s size and painted them deep red. When Sam saw her practicing he named her Addy “stilt” Walker!
Put on Addy’s Purple plaid dress with long puffed sleeves and green plaid trim. It’s perfect for her new pastime because it has a pair of matching bloomers for modesty!
$28 ALO
(Limited Editionthis outfit introduced in 1997 )
Discontinued
Historical background: Addy's stilting outfit is a reform dress, more commonly remembered as a bloomer outfit. Reform dresses were a simple, semi-lose dress with bloomers that may or may not be seen peaking under the garment. This outfit represents the Virtorian Dress Reform from 1851-1901.
Back to my dress, NIB in package:
Things don't stay NIB long around here.
The outfit is a dress, stilts, pamphlet and a special hanger. I forgot to take a picture of the box but it has a special "Special Edition!" banner with all (then) six girls. If you are nerd like me and need the pamphlet it basically rephrases what I have just copy and paste from the Playthings guide. Nice if you are pamphlet collector but not needed otherwise. It would had been nice if the dress had a matching ribbon, my Addy uses Ruthie's meet ribbon which is almost the perfect shade.
The dress and bloomers are made out of plaid, thin purple cotton with a green plaid trim. Even though it may not look like it, the dress is a good spring/fall outfit. Like most other outfits, the buttons on the front are just for show, it Velcro in the back. I believe my Addy is around 2002-2007 and the outfit is a little loose on her. That's okay because it is meant to be a play outfit.
Detail of the trim. Copycats, the plaid is only sewed into the yoke and waist, not on the bodice. The trim along the waist is actually the waistband. The trim is also along the hand and the cuffs. The bodice and sleeves are gathered but the skirt is pleated.
The bloomers are loosely gathered on the waist and the legs. The bloomers go all the way to the top of Addy's boots. The boots that match best are the boots from her boots and shocks set. Since there is no Velcro on the bloomers they are a bit hard to get on.
The stills are made of light but study wood painted a dark red. They are a bit of pain to store, I keep mine in the tray of Addy's trunk. Even though there is elastic on the stilts and footrests it is a bit of pain to get Addy to hold her stilts.
My Addy has very loose legs, so its a bit of a pain to get her to hold her steady on her stilts. She's leaning against the trunk.
The stilts are a good size for a child playing. She does not tower over other dolls, but there is enough of a difference to know that she's stilting.
I really like this outfit, and really wish that I could had gotten it for $28 in 1997.
The prices go pretty high on the market, but sellers have a tendency to overprice their used outfits. If you wait a while, you can spend only a little bit on a new outfit. However, the dress seems like it holds up well to play so a well used condition should still be in decent condition. In all, it is a very nice, neat play dress for Addy with an unusual accessory that makes a good display. A