Meet Outfit II

[starwenn]

This outfit is worn by Josefina in the Beforever books Sunlight and Shadows, Song of the Mockingbird, and Secrets in the Hills.

Josefina's Outfit
Josefina greets each beautiful morning and dresses for a day of baking, gardening, and learning to make medicines. This authentic 1824 New Mexican outfit features:
A white camisa edged in lace
A bright-red skirt printed with a sprinkling of tiny blue wildflowers
A beautiful blue woven sash
Soft white drawers
Faux-leather moccasins with laces

My Josefina needed more clothes, so I was happy to pick up her only major release in BeForever's Phase I. This is more-or-less the same thing as her original meet outfit, except with a different, brighter skirt and sash. The camisa, moccasins, and plain white boxers are unchanged. The new skirt is really pretty though, a bright red with brilliant blue flowers (not polka-dots, as was originally believed) and two orange-y stripes trimmed with more flowers along the bottom. The sash is bright blue and has a woven look to it. The skirt and camisa seem to fit her pretty well.

Part of the reason I bought this was for the moccasins. The PM meet outfit I bought Josefina on eBay came with real leather moccasins that were falling apart. These are a soft suede-esque material, very fake, but probably longer-lasting. However, I had a really hard time getting it on Josefina's feet over the socks from her Shoes and Socks set, and my Josefina is a Mattel doll with small feet. I'll have to try her sans socks as in the picture online next time.

If you have a Josefina who didn't come with a meet outfit, I think the skirt on this one is really pretty - the colors are gorgeous - and it comes with quite a bit for your buck. However, if you already have Josefina's original meet outfit, you might want to see if the skirt comes as a replacement part or hope it'll show up alone on the secondary market or eBay.

[American Girl Rescue]

Josefina's Outfit
Item# BKL03
$36
Josefina greets each beautiful morning and dresses for a day of baking, gardening, and learning to make medicines. This authentic 1824 New Mexican outfit features:

A white camisa edged in lace
A bright-red skirt printed with a sprinkling of tiny blue wildflowers
A beautiful blue woven sash
Soft white drawers
Faux-leather moccasins with laces

So pretty! I was glad we are able to purchase the new meet outfit for Josefina separately. Josefina looks beautiful in the bright new colors!


                (original PC camisa - BeForever camisa)

The BeForever camisa is almost exactly like the original. It's thick, soft cotton. The only difference is the tiny trim around the edges is just slightly different than the original.


                    (original PC skirt - BeForever skirt)

The skirt is brighter red and has blue flowers dotting the background and yellow and blue 'trim' around the bottom edge. All of the trim and flowers are printed on the fabric, no embroidery at all. The weight of the BeForever skirt fabric is thinner than the fabric of the original PC meet skirt.


                            (original PC skirt - BeForever skirt)

The fake underskirt is 1.5 inches of white fabric sewn directly to the skirt -- on both old and new skirts. Only the trim on the underskirt is slightly different.



                (original PC under-drawers - BeForever under-drawers)

I could not find any differences between these two under-drawers. They seem identical in size and design.


                            (original PC meet moccasins - BeForever meet moccasins)

The new meet moccasins are a man-made leather that are really sturdy. The design and execution of the moccasins are identical. The BeForever shoe-strings should actually last! (my PC strings have been replaced)


                    (original PC brown sash - BeForever blue sash)

These are the exact same design as well. The only difference, besides the color, is the BeForever blue sash is 1/2 inch longer.



I absolutely LOVE these bright colors on my Josefina. She seems very happy to have something so bright in her wardrobe.

Grade A

[incagold]

Here's another photo of Josefina's new meet. I give it a solid A also!

[onemoredoll]

Here is my Josefina in her new BF Meet Outfit. At first I didn't like it since it seemed so bright but now I love it. Josefina looks amazing in bright colors. I think that the skirt is extremely thin and that better material could have been used but I do like the pattern and colors. I am glad they added a new pair of moccasins but I don't ever use them. I prefer Josie in her black/brown boots instead. Overall the outfit is fantastic. I knocked it down from an A+ to an A due to the thinness of the skirt.

[Wickfield]

Even though Josefina's meet barely changed for Beforever her new skirt is very beautiful! Although I think it may be a bit less accurate (I haven't exactly seen a similar edge pattern on period textiles) it is much more flattering than her original skirt. Apparently bright red is her color! I only ordered the new sash and skirt as replacement parts since the other items didn't really change. I think AG should have at least used different lace on her new camisa or done *something* so that the meet as a whole looked different, it would not be that hard. I also think they could have changed her hair ribbon so it matched - the blue hair ribbon has a greenish tinge that doesn't match the blue on her new sash and skirt, so it is very disturbing to me, lol.



I would give the new skirt and sash an A.