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Post by American Girl Rescue on Apr 17, 2008 13:36:12 GMT -5
*Kaya's meet outfit can be seen in all the Kaya books*Her outfit consists of a deerskin dress trimmed with fringe, including a strand of porcupine quills and pretend clamshell beads. Also included is a belt, moccasins and real shell hair ties. Originally Kaya's meet belt was not velcro and you had to untie it from the front to take it off and on. The current belt is an imitation leather strap with a permanently tied suede lace in the front and has a velcro closure in the back. Re-issue meet belt Her dress is 90% real suede with fake porcupine quills that decorate only the front of her yoke. I have noticed that the first issue dress was made with a straight shoulder seem with just an opening for a neck hole. The meet dress was improved later with a more curved shoulder seem and rounded neck opening. 2002 Dress/2007 Dress 2002 Dress/2007 Dress 2002 Dress/2007 Dress Her moccasins are the same suede as her dress and fit very snuggly on her feet. They haven't changed since the first issue. meet moccasins Her braids are embellished with real shell hair ties. 2002 Kaya Referring to the 'spot' on the center front of Kaya's meet dress on the yoke just above the bead work. It is supposed to be there. It says in the book Welcome to Kaya's World: "To make the yoke, or top part of the dress, women folded the tail of the deer over and sewed it down. They left on the tail as a sign of respect for the deer." 2007 Kaya - deer tail spot on meet dress
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Post by QNPoohBear on Apr 17, 2008 14:57:56 GMT -5
Kaya originally came with either the tie belt or the velcro belt. Mine had the tie belt but I swapped it for a friend's velcro belt and we both got Kaya around the same time. The deer tail smudge also varies by dress. My Kaya's dress doesn't have any deer tail at all.
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Post by Colonial Rose on Apr 17, 2008 15:21:09 GMT -5
I thought the dress was synthetic suede? I used to have a length of ultrasuede that looked and felt just like Kaya's dress and they do say that all animal products are simulated unless noted and it doesn't mention it being real in the description. I've had both versions of shoulder on the meet dress and the adorned dress and I much prefer the curved ones. The straight seamed ones have a lot of unneeded hemming that make the shoulders stick straight out from the doll when the dress is new. I really like how the deer tail smudge varies with each dress, it makes them seem a bit more authentic somehow.
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Post by American Girl Rescue on Apr 17, 2008 15:36:57 GMT -5
Okay, I just called AG-CS and they said the material in her meet dress is 90% genuine suede and 10% polyester.
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Post by Gomunk on Jul 30, 2008 11:32:47 GMT -5
The only part I have of Kaya's Meet outfit are her shoes. I had requested Josefina's Meet outfit shoes adn they sent me Kaya's by mistake. I think her shoes do fit quite snug and after a minute or two I finally figured out how to tie them. Josefina wears them occasionally since the ones I got as replacements were sold to another board member with my first Josefina. Overall I give the shoes an A-.
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Post by bijou on Sept 20, 2008 12:02:57 GMT -5
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Post by MockingjayOnFire on Nov 4, 2008 15:18:56 GMT -5
I love Kaya's meet dress! I don't remember her coming with a belt, but that was a while ago since I got her when she first came out. The shoes, I will say that I'm very surprised that they made it through my childhood without the strings being ripped. They're very fragile. I love the dress, a few strings are missing on the top, but it looks fine. My only complaint is the snag-prone velcro. Kaya's braids get caught on it often.
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Post by JustMagicMaria on Feb 20, 2013 21:25:25 GMT -5
We have the 2002 version of this dress with the tie belt and straight shoulder cut. It is softer than it appears and quite well made.
Grade: A
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Post by cheshie04 on Jun 18, 2014 16:43:08 GMT -5
Her meet dress is really basic. Plain quality, snag velcro on back. My dress is the wings edition.
The tie belt is absolute sh!*. It barely fit when I was able to tie it closed. The holes in the belt rip. And the straps break too. To top it all off, the belt is cracking and shedding black pleather chunks!
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