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Post by Cheekadee on Aug 27, 2006 22:54:54 GMT -5
Meet Outfit I Grade: A The Good: Lots of mix and match pieces. Some very classic "basic" pieces like the white blouse, t-shirt, etc. Good color coordination, and majenta is a great "girl" color without being too barbie. The Bad: Technical: The shirt connects with velcro, rather than buttons, which means it doesn't look as nice hanging open. And if you leave the blouse open, you have a majenta overload! Emotional: While a part of me loves that the Today Outfits are such great indicators of the trends of the times, this outfit to me is not at all representative of 1995. At the time I got this doll, I was twelve, and girls were no longer wearing leggings and big shirt combos like this. This outfit is something Blossom would wear, and by 1995 Blossom had hit the realm of "uncool." So the doll felt dated as soon as I got it! However, if I just think of it as "early nineties outfit" I don't feel as bad. Notes: While the description states that this comes with velvet flats, my set never came with the velvet flats, a fact I remember quite distinctly. Instead, it came with the same plastic Mary Janes that you get with Molly and Samantha. Of course, I forgot these at my childhood home in Washington so I couldn't include them in the picture :-(
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Post by PleasantMemories on Aug 29, 2006 0:14:31 GMT -5
Hmm... I have a couple of these outfits, each one has a different white blouse: one has snaps, one has buttons and one has velcro. I agree that the velcro isn't the greatest. All of mine came with the velvet flats.
This is my favorite meet outfit since it comes with so many pieces.
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Post by Cheekadee on Aug 29, 2006 12:02:08 GMT -5
That's actually really interesting that they had so many different versions of the shirt - I wonder if they underestimated demand, and had to get more made from a seperate factory. That might also explain why I didn't get the flats - they'd run out temporarily and just put Molly shoes on.
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Post by dollsforever on Dec 28, 2006 20:36:07 GMT -5
I have this outfit and I love it. I like the fact that it doesn't have real buttons they take to long to button. Overall score: A+
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Post by samo22 on Jan 30, 2007 12:23:02 GMT -5
I like how the pieces of this outfit all look good on their own. I love the button up shirt -- it's adorable! This outfit is also VERY early 90s, which I think is cool. The leggings do look slightly odd though. B+
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Post by thanx2mj on Apr 14, 2007 22:47:13 GMT -5
I was 11 in 1995, and I agree that this outfit is very dated for the time period. But maybe Pleasant Co. was working on it in 1993, so when it came out it was dated. I think this outfit and the yellow one were both very dated by the time they came out, and not very accurate for the years they were the main outfit.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2008 16:00:38 GMT -5
I think it's the best meet outfit so far, even though it's so dated. It seems like in the "old days", the meet outfits were heartier and had more pieces, nicer fabric, etc. I have this one, the urban one from 2000, and the ILYS one from 2007, and this one is the most high-quality.
I never put my grin pins on it, though. Haha. I put them on a box, which is now covered with them.
Mine came with the velvet flats, but my friend's didn't. My sister's did, though.
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Post by LinneaAnne on Jun 19, 2009 17:28:03 GMT -5
Here is my #3 in the first meet outfit, that she came in. I did get the velvet flats with mine. They have gotten very worn over the years..they are one of my favorite pairs of shoes.
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Post by Britta on Jan 6, 2011 14:50:14 GMT -5
I got my doll wearing this outfit for Christmas 1995 when I was 10, right after the dolls came out. I agree that the style was not up to date, but I didn't care! I was just so excited about the doll. My doll came with the velvet flats, unfortunately. As any self respecting kid would do, I took off her clothes right away and her feet were stained dark gray from the shoes and still are. So I would advise not keeping the shoes on a doll for more than a few hours if you don't want stained feet!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2011 20:59:46 GMT -5
I also got my AGoT #4 when they first came out, and I agree that I do not remember wearing anything like this as a girl in 1995. I didn't mind the vest, white shirt (mine has the snaps) and the black flats, but magenta is not a colour for me.
As for the shirt, I think I read somewhere that the first version came with the snaps, but due to complaints of the functionality/longevity/difficulty of the snaps, PC replaced then with the velcro.
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Post by starwenn on Jan 4, 2012 21:54:04 GMT -5
I picked this up in mint condition on eBay for my PM #4 Jessa for Christmas. I really didn't have any interest in the modern dolls when they debuted in 1995, and I barely looked twice at this outfit. I mainly bought it for the pieces, rather than the outfit as a whole. While yes, it looks extremely early 90s when put together, it remains one of the best for mix-and-match. Jessa's wearing the vest turned to the magenta part now. It came with Grin Pins still on the cardboard, but not the velvet flats (not a huge loss, since Jess still has the velvet flats from her First Day Meet Outfit). My white shirt came with Velcro.
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Post by rosina86 on Apr 5, 2012 18:56:11 GMT -5
I have always really loved this outfit. Mine came with my Girl of Today back in October of 1995. All of the pieces are very high quality and made of a nice thick material which have held up very well over time. The white blouse came with snaps and my shoes were the black velvet flats. I would definitely recommend this outfit if you are looking for clothes from the '90's. I give it an A+ Mod edit to remove inaccessible image link.
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Post by cymbre on Aug 31, 2017 21:06:10 GMT -5
The underwear elastic was crunchy when I got this on a doll in 2012. I believe the leggings elastic was also toast. Velvet shoes, snaps on blouse.
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Post by ag.maria on Jul 8, 2020 14:44:01 GMT -5
I want to add that I picked up a doll still in its box that came with this card. It appears that some dolls came with this, which offers a free pair of flats for those dolls that came with Mary Janes. It seems that AG was well aware of the staining issue and packaged dolls with the plastic Mary Janes as a result- they promise free flats after February 1, 1996. I wonder if that ever happened or if the company completely nixed the idea.
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Post by songcrystal on Jul 8, 2020 23:45:59 GMT -5
I want to add that I picked up a doll still in its box that came with this card. It appears that some dolls came with this, which offers a free pair of flats for those dolls that came with Mary Janes. It seems that AG was well aware of the staining issue and packaged dolls with the plastic Mary Janes as a result- they promise free flats after February 1, 1996. I wonder if that ever happened or if the company completely nixed the idea. Yes, that did actually happen. I filled out that card when I was a kid, sent it, and did in fact receive a pair of black suede flats, which my original GT13 still has to this day. I also have the original shoes which, as long as you don't leave them on or near warm surfaces, are fine. The problem was that the plastic had a bad tendency to melt, which could leave stains. That happened with a few of the early items, including one of Kirsten's fish, which distressingly melted itself onto a doll-sized clothes hanger. Fortunately, the shoes were kept cool enough that they've remained in one piece.
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