Hello, GORGEOUS!!!

Well, this has got to be the most fabulous doll EVER.

She came to my house on Christmas morning,
and after I fixed her insane beehive and weird stripes of hair glued
to each side of her face,
she was UH-MAY-ZING!!!

How dramatic is that cat-eye swipe of eyeliner?
How cool are those earrings!!

"Tribute" Barbie was released this year to commemorate 10 years of the Barbie Fashion Model Collection--a specialty collection of Barbies featuring the unique "Silkstone" material with a fresh take on the vintage facemold.

Her dress is a crazy confection of frothy blue layers...I hope it calms down.
The crystals, sequins, and gold stitching details are awesome!

Christmas is the best excuse to add a doll like this to my collection!

Fabulous Fashions

This doll is modeling an actual vintage fashion that I found
at a doll show a few months ago.
It is in pretty decent shape, considering it is close to 50 years old.
It did have a rip in the back, and a couple fraying ribbons on the front,
but I sewed it up and updated the look with a belt.

I got this leopard-print sheath for Christmas during a gift exchange:

This is a sheath in the Dressmaker Details collection,
made by Masterstroke Canada. They are famous for creating limited-edition,
high-quality, high-fashion clothes for dolls.

Check out the tiny zipper sewn into this fully-lined dress!!
Mattel doesn't make stuff like this.

Re-dressed Rules!

It's pretty rare that a doll and outfit come together in perfect harmony.
Most of the time, I will be wild about a doll and hate the outfit, or love the outfit
and want to toss the doll out the window.
When that happens, I take matters into my own hands.

Take, for example, the ridiculous gimmicky getup on this one:

Riiiiiiight, because as the fashion icon of the world, Barbie should TOTALLY be wearing a dress paying homage to the famous landmark in London that features ACTUAL MOVING HANDS OF A CLOCK.

Ahem. That's better.

This outfit is a mishmash of different pieces I had lying around.
I love the mysterious giant hat that nobody would ever wear!

It's got a "Park Avenue" feel to it.
Hmm, I should have given her a little poodle to complete the look.

You may recognize this doll from an earlier post. She came in a boring black dress that washed out her complexion. She is rockin' this dress, though! I got this crystal-studded dress from a REALLY ugly doll.

But the black dress found a new model...one who wears it like a true diva.This doll is still wearing the original dress she came in, but it is so '80s!
I haven't decided what to do with her just yet. But what a gorgeous face!