Redress Success featuring Naia (Barbie Fairytopia Sparkle Fairy blue)

Treesa here to show off another Redress Success. This Disney ily 4EVER Moana inspired fashion pack suited Naia so well, I just had to share her with all of you. The touches of blue in the outfit really compliment Naia’s pale blue skin tone and blue lipstick. I think my fondness for dolls with ‘fantasy skin tones’ developed as an offshoot of my fondness for dolls with ‘fantasy hair colors’. Anyway, the combination of Naia’s blue skin tone with the “Save Our Oceans” message on the hoodie kind of reminds me of the first generation version of Monster High character Lagoona Blue. Actually, the name Naia is a derivative of the name for a type of water nymph from Greek mythology.

For those of you who may be wondering for clothing fitting purposes, Naia has a ‘belly button style’ Barbie body from the early 2000s. The fashion pack fits amazingly well. However, the fabric does have some good stretch to it, and hoodies are generally designed to be a little roomy anyway. Therefore, I cannot verify whether all Disney ily 4EVER fashion packs will fit a ‘belly button’ Barbie this well, since I don’t own any of the other ily 4EVER fashions, or any of the corresponding dolls for that matter. I only took a chance on the Moana inspired fashion because I found it discounted to $3.00 at a liquidation store.

I’m very happy with how Naia looks in this. It can be tricky to redress a doll with a ‘fantasy skin tone’ in casual clothing without the end result looking odd. I hope all of you enjoyed this Redress Success, and have a lovely day.

Signed, Treesa

Redress Success featuring Lyric (Equestria Girls Lyra Heartstrings)

 

Welcome friends and visitors, this is Treesa. In today’s post, I’ll be sharing another Redress Success. Let me start out by saying that I have a lot of respect for any collectors who have the discipline to regularly take stock of their collections and purge anything they’re not currently using. With that being said, sometimes it pays to hold onto things. Because as most doll collectors will attest, there’s always another doll.

The outfit I used for this redress is handmade, and was original purchased from FreekyChicBootique, an online Etsy shop. I checked the status of the shop while compiling this post, since the outfit was bought a number of years ago, and FreekyChicBootique does not appear to be actively selling on Etsy at this time. But anyways, the photo in the shop listing showed the jeans and top outfit being modeled by a Forest Pixies Featherly doll from the Ever After High Dragon Games line. I bought the outfit with the intention of using it for my Forest Pixies Deerla doll. I wanted to make over Deerla as a younger sister for my Monster High Isi Dawndancer doll.

However, when the outfit arrived and I tried it on Deerla, I immediately ran into problems. The jeans were sewn as a pull on garment without any fastener, and on my doll the seam was straining to the point where it started to come apart at the waistband. The top didn’t seem to fit right either. I contacted the seller and explained the problems I was having, and the seller offered me a refund, also telling me that I could keep the outfit. While I was disappointed about the outfit not fitting, I appreciated the seller’s efforts to make things right. And I understood how difficult it must’ve been to sew at such a small scale.

As time passed, the outfit continued to sit around in its original bubble mailer, waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. Years later, I happened to spot a nude Lyra Heartstrings doll from the My Little Pony Equestria Girls line at the thrift store. I immediately fell in love with the doll’s coloring and with her musical themeing. However, I knew that finding clothes for her would be a serious challenge. So I waited until she went on discount before finally purchasing her. It wasn’t until quite a while afterwards that I rediscovered the Etsy bought Forest Pixies outfit and decided to try it on Lyra, whom I’d renamed Lyric. The jeans fit so perfectly it was as though they’d been made for her, with no straining at the seam. The shirt was originally a bit too baggy on Lyric, but I was able to cinch it using a Monster High Twyla doll belt for the 13 Wishes line. 13 Wishes Twyla uses what Monster High collectors refer to as the ‘little sister’ Monster High body.

I’m so happy with how well this redress came together. Not only does Lyric look great, in my opinion, but I was also able to make use of an outfit that had been sitting around in my collection for years. Not to mention I was able to find something for a hard to redress Equestria Girls doll to wear. I hope that you enjoyed Lyric’s new look.

Signed, Treesa