Welcome back to my series of posts on Fashion Fever Fashions. This one is labelled Glam Getaway but I have always called it “The Zebra Closet’ It is another closet which I like despite it having a lot of “Barbie Pink” in it. I think the pink contrasts well with the black and I like the versatility of it too.You can really ring the changes with the pieces in this closet. Mattel must have thought so too because they released a couple more pieces that match well with this closet later.
The Models:
- Rebecca – Fashion Fever Barbie Wave A
- Sharon – Fashion Fever Summer 2008
- Brittany – Teresa circa 2003
- Ruby – Black Basics #03
- Style Barbie 2015
- Joanne – Denim Basics Barbie #11
- Jayne – Fashion Fever Barbie Wave K
When I came to find photos for this shoot I found that I had photographed several of the girls wearing the zebra stripe dress so I thought that it would be fun to show you how it looks on different body types. As we haven’t done this for a while I have included more pictures than I usually do for the Closet Series Posts. First here are Joanne, Sharon and Rebecca.
Next we have Brittany who has the regular Fashion Fever body type. She is wearing the skirt with the white T-shirt and “leather” jacket. Brittany’s shoes are the ones from the closet. My pink and black couch which is really a jewellery box makes a great prop for this Closet.
Ruby is next with the beige pants, pink top and trendy bag and sunglasses. I’m not sure if these are the correct silver shoes for the outfit but they fit her. I was surprised to find that the pants were an excellent fit on Ruby. I could not get them on Brittany who must have wider hips than the later Fashion Fever girls. The length looks good on Ruby too. Ruby likes this outfit so much that she would not part with it.
My recently purchased and as yet unnamed Style Barbie is wearing the cropped pants and zebra striped top. Her shoes are her own and I think her black heels might have looked better with this outfit but I was going for a casual look. All the pieces fit her quite well.
Last of all here is Jayne who is wearing an outfit that is not part of the Zebra Stripe Closet but was issued separately. This was taken at my sister’s house when she still had her 1:6 scale bar set up. I used to take a lot of photos there. I think it is a Bratz Milk Bar.
And finally some bonus photos. Just because I can.
Fantastic. Style Barbie 2015 is the one used for the Qantas Barbies. she looks great in zebra stripes.
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I think she’d probably look good in all the outfits in this closet but there is no way Ruby is parting with that pink top.
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It’s nice collection of animal (zebra) prints. Cute. If you don’t have props to make interesting pictures, you may want to visit this link to give you ideas. It’s a tutorial about forced prospective.
http://www.antiquelilac.com/photography-tips.html
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Thanks I”ll take a look. I take a lot of my fashion doll pictures inside my Barbie house which has nice graphics and used to take a lot at my sisters house as she has a lot of props. I do have a few but sometimes I prefer the relatively bare background of the cube.
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She has some interesting suggestions, so I thought that if you were in the mood to try something different, it was a good place to learn something new.
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I just went and read it. Really interesting and I’m certainly going to try out some of her ideas. I used to prefer to do my doll photos just in the doll room and not clutter up the whole house with my hobby but I’ll probably be a bit more experimental now and dolls and photography are good therapy when you feel down.
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I fill the same way.
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This is one of my favorite FF closets as well, so versatile.
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Yes you can do a lot with this one.
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Wow. The clothes do look different on different body types. What a fun collection.
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I often curse Mattel for changing Barbie’s body so many times but in fact they have accidentally made her more realistic as people come in all shapes, sizes, colours and looks.
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That’s true. But I haven’t seen one yet that looks like me… older and more “traditionally built”. Maybe next year… 🙂
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Nope, Barbie will always be a teen although her age seems to vary a lot, sometimes she is like a high school student but other times she seems a sophisticate twenty something. Mattel made a ‘grandma” doll for their Happy Families series who has a mature figure and grey hair. They have also made character dolls such as my Rosie O’Donnell doll who is probably more my shape.
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I’m so out of the loop. I haven’t seen any of these. Do you have them? Do you have pictures of them?
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I do. I think I posted a picture of Rosie on the blog last year. Grandma I’ll have to have a look for. The pictures I took of her before were not very good so I might have a Fashion Doll Friday just for her. I think I have her at home now. With so many dolls I have to think about who I haven’t seen lately.
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I’ll look for Rosie. And, yes. I’d LOVE a Fashion Doll Friday with Grandma. Does she have her own clothes size?
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Your wish is granted. Fashion Doll Friday will be back this week with Grandma in the starring role. 🙂
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Wow. “Wish granted”. One doesn’t often hear that line. Thanks. I look forward to this episode. 🙂
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I couldn’t find a “search” bar to type “Rosie” in to find her in your blog. If you remember where she is, let me know. But I found Attack of the Daleks ! 🙂
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Rosie is featured in a post called Wet Sunday in the Dollroom and I think she was also a Fashion Doll Friday doll when I got her. Here is a link to her photo. dscn3576.jpg
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Thanks. The search bar helped as well. 🙂
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Thanks for pointing it out. I hadn’t thought about people searching for individual items even though I have search bar on My Other Blog.
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I think it will be especially useful in you doll blog for collectors to search with. I think my blog came with one automatically.
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some themes do and some don’t I guess and I really should have done it sooner but it’s there now.
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🙂
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