Well, here is my (somewhat) resolution to this problem. I did call AG and they sent a new outfit, but it smelled too!! Not as much as the first one did when I opened it, but way too bad to use. So I began "the Treatment." I put crumpled newspaper all in and around it and put it in a box. Well, after two weeks of both skirts being treated this way, the first skirt smells quite a bit better. The second skirt still stinks!

I am very nervous about wrapping it up, because when I opened up the box with just the top in it, it had a bad smell, too! So I think if it's airing out, it gets a bit better, but closed up, it's way worse. I'm still pretty disappointed with this, because besides Nellie, this outfit is my dd's 2nd main Xmas present (along with all the outfit's accessories that I have been saving for years...lol!)...the carpetbag, snowshoes, flannel undergarments, knit woolens, red shoes...no winter amusements, unfortunately. So if it still bothers us after Christmas, I will call "again." I am so glad to see they are on backorder. Maybe they will get a new non-smelly shipment. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

Susan