Elizabeth's Gowns look Too Short?

[judiaci]

I know this has been mentioned before, but Elizabeth's gowns look too short to me. Even her ball gown looks short. Is this just AG's photography which doesn't always show the products in the best way, IMO.

[aggirl479]

I agree. I think that all of Elizabeth's dresses are too short. It looks strange that they only go down to her ankles!

[nycgal]

In my opinion, all of the website pictures of Elizabeth do not do her justice. She is far prettier than her pictures on the website! I can't speak for any of her outfits, but the doll is much prettier than the pictures show her to be. [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[judiaci]

It just seems strange because they are too long to be "tea length" and too short to be long gowns. I am glad to hear that Elizabeth looks better in person. I bet her clothes and accessories look better in person, too.

[heidiabigail]

Quote:
"I'm not a costume historian, but I seem to recall that lengthening one's skirts was a clear indication of being "grown up" - little girls had shorter skirts, grown ladies had the long skirts. So Elizabeth's skirts would seem to be suitable for her pre-teen age."

Actually, I have come to understand that little girls in Colonial times dressed like little versions of adults. They had long skirt and wore stays (like corsets) from a very young age. Later on, like in the 1800's the length was an indication of age.

[heidiabigail]

wait- are the new dolls actually any taller, or was that a joke? [img]redface.gif[/img]

[Miss_Nellie_OMalley]

I know in Victorian and Edwardian Eras it was considered proper for a young girl to wear shorter dresses, and full length skirts were only for mature women.

I believe in pre-revolutionary days it would have been considered scandolous for a woman to show her shins. In dance men would bow in such a manor as to show their shins off, it was kind of a sexual induendo... as in showing how "manely" they really were. So in no way would it have been appropriate for a woman I'm doing research as I type so I'll have the complete answer shortly

[Miss_Nellie_OMalley]

Ok as far as I can tell actually Elizabeth's dress are appropriate. Hemlines where being shorten, and ankle lenght was perfectly acceptable by 1790 but was slowly gaining support years prior, depending on occation

[Aunt Cornelia]

I noticed that, too and I just figured it was because they were making the new dolls so much taller, but they wanted the new outfits to still be able to fit the old dolls (and not drag on the ground...lol!).

I did think it looked kind of strange on the website pictures. [img]confused.gif[/img]

[judiaci]

The new girls better not be taller! I think they may appear taller because they are thinner.