Elizabeth fashion doll -- why no matching dress?

While Felicity's fashion doll is an integral part of her story, I feel as though Elizabeth's is pretty much an afterthought. I suspect we'll get it eventually, as all of our girls seem to need their official AG dolls.

However, it occurs to me that it would have been brilliant had Mattel made a dress for Elizabeth to match that of her fashion doll. After all, those dolls were meant to be models for the latest fashions. And the dress could have been made of truly sumptuous fabrics (well, for Mattel), which would be fitting given the higher rung on the economic ladder that Elizabeth's family occupied.

I'm not holding my breath that Mattel will ever do this, mind you. It makes too much sense. Which brings me to my next idea:

[img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img] Would any of our talented board seamstresses want to tackle a copy of Elizabeth's fashion doll's dress for her? [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img]

Depending on how it turned out (and it would be gorgeous, knowing the talents of the seamstresses here!), I'd surely buy one!!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ August 16, 2006 11:04 PM: Message edited by: EleanorofAquitane ]</font>

If I had to take a flying guess, I'd say Elizabeth's dress doesn't match her doll's because it doesn't match in the story. Does it?

Bean, that's why I think the doll is just an afterthought for Elizabeth. As far as I can recall, there's no mention of such a dress in the stories. But since when has that stopped Mattel? Emily is not part of the Miss Victory storyline, and she's hardly Molly's best friend, but here she is marketed as such and with a tap costume to boot. [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]

If anyone ever turned the dolls dress into a dress for Elizabeth I think it would be gorgeaous (most likely nicer than some of the dresses mattel gave her IMO)

I'd be very interested in such a dress, too.

I'm actually glad it looks as it does since that's how the doll looked like in the books and is one of the few things Mattel actually kept the same. It would have been nice if Mattel made Elizabeth's dress to match the fashion doll's yellow dress since it does picture her wearing a yellow dress at the ball.

Who can know the mind of AG?

They often don't follow the books. They'd sooner change the books to fit their products than create products to fit the books. They often don't seem to care about historical accuracy. (Since when did colonial girls and English girls from bombed-out London wear so much pastel?) They retire items at breakneck speed. They don't make or keep items that stimulate the creativity and interaction of the customers (as Pleasant did with the various craft items). They haven't kept the quality up to where it was.

They are definitely thinking more of the bottom line (money) than they are placing any value in the goals and visions of Pleasant. Isn't it odd how putting her ideals first, against all odds, ended up appealing to so many people that she also made money?

Joy

Even though I don't have Elizabeth, I too would have liked the doll's outfit to match hers, even if it wasn't mentioned in the book. The only time we ever see these dolls in Felicity's movie is during a short scene in Mr. Merriman's store where they are sitting on a shelf. I don't know why they would have been in his store, though, because didn't Felicity get the fabric and doll from a different store.

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Originally posted by djsnjones:
Who can know the mind of AG?

They often don't follow the books. They'd sooner change the books to fit their products than create products to fit the books. They often don't seem to care about historical accuracy. (Since when did colonial girls and English girls from bombed-out London wear so much pastel?) They retire items at breakneck speed. They don't make or keep items that stimulate the creativity and interaction of the customers (as Pleasant did with the various craft items). They haven't kept the quality up to where it was.

They are definitely thinking more of the bottom line (money) than they are placing any value in the goals and visions of Pleasant. Isn't it odd how putting her ideals first, against all odds, ended up appealing to so many people that she also made money?

Joy

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Joy, you could not have said it better.

Perhaps Elizabeth had a matching dress when the doll was given to her- but unlike Felicity's the doll is old and she has since grown out of it [img]smile.gif[/img]