New barbie clothes - part 1

Last week I went to toys r us (yey!) to look at pretty things. 

I knew from looking at the (danish) website, that some of the barbie clothes had been set down in price. There was one outfit I had wanted for a verry long time, and there was an outfit pack that I had started to want recently. At the store I tryed to see if the clothes had print on the back, they looked nice so I bought them

I Uselly dont have anny interrest in the career themed clothes, since my dolls arent adult with jobs but teenagers who go to school. Allso some of it seems too pink, pastel and pretty, to be realistic. Ironic enought the outfit / dress I wanted is pink. I told my boyfriend that I had wanted this dress in forever, and that its pink and girly. He said that it really didint sound like my taste, I agreed with him and then I pointed out that its in one of my dolls taste. I like alot of doll clothes, because it fits one of my dolls style. If I had to choose doll clothes based on my own style there would only be one fashion pack that even came close (the one with the warm orange colors) and that one was a dissapointment. 

Ever since I started to look at Barbie clothes for my liv doll, this dress has caught my eyes. I think its cute and I thought my girl Rose would love it since its pink, gitly and kinda romantic. But what has been holding me back, is that the set is music themed. And music isint one of Roses hobby. But (one of) her best friend Emily, loves music and maybe Rose will support her friend by wearing a dress with musical notes notes on it. I allso werent sure who would get the violin. My first thought was that Emily played the guitar, but when I think about it playing the violin would suit her verry well. 

And it was half prize, so I couldent see any more reasons not to get it. 

Here the clothes in the package with the accessories

When I had removed all the stuff from the package, I noticed that the barbie girl on the cardboard is actually drawn wearing the dress. When in comes to the 3 outfit packs the girls on the cardboard are in their underwear.

Rose is modelling the dress, since it was bought for her. The dress has a simple cut, the bodice is light pink with darker pink tullet around the neckline, pink at the end of the sleeves and a silver belt that is atached to the dress. The skirt is the same light pink as the bodice but it has a pattern of bright pink hearts, white hearts, purple hearts, black music nodes and the barbie logo in bright pink  (im personally trying to ignore it)

I think this dress is verry cute, I like the pattern on the skirt and the light pink color. But I really dont feel like the silver belt fits in. It matches the shoes that you will see in a bit, but I dont think that makes it fit in. I really think it would look better if the belt was black. 

The belt dosent even go all the way around to the back, which looks weird from the sides. But if you only look at the back, I think it looks nice without the belt there. I think im going to try to get the belt off this dress, I really belive it will look better without. 

The tullet dosent go around to the back either, but I get the feeling that its not suppose to. I think it looks fine like that. Im verry happy that the print of skirt goes all the way around. 

When it comes to the accessories I was dissapointed

In the package this looked like, it could be a nice music book. But its just an ugly piece of cardboard.

If it werent blank on the back it might be less awfull, but there really is no jope for this accessory. Im just going to throw this out because its completley worthless to me. I wish they had just skipped on this accesory, and used the money to get better quality somewhere else. 

These shoes does nothing for me, and thats not only becausemy dolls cant fit them. I think they should have been black, and I think Barbie should get bigger feets so she could care shoes with my liv dolls. 

The violin looks nice but it annoy me, that Barbies name is on it. I dont want names on my doll clothes. Im not a fan of having your own name on your clothes and stuff (I dont see the point unless its to make sure people know its yours if it get lost) so I really dont want Barbies name on my doll clothes or doll accessories. Stop it Mattel, we allready know her name. 

It was a big dissapointment for me to see, that the violin dont have a back. I really think it looks bad from behind without a back, and I dont really get why it dont have one. 

The violin is not easy for my dolls to hold. Its a shame but i dont know if there is a way it could be easier to hold. 

Buttom line

I have mixed feelings about this set because I like the dress,but really dislike the belt. Im dissapointed by the accessories but i really wish the violin would have been just a little bit better - Then it wouldent have been a dissapointment but a nice accessory for my music loving gal Emily. 

I just hope Rose will be wearng the dress alot. 

EDIT

I got that ugly belt off the dress, it was actually pretty easy. I just cutted it where it was sewn to the dress, and then all of it came off. 

I really think the dress looks better without the belt, so im happy I cutted it off.