scooter_ca wrote:This is planned to be an ongoing topic about
Giorgi trying on Barbie Clothes.
Other 1/6 scale dolls who wear barbie clothes are invited to join in.
This is sort of a subtopic of
My Phicens Have No Dresses but focuses in on Barbie clothes.
I have been given two good pieces of advice.
1) Barbie clothes could stain Phicen dolls.
2) Barbie clothes will not fit Phicen dolls.
Therefore you have been warned. Continue on at your own risk.
You're still here? Ok, lets begin.
The main advantage of barbie clothes is that they are dirt cheap.
Phicen outfits can be as expensive as the full size articles that they represent.
There are links to more inexpensive Phicen clothing options, but compared to barbie clothes which can be bought in batches, they are sill quite pricey.
(Yes, I'm a cheap bastard).
However, you do get what your pay for, so the sewing may be a little shoddy and you may need put in a stitch or two.
As for the disadvantages.
1) Staining:
Giorgi is a bit of a nudist.
She puts on an outfit for a photo-shoot but then promptly takes it off.
I would never leave her in these clothes for an extended period.
2) The Fit:
Barbie is smaller, however If the outfit has some stretch to it it can sometimes fit as is.
Other outfits will need some patience and alterations to make them slightly larger.
This is more difficult than what I am used to which is making clothes smaller for my other doll,
Daria.
In future postings I hope to explore ways of making outfits larger.
So lets begin with my first purchase of Barbie clothes - a pack of five bathing suits.
The hat, umbrella, and ducky tube did not need amy modifications and were used in a beach photo shoot.
The orange bathing suit was stretchy so could be worn right away.
The flower bathing suit was also stretchy so also fit without modification.
Giorgi wore it backwards because it was sexier that way with the plunging neckline.
Now we come to the problem of the "Thigh Gap".
You'll notice that in the picture of the 5 barbies, the crotch area is very wide, and therefore the clothes are very wide as well.
However in the picture of Giorgi in the flower bathing suit above, she has a very sexy inner thigh area,
That's because the bathing suit was altered.
The purple bathing suit has the same problem.
So out comes the scissors and snip snip.
Since the seam at the side of the bathing suit has how been cut it will need a couple of stitches with needle and thread to stop it from running.
Also since the crotch area is now smaller, it may need a stitch or two to reinforce it.
Will the cut areas fray if I dont' hem them?
Yes, but hemming something this small is a huge pain.
I have been experimenting with flexible adhesive.
I just dampen the entire hem area with the glue.
When it dries it is clear and flexible and the cut areas do not fray.
So now its time to try on the purple bathing suit.
It's a bit of an effort to get it over her hips, but I think that normal for any Phicen clothes.
The shoulder straps that go from the front to the back of the bathing suit are too small.
I snip them where they attach at the back and then convert them to wrapping around her neck.
In this case I just used a bit of scotch tape to join them at the back of her neck.
And how does the back side look?
The two remaining bikinis don't stretch at all and will need more work to fit properly.
This will be explored in a future post.
I hope this is helpful to someone.
Thanks,
scooter
I love this thread! I have gotten some clothes from Etsy and Ebay, which are certainly nice clothing (hand made), but I will definitely look into getting Barbie style for my 1/6 gals. I have an entertainer (hmm, aren't they all!?) living here: Gretchen, based on the guitar player in the all girl band, Zepparella (
