Can I wear Barbie Clothes?
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Can I wear 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
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Look forward to seeing more.
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Re: Can I wear Barbie Clothes?
I have male 1/6 BJD's as well. For them, G.I Joe duds work just fine, but Ken's things are a bit tight. Want an even better bargain? Hit the dollar store and get some cheap Barbie knockoffs and mug them for their clothes. Got a couple nice outfits that way for just a buck!
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Thanks.Maviarab wrote:Some nice ideas there scooter and the end result is pretty impressive. Or...maybe Giorgi just makes them look better?
Daria and I have fallen quite in love with Giorgi.
I enjoy looking at her pictures and forgetting she's a tiny doll.
Mr Franz wrote:Something I discovered completely by accident though, is that Ken's clothes, (Barbie's boyfriend), fit 1/6 female dolls quite well. Even his shoes! No dresses, but a lot of Ken's gear is rather feminine.
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into Ken's clothes.
I should mention that the price of the 5 bathing suits, umbrella, and inner tube were $13 CDN on amazon.ca. My later purchases were from AliExpress which are even less expensive.
Thanks,
scooter
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https://the-fresh-dolls.myshopify.com/
No mods made yet..
I just received 5 more outfits, so I will be trying them soon!!
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That's a very interesting site, and quite reasonable.LoneRanger wrote:I found a site that makes Barbie Doll like figures but ethnically black and made with bigger booties. Material has so far been stain free (I washed every thing and no dye ran at all)..
https://the-fresh-dolls.myshopify.com/
I see a full length fur coat Giorgi would like.
I have a vision of her in a fur coat, naked underneath, frolicking in the snow.
It snowed last night.
I wonder how long deliveries take.
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TDF has opened up a whole new world for me, that's for sure. I do have a 157cm doll, so I'm not totally a newbie... just mostly ignorant of everything else!
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Welcome to the mini section of TDF.
Just like you, I stumbled across small dolls a year ago.
I have my Daria, a 100cm doll that I absolutely adore. Being a smaller doll, she is very easy to photograph.
However, Giorgi is even so much easier to pose, with photo sessions that can be as quick as a few minutes.
I never thought I would get attached to a smaller doll, but Giorgi has now become a full member or our synthetic / organik household.
New pictures will be posted in a few minutes. Giorgi want to show her nightie collection.
Thanks,
scooter
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In Giorgi's latest adventure she wore a very cute white nightie - https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 1&t=108529
That nightie was part of a collection of 6 from AliExpress.
It includes 6 nighties, six bras, and 6 panties for less that $10 USD.
There was a shipping charge but I bought a selection of different outfits so the charge was only applied once.
XYBEI Dolly Dreamy Store - https://www.aliexpress.com/store/produc ... 3fa7aoHame The nighties fit great. They slide over her hips with just a little bit of effort, but that's common for all clothes.
Here is Giorgi modelling a couple of them.
The straps over the shoulders are too short for Giorgi.
I snip them where they connect at the back and connect them behind her head with a tiny piece of tape.
And one more pose......
Now, what about the bra and panties?
The bra is usable but the panties are way to small.
Grrrr. I just can't get them over my butt!
Also, this bra is barely connected.
Although the bra is small at the back, it still looks good. I cut off all the straps on this one.
Hey. My eyes are up here!
I plan on trying some experiments with the bra and panties, perhaps using ribbon or eye hooks as connectors, so they are slighty looser.
I post that in a future episode.
Thanks,
scooter.
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I can't believe you posted that last picture.
That was for your eyes only.
You are in big trouble binky.
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No issues from me, you are doing some great arts and craft there, no doubt under Daria stringent supervision.
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Thanks scooter (aka blinky??)scooter_ca wrote:Hi Metacog.
Welcome to the mini section of TDF.
Just like you, I stumbled across small dolls a year ago.
I have my Daria, a 100cm doll that I absolutely adore. Being a smaller doll, she is very easy to photograph.
However, Giorgi is even so much easier to pose, with photo sessions that can be as quick as a few minutes.
I never thought I would get attached to a smaller doll, but Giorgi has now become a full member or our synthetic / organik household.
New pictures will be posted in a few minutes. Giorgi want to show her nightie collection.
Thanks,
scooter
And the modeling of Giorgi you posted I think are fantastic! I went to the Phicen website and could not get the order form page to work, so I sent an email to their contact. I received a reply the next day! The rep, Jeannie, gave me a website in the USA to use, in case anyone is interested. [URL: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/ ] I searched on their changed name in the toystore search: TBLeague. I really like the "Anck Su Namun Princess of Egypt" figure. She can pose with my resin Egyptian Lady of the Nile!
That's a lot of Barbies you have there. Did you buy all of them new? I am wondering since they may cost as much as some women's new clothes!
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it's just a shame you can't get cloth items off of sets without overpaying from a set splitting vendor. i'm always wanting one part from this set, and another part from that set, and i don't see why the companies that make this stuff can't sell more of the parts or just the cloths without including another seamless doll & head we don't need.
i may throw in the towel and spend $200 on a dressed doll, then try to parts off what i don't need on ebay
i'll be lucky if i get half my money back after all the postage and fees - not to mention the time dealing with it all.