Now Playing: "Dreams to Dream", Linda Ronstadt ('American Tail 2')
Current Mood : Pleased
In a surprising turn of events, today I found out that the GoodWill ‘World of Cinderella' doll I bought Wednesday is not one whit like the ‘World of Ariel' I bought new last year. I figured the head mold was different - I knew it wasn't the same one, my Aria has a much bigger, rounder head - but the body would be the same. I mean, they're made by the same folks (Playmates) only a year apart. Goss knows Mattel uses the same body for decades in their dolls !
But this time, it's not even close. While searching for clothes (and shoes, ironically) to fit her, I kept hearing "Gloria" by The Doors in my head. I'm not really a Doors fan, but I figured that was her name. So, ‘Cincy' is now ‘Gloria'. Cincy was kinda tacky as a name anyway, it was a mistype the day I got her.
Anyway. Aria's clothes fit Gloria like a bag. I mean, they were all huge on her. Only one pair of elastic-waist pants fit, and the white blouse only fit because I cinched it in with the experimental bodice. It's funny how it looks great to me ! It's sort of like having a SuperSize Jem !
Her shoes were a real challenge. Her feet are tiny. Much *much* smaller than Aria's. Nearly all the doll shoes I owned were too big. Crissy's were too big, and Gloria's feet were more narrow and flatter than the little-girl Disney Princesses'. In fact, Ken's shoes just barely didn't fit. Gloria needed just a twitch more width and length. Hmmm...
The finger shoes I bought for Elphie also almost fit. Too tight. One pair was big enough, so there's one pair. And a pair of flip-flop type ‘Shoozies' fit OK, so that made two. Another pair that was too big for Elphie fit Gloria fine - they came from a markdown Victorian-style dress-me doll I bought a few years ago. I also found an outsize pair of Ken sneakers that could be persuaded to fit, but not something I'd leave on her for long.
Tonner's shoes for Matt O'Neill (Fiyero Matthews here) were also too big, but the Old Navy athletic shoe keychains that fit him also fit Gloria, it's not as obvious that they're also rather big. They'll work for photos, at least.
While I was messing around with doll shoes, I stored a bunch of ‘em I've had scattered around. Finally sorted through the baglot of stuff I bought when I got Gloria, and it occurred to me - I have Bratz shoes now. And the Catwalk Kitty doll I bought years ago also has the peg-feet thing for shoes. I wonder...Yup. Lila Gamboldt (see the Home Page Histories for more and photos) can wear Bratz shoes. Only problem is, she's a violet cat, so that rules out skin-tone shoes, but boots and sneakers should be fine. I got one complete pair of bootz, and those work. Cool ! And the flea market's coming ‘round again next weekend...
One thing I just realized about Bratz. Much is made about the multiethnic quality of the dolls. But most of the shoes I've seen have basic white-person skin tones. Don't those look weird with the dolls of more vivid color ? Or is each doll stuck with her color (or even style ?) shoes ? Guess no one else has noticed, or thought to ask.
I wonder why I'm more obsessed with doll shoes than footwear for me ?
