Wednesday, April 24, 2019

BARBIE DOLL SHORT DRESS - One Size Fits ALL comparison

COMPARISON of the halter One-Size-Fits-All Classic Short Barbie dress. 

I get asked a lot whether this dress will fit their Curvy, or their Silkstone Barbie. This dress has an expandable waistline, and will fit the full sized Barbie, down to the slim and petite. Depending on your taste for fit, these photos will help you to decide if this dress is perfect for your special doll. 


A picture is worth a thousand words! 

Vintage Repro Barbie Doll 

Barbie Clone - Ball Jointed, imported

City Shine Barbie 

Curvy Barbie 

Fashion Royalty Doll 

Liv Doll 

Midge Barbie doll 

My Scene Barbie 

Silkstone Barbie 


Vintage Misty Doll 

As I sew for this design, I try to maintain a 4 1/2" inch length from elastic waist to hem. 
The halter straps are each approximately 3" inch in length. 

This Classic Short Dress, in various colors and designs, can be found on both Etsy and Ebay 

BARBIE DOLL SIZE COMPARISONS - Barbie and friends size chart

Barbie doll sizes 
These Barbie's and Friends are some of my models - showing their differences in height and size. 

A quick glimpse of each doll pictured from left to right: 

A-Fashion Royalty, B-Liv doll, C-City Shine Barbie
D-Silkstone Barbie, E-My Scene Barbie, F-Midge Barbie
G-Modern Standard Barbie, H-Vintage Barbie 


With heels on the line, each square is 1" inch in width and height for the doll. Counting each square upwards, you can measure doll's height, and across for width. 

***Update soon with size comparison for Curvy Barbie doll. 



CLASSIC SHORT DRESS CHART FOR TONNER FASHON DOLLS - One Size Fits all Design for Tonner and Friends



I've been sewing a lot of the One-Size-Fits-All halter style dress for Tonner, because this fashion is so versatile! It truly takes the guess work out of whether this outfit will fit OTHER similar sized fashion dolls. But to give a better idea HOW WELL this dress fits, I wanted to showcase several of my models wearing the SAME DRESS!



I've blogged earlier on doll sizes in case you need measurements...
  
Here are the ladies wearing/sharing the same dress! 

Tonner Evangeline Ghastly 

Tonner Tyler Wentworth 
Tonner Cami doll 
Tonner Ellowyne Wilde


Tonner City Girls


Vintage Lisa Littlechap 


Vintage Judy Littlechap





Tonner Kitty Collier
Ashton Drake Gene doll 

S
ome dolls are taller, or thinner. Some have fuller breasts, or smaller hips. Either way, this dress fits higher or lower, fuller or leaner - due to the expandable elastic waistline, and adjustable velcro closure -  and each gal is rocking it! I really love how Tonner can share this dress with friends! 

As I sew for this design, I try to maintain a 5 1/2" inch length from elastic waist to hem. The halter straps are each approximately 4" in length. 


These designs and more are currently available on ETSY and EBAY 

TONNER DOLL SIZE COMPARISON - Tyler Wentworth, Ellowyne Wilde, Evangeline, Cami

Tonner doll Size Comparison for Evangeline Ghastly, Tyler Wentworth, Cami, Ellowyne Wilde, City Girls


One of the top questions I get asked the most is, "Will this outfit fit my doll?" To better answer that question, I've created a pictorial graph showing some of the Tonner Fashion doll models that I use the most for my designs. 


The Tonner dolls are lined up at the heel. Each square is an inch in diameter, so counting upwards or sideways is an estimate on the height and width of each doll. 


Vintage Dolls 

Fashion Doll Size comparisons

Kitty Collier is from the Tonner family, and Gene is from Ashton Drake


Hope this chart helps a little bit better!