In my last post, I touched on my American Girl doll collection, and how I'd purchased a Saige 2013 Girl of the Year doll. The doll arrived, after a bit of a snafu with the address, and is probably the one of the cutest GOTY's in the line. Saige does look a lot like the 2007 GOTY, Nicki-- both have "Western themed clothing" and both "girls" in their stories like horses and have a horse as part of their collection. Both have red hair, although Saige's is darker and Nicki's is more of a strawberry blonde. Both also have freckles and are the AG "Classic Face Mold."
My doll collection, on a shelf at my Longview, WA home-- (from left to right): JLY #21, Josefina, Via-E Alexis doll, and Nicki, 2007 GOTY.
Dolls here in Azusa-- TOP (L to R): Kailey, DOTY 2003, wearing Saige's dress; Saige, GOTY 2013, wearing Josefina's Harvest Outfit; Julie, wearing Ivy's Chinese New Year dress. BOTTOM (L to R): JLY #1, and JLY #37.
The Saige doll has really pretty dark auburn hair, with lighter red highlights. It's probably closest in color to the now-retired Felicity doll, although it is a different shade. Her eyes are a medium aquamarine shade, unlike any I've seen on any other AG doll. Her meet outfit is a dark bluish purple (American Doll Wiki calls it "indigo"), and the "belt", which is separate in the girl sized outfit, is integrated into the dress. Her underwear is a turquoise blue, which is roughly the same shade as the faux turquoise (really plastic) ring. She also has her original earrings, but I plan to get the sets AG still has which so happen to be her accessories and clothing, renamed with generic AG names, no mention of Saige.
Her ring is quite cute, but it's also an accessory that would get lost very easily in routine play. If I, as an adult collector, can manage to lose the ring for a few days when the doll is just being displayed, I can only imagine in a child's hands its play days would be numbered. I guess if parents with kids want the ring to stay around, super gluing it to the doll's finger is always an option!
In addition to purchased clothes (there are many cute options on Etsy), there's Josefina's Pretty Clothes patterns, AG Pattern PDF files, which I can use to sew for my Josefina, Nicki, and Saige dolls, and a plethora of Pixie Faire patterns which would be "Saige approved." Pixie Faire's Trendy Slouch Cardigan, Free 18" Doll Tank Top 18" Doll Leggings, and 18" Doll Gladiator Sandals are a pretty close approximation of Saige's Sweater Outfit (picture below). This fabric-- Tribal Print Geometric Knit Fabric would be good, as would several others using the simple Etsy search parameter of "geometric knit fabric."
Saige's Sparkle Dress is a little harder to replicate, but this one-- Pixie Faire Monday Morning Dress -- is pretty close, except for the pleats (which could be taken out).
A couple of her other outfits-- the Tunic Outfit, and her Pajamas, are still available from American Girl, at slightly reduced prices.
Her ring is quite cute, but it's also an accessory that would get lost very easily in routine play. If I, as an adult collector, can manage to lose the ring for a few days when the doll is just being displayed, I can only imagine in a child's hands its play days would be numbered. I guess if parents with kids want the ring to stay around, super gluing it to the doll's finger is always an option!
In addition to purchased clothes (there are many cute options on Etsy), there's Josefina's Pretty Clothes patterns, AG Pattern PDF files, which I can use to sew for my Josefina, Nicki, and Saige dolls, and a plethora of Pixie Faire patterns which would be "Saige approved." Pixie Faire's Trendy Slouch Cardigan, Free 18" Doll Tank Top 18" Doll Leggings, and 18" Doll Gladiator Sandals are a pretty close approximation of Saige's Sweater Outfit (picture below). This fabric-- Tribal Print Geometric Knit Fabric would be good, as would several others using the simple Etsy search parameter of "geometric knit fabric."
Saige's Sparkle Dress, from AG.
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