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I’m actually rereading these books (and they are fabulous!) and while her mother did make many of her dresses, she did not make her meet dress. That dress was given to her by the woman who smuggled Addy and her mom out of the South and to the ship where they escaped to Philadelphia. I love these videos! Great job!

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Ah, thank you for the correction!

@SuperButterfly217

9 ай бұрын

Ms. Caroline was the best. I have Addy's cinnamon pink dress.

@alysshart7522

7 ай бұрын

Hearing that the meet outfit bonnet was slightly out-of-fashion by 1864 actually “clicks” really well with the story!

@kellyhacker969

7 ай бұрын

Addy’s striped dress is my favorite! I had Samantha, but I bought Addy’s striped dress when it came out because I loved it so much. I think I have pictures of Samantha wearing it around somewhere. 😊

Because of you, I am getting back into my childhood love of American Girl. I adored Addy as a child, and wanted her doll so bad. I had all the books but never got the doll. Now I’m going to be starting my collection.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I love that! I'm excited for you to get Addy!

Thank you for showing Addy some love!! As a Philadelphian, it always baffled me why her Christmas dress was short sleeved?! Aggree that her striped dress is *God Teir* and I can't wait to get my Addy in it for fall. Re Cape Island, PixieFaire has a pattern for it!!!! Would make a great video too❤

Ok..wait! WHY WHY WHY haven’t you make at least ONE of Addy’s outfits?!! I really LOVED that gingham dress until you showed the short story orange striped dress… I want one of those short story dresses for myself! 😊…that was so cute! AND you have got me hooked on this American girl stuff! LOL…I have never been a doll person but oh my gosh I love these American girl videos that you do.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I've honestly been so tempted to make a few of them, but I also don't want to offend anyone. I obviously wouldn't make them as a cosplay, but I've been thinking of making similar dresses as an homage.

@kobaltkween

10 ай бұрын

​@LadyRebeccaFashions I can't speak for anyone else, but to me, there's a big difference between making the outfit and doing a cosplay. That's quite a wardrobe, and more historical than specific to the African American community. If you wanted to cover your bases, though, you could collaborate with someone who could add to the historical context regarding laws, slave catchers, and free communities in the North of that era.

@raeshanh.1740

10 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashionsas a Huge Addy Walker fan and new fan of your work as a historical costumer, I would be so elated to see you recreate an outfit of hers. You’re so respectful and knowledgeable of historical costumes and the era so I wouldn’t see how anyone could be offended!!

@user-vs4iy2xx4i

10 ай бұрын

​@@LadyRebeccaFashionsrecreating such an important piece of representation for young black girls would be amazing. As long as you don't fall into the horrible stereotypes of doing black face it won't be culturally insensitive

@roslynholcomb

10 ай бұрын

@@raeshanh.1740I agree wholeheartedly. This video has been incredibly respectful. It’s obvious that you are sensitive to the history and it wouldn’t be at all appropriative.

Yay! My sister had Addy, and I just loved her dresses. I think Addy's stories were some of the most important in the series. I love when you show the museum pictures next to the dresses, or pictures with some of the accessories. Seeing that cape cod dress next to the museum one, was just incredible. That AG used to make such detailed historical dresses is incredible.

Love Addy (as an aside, not to be picky, the mert dress was given to her by the woman who helped them get to Philadelphia, I like to think it was Caroline or Felicity, the other dresses were made by mamma) great video

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Ah, thank you!

I have Addy. She was my Mother's doll. I only have her meet dress(pink). Currently she is dressed as Cinderella. I made the outfit and she makes a lovely princess. While I i think the outfits are cute I mainly got the dolls as models so I could use them when making doll clothes for my friend's daughters for their American Girl dolls. My Mom did the same for my friends too only it was for Barbie. So Addy is very special to me because she links me to my Mother and her love of collecting dolls. She even learned to make porcelain dolls and made one for each of her children.

My mom collected dolls because of addy. My baby sister has a Christmas picture with her addy doll. With my sister in the "matching" dress. Id always buy my mom a new dress or fruinture/accessories for her addy. Thanks for the historical dress information.

I’ve been waiting for this one. I was well out of the age for American Girl dolls. I love Addy so much. I’ve considered starting a collection but haven’t done it yet. There’s a local seller with the doll in her meet dress, washstand, bed and quilt (which I’m sure you know was inspired by the famous Harriet Powers quilt). As a quilter I want it so badly, but just can’t justify spending $500 on a doll collection.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

You can probably find those items cheaper than $500 if you buy them separately on eBay. Though I know her furniture is more expensive than most of the other dolls' furniture.

so on the bonnet she gets the dress and bonnet from a women who helps people escape enslavement and has a lot of clothes on hand to give to people as they escape so I think an outdated bonnet would sorta make sense considering it would be a used item this woman would have had on hand just incase !! also obsessed with your videos :)

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Ah, thank you!

Okay so I rushed over to eBay to check the prices of the dresses. (That’s one of the reasons I was waiting on this video to get an idea of which dresses I would want to buy.) Most are quite reasonably priced $20-60. I was thinking I could comfortably buy a few at a time. That Cape Island dress is insane! It is gorgeous and it being inspired by an extant garment makes it incredibly special. I think I am going to start my own collection. Thirty years is a long time to want something this much.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

You totally should start an Addy collection! She's such a wonderful doll.

I just have addy with her BeforeEver meet outfit and assccories so im loving Addy's outfits

As a fellow doll collector, I just love these videos! Would you consider recreating the cape island dress for Addy? I would love to see that or any others in doll size and in human size.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I've thought about it, but I'm not sure I want to take on the soutache. Maybe I'll do it as a tester before tackling Rose's coat. 😊

I wish we could have seen more of Addys dresses on her doll because the colors look great with her skin tone

The Stilting Outfit was featured in one of Addy's short stories-Addy Studies Freedom 😊 She did not use stilts (I believe) in the story, but that is where the dress is featured

I was not in the age group for the American Girl dolls but I enjoy watching your joy over your collection. I first thought you should make the summer dress with the floral pattern, but the light blue gauze dress with tucks would be just so cute to see you recreate. Although both are now getting to be out of season to wear.

Addy’s school outfit is one of my favorite historical AG outfits hands-down. @28:14 SCREAMING!! Amazing. I so so so want to see more outfits based on extant stuff…

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Right? I was so excited to stumble on that dress! It came up while searching for Victorian children's dresses to compare to Addy's!

Thank you for showing these! I love Kirsten and Addie's clothes so much. it's absolutely criminal that none of them are available anymore.

I loved Addy as a child!! Thank you for covering her outfits ❤

When I was about 5 years old my mum made me a dress, resembling the pinafore of the working dress and a skirt to go under it (it looked a lot like the dresses and skirts worn by farmers children in the late 19th century in my region). The fabric was a lot like the fabric and color of the stilting dress and made by Laura Ashley. I was so proud of that dress!

Addy was released in 1993 during Pleasant company so Addy is very important in the American Girl line

I just started rereading her books today and im on addy learns a lesson and i agree with you addy has one of the best story's in the historical line

i could listen to you talk about historical fashion for hours omg

I pick up the short stories at thrift stores. The striped dress is shown in “High Hopes for Addy”. For Addy I only have that one “Addy’s Little Brother” (in which there’s a small picture where you can see a purple skirt underneath a buttoned up coat, and “Addy’s Summer Place” which features the Cape Island dress.

@anna7118

10 ай бұрын

Also if you do a search online there’s a scanned copy of the sewing patterns that were released by Pleasant Company. I have sewn the tartan plaid dress from those (using a different color silk plaid).

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Yep, I have the sewing pattern scans. I've looked for the short stories at the thrift store, but haven't found any yet.

That is quite the collection. Some of them would be great for you to make! The blue tuck dress and the stilt dress would be my top choices. Thanks for the look into your collection

addy's hoops and petticoat fit her 1990s PC items. When pleasant company sold AG to Mattel, they started making the skirts a bit shorter and narrower.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

They don't, though. Unfortunately the petticoat in particular is too long for everything except her striped dress.

Spot on about length, the same is true throughout history. I made my children tunics and gowns and the gowns were usually calf length with tucks for growing.

The double ruffle striped dress would also be good. Love the details in that one.

Me immediately: WHERE IS THE PINK DRESS??? 1:43 all is forgiven 😂

Quite informative. Addy's black and white boots remind me of the boots that Samantha wore with her midi dress.

Always love your AG videos!

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Addys school outfit was made by her mother and all her other outfits. Her pink meet dress was given to her by miss Caroline a little old lady who helped addy and her mother to go to freedom

I'm surprised at any and all accuracy in their dresses. If you didn't know what you were looking at, you would never know. You really need to make more of these. I need to make a couple from just this video

I love seeing the other dolls in the rest of Addy's outfits. I just have the blue beforever dress my addy came in so i want her original pink dress. Plus her other outfits

great video!! i lucked out on facebook and managed to get some early release addy stuff and a ‘94 addy! i was so excited to get her undies set, the little chemise and hoop skirt is to die for!

Addy may have my second favorite collection, or maybe second favorite tied with Felicity. (First being Samantha, looking forward to that video!) Congrats on your new Kirsten dress! I love that one, too.

Addy's pink meet dress wasn't actually sewed by her mom it was gifted to her by a family that took them in after escaping on the underground railroad in the books but otherwise incredible vid i love Addy's collection so much ❤

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Oh thanks!

Addy's collection is my FAVOURITE collection. There is not one miss in her stuff. Some things might be less historically accurate but still look amazing on our girl. I adore these deep dives that you do! (And congratulations on your Melody, I think you mentioned she's newer!) ETA: Also, your shirt in this video reminds me of Molly's tennis outfit. 🙂

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

It's true. Even her Sunday best dress is still so much better than a lot of Marie Grace/Cecile stuff. And yeah - Melody is my newest doll, and she's just so freaking cute! I realized when I got the tennis dress that this dress (which is an Eshakti I got last summer) was a pretty close match. 😊

@AngelavengerL

10 ай бұрын

This is so true. Like her Christmas dress is so freaking gorgeous, even if it's one of the less historically accurate. Those bright colors just look amazing on Addy!

@eliseelliot

10 ай бұрын

@@AngelavengerL And one of the things that is so great about her Christmas dress, in my opinion, is the use of the Black History month colors - red, black, yellow, and green - which have such an important meaning, and are especially important given that Addy was the first Black doll that the company created. So not as historically accurate, but certainly very, very meaningful.

I love this series! It also sets me thinking. Wouldn't an 1860's girl's petticoat be red flanel instead of checks because it was supposed to be healthy, or did that came later? Also surprised that a kinda middle class girl got a bloomer outfit, which was an edgy rich woman's thing? Maybe she saw one on a fashion plate and begged and begged her mother. I mean, stilting was a common children's game and you probably wore your older clothes doing it because of falling, not a special outfit and certainly not a special pants suit wich youre going to ruin the knees of. Also I imagine all your dolls getting excited for another dressup episode and talking about which dress they would love to wear.

I loved this so much. I had to stoning the middle and buy the summer dress.

I have been waiting forever for this video, and of course I had to wait just a bit longer because you uploaded during my holiday XD I really like how accurate and good-looking they are - sometimes things are just accurate, but do not look good from a modern perspective. Here they seem to have pretty much nailed it. I adore the original school outfit (the new one looks good as well, but is missing something for me), but I already have two dark blue crinoline dresses and I really can't justify another... might make a pinafore instead to go with my many (MANY) Garibaldi blouses. Also, I already planned for a coat in this shape, but I did not know how I wanted to trim it and the narrow plaid band might be a good idea.

I love these videos! All of Addy's dresses are so pretty! Is there a video about Rebecca or Samantha?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've done a Sam video, but not one on Rebecca yet.

The stilting outfit is actually Addy's 1997 limited edition outfit

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Do you know why they came up with it though?

@Happyland1971

10 ай бұрын

@LadyRebeccaFashions I'm not sure. The theme of the special edition outfits was "outdoor activities", so maybe it was a popular outdoor hobby for kids at the time?

Hi love your channel! I like to make the clothes for the AG dolls so your information helps me to sew a more accurate dress for my historical dolls. You can get a pattern for the Cape Island dress from kinder threads. I know some people only want the original AG clothes, but i agree the originals can be so expensive!

I always called The cade island dreas the ice cream dress for some reason.

I really enjoy these videos. I’ve been looking to make pieces for my historical dolls that are as accurate as possible (especially in regards to the foundation pieces) 😊

I think addys mother made her Christmas dress and the rest of her dresses

I was waiting for this one. I have the Beforever Addy, but I put her in the Pleasant Company outfits. There are some Mattel dresses that I want to purchase. Addy's sewing outfit is beautiful I have this one in my collection. Addy is my only American Girl doll so she has a lot of clothing.

I'm really excited for Samantha and possibly Rebecca! I love the Turn of the Century and the 1910s! These are some of my favorite eras in Fashion history! I absolutely adore the Teens, especially! If you continue to Kit, Nanea, and Molly, the 1930s/40s are also my favorites! I have a lot of favorite Eras in the 20th Century! Do you think we'll ever see a Bustle/ Natural Form era American Girl doll? The mid/late 1840s is the Death of Fashion IMHO!

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I would so love a bustle-era doll, but I kind of doubt we'll see one. AG seems to be really moving away from pre-20th c dolls -- I think the last new ones were Caroline or Marie Grace and Cecile!

You’re such a talented seamstress yourself, have you ever considered making that cape island dress for her yourself?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I have thought about it, and I might eventually, but that soutache would be challenging!

Addy received her meet dress from a lady named Miss Caroline who helped Addy and her mother escape to Philadelphia :)

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Ah, thank you!

Thank you for the history lesson. I love this. I love your channel so different than most I watch.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This is my new favorite youtube channel.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

Ай бұрын

Aww thanks!

Addy is my favorite! I'm searching for an inexpensive Pleasant Company Addy doll :)

@LadyRebeccaFashions

7 ай бұрын

I have a TLC one for sale for $40 + shipping. Send me a dm on Instagram if you're interested.

Great to see Addy's outfit while AG is not a thing in the uk but Addy would have been my top choose.

You can get a sewing pattern to make the Cape Island dress! So you might be able to reproduce it for yourself.

I heard that the colors of Addy's Christmas dress are meant to reflect the colors of Kwanzaa (which of course did not exist in the 1860s) but I thought that was a nice little touch for modern audiences if it's true. I know the plaid is supposed to indicate it was made for a wealthier client because with plaid, you use more fabric due to having the pattern match up nicely. But you're right - the sleeves should be long.

Love this video 🎉

1 minute after midnight! Ready to watch 🙂

What a fantastic collection; I love it! xoxo's Sandie

Have you made the birthday pinafore dress yet? It would be sooooo cute on you!

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I haven't, but I've definitely thought about it!

I love that purple dress too even though it’s not correct I think you need to make that one with a cute little hat. Oh my gosh that would look very cute on you. OR the last dress!! That one is very beautiful!

I think Mattel released the Sunday best dress and i dont remember the outfit in the original 6 books and i haven't read all the short stories for addy i think I read one but it's been a long time since though

I appreciate your videos and preparation you put into them 🥰 I am wondering how you iron all those little parts, what are the tricks and tools you use?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

2 ай бұрын

Luckily, I find that most of them don't need ironing. For the ones that do, I tend to use my sleeve board or sleeve ham, with my normal iron.

I herd the stilting outfit is rare and Very hard to find cause it was limited run when pleasant company released it

If you can't find the pink dress for her you should make it for her. And maybe for yourself too 😉

So I've been saving this video to watch when I wasn't busy as I wanted to completely pay attention to everything, because Addy!😁😂 I'm kinda sad that her Sunday best dress isn't quite accurate, as that's actually my favorite dress of hers. I did make her a purple dress inspired by it, but did a plain bodice instead of how they did it. I Still made it with short sleeves though. What would make it more accurate for her era? Making it more like her cape island dress? Or her pink plaid summer dress with the apron? I want to make her the dresses she would have come with, but I also want to tweak any to be more historically accurate that need it. On her cape island dress, I see others have told you that there's a pattern for it by pixiefaire, and you seem to be worried about the trim being difficult. I have the pattern myself and it also has the trim drawn on the pattern, so you can follow along and get it on the dress exactly right. Also that pattern is designed to be used for the kite dress too. I have the materials for both of those dresses and her school outfit and plan to start them as soon as I finish a different dress I'm making for her that I came up with. Also i will be making her a Christmas dress that is more accurate than the one that originally was made for her, inspired by the picture you had on the screen of course. I'm so glad that so much of her collection is more accurate than some of the others! (Poor Cecile and Marie-grace) I will admit that at this point addy has more clothing than any of my other ag dolls. Poor Samantha only has 3 dresses so far🥴 I just get so caught up in Addy and Felicity that everyone else falls behind 😂 looking forward to Samantha's video, as I'd love to figure out what all of her stuff is actually accurate, so I can finally decide what I'm making for her. Edit: also yes Addy has the absolute best book series of any of the American Girls, next to Kaya and felicity of course. Those 3 are my absolute favorites. Books and dolls😁

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

For the Sunday dress, it would really be about changing the bodice - most accurate would be the fan/gathered front style - and going away from the elasticated puffed sleeves. And I'm tempted to try the Cape Island dress as soutache practice before I do Rose's coat, if I have time.

@kelseypeterson5172

10 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashions ok thank you! 😊 i might use her cape island dress pattern for a new Sunday dress. Since that one is perfectly accurate 😂 and that would be awesome to see! I hope you have time to do that!

Looks more like a shirt than a chemise. I agree on the spacing of the hoops. Is there any way to fix that?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

No, not without just making a new set of hoops.

How did girls' fashions differ from adult women's fashions in the periods depicted by the American Girl dolls? It looks like the skirts were shorter than those which adult women would have worn (although that probably wasn't the case in the 18th century), and the dresses would have been cut to accommodate pre-pubescent uncorseted bodies. Were there any other differences?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

The other main difference was that short sleeves were super common on children's clothes, but pretty uncommon on women's bodices.

I think the jacket in the book has a scar with it so I can see it looking like a fake scarf

Oooh! Haunted doll content :) 👻👻👻🪆🪆🪆

Why don't you...make a replica of the Addy dress with the soutache trim? It looks like it would be a cakewalk for someone with your skills.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

I'm tempted to!

I can see why $400 might be a bit much to spend on her cape island dress but wow, it is a pretty one.

Why don’t you make addys cape island dress? I saw a pattern for it online. All you need is a matching fabric.

@LadyRebeccaFashions

3 ай бұрын

I might at some point.

The red skirt with the hoop underneath whats that from? What outfit? Or is it a mix and match for Addy?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

4 ай бұрын

That's her undergarments set.

@tinmanlover1994

4 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashions cool its good for mixing and matching with Addy and the other dolls

@tinmanlover1994

4 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashions the skirt would look pretty on Joesafina

At what point did girls of the age depicted by the American Girl dolls start wearing corsets? Once they hit puberty, perhaps? (In the 1995 TV miniseries of Pride and Prejudice, all 5 Bennet daughters are wearing stays, including 15-year-old Lydia, who in another family might not have been "out" yet, so it seems that corset/stays wearing would have begun at least a few years before young women started husband-hunting.)

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure for this era. I know in the 18th c, stays were worn basically once children started walking. I'm guessing it would have been a little later here, since I don't feel like I've seen extant children's corsets.

@DOSBoxMom

10 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashions I think there may have been a reprint edition made of a Montgomery Ward mail-order catalog from the 1870s (the decade after Addy's period). The clothing pages from there would show if children's corsets were being sold in the 1870s. And the Sears Roebuck 1908 catalog was also reprinted, and would certainly provide a resource as to ready-made girls' clothes for Samantha's period.

I think addy was released in 1993 or 1994

@LadyRebeccaFashions

4 ай бұрын

1993

Last one with many names… pintuck summer dress?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

The blue one? It's generally called the kite dress or the flower picking dress, depending on when it was sold.

@katwitanruna

10 ай бұрын

@@LadyRebeccaFashions the one at around 24:24?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

@@katwitanruna yep, that's the one.

I wonder why this video is unlisted?

@LadyRebeccaFashions

10 ай бұрын

You must have found it through the playlist. It's only available for Patreon members at the moment otherwise.

The sewer make the dress, pls look at they

The more accurate things are the better I like them. I will f’ing squeeee over the most accurate Things.