Lola Fashions For Barbi in Etsy

Meet my new doll Karisma, a OOAK by Heidi Schlimgen.  Had to welcome her with a new dress.

Breaking in My New Sewing Machine With A Classic Sheath

My Ole Gal

He picks up a necklace and asks Grace to wrap it "for my ole gal."

 Grace is disturbed all day and can't get him out of her mind.  When she gets home, she calls her sister and best friend, in New York.  She's unavailable, so Grace emails her, "As soon as I turned around and saw him my heart started pounding.  I haven't felt like this since I went with Dean in high school.  Too bad, he's married, so I better forget him real fast."

An Unexpected Visitor

The chair of the fashion department of the local college drops in on Grace's shop to see how his students' fashions are doing.   They have never met prior.  Grace says she's very pleased with how sales are going.  He's happy to see some of their designs in the window.

Holly Just Came From Her Dressmaker's

Holly just came from her dressmaker's with this new pink classic pant outfit for her trip to the Riviera this summer.  Purse by Wandy.

Vacation Dreams

 

New dress creation

New Dress With A 70's Look

New dress for an old favorite, Ponytail Barbie.

Betty Draper Is Ready For Easter

Made this Chanel style suit for Betty Draper for Easter. 

Hippety Hoppety

New Fashion Creation

A New Three Piece Suit

Things Are Happening With The New Look & A Business Proposition

Advertising the new vintage and mod look in the local paper, college and coffee shop, has paid off with new customers and sales. There are two new customers in the shop this morning. Some things don't change, though. Grace (black dress), owner of the Constance Taylor dress shop, still insists upon serving coffee for customers who wish, set up on the table to the right of the door.

  Trained by Grace, Sandy, the saleswoman (green dress) continues to greet customers with ,"Hi, may I show you something?"  Sandy loves the new look.  It's fresh and youthful. 
Having advertised the shop's new look in the local college newspaper, Grace gets a call from the chair of the fashion design department asking if she would consider carrying some of the fashions in her shop that the students have made.  Grace would get most of the profit and it would give the students an opportunity to show off their skills.  Grace could pick and choose the items she think will sell well in her shop.  Grace says she'll consider the idea and get back to him.  Thinking about it, Grace decides it would be a good business endeavor to partner with the college in supporting the efforts of the student designers.  The dress shop has always enjoyed a good reputation in the business community with Grace's work in her local business association, and this would even further the positive image of her shop.

The Constance Taylor Dress Shop

 This is the Constance Taylor dress shop opened around 1950, a high end ready to wear shop formerly owned and run by Constance Taylor.  Grace, her daughter, worked with her mother running the shop after college graduation and finally took it over completely after Constance retired.  Business has been terribly poor because of the economy.  Grace was in danger of losing the business and decided to hire a consulting team for advice.  After painful deliberations, Grace took the advice of her business consultants and is making huge changes to her store, going from high end fashion to vintage and mod.  The area demographics show a neighborhood in flux from upscale shops and houses to to the coming of a new college and large houses being rented by young artists, writers, musicians  and the like, who get several roommates to share the rent.  Grace will do anything to save her dress shop, and she's trying her best to get used to the new look of the shop.  Her friends are very supportive and think she'll do well with the changes.

Barbie House Makeover

Liv Dolls New Home

Barbie House Makeover