A lot of people have been buying and reviewing the new Hello Kitty,
Little Twin Stars, and Chococat outfits made by Mattel. They looked
great, so I had my daughter pick up as many as she could find on her
last run to Walmart. Unfortunately, one of the things not there was the
Little Twin Stars two-piece top and skirt set, but I did get the Little
Twin Stars blouse, which was good enough for this photo shoot! Back in
May of 2017, I
reviewed
a Re-Ment Little Twin Stars set which featured a pink shoe, a blue
shoe, a LTS purse, and a tiny LTS stool which really doesn't fit in
anywhere. The shoes ended up fitting my J-Dolls beautifully, so I bought
a second set, so I'd have two pink shoes and two blue shoes. I decided
the LTS shirt/purse combo was too perfect to pass up, so here is Melanie
wearing the Mattel top, with the Re-Ment purse and shoes. Adelheid is
also modeling, wearing the Chococat dress and cat ears, carrying the
purse, and wearing the blue Re-Ment shoes.
I really love this new line of clothes Mattel has put out. It's certainly a step up for them quality-wise, and I hope we see more of it in 2018.
Now that I have the Chococat dress in hand, I suspect the reason the dress is not printed on the
back, is because the back is a completely different material to the rest
of the dress. The printed part of the dress is a very stiff cotton,
while the back is a stretch material. You notice that the ruffle, which
is the same fabric as the front, does go all the way around and has the
same pattern. I'm guessing it was a fitting design choice here to make
the dress out of different materials? Anyway, there might actually be a
reason there isn't printed material on the back of the dress, while on
other things like the red Hello Kitty shirt, there is.
Somehow
I missed that the Chococat dress and purse set also comes with black
cat ears! How cute! And they fit the J-Doll head, although I have the
two ends tucked into Adelheid's hair, which might help.
I
also love the pique material that the Little Twin Stars shirt is made
out of. And the blanket stitch is a pretty alternative to the ubiquitous
serged edge, but you still don't need to fold and sew down the edges.
The Little Twin Stars print on this shirt is a far darker shade than the
Re-Ment items, but I think the purse still really looks cute with the
top. Melanie finishes off the outfit with a tulle skirt from the
Shibajuku Girls line. It's not a perfect fit with the top, but the pink
looks cute with the other pinks.
The
purse also came with the Little Twin Stars charm, which is removable,
not exactly surprising considering how detailed Re-Ment can make things.
For
you J-Doll owners who might want to hunt up this Re-Ment set on eBay or
elsewhere, here's a picture of the shoes, purse and stool. Seriously,
what was the point of the stool? It's too small for anything, except
maybe a footstool for a Kelly doll. Again, please remember you have to
buy two sets to get a pink pair and a blue pair of shoes. You'll also
get two purses that way, at least.
The
Little Twin Stars items were fun to pair up here, but the real story is
these great new clothes by Mattel. Is Mattel signaling that the company
wants to create better quality clothes again as a whole? I really hope
so. Also, there are a lot of blogging Barbie doll owners out there
snatching up these clothes, and I hope a lot of parents are buying them
too. Hopefully, sales will convince Mattel that better quality will
still sell.
