Jodhpur Palace, Rajasthan, India.

Best On Black.

Structures in the formal gardens on the Vanderbilt Estate.

Here is an outfit that I am so thrilled to finally own. It is Barbie’s Formal Occasion #1697. This ensemble was only made for one year, 1967. I was pleasantly surprised when I received it as I had only ever seen it in photographs. The fabric of the cape was not what I expected. I don’t know why, but I had always assumed it was made from that same gold lamé fabric that tends to turn more silver, the fabric used on the fabulous Mod outfit “Intrigue”. It turns out it is actually a gold Brocade fabric, with a very subtle wavy pattern that tends to get lost when photographing. The crepe fabric of the dress is also amazing, and that gold embroidery is so beautiful. I was thrilled to find this near Mint, and at a bargain. Modeling this beautiful outfit is my newest Titian Side Part. She arrived from Canada a few months ago, but I never got around to photographing her.

www.merledress.com/short-formal-dresses/

A formal dress made by Jamie and her sister, talented girl,very polite young lady.

Photograph taken in 1992....

Gamma Phi Girls

A Formal dance with my elven sister,It was the 1 year celebration of their Ball Room,so it just had to have a place here.

I normally hate formal gardens but this one was actually quite nice. there is probably an uncanny valley type thing with gardens where as they get semi formal they get uglyer, but super formal ones look nice