I got this head without a body second-hand a couple years ago; I think she used to be a Cool Blue Barbie. I like the Y2K era Barbie aesthetic and face screenings, and I always found the Cool Colors dolls quite iconic, even though I never had any of them as a kid.
I originally put the head on a MTM body in some random clothing, and kinda forgot her standing on a doll shelf for a while.
I've been sewing a bunch these baggy pants with lots of details and excessive pockets, and I used this flower print fabric this time. The top with the shiny iridescent iron-on foil numbers is something I made a while ago, and it's been rolling around in my box of doll tops ever since. But then, after sewing the pants, I happened to try this combination of clothes on this doll, and she really found herself! I also made her a matching bag.
I think the cutesy flower print and iridescent foil numbers make this doll a bit more toyetic than my usual doll restyle aesthetic, but I think it suits her. I don't have a lot of "basic" blonde Barbies with her "main" face sculpts, because it would get boring quickly, but I think this one can represent the turn-of-millennium era and the Mackie sculpt in my collection.
I've been meaning to make her some clothing that's more of a callback to the original Cool Colors aesthetic too, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I have been working on patterns for overalls, though, and I do have some thin pastel corduroy in my stash...
