Dollieh Sanctuary

Saw a similar Barbie mod using the new Barbie Looks doll as a young Queen Charlotte from the Netflix series and had to have one for myself. If you haven't seen the series yet, it's wonderful.

This is the dress I started with, the Barbie French Court dress which I thought would look good even if it isn't the exact silhouette. (Stock photo from Mattel because I forgot to take a picture of the one I bought off ebay!)
Barbie French Court Dress by Kenai Queen, on Flickr
I tore it apart, put on lots of gold trim, shortened the sleeves and put a fall of lace on them, made the skirt a bit more poofy with some gathers and a tulle petticoat and then used some of my Barbie jewelry from my stash. I'm pretty happy with her.
QueenChar1 by Kenai Queen, on Flickr
QueenChar2 by Kenai Queen, on Flickr

Oh, she looks great!

Wow!!!!! Beautiful job!!!!! She's perfect!!

Nice job!

Good job! You can make the silhouette a bit more authentic with a little bum roll.

She looks gorgeous!

victoriavictrix wrote:Good job! You can make the silhouette a bit more authentic with a little bum roll.

Thanks! I actually thought about that and a hoop skirt, but unfortunately since I used an existing skirt that was not the right silhouette to start with, it didn't have enough fabric in it to allow for a wider skirt. I considered making a new, wider skirt and layering the velvet over it so it would still match the top, but it was becoming more than I wanted to tackle for now.

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments!