As I've been in a bit of a "Barbie" mood recently, and I've been revisiting the dolls from the Looks and BMR1959 collections that live with me, I thought it would be fun to see how Ken on the made to move body fit into my Jamieshow Muse men's clothing. Ken's body is quite a bit slimmer, and he's also shorter, so I knew the suit would be a little big on him, but the pants are ankle length on the Muse men and the sleeves fall a little short at times as well, so I was anxious to see how bad the fit actually was. I grabbed "Harley", which is the name I've given my guy with the manbun from the BMR1959 collection, and dressed him up to see what I thought. My first thought was the fit isn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be. The shoes even work for him!
The pants are a tad long and so are the sleeves, but as I said above, not nearly as bad as I thought they might be.
There is bulk at the waist, which is apparent when the FR guys or the Jamieshow guys wear the suit as well, it's just a bit more apparent on Harly, as he's slimmer. The fit through the shoulders is slightly big as well, but with the structure of the jacket, it really isn't bad enough to bother me.
All in all I was pleased with fact that he can wear the shoes, and while the outfit is a little big on him, it isn't big enough to look clownish on him. I definitely will be experimenting more with other Jamieshow outfits as well.
Opens up another avenue for stylish play with these Mattel guys. I love how poseable the Mattel made to move bodies are, but there is certainly a lack of well made clothing out there tailored specifically for these guys (Or at least that I've found). It will be nice to have another option. I'm also guessing my guys on the Harley Ken articulated bodies will wear it even better than "Harley" here, as they are slightly taller and have a slightly bigger waist and shoulder. I did a comparison of those two body types in an earlier installment here on the blog. Maybe I need to break out both types of articulated Ken bodies and compare with the FR and Jamieshow men as well in another blog installment.
Hopefully this link will work, it's the comparison entry on my blog for the two types of articulated Ken bodies, the entry was from November 2019:
I have to admit your Harley looks fab. My 'Harley' or Sheldon as we call him here got a Flat top hair cut and a bit of color in his face. I have wonderful overhead lights in my doll room---but he just washed out to much in scenes, so a bit of rusty blush helped loads. That suit looks Fab on him...Sheldon is quite miffed. LOL
ReplyDeleteHarley sends his apologies to Sheldon, lol! I really was surprised the Jamieshow clothing fit this body as good as it did. Yes, it's a little big, but not enough to bother me. The Mattel guys will enjoy the benefits of being able to raid the Integrity and Jamieshow closets!
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