50 billion shades of pink (+ glitter)

As I survey the big heap of hideously mismatched clothing in different shades of pink, lavender and various neons, which I've yet again failed to combine into something resembling a normal casual outfit, I realize what the problem with Barbie clothes is: no basics. Or rather, no way to just go out and buy those wardrobe essentials: plain white t-shirt, plain blue jeans, 10-pack of white tube socks, little black dress.

Apart from the Barbie Basics, which were a) expensive and b) discontinued I think, there are no fashion packs with just regular clothes. Nope, it's all glitter and weird prints that don't even go all the way around, and if you buy an expensive fully dressed doll the clothes are usually designed to fill a specific function in that outfit and you'll be lucky if there's one or two pieces that don't look out of place on their own (if they're even separate pieces, that is!). Finding affordable fabric, particularly denim, that's thin enough to work in 1/6 scale is a chore, and anyway I'm crap at sewing.

That's all I wanted to say really. On the other hand I found some good stuff at the thrift store yesterday, I'll post when I've gone through and cleaned it.