zallia | Dolls and Their Dress Dramas

Fair warning if whoever's reading this is sick of doll talk. ;P

Surprise, surprise, I actually had the Featherfall package waiting for me at lunch today. They even left it stashed under my welcome mat instead of the pink slip. Yay! I forgot I had it sent to my house, but I think I freaked cause mom knew how much that dress costs and I didn't want her to know I bought it. >_>

That Fer dress thing is HUGE. So much material. But...it's not the bright purple that's indicated on the web site. It's much more drab and almost wine-colored. I really like the construction and look and everything, but the color is just so...blah. It's much more this color:
http://www.featherfall.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=211_219&products_id=1169&zenid=re4napah7r59n6uq3009kioa10

when I was expecting this color:
http://www.featherfall.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=211_219&products_id=1001&zenid=re4napah7r59n6uq3009kioa10

And since the color is exclusive to that store, I'm having a hard time finding comparison pics to see if it's just the lighting or if maybe it's a different color that was sent. But Dollheart doesn't even list the damn things on their website...grrr. I came across a sky blue one that I like a lot, but I'm guessing it's long sold out. Damn these bjd mind games!

On the other hand, I ended up getting the $25 grab bag, though now I wish I had gone for $50. Only 2 items, which is less a "grab bag" and more like "random outfit" but I guess that's to be expected with the crazy prices. Anyways, I got this green Chinese dress:
http://www.featherfall.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=208_198&products_id=1085&zenid=re4napah7r59n6uq3009kioa10

and these shoes
http://www.featherfall.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=177_98_192&products_id=674&zenid=re4napah7r59n6uq3009kioa10

I didn't get a chance to try the dress and make sure it fits, but I hope it does since I've always liked those kinds of dresses even though they've gotten kind of overkill lately. It matches her new green eyes too, though I need to fix them cause she currently looks cross-eyed. Not really digging the color on her either, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to go to purple when I find a good pair. And the shoes should be fairly versatile. I ordered the Dollheart grab bag today, so hopefully I'll have that by the end of the week and *crosses fingers* I'm very much hoping for black shoes.

EDIT: Finally found a photo thread for the damn things and scrolling through the pics, I caught this:
"It amuses me to no end that it's more reddish plum in real life, but turns into such a gorgeous shade of royal purple in photos!"
I also noticed that on the Sky Blue fers, some like the first one I saw are a really bright turquoise and others look really pale and washed out. I thought maybe it was a fabric inconsistency, but apparently Fers are born of magic fabric that changes color in the reflection of a camera lens. So I guess there's little recourse. I'll just take pictures of her in the dress and leave it off for the most part because I really dislike the "through human eyes" color or whatever that is.