User blog:Aquamarinesandopals/Understanding Ever After: Doll Line Breakdowns

So! Long story short, I found this old document on my Google Drive and felt that, even though it was in complete, it deserved to see the light of day. Basically, this is a break down on what themes and ideas and aesthetics (etc, etc) make up each of the EAH doll lines and, consequently, how to make your OC look like a part of that line.

Basically, this is another list based on observations by Mina that absolutely no one asked for. Ready? Here we go!

Disclaimer: I'm by no means saying this is how you should make your characters look. The best part about having OCs is having creativity! I don't even follow all these 'rules'. These are merely observations from canon.

Note: the Basic section is way longer than the rest of them - please don't be put off by it's length! This is also incomplete, as I just found this lying around in my google docs. I'll probs update it though<3

Basic/Signature/Royals and Rebels
Basically, the 'Basic' line is the outfit your character wears all the time. It's usually their first doll and the outfit they're probably in in all of their webisode appearances. This isn't a guide on how to make your OCs everyday outfit (you can find one here) but, in general each character usually has: In addition to this, females usually have: In addition to the first list, males usually have: It's worth mentioning a lot of the time characters are wearing their 'Sunday Best'. We clearly see a lot of the characters in more casual outfits at other points, which might explain why so many of them are dressed up and fancy. Once again, not a list for deciding how to dress your OCs, so please do check out the guide previously mentioned.
 * A headpiece. Or.. at least something interesting to their head. The only character in the whole of the main cast that doesn't have something on their head is Hunter. Even then, half of Hunter's hair is shaved off and he has a hooded jacket. We've seen this headpiece been everything from a hat (Madeline) to a headband (Raven and Cupid) to a hood (Cerise) to some sunglasses (Briar).
 * Something to hold. Usually this comes in the form of a bag, but we've seen Farrah with a wand, Daring with a mirror and Cupid with a bow and arrow set.
 * A ring
 * An arm/wrist accessory. This is usually a bracelet, but it's often been the cuffs of gloves or even arm warmers.
 * A necklace. Or, once again, something around their neck. Briar has her shoulder pads/necklace combo and Raven has her giant collar. Heck, Cupid and Farrah have wings instead!
 * Tights/Socks/Something on their legs. This isn't so much the case anymore, but traditionally all the EAH girls wore solid tights, fishnet tights, socks or shoes that covered a large amount of their leg (Ashlynn, Bunny).
 * Eh. Not much. They usually have an undertop and an overtop (a jacket or a vest). And that's sorta it.

Legacy Day
Legacy Day outfits emulate their parent's outfits, since that's the destiny they're signing to keep on (whether they like it or not). All of these outfits in canon have some kinda fancy head accessory (usually a crown but often a hood or hat) and a cape. The dresses are often high-low (low in back but high in the front) with tights/leggings underneath. These outfits are very OTT.

Getting Fairest
Typically they feature short nightgown esq things and a throw over dressing gown/robe type thing. All of their shoes are slippers. All the dolls we've sen have some sorta head accessory - a vine, a clip, headphones and a headband. These head accessories are the kind of stuff you might use to push hair out of your face if you were applying makeup. Speaking of which, make up is muted/soft and hair is often down and out of the face.

Thronecoming
The main thing about this line that people forget is that their masks are themed after their pets! This is sometimes even brought into their dress. Apple's pet is a fox and she has lots of fur in her outfit. Raven has Nevermore and a dragon themed mask with scales on her dress. Blondie has brown fur on her dress and her hair resembles bear ears. The dresses come in any number of shapes and sizes but are all very over the top. All the dolls had tinsel in their hair.

Hat-tastic Tea Party
Everyone has hats. Mini hats. The best kind of hats. More helpfully, the dresses are all short and short to midlength in the sleeve department. Each character doll came with a teapot and all the characters, aside from Maddie, featured more black than normal in their outfit. Most of the girls had an extra colour in their hair, which was usually a pastel or lighter colour than their normal shade. Eg, Apple has pink in her hair, Cedar has pastel pink and Raven has lilac. The boys all wore waistcoats.

Mirror Beach
Simple as. One piece bathing suit + sparkly overskirt + crown sunglasses.

Through the Woods
All the plus ones wore berets, and people who invited the plus ones had hooded capes. Each doll came with a lantern and some kinda accessory useful to their journey. Cupid had binoculars and Ashlynn had a map. They were all wearing some kinda boots and a one piece dress.

Spring Unsprung
My favourite line! ;w; Aside from Lizzie, all the girls have some kind of high-low element to their outfits. Whether its a jacket or a short dress with a long train. The girls have flower crowns, a fairly OTT neck/shoulder accessory and everyone is wearing boots of some kind (Except, once again, Lizzie.). The outfits all feature a lot of black and white and harsh patterns in contrast with florals. Everyone has short sleeved dresses, leggings and boots (well. Except one. Guess who.)

In conclusion Spring Unsprung is the best line and Lizzie is basically that one girl who agrees to wear something casual and then shows you all up by wearing some thing 10x better.

Sugar Coated
All of these dresses are short with short sleeves and an apron. I quite like this line! The outfits often feature food elements because... well. Duh. There's lots of brown paired with pastels in the line. I believe each character came with a recipe, which would definitely be something fun to think about with your characters.

Way Too Wonderland
I. really don't like this line. So apologies if I'm not speaking very highly of it. The line features lots of big, over the top head accessories. There's a use of mismatched neon-colours. Lots of big, bold patterns with lots of swirls. Though not on the dolls, they all have those weird… pieces that go around their dress and are like. Sorta see through. I have nothing else to say. Great movie, awful line and awful outfits.

Enchanted Picnic
Simple. Very simple. One piece gingham dresses with small elements tied to their story thrown in. None of them have any tights but they do have simple head accessories and a bag resembling a picnic basket.

Fairest on Ice
Basically, if the outfit looks totally inappropriate to ice skate in, it’s a good outfit. The characters all have long hair and soft makeup. Very soft colours, lots of accessories clearly made to resemble ice. They have these neck/shoulder piece things, a tiara and an arm... thing. If the dress isn’t a high low dress, it’s asymmetric. Basically, it isn’t cut straight and has an uneven quality to it. I think all of them had snowflakes painted onto their face too.

School Spirit
The purpose of this line was to show off school pride so there's lots of purple and red in this line. Because of the nature of the event they were showing school spirit at (the Tri-Castle-On), there's sport elements included into their outfits. With Apple this was a varsity jacket and with Raven this was a baseball cap. The outfits are fairly casual and each came with some kinda sporting match accessory, like a flag.

Date Night
Because we only have one example and the two characters are different genders I can't really link common themes across genders or packs. Raven and Dexter are both wearing more casual outfits.

Book Party
Each character has a book bag made to look like books. The dresses have a piece with a solid colour and a piece with a pattern. The pattern has books on bottom and something relevant to their destiny layered on top. The characters all have statement necklaces.

Dragon Games
The key to this line is the armor. Lots of armor. The high low element is once again included and everyone is wearing leggings and boots. The armor generally consists of something on the shoulders, something covering the torso (failing that, something around the torso and something around the waist) and a piece of armour covering their left arm. They all have a head accessory.