This was a totally impulsive custom. As soon as I saw the Princess of Ancient Greece Barbie doll at Target, I thought: “She’s wearing the perfect dress for the gold handmaiden gown!” and grabbed her at once. I stitched an outer coat, obi, and veil in a gold satin-like fabric that looked like it matched the Barbie dress fairly well.
For a long time, I kept the outfit on the Greek Princess doll, but I always felt that she looked a little too old to be a handmaiden. (The handmaidens are supposed to be about the same age as the Queen, and Queen Amidala is only fourteen in Episode I.) The dress is now on a Hidden Majesty Amidala doll with her face repainted, which is closer to the proper look. But the Greek Princess was beautiful in the outfit, too, so I have included a couple of pictures of her as well directly below.
