BARBIE & PJ

BARBIE & PJ.

Here's more Barbie, this time from the early 1990's. Unlike a lot of these sets that featured some pretty outlandish outfits these look like things someone might actually be seen wearing. So which do you prefer, Reality or Fantasy when clothing Barbie?

More Tomorrow!

 

BARBIE, STACEY & CHRISTIE 1978

BARBIE, STACEY & CHRISTIE  1978.

Barbie and her fashionable friends can all wear the same outfits and what outfits! The "Mod" look had transitioned by the late 1970's, with the hodge-podge of 1980's fashion just around the corner and that is reflected in this set.

More Barbie & Friends coming tomorrow.

 

BUTTERSCOTCH

BUTTERSCOTCH.

As we head into Fall here is a doll for Fall with a Fall colored wardrobe. 

More fun paper doll posts are coming next week!

 

CRISSY & VELVET

Crissy & Velvet Background Center.

Crissy & Velvet Background Hairstyle Wheel.

Crissy & Velvet Background Left & Right Sides.

CRISSY & VELVET.

Crissy was another marketing ploy by the Ideal Toy Company to compete with Mattel's Barbie. She famously had "growing hair" that could be pulled out or reeled back in on the whim of the little girls playing with her. And like Barbie, Crissy had an African American friend named Velvet with the same adjustable hairdo. This set from 1969 reflects the Groovy and Mod fashions that were supposedly popular at that time in history. Since different hairstyles were difficult to replicate on the flat paper dolls you got a folder cover with rotating wheel to give the dolls their "dos". I have turned that into a tri-fold background that you can pose the dolls in front of.

 

TAMMY & PEPPER 1964

Tammy Wardrobe Front

Tammy Wardrobe Back

Tammy Wardrobe Top & Hangers

Tammy Background Left Side

Tammy Background Center

Tammy Background Right Side.

TAMMY & PEPPER 1964.

The Ideal Toy Company's answer to Barbie was Tammy, an average teenager doll in both looks and wardrobe as opposed to the chic high fashion look of the more famous doll. After some initial success Tammy ultimately didn't catch on with the public and her short three years on the market makes her a highly collectable doll today.

This is one of those instances where the paper doll versions are actually better than the doll they are based on and this set of Tammy with her sister Pepper is a good example. There is even a three dimensional wardrobe that you can put together and a tri-fold background to pose the dolls in front of.

For more of Tammy check out these posts:  TAMMY & HER FAMILY - June 23, 2025 

and TAMMY 1965 - March 16, 2024.