#vintage doll clothes

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I’ve been kicking around the idea to create a sort of hybrid of Monster High g1 and g3, with a bit of my own aesthetic flare to the core characters! There are still have a few tweaks I want to make but overall I’m really happy with them and I hope you guys like them too.

This is sort of my “proof of concept” for my “ideal” Monster High doll line – the g1 head / face sculpts combined with the g3 bodies and a slightly more detailed face paint style.

I do really love g3 a lot. Obviously I’m a huge fan of the improved articulation, larger scale, and sturdiness of the bodies. I actually do like the new headsculpts and even prefer the screening style of the eyes! But there is something so beautifully detailed and magical about Lily Martinez’s sculpts. They’re very “bjd meets bratz” in a way, with features that are both delicate and exaggerated.

Everyone got makeup and hair refreshes to make them a bit more glam and I had so much fun getting to work with each of the characters.

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[vintagedollhunters]

Francie is so excited for Halloween, trick or treat 🎃

[moonlilies-archive]

Berry Wear - Kenner 1981

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[alittlebitbethany]

Hi everybody I’ve posted a new video on my #youtubechannel featuring one of my new dolls that I got at @Dollycon #susiestrela and 2 outfits for her from JollyDollyShop. Susi is a #braziliandoll. Please check the video out it would mean a lot to me. Image Description: a screenshot of a #youtube video featuring a #susiestreladoll wearing a silver and turquoise outfit standing in a living room. The text reads BC’s Doll Place: My 1st Estrela Susi Doll! #dollyconuk #dollclothes #estelaboneca #estelasusi #susiestrelacollectors #dolls #dollphotography #bonecasusiestrela #bonecasusi #dollcollecting #dollycon2023

[dat2ndaccount97]

Was sorting my saved posts on insta and fell down the rabbit hole of the 1964 Barbie Fan Club Magazine. Look at this art of Allan! The cover says he's Midge's "new boyfriend", but we all know better. That first paragraph (3rd image) is a dead giveaway lmao.

[superstarbarbie1977]

Barbie is a groovy girl!

[blackkit10]

Vintage Barbie collector warning

If you have an early Barbie, Ken, or Allan DO NOT put them in the new clothes that are made with plastic-like material. I put my Allan in a tux I bought several months ago from the store, and I just found streaks on his arms and legs. The parts that are hard plastic are fine, but whatever they made the arms and legs of absorbed the dye from the tux's material. If the clothes don't feel more like real cloth, then don't put it on your vintage doll. I'm currently in the process of trying to clean the marks off. If I can't, then he'll only wearing clothes that fully cover his arms and legs.

TLDR: Careful with modern barbie doll clothes on 50s/60s barbies as the dye can seep into their limbs.

[marzipanandminutiae]

"oh barbie was the first woman dol, it was only babies before her"

crepereia tryphaena didn't die for this kind of slander

you are so right

crepereia tryphaena (2nd or 3rd century CE) did not die at the age of 20 and get buried with her clearly beloved ivory lady doll for this

(this doll had fucking JEWELRY. and G*rwig says Barbie was the first fashion doll? give me a break)

honestly, most of the Firsts or Onlys people want to attribute to Barbie aren't real.

"but she was the first fashion doll meant for play, not just showing off clothing!"

there's actually less evidence of dolls meant only for displaying new fashions in history than dolls intended for children to play with AND to incidentally show their mothers and older sisters the latest styles. even so-called "milliners' models" of the late 18th-early 19th century are now believed to have been primarily toys

"but she was the first one with a [cis] woman's body!"

see above. the ancient Roman doll has breasts. she was not the last doll with breasts before Barbie- and lots of the intervening lady dolls weren't flat due to prudishness as many suppose, but because the same bodies were often used for male dolls. saves money, work, and time to just bang out a bunch of gender-neutral stuffed or carved bodies and let the clothes and hair determine the gender. Creatable World isn't new, either

the reson for Barbie's massive success wasn't that she was the First Fashion Doll in a sea of baby dolls. it's that she filled a very specific niche that was empty when she came along: a small, relatively affordable fashion doll that gave a 3-D paper doll experience. (Everyone likes to talk about Barbie's roots with the Bild Lilli doll; nobody brings up that Ruth Handler was equally inspired by her daughter's movie star paper dolls.)

lady dolls WERE scarce when Barbie came out, and she DID face pushback for her adult, somewhat sexy look. That's true. But she was not unique in history- she was just the right idea, in the right place, at the right time

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Pink and Lime Green Vintage Barbie

requested by @sea-cupid

Image sources:

Green Apple Dress - Barbie 2001 Fruit Style Apple #53855

Green Dress with Bows - Barbie 1990 Easy Living Fashion BD1990 Asst.8193

Checkered Top with Floral Skirt - Barbie 1992 Skipper Trendy Teen Fashion BD1992 Asst.65045 #65259

Green and Pink Athletic Outfit - Barbie 1993 Sporting Life Fashion  BD1993 68083 

[the-sea-nymphe]

Baby put on heart shaped sunglasses 🍒

[snackugaki]

tmnt au doodlz

[cinderelmo]

1964 Sears Christmas Catalog

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