Vintage Clothing Galore!

Hi Friends!

Have I got the post for you today. I know we had some back and forth about some of the clothes that I thought were OOAK were actual Mattel Barbie Fashions. Well, all of these today truly ARE original fashions as the lady that my dad got them from did all the legwork. She has labeled every one of these so there is actually no question about what item it is. 

She even has some of these labeled if they were in one of the books she had. (The ones I got last year for Christmas.) I'll have to check it out! Maybe I can have a reference guide at my fingertips for some of these clothes.

Let's dig in!

Best Buy 7820. This one also came with a blouse to go over it. 

Barbie Ballerina. I knew this one right away because I have her.
 

This is from the 1977 Superstar Barbie. She also came with a pink lacy boa. Not to be confused with the 1988 Superstar Barbie that is in my collection (and one of my personal favorites!)

This is Get up and Go 9739 "Red Shine For Rain Time." It came with red boots and a red rain coat with clear sleeves!
 

Barbie Best Buy 9621. A cute little overall dress. Complete!

Best Buy Fashion 9155. Also came with a yellow tote bag.

This is the hat from Get Ups 'N Go fashion "Summer's Dress in Ruffles and Mint!" 9151. This is a very pretty outfit!

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She even had a printout for this one. Pretty in Plaid! I have her in box and I also have a duplicate of this dress. 

Best Buy Fashion 8684. Muslin Peasant Dress

This was a cute Best Buy outfit. Also came with a pair of jeans that you could add patches to!

Best Buy Fashion. Also came with a long pink terrycloth robe.

This needs no introduction. :)

Day to Night Barbie. Except the one from 1985 did not come with a smartphone (obviously)

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This pair of satin pants lost their identification tag. Maybe Barbie Fashion Classics 5708 Ski Party Pink?

This is the jacket from Gold Medal PJ Gymnast from 1975.

This is the outfit from 1974 Free Moving Barbie. The white shirt is actually a romper! And the doll has the Steffie head mold. 

I didn't get the number of this one. But I found it and it's Best Buy Fashion 7747.

This is from the 1982 My First Barbie Fashions 5612 titled "My First Ski Trip!" It came with a Fair Isle Sweater and a matching beanie. It is SO cute, I need to get the sweater!

This pencil skirt is the same fabric as the unidentified pants shown above! It can't be 7751 because that is the halter top with patch jeans. I'll have to get the book out and see. Now I just have to figure out what book "#2" is!

This is a sweater dress from Barbie Fashion Fantasy 5543 "Headed For Fun!" It came with white fishnet stockings and white open toe heels

1990 Hawaiian Fun Barbie. I don't have the pink hula skirt but I do have a blue one which was for the Jazzie doll.

1982 Twirly Curls Barbie Outfit.

Barbie Dream Wear 7124. This is a cute set with a hairdryer, perfume, comb, and plastic teddy bear. And panties but not sure if they are behind the nightie or not.

1990 Hawaiian Fun Skipper swimsuit. I have the hula skirt for her (yellow.)

This is from the Quick Curl Kelly doll. What a beautiful doll she is!

The sarong from the 1987 Island Fun Barbie. I have her!

The silver top from the 1985 Rockstars Barbie

Shirt from the 1983 Horse Lovin' Skipper. Barbie had the same shirt (and Ken did too!)

From 1989 Beach Blast Teresa. I have Miko and Skipper!

From 1982 Pink and Pretty Barbie. Missing the pink boa and the full sheer skirt. The pink pencil skirt from above may be a duplicate from this set!

This skirt is from Barbie and Ken Western Fashions "Westward Ho!" #3578. This set came with a shirt of the same print, suede fringe vest, suede fringe handbag and cowboy hat.

I love the little "Barbie" logo on the belt.

The headband from Glitter Beach Barbie. I picked up this doll at the thrift store years ago.

I have NO idea about this one. I guess there was a picture of this in a calendar from 1989?

Barbie Feeling Pretty Fashions 1525. This comes with a skirt in the floral print and a purple sash.

Best Buy Fashion 1468 - This is a cute halter dress with an asymmetrical hem!

Another clothing item that needs no introduction. Google search "Barbie 1112" and you'll see all the results.

And one of my top 5 favorite Barbies of all time.

Sun Gold Malibu Barbie swimsuit. Such a beautiful doll!

This pretty dress is Fashion Collectibles "Forest Theme" 1906.

This is a My First Barbie Fashion that also came with a purple headscarf.

Some misc pieces from Rollerblade Barbie. The headscarf, hip pack, one gauntlet and both knee pads.

Best Buy Fashions 2226.

The shorts from Super Teen Skipper. She also had a leotard and a skirt so she can go "glamorous one minute, a supersport the next!" She also had a real action skateboard!

This is the outfit from the Woolworth Special Expressions Barbie doll.

This outfit is after my 80's Barbie loving heart. This is from Barbie and the Beat. Also came with a pink top and a cassette tape!

Best Buy Fashions 2778. Missing the ring that serves as the halter top.

Searching for 2954 brings up the 1991 Cute 'n Cool Barbie but there was no solid orange top with that set.

Best Buy Fashions 3642

The swim suit from Beach Blast Barbie

This is a cute outfit. My First Barbie Fashions 3676. Wish it had the bottoms.

Another My First Barbie fashion 3677. Some have a little flower at the top under the rick rack trim.

The dress and shoes from Magic Curl Barbie. I love this dress.

This is one that I never heard of. The Heavenly Holidays Fashions. I can only bring up one and it's the one with this dress. It's a Victorian style and even comes with a gift for you! It's very pretty.

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Best Buy Fashions 9620

This is a Francie Best Buy Fashion 8644

This one is always a favorite. Barbie's Sweet 16. In better condition than mine is but still missing the little bow at the waist.

Best Buy Fashions 7749. Missing the white lacy apron.

This one is correct with either entry. It came in both a Fashion Classics Pack and the Party Nights Fashion Pack. It had a pink gingham sash belt.

And lastly, two of the dresses from Angel Face Barbie. Funny that this is the doll that is on some of the Fashion Classics Packaging.

Whew! And that's it! That was fun. I think there is just one red dress that is not identified. That red dress from the Barbie Calendar so not sure. Any ideas friends?

So, do you have a favorite outfit of the bunch? Do you have a lot of the fun Best Buy Fashions in your collection? Let me know in the comments below! 

Until next time! 

Happy Haute Couture - March

Welcome Friends!

Time for another post from the Haute Couture Barbie Calendar by the master of Haute Couture, Robert Best!

If you want to catch up on the last couple of months, you can read them here!

January 
February

Here we have a fabulous springtime outfit. 

March - Sunday Brunch 

Doesn't this just remind you of a Sunday Brunch? The hat and simple dress, everything!

Unfortunately I could not find an actual doll of this design but I did find something close.

Presenting, Fashionably Floral

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The color is similar but the style of dress is not. But there is a hat!

I love this dress. Very pretty. Love the gloves!

Here is the excerpt from the Mattel website:

Barbie® doll's intricately crafted ensemble includes a beautiful floral print dress featuring puff sleeves, cinched waist and tufted back pleats. Her small straw hat is adorned with tiny dark and light pink flowers and is covered in delicate tulle netting. The opera-length gloves are made of shirred charmeuse and complete her elegant look."

  
What do you think of this doll or the Sunday Brunch doll in the calendar? Is Fashionably Floral in your collection? Let me know in the comments!

Next doll April 1st!

Accessory Love!

Greetings!

We all love accessories, right? Well, the Christmas Barbie box did not disappoint!

LOOK!
 

Shoes! And lots of them! I can't believe it!

The difference is the collector my dad bought them from had them separated by country where they were manufactured. I'm not sure how she did this unless they were clearly marked on the shoe itself. And is it really worth it to keep them that way? Let's take a look!

China Shoes

Malaysia Shoes

Philippines Shoes

Taiwan Shoes

Korea Shoes

Indonesia Shoes

Unmarked Shoes

More unmarked shoes separated (mostly) by sneakers, heels and boots. 

So about the shoes. Does it really matter to keep them separated? Like the Indonesia bag has one blue pump that I'm sure I can find a mate for in my stockpile. I just hate to undo all that this collector did. I know it's mine now but is there really any point? 

Also got these in the box!

Patterns!

Barbie and Ken!
 

KEN! Now I have a pattern for that blasted suit jacket I've been trying to freehand make.
  

Barbie patterns! Love that ice skater dress!
 

And these patterns. My mother in law had this pattern set and that is what she made her clothes from. I took photocopies of them but now I have a set of my own! Not sure how complete they are but this one and the Ken one have two sets of patterns. Hopefully I'm not missing any and can make a complete set out of the two (and not missing the Ken suit jacket pattern!)
 

Forgot to add that I also have these accessories that came with the bunch. Definitely 80's Barbie. It's almost like 1985 Magic Moves Barbie but the color of the dresses are not the same. So who is she?
 

That's all for today friends! What do you think of that stockpile of shoes? Should I keep them separated? Have the patterns shown above? Let me know in the comments! 

See you next time!

Clothes Galore (some handmade and some not!)

Hello again!

I was poking around in the Blogger settings and I think that I finally figured out how to get all comment notifications emailed to me again. So now when I get a comment I can respond in a timely fashion (again.) Also that Google+ is going to be discontinued in March. So if you post with a Google+ account (like I do) all those comments will go away. Best to start changing those now. I've had services like this discontinue in the past and it's a royal pain. Let's hope that when this one drops it won't make everything go awry.

Now for the best part of this post.....clothes!

In the last post I mentioned that the pink trunk that was not wrapped up under the tree had a great assortment of handmade (and some not handmade) clothes. Time to see what was in there!

These clothes have straight seams and wonderful fabrics and rival the clothes that my mother in law made many years ago. Someone was a seamstress! Take a look here.

Probably my favorite piece out of all of them.

This is an absolutely EXQUISITE strapless dress with matching coat. Look at that hemline! And that fabric for the lining! And those pearls at the waist! I have to pack out the box again for more photos so I'll put this one on a doll and see how it looks! So pretty.

This pink party gown with train

Pink gingham and lace dress.

Similar to the dress style above but in aqua gingham.
 

Short royal blue ruffle dress.
 

Floral print everyday dress.
 

Green and blue floral sundress.
 

Here is another one I love (can you tell I love black?) This is a simple dress with lace top with a long sleeve gown type robe to go over it. Reminds me of in the 50's, a woman who had her hair up in curlers and still doing housework.

Another sundress in green eyelet. 
 

A striped sleeveless top
 

Short gold strapless party gown
 

A floral print colonial dress with a red waist. 
 

And the same dress only with a blue waist. These are thick dresses. So pretty and so well made!
 

This pretty strapless lace sunflower dress. This is cute!
 

White lace dress with a hint of sparkle. Maybe a wedding dress!
 

Strapless simple white and yellow dress.
 

A simple everyday dress with spaghetti straps.

Look at this one! Ruffles and lace! Reminds me of a dress for a vintage Sweet 16.
 

Green velvet high neck dress.
 

I want to say this one is a nightgown. Pretty light blue.

Cream top dress with floral skirt and necktie.

Simple Orange dress
 

Green floral print dress with pink bust and a pocket. So cute!

EDIT - This is a Barbie Best Buy Fashion! 

This reminds me of a mod fashion! Has a string to tie the dress. I think it's the front of the dress?

EDIT - This is a Barbie Best Buy Fashion!  

And lastly, this red white and blue everyday dress.

EDIT - This is a Barbie Best Buy Fashion!  

I've decided, we're going to have a fashion show with some of these items. They are too great to just sit around!

What do you think of these OOAK clothes? Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments! 

New post coming soon as well as the March Haute Couture fashion from the calendar. Until then!