Vintage Barbie Fashion and Style
Barbie is the ultimate vintage fashion icon, and just like her current superstar colleagues, her closet is very well documented.A few handpicked links:
dollhabit - a store with vintage barbie clothes and accessories. If you are a collector, you'll have to watch your budget because there's lots of good stuff, if you're only looking for eye candy, this is a fun site with lots of images!
dolls4play - another vintage barbie store, gallery and collectibles guide.
Pictures of vintage barbies: vintage, mod, and more mod.
Barbie's colleague fashionista: Twiggy!
But it's not just her clothes, her makeup, hair and posture is sooooooooo retro as well! This book examines what made Barbie such a fashion icon for decades. "A unique look at America's favorite doll icon correlates fashion trends with the makeup and hairstyles that the Barbie doll wore between 1959 and 1971. A close inspection of the doll, rather than just her clothes, gives insight on how her face was painted, how her hair was styled and all of the influences that kept her a fashion statement during the changing beauty developments from the Kennedy era through the Mod 1960s. Interesting and informative, with fabulous photographs, Face of the American Dream will delight anyone who ever played with a Barbie doll, and for those who didn't, it is fun to read as a mass culture documentary about changing beauty trends."
Vintage Barbie Fashion
So let's see her clothes then. You wouldn't believe how many books there are that show nothing else just Barbie's fashions throughout the decades.Every Barbie outfit available from 1959 to 1967, not just for the miss herself, but her entire family and friends! Descriptions and photos, and matching accessories to the outfits with great photography!
In Vol. II of Sarah Sink Eames' Barbie Doll Fashion, Barbie's mod and psychedelic fashions from 1968-74 are carefully chronicled. Over 700 color photos detail descriptions and current values for all the original outfits for all of the dolls, all of the outfits sold separately, and including over 20 rare gift sets.
And here is the newest in the series, just published: the 3rd volume, with fashions from 1975-79!
Another collection of Barbie's mod fashions!
Barbie's cousin, Francie, is no less fashion conscious, she's got her own mod closet!
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