Silken Flame

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Sidebar: Window Shopping

A recurring theme in fashion doll illustration…

’62 Barbie coloring book page “colored” by me
Black-and-white line drawing of bubble cut barbie in a short-sleeved top. short gloves, and pearls, facing away into a shop wondow. Midge in pillbox hat stands beside her. In the window is a stacked hat like the one belonging to Career Girl Barbie, along with a button-up jacket and scarf. Caption at bottom reads, "Ooo, Let's Shop!"
and another for you to color.
Color illustration of three characters looking into a shop window containing three more of themselves. Outside the window, Mary (blonde bobbed hair) wears a red suit with wide collar and black envelope purse; Tressy (brunette flip) wears a green swing coar with 3/4 sleeves, white gloves, brown handbag with strap, and conical hat matching her coat; Cricket (a youth with brown hair in loose curls) wears a checked coat with white scarf and carries a black purse. Inside the window, Mary wears a pink-and-white checked suit; Tressy, a black-and-white checked suit with collarless jacket and mock turtleneck shirt beneath, carrying a red-and-black checkerboard. Mary and Tressy in the window both wear thick black-famed glasses. Window Cricket wears a fit-and-flair green checked pinafore dress with white apron and long-sleeved white undershirt. A cookbook titled "Kitchen Ideas" hangs near her head and a cake sits near her feet. Her hair in the window is quite bouffant. Text reads, "It's window shopping time! Mary's wearing Tressy's WINDOW SHOPPING outfit. It comes with a black pocketbook with lovely clasp, black vinyl high heels. Tressy's FIFTH AVENUE outfit comes with matching hat, red and gold scarf, hi-styled pocket book, long white gloves, vinyl high heels, and white initialed handkerchief. Cricket's WINDY WEATHER outfit includes a pale blue scarf, pocket book with "pearl" button, and black vinyl shoes. In the window, EXECUTIVE SWEET includes stenographer's notebook and pencil, dictionary, and eye glasses. CHECK MATES comes with eye glasses, checker board and checkers. KITCHEN CUTIE comes with dainty lace trimmed apron, cake and plate, knife fork, spoon and cook book."
Tressy, Mary and Cricket fashion booklet ca. 1965
On a red background, color illustration of a woman with brunette flip hair style walking in a blue swing coat covered in red diamonds, with tall collar and two large buttons at the neckline. She wears a tall gold hat, white button pearl earrings, black heels. On one arm she carries a black handbag and in the other hand carries a striped shopping bag. Behind her is a brick wall (black brick outlines on the red background), set into which are a glass door (indicated by rectangle of white and blue scribbles) and a window displaying a blouse and scarf drawn in yellow and blue.
mid-Sixties Miner Industries doll carrying case
Color box art from gift set mixes illustration with photographed elements, so that an illustrated character appears to browse a shop window displaying mostly the same pieces she is wearing, except inside the window they are photographs and not hand illustrated. Blonde Jamie wearing a red coat with pink trim and wide pink belt, plus puffy red hat and red boots to mid-calf, walks a grey poodle outside a shop window. White trees are illustrated across the street in the background amidst hazy green. Inside the shop window are photographed components overlaid onto the illustration: the blonde Jamie doll in her yellow/pink/red minidress wears pink pilgrim shoes. A toy bog stands beside her to one side, her boots lie next to her on the other. Suspended in the air are her coat and hat as worn by the illustrated character in the scene. Text reads "new 'n wonderful Walking Jamie Furry Friends Set; I really walk! My arms swing, My head turns! I wear Barbie clothes, too!"
1970 Jamie gift set (via Theriault’s)

…plus a bonus: when the shopping gets real.

Color illustration of Barbie and Ken, arms overloaded with wrapped packaged, standing next to a sign reading "Bus Stop." Ken wears his Rally Day fashion, a red cap and brown coat; plus black slacks and shoes. Barbie, with a blonde ponytail, wears a red crescent hat, red open-toed shoes, red sweater, and gray skirt (mostly as in Sweater Girl with some Commuter Set accessorizing).
’62 Barbie and Ken jumbo trading card

Happy holidays from Silken Flame!

sheathsensation

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