Tag: 1967

• Sidebar: Barbie’s Baggage

  Following are vintage illustrations of Barbie and other characters sporting baggage. For a rundown of vintage and nostalgic luggage suitable for Barbie dolls, check out the previous post. …and some not-Barbies:

  sheathsensation

  January 28, 2026

  illustration

  1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1978, vintage barbie

• Rival Fashion Booklets (1962-66)

  Soft hues suffuse a 1962 fashion booklet for Ideal’s Tammy. Clothes are shown worn by the character in detailed scenes, with accessories, background figures, and other immersive touches. See the booklet cover above, left; just a few of its charming fashion illustrations are below. The following year, another booklet advertised all the same fashions and…

  sheathsensation

  December 20, 2025

  clones

  1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, bobbi, tammy, tressy

• The Barbie World of Fashion game (1967)

  We’ve noted before how the lush illustrations of the Queen of the Prom and Keys to Fame board games enriched the world of Barbie visuals in the early-mid ’60s. In the mod era “lush” was less on-trend, but 1967’s Barbie World of Fashion game, with its travel-focused play, was illuminated by bright, bold interpretations of…

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  November 27, 2025

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  1967, casey, francie, skipper, vintage barbie

• Illustrated fashion packaging

  Barbie’s early ensembles were sold in boxes with cellophane fronts that neatly displayed the contents, along with black-and-white illustrated backs featuring a bit of snappy text. Only for a short while did Barbie appear alone on any packages; once Midge was introduced, even the earlier fashions still in production came in updated packaging that included…

  sheathsensation

  November 8, 2025

  illustration

  1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, becky, francie, midge, stacey, vintage barbie

• Japan-exclusive furniture (1967)

  “There’s lots of fun furniture, too!” enthuses a 1967 Barbie booklet produced for the Japanese market. “Desks, chairs, reception sets, and other colorful furniture with a twist. Have even more fun with Barbie! Yellow dress with red chair… your dreams will fill your heart.” (Translation is very approximate.) And there are pictures, too. Two versions…

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  November 4, 2025

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  1967, vintage barbie

• The “built” environments of Whitman Barbie paper dolls

  We talk a lot about Barbie illustrations here, and we talk a lot about Barbie’s play sets and furniture, but what about the built environments within Barbie illustrations? In our posts on Whitman paper dolls we featured some paper doll folder interiors that show Barbie’s home or place of work; in fact, there are many…

  sheathsensation

  March 30, 2024

  built environment

  1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1973, vintage barbie, whitman paper dolls

• Who wore it best? Mary Quant edition

  In her 1965 memoir Quant wrote, “When you break a rule, you automatically arrive at something different and this is fun. Take stripes, checks and polka dots. For years these were worn on their own or teamed with a plain colour. Nobody asked why. I believe in mixing patterns and colours wildly. So far as…

  sheathsensation

  February 13, 2024

  Musings

  1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, francie, vintage francie

• Who wore it best? Airborne edition

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  January 1, 2024

  Musings, Uncategorized

  1961, 1966, 1967, 1973, flight attendants, midcentury air travel, vintage barbie

• Sidebar: All the Barbie and friends illustrations on mod house exteriors

  Note: the character illustrations on the ’67 World of Barbie house above also appear in “World of Barbie Fashions” booklets from 1966-67, and the same illustrations and positioning are used on the exterior of the (otherwise differently designed) elusive German case home, Villa Barbie. For more habitable case illustrations, see the Sleep-n-Keep section in our…

  sheathsensation

  December 25, 2023

  built environment, illustration

  1966, 1967, 1968, casey, chris, francie, skipper, stacey, tutti, vintage barbie

• Who wore it best?

  Hat tip to BillyBoy*, who highlighted the above similarity in his 1987 book, Barbie: Her Life and Times. Hat tip to Paris Refashioned: 1957-1968 by Colleen Hill for featuring the Yves Saint Laurent and Christiane Bailly designs above. Where to next? Two further entries ask, “Who wore it best?”: one on designer Mary Quant, featuring…

  sheathsensation

  December 9, 2023

  Musings

  1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, after five, balenciaga, betty grable, black magic, cardin, christiane bailly, courreges, dior, enchanted evening, francie, how to marry a millionaire, intrigue, marilyn monroe, solo in the spotlight, stefanie powers, the girl from U.N.C.L.E., twiggy, vintage barbie, vintage francie, yves saint laurent