<p>■■■■■■ heyday was '65, '66 or so. Their timeless appeal, low price and endless variety of hair colors gave them a long initial run. They have never totally gone away. Similar to beanie baby fad. Imagine if certain ■■■■■■ had “retired”. We didn’t have parents that would fall for that one.</p>
<p>Thanks SBmom - I appreciate your sharing your ■■■■■■ and glue gun, and I have plenty of fabric to donate. </p>
<p>I guess I was a little young when the ■■■■■■ first became popular, and that’s why I didn’t realize just how popular they were or that I was missing out…lol. I am familiar with them, of course - I just didn’t know they had ever been the hot item.</p>
<p>I, too, am ■■■■■-less. Younger sis had them. I <em>could not relate</em> to the the ■■■■■ hair (and I use the term loosely).</p>
<p>Now, if we are going to have a bathing beauty contest, poolside, with our Ginny dolls. Then… I can play.</p>
<p>Here is my entrant: [Ginny</a> In Love](<a href=“http://www.voguedolls.com/html/ginny_in_love.html]Ginny”>http://www.voguedolls.com/html/ginny_in_love.html)</p>
<p>■■■■■■ are nice and low-maintenance, unlike Barbies. I heard a dad mutter once that he wanted to list Barbie on his tax form as a “dependent,” she was so expensive to clothe.</p>
<p>SBmom, Cottonwood513 and Mommusic–I made clothes for my ■■■■■■, too–the piece de resistance being a wedding dress and veil made from white felt. How do I remember this? Because the ■■■■■ who was lucky enough to get this outfit is perched on my bathroom vanity counter AT THIS VERY MOMENT–and she DEFINITELY is not going swimming in that outfit, because I would be very upset.</p>
<p>My small motor coordination is terrible. Can’t sew to save my life. I just told stories about the clothes the ■■■■■■ wore. You know how girls talk, “Let’s say mine has a blue dress on and it’s really shiny and has like little pearls all over it and lace on the bottom and her shoes are blue and silver and she has a…”</p>
<p><em>looks around</em></p>
<p>Are the guys gone yet? Throw the ■■■■■■ in the closet and bring out the Italian soccer players:).</p>
<p>I think that’s my entrance cue. :)</p>
<p>Keep it clean…</p>
<p>I am a fan of English Premier League soccer, for the sport, although my college soph D makes yummy sounds when I have it on.</p>
<p>m&sD offically declared as a fibre arts major, so ■■■■■ clothing is up her alley. Her art is part of an exhibition at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra starting later this month.</p>
<p>jmmom – Ginny dolls!!! I loved that doll. I had all sorts of outfits, a storybook that I remember as clear as day … </p>
<p>And of course Barbie – my grandmother made an entire wardrobe for my doll and my cousin’s. I still have every last piece of it, including the wedding dress and veil. My D was almost completely uninterested in dolls, especially Barbie, so everything is exactly how I left it so many years ago.</p>
<p>And of course ■■■■■■ were all the rage when I was young. They made a comeback of sorts when D was little, and I got her one. It’s still on her bureau, but she just never got into it. Honestly, whose child is this???</p>
<p>^^ Maybe mine?</p>
<p>Try a Ginny doll on her. Then we’ll know :eek:.</p>
<p>I don’t not care what the ■■■■■■ are wearing, as long as they bring my drink when the marmots whistle!</p>
<p>But if any of you want to specify (or fabricate) specific garments for your ■■■■■■, I am sure I will enjoy the spectacle.</p>
<p>'65 or '66 was when I was playing with/making clothes for my ■■■■■■. Felt was the material of choice…there probably wasn’t much actual “sewing” involved!</p>
<p>And we loved the hair…especially the orange ones. Some had better hair than others, depending on the manufacturer, I guess.</p>
<p>Love the lifeguard marmots with whistles!</p>
<p>My sister and I always had naked ■■■■■■ but we both learned to sew making Barbie clothes. We didn’t have $ to buy clothes for our dolls or ourselves, so mom and grandma taught us to make our own. We had the best dressed Barbies on our street.
We made houses out of Kleenex boxes for our small baby dolls. We even put yarn through the tops so we could wear them around our necks. I really don’t know why we needed portable houses, but it was a big deal.</p>
<p>pulling my people up from page 2. gotta dash over to read the explaining CC thread. Peeked in and they were not talking about us… DRATS!!</p>
<p>[How</a> To Make Felt Clothing for ■■■■■■ | eHow.com](<a href=“http://www.ehow.com/how_9673_make-felt-clothing.html]How”>http://www.ehow.com/how_9673_make-felt-clothing.html)
It’s my guess that the *loin cloth<a href=“!”>/I</a> will work better than a bikini.</p>
<p>And to think, all of you geniuses did it without eHow.com!</p>
<p>Yeah, I didn’t really sew ■■■■■ clothes. I attached seed bead necklaces, too. </p>
<p>When the ■■■■■ thing started, there were just three hair colors–black, white or orange. My first one came from a picked over batch, it had scrawny black hair.</p>
<p>agree felt clothing is best for ■■■■■■ – my grandmother made amazing dresses for my Barbies – all very proper, with lots of buttons. I still have them all. my kids had no interest. dentist barbie – or stock broker barbie – or whatever they were into at the time – all came fully clothed. Anybody remember “Math is hard!” barbie?</p>
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<p>I was sure that was joke, until I looked it up!! OMG!</p>
<p>Wow, ivoryk - I thought it was a joke too! I can’t believe I never heard about that Barbie - although D was only 2 when that one came out, I have nieces who probably owned those them.</p>