I’d been silent for some time, but
that’s because I took a long holiday and no dolls accompanied me. But
now I’m back and the doll that I’m going to show you today is a fierce
redhead! The Irish Barbie 1995 was an unexpected purchase, I just
spotted her once when I was looking for a different doll. The Redhead
skipped my wishlist and headed straight for my doll cabinet. I just have
a soft spot for redheaded superstar Barbie dolls, so I joined the
battle over her and won her to my great astonishment, because I usually
lose auctions when there are more participants than just me. That was
several months ago and the Irish Barbie had been waiting for her stock
outfit that I wanted to purchase before her presentation, but she’s so
pretty that she can’t wait any longer. I’m still planning to get it
somehow, somewhere, but in the meantime, here’s my Fierce Redhead!
Her previous owner described her as
Scottish Barbie 1990, but her eyes and the straight arms didn’t fit and I
identified her as the Irish Barbie 1995 on the basis of her pictures.
The doll is stunning despite her minor imperfections, one of them being
her hair that is of course kanekalon, and probably one of the worst
examples I’ve ever touched! It’s very dry, frizzy and almost impossible
to style but the color is simply lovely, so warm and pleasant. The
other flaw is her sticky legs. She’d been dressed in a great fashion
pack – Twice as Nice Reversible Fashion from 1983 or 1984 and her
previous owner added a pair of tights so at first I didn’t notice the
stickiness, but baby wipes solved the problem and now she’s fine. By the
way, Locket Surpirse Ken is pretty good too so the wipes really work
long term.
She may not be flawless, but I’m very
happy with her because her beautiful face makes up for her
imperfections. She’s a mid-90s doll and her eyes bear all the
characteristics of that period, they’re large and complicated, with a
multitude of upper and lower lashes. Her eyes are emerald green and the
navy blue eyeliner and mascara help bring the color out. It’s easy to
identify the doll for the cross reflex in her eyes. Her lips are deep
red and gorgeous. I think she’s an excellent doll. I’m also very happy
she came with her stock jewelry – simple but interesting. The earrings
and the ring are two colors in fact – silver on the outside and gold on
the inside. At first I thought they’re simply faded, but the result
seems very much deliberate.
As I’ve already mentioned, the Fierce
Redhead came with a replacement outfit and that was stolen by my Magic
Moves Barbie, so the Irish is now waiting for her stock outfit that you
can see in the promo picture below and in the meantime, she’s been given
several contemporary fashion options. The first one is the purple dress
that had been already worn by some other dolls, my Mermaid Midge
amongst them. Dark colors sure become her.
FND47/ FTK10 was released early in 2018
or late in 2017 and it’s a pretty, short and shiny dress. The gold upper
part is cut asymmetrically with a nice detail to the right shoulder.
The lower part is two layers with pale pink tulle over the golden fabric
and in the middle there’s a pink ribbon to add color to the dress. The
set comes with a golden purse and a bracelet, but sadly, no shoes. The
ones Barbie’s wearing in the pictures come from my own stock.
DMF51 from 2016 is one of my most
favorite contemporary dresses. I purchased it used but in a great
condition. I love the color of the dress, it’s peachy pink and has been
heavily sprinkled with silver glitter. The heart shape cut and the
mermaid tail bottom make it elegant and light at the same time. The
dress is of course plain at the back, it’s one of those unfortunate
one-sided dresses, oh well… The set originally came with a silver clutch
and a pair of heels (!), those are missing now but I added a necklace
and the peachy pumps belong to another Barbie.
So far I’ve collected three redheaded
superstar Barbies, and of course I couldn’t resist a group photo. Below
you can see the Irish Barbie 1995 accompanied by Purple Passion Barbie
1995 and Paint’n Dazzle Barbie 1993. I hope to add some more dolls to
this lovely trio pretty soon.
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