I haven’t had luck with my electronic devices
of late. The photos of Sun Sensation Barbie in the sandbox are the last ones I
will ever take with my camera, because, to put the long story short, my younger
daughter grabbed it to take a few shots of her older sister playing in the sand
when I literally ran to the house to put Barbie away. Then my phone has been
acting weird, not charging and all, but it’s ancient so that’s to be expected.
But that my pendrive should break is like a huge cosmic mystery to me. I mean,
how something that uncomplicated can break in the first place? What is there to
break anyway? Yet, the pendrive insists there’s no content on it though the
properties indicate otherwise. There was a good half of my collection on the
pendrive, photographed, catalogued, described and what not. Good I still have
the blog. My big regret is that I lost the pictures of today’s fashions before
unboxing. Now I have to steal photos from the Internet – and that’s how a
series of events deprives a law abiding citizen like me!
My memories of the Flower Surprise Fashion 1990
#5939 are a bit faded but I do remember the day I got it very well. My grandma
had a special place where she’d hide the gifts from my “American” family. She’d
normally store her bed sheets there put in perfect stacks, but sometimes she’d
let me crawl between them to find the goods for myself. She’d laugh to tears
and so would Grandpa, although his would be the duty to fold it all up as it
was, meticulously. That day the secret hiding place would reveal to me four
wonderful things- Cool Looks Barbie, Dress’n Go Mountain Bike and two fashions.
One of them I remember being too small for Barbie, perhaps it wasn’t Barbie at
all. I haven’t identified it yet and the only clue is the photo from the
previous post.
The source: https://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Mountain-Trendy-Fashion-Mattel/dp/B001CB074U
The Flower Surprise fashion line consisted of 6
colorful sets and the dolls dressed in them, standing in a row resembled a
rainbow. Each of the fashions came with a skirt, a top with a decal, a purse
with a holographic sticker and a pair of pumps as well as a manual how to connect
the purse with the skirt and turn them into a flower to decorate your clothes
or your hair with. Even as a kid I found that idea ridiculous. That would
stretch the skirt and it wouldn’t stay on Barbie’s hips! The same things goes
for the Magic Style Barbie’s skirt that could double as a scrunchie for a
girl’s hair! What a horrible idea! But Barbies wearing my scrunchies as tops
and skirts were perfectly fine. I was always short of genuine Barbie’s clothes
so I that was an alternative for my dolls.
the source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhtpirate/5077139257
As I could never sew, my creativity geared in
another direction. My Granny would sometimes buy sets of lovely, white,
beautifully trimmed and embroidered, cotton handkerchiefs. She’d usually
purchase 4 or 5 of those and one would always disappear in the most mysterious
circumstances. My dolls would turn into Grecian goddesses wearing them.
Sometimes I would also borrow my Mom’s ascots as well. Of course, the missing
items would return to their rightful owners in due time.
This post is definitely too long for just one
fashion, so I’ll show you another one that I recently got. It’s Fashion Finds
1989 #5303 and it’s very simple, basic I’d say. The set consists of a top and a
skirt with suspenders. There’s no shoes but I’m not complaining, I would’ve
loved to own such a nice fashion as a kid. Fashion Finds line offered a number
of cute, simple outfits and they must have been quite popular because they look
familiar. I’ve purchased it for my Takara Jenny, but it’s large on her.
My models for today’s fashion show are the Sun
Sensation Barbie aka Goldie and the Super Star 1988. Super Star has never
changed her wardrobe, her own stock clothes are interesting enough and allow
several looks, but she would’ve worn the fashion back then so it was very nice
to relive some of my memories. Funny how a simple object as that can change
into a time capsule. I see, almost hear my Grandma and Grandpa laughing merrily
whenever I look at it. Grandma, Grandpa, I miss you.
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