Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Avon Representative Barbie


Avon Representative Barbie

Fashion doll Friday has turned into Fashion doll Saturday here in Australia but it’s still Friday somewhere right?

This weeks doll is one that I bought from eBay back when I was first buying dolls from the USA. She is an Avon Representative and as I recall was one of a set of three, Caucasian, Hispanic and the one I chose, the African-American one. They were released in 1999.

I bought her because I really liked her hair and I thought the outfit was very smart and  nicely made. Surprisingly after all these years I’ve never swiped it from her for another doll to wear. I think that is because I like her so much but I bet she would look very good in some other fashions too.

One of my favourite collectible dolls.
One of my favourite collectible dolls.
AA Avon Representative Barbie
AA Avon Representative Barbie
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Published by Taswegian1957

Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company. I currently co-write two Wordpress blogswith my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and a "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.

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  1. I’ve never seen this doll before! Which surprises me because I’ve always been interested in Barbies with natural black hairstyles but they’re so rare. She’s gorgeous! And I love the coordination of her outfit, those shoes are fantastic 🙂

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    • Aren’t they? She was definitely the nicest of the three. I think that they must have only been available through Avon USA as I’ve not seen another. That’s why I didn’t hesitate to buy even though in those pre Paypal days it was a lot of messing about with money orders.

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