This week I finally got around to getting out a box of dolls I’ve had stored for some time due to lack of shelf space. Not long ago I had a cull of a lot of my Barbies and the remaining box are the ones that I liked too much to part with. Some are blonde Barbies that I bought in my early collecting days. Most were bought cheap so I wasn’t afraid to trim their hair to try to make them look a bit different.  Others were bought loose from eBay and I had fun trying to ID them. A few I bought and deboxed myself.

Tess wears a Fashion Avenue Party Collection outfit from 1996.

Jill is one of the many blonde Barbies I bought in the late 90s and has been saved for make over projects.

Riviera Barbie from about 1998. She wears a Fashion Avenue Boutique collection outfit from 1996.

Charlotte in Paris Film Festival fashion. Fashion Avenue Dazzle Collection 2001.

Lynne is a Holiday Surprise Barbie from 2000.

Another mid/late 90s Barbie saved for projects. Wearing generic outfit.

Gina was a Macy’s Nicole Miller City Shopper doll from 1996.

Here are some of the girls. Not in any particular order they are:

Tess – I bought her nude because of her beautiful dark hair and  her eyes and still have no idea who she is.

Lisa – This is another Lisa, I have about three of them.She’s one of my early ones and I love her face. A typical early 90s Barbie.

Sara – My sister brought her back from Singapore for me on her first trip. She is a Riviera Barbie from 1998 and had so much hairspray on that her hair was rock hard. Eventually I washed some of it out. I like Sara because she has short hair.

Lynne – Holiday Surprise Barbie from 2000. I bought her new. After I redressed her in her original outfit for this shoot I decided to put her on one of my display shelves with some of the others I’d redressed but she gave me a look that said. “I should be on the top shelf with the Barbies in ball gowns.” I put her there, she has an expression you don’t argue with.

Jill – Another of the  90’s blondies. I gave her a trim. I like her face paint and her platinum blonde hair.

Gina – My favourite thing about Gina is her side glancing eyes, I also like her hair colour and the fact that it is short. She too has rather a lot of spray but I’ve left it alone. She is Macy’s City Shopper and I bought her loose on eBay.

Charlotte – I bought Charlotte because of her auburn ringlets but I’m still not really sure who she is. “Mary Had A Little Lamb” Barbie had similar hair but I don’t think this is her.

The Fashions:

I had a lot of fun looking at all these dolls that I hadn’t seen for a while and redressing them. I still have quite a lot more dolls and fashions to photograph and will do this in the near future.