Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Jewel Hair Mermaid Midge 1995


Jewel Hair Mermaid Midge revamped with a home perm.
Gold bikini by me.
Maureen has had a hair cut and a perm.

Maureen, as I named her, was another of my early finds. In those days when I could buy Barbies at markets and Op Shops for just a couple of dollars I did not mind experimenting on them.
Maureen had long, long hair which is why I suspected that she was a fairy or mermaid doll. I discovered that she was Jewel Hair Mermaid Midge from 1995. As I have mentioned before I don’t like ridiculously long hair so I cut it to shoulder length and experimented with a perm. It did not come out too badly although it is a bit flyaway. For today’s photos Maureen is wearing a gold bikini knitted in metallic thread which I made during the summer. It goes well with her colouring and her gold earrings.

Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our 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. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

5 comments

  1. Great makeover, bikini and outdoor scenery! You have been influential to my collection and I have been able to collect many of my favorite dolls/clothing discovered on your blog 🙂

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    • Thank you, it’s very kind of you to say that. I think if I was giving advice to any collector starting out it would be “Collect what you love”. When you buy on the secondary market I find that being able to identify a doll from a photo simplify’s searching too. I’ve got favourite websites as well as some books that have helped me so I’m happy to be able to help others.

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