Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Barbie The Look – Wave 1 2015


Barbie The Look City Shine aka Abigall
Barbie The Look City Shine aka Abigail

Today’s Friday Girl is another of my Barbie The Look City Shine girls. I am gradually de-boxing them all after holding out for a long time. Abigail, as I have named her, is a very striking blonde with real eyelashes. Wave 1 of this series of dolls had a metallic theme to their outfits. Abigail is silver, silver dress, shoes, earrings and bag.

Generally I tend to prefer dolls in street wear to evening gowns but I like this one. When I deboxed her I did think that her hair was a bit messy at the back. I haven’t yet but I will probably have to comb it out at some stage. It makes her look as if she slept in her dress. I don’t want to mess up the waves in it but she really doesn’t look so good at the back.

When I was trying to think of a name for her Abigail popped into my head. Maybe she has a passing resemblance to this Australian actress.

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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.

14 comments

  1. Classic and au courant. Love her accessories, especially the earrings and sandles. The “cold shoulder” look and metallics are in again now. I surprised myself by purchasing a few fashion items in gold, silver and rose gold which I haven’t yet worn 🙂

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  2. This is my favorite line! I just adore the shimmering metallics and the makeup is so glamorous. I would like to purchase a couple for my collection. Where do you recommend I look for them at reasonable prices?

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  3. Lovely gal, love the goddess dress with the high low hem and sandles. you might try a few pin curls with small metal clips, that can be one on dry or slightly misted hair to control how much or little you want to style. I bet she would also be stunning in a light bronze gown as mixed metals are high end right now.tres chic.

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  4. She does look rather like Abigail from Number 96. I hope she doesn’t fall in love with a gay guy or get knocked off by the panty hose strangler. Perhaps she better steer clear of Paddington and stick to Point Piper where she came from. Abigail played Bev Horton in Number 96 an iconic soapy very popular in the 1970’s.

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