Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Birthday Wishes Barbie 1998


Victoria
Victoria in Fashion Fever blouse and Integrity skirt.

Today’s Friday Girl is Birthday Wishes Barbie from 1998. She was the first in a series of Collector dolls but I bought her loose and nude from an eBay seller. I didn’t even know who she was at the time as I had not been collecting lone when I got her. Victoria is wearing a Fashion Fever pack shirt which fits quite well and a skirt which I think is either integrity or a generic one that I had.

You will have seen Victoria featured in a couple of Mother’s Day posts. Victoria likes baking, gardening, sewing and spoiling her two younger brothers Georgie and Frankie.

*Dress and stockings by Etsy seller Ellasdolls.

 

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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.

10 comments

  1. Pretty girl, I imagine she’s pretty handy w/ all the custom fashions around. Some of the outfits for the plus size dolls are pretty weird. I have also seen several places on pinterest to modify old fashions to make them new or customize them. Does Victoria have a work room (home projects)or show room/studio.. where she sells things? Is she a “behind the scenes gal for photo shoots to pin things or fix a broken sipper etc?

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    • It was quite an earlly one and one of the few pack items I bought, usually I found the closets better value for money than the small items. I loved the hats but never bought them for that reason. Wish I had now.

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      • It was amazing how certain FF accessories sold separately matched the ensemble of specific dolls. I think FF was the peak of fashion doll collecting.

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