Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Mattel #1170 TNT Flip Hair Francie c1969


  • Francie looking very Mod. Clothes from different outfits.
  • Francie in Skipper top.
  • Francie with flip hair do. Photo by Naomi

Today’s Friday Girl is one of Naomi’s Francie dolls. She has a short, blonde flip hairstyle and TNT body. Francie has big brown eyes and long lashes. She was originally sold in a pink swimsuit. There was also a brunette with this hairstyle with a yellow hairband.

Francie has been featured in a couple of photo shoots in the past where these photos were taken but surprisingly this is the first time she has been a Friday Girl.

Francie’s full name is Francie Fairchild and she is Barbie’s cousin. Francie first appeared in 1966 and was made until the early 1970s. She was and still is a very popular doll. She appeared to be a little younger than Barbie and her less well developed body was suited to the mod fashions that were starting to appear. Mattel has issued a couple of reproduction Francie dolls including a 50th Anniversary doll in 2016 and also a couple of silkstone versions. Fellow doll blogger Barbielistholland has a very good post about Francie’s timeline. I’ve included a link here.

https://barbielistholland.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/1966-1976-francie-barbies-modern-cousin/

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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.

4 comments

  2. She’s really cute! By 1966 I had given up playing with my Barbie dolls and so I never had one until I bought one of the reproductions. I love these older versions, though and particularly how her hair is still so nicely “flipped.” My Francie, just like me before her as a high school student, simply cannot keep her flip without it going limp and curling in the wrong direction!

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  3. These are lovely dolls. I love that she’s Barbies cousin. I have a lot of cousins and have enjoyed seeing your Tammy family groups. I love the old pics of Barbies family groups like in the 30 years of Mattel book. I don’t have many Francies but try to style them in something fun. Thanks for the link. Great blog.

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