Taswegian1957

What Shall I Wear?


I’m going a bit off topic today to show you a game from Naomi’s collection of vintage games. It is called What Shall I Wear? and is intended as a fashion game for girls. This game was published by a company called Selchow & Righter which I am not familiar with. The release date was 1969.

The goal of the game is to be the first player to be dressed for two invitations. We haven’t played it yet but it looks as if all the pieces are there. The graphics on the board are very nice.

Game Board

Here are all the pieces for the game except the dice which I forgot to include. The illustrated cards show the outfits that must be made up.

The game cards
An invitation

Naomi and I both enjoyed “I Wish I Were” as kids. Well, to be honest, I’d still enjoy playing it. This game doesn’t have paper dolls like that but it is along similar lines. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed taking a peek at this vintage game.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18565/what-shall-i-wear-fashion-game-girls

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.

7 comments

  1. What a cool game! I never heard of this game before. It’s a treasure. I also checked your post on the I Wish I Were game and that is even more fabulous. Love all those paper dolls, and I had a giggle over the doll that lost her dress. Too funny!

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  5. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been slowly (very slowly) working on my own fashion type board/card game and i love seeing other fashion type games to see how they are designed.

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