Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Why were such ugly clothes drawn for the Quick Curl paper dolls?

I love the box for the 1976 #4395/7420 Skipper paper doll set.  The little girl looks like Suzanne Crough, and I have to wonder if she modeled for it.  The doll itself is Quick Curl Skipper in another set of colorful underwear.
But, oh, those clothes.....
Either Skipper or the artist were colorblind!  Such clashing colors!  The clothes themselves are fine, but some of the color combinations are horrendous.  Neither Barbie nor Margaret Roberts would ever let Skipper out in public in these things!

This watercolor of Skipper shows her with buck teeth!

First Skipper had purple underwear; now it's orange!
 
Purple and chartreuse?  Medium green and pink?
Pink flowers with yellow and blue?  My eyes!  My eyes!



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