March 05, 2011
70s Fashion Parade, part 2
Besides my Barbie paper dolls which I featured in part 1 (below), we also had a Dusty paper doll.
I've only discovered just now that Dusty was produced by Kenner Toys in the mid-70s as competition to Barbie. She was taller than Barbie and more athletic; she was known as a tennis champion, but also swam and golfed. A daisy was her signature fashion accessory. She had sun-bleached platinum blond hair. Since I grew up in the north where this never happened to people's hair, I remember thinking it was weird that this young-looking girl's hair was grey!
Unfortunately, I have few clothes left for her. So here she is wearing one of her remaining outfits, flanked by the others.
Despite being a tomboy, she sure could get gussied up!
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5 comments:
i have never heard of dusty but she is styling. As a kid I loved paper dolls.
cathy
I'd forgotten about the bell bottom pantsuits with the long coats. Wow, those were the days! I was rockin' the shag haircut too.
Love those 1970s styles - so chic! I grew up in the 70s but don't think I ever heard of Dusty. Our largely female household was crazy for Barbie - it was Barbie EVERYTHING. My sis and I loved playing with paper dolls but oddly enough I don't think we ever had the Barbie kind ....
I have never heard of Dusty either! I'm a tennis player, so I'll have to keep my eye out for her to add to my vintage tennis collection. Thanks for the great post.
Dana, most of the time I still end up wearing 'boot cut' pants with a long coat. Sort of the same effect!
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