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Fashion Queen and Miss Barbie
Fashion Queen® and Miss Barbie®
Fashion Queen 1963/64 - 67
A lovely Fashion Queen with
original face paint. I have touched up her painted head and added a (repro) blue
ribbon headband, slight blush and 'pearl' earrings
Fashion Queen Barbie (on the left) was sold either as a head only along with a 3 wig set and wig stand (1964 67), or as a doll on a straight leg 1963/64 'Midge-Barbie' body. The doll wore a white and gold swimsuit with matching turban and came with the 3 wigs and wig stand. The 'FQ' came with a blue vinyl headband. Some more unusual FQs can be found with gorgeous high color face paint (including a lovely geranium lip color)! Normally, they are found with pinkish coral, coral or even white lips (below). The wigs should never be stored on either the doll or the wig stand as the two plastics together will 'melt' and cause damage.
The Fashion Queen is both plentiful and versatile. None of them seem to look alike! This is a doll you can easily collect and have fun displaying due to the relatively inexpensive price tag.
Markings (1963 and 1964): Midge T.M./ ©1962/ Barbie®/©1958/by/ Mattel, Inc. (added 'patented' to 1964 body)
A Fashion Queen in her original box with wig set and gold lame' swimsuit and
turban
1964 - 1967 - The Fashion Queen head (only) was sold with
the wig stand and 3 wigs in the 'Wig Wardrobe' set
Fashion Queens have also been found with the 'high color' face paint and blush.
I have also seen Fashion Queens with unusual white lip paint. lip colors can
range from white to very pale peach to pink, coral and high color raspberry like
the doll above.
White lips, pink lips and coral lips! Collect them all!
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Miss Barbie 1964 (made in USA)
Photos showing how the Miss Barbie doll was
originally sold.
1964 - Miss Barbie® was the first doll with bendable legs and the only vintage Barbie® with 'sleep eyes.' Interestingly, her bendable leg body was made in the USA.
The neck/torso is very specific to this
doll. A small 0-ring attaches to the neck to keep the head securely on the
body. Therefore the Miss Barbie head needs to be on the correct Miss
Barbie body.
Often the small
0-ring on this doll is missing or corroded after all of these years. I am able to
repair/replace this for you so her head stays in place on the neck.
Miss Barbie
originally was sold with the swimsuit and hat you see above, as well as a 3-wig
set, white plastic wig stand, gold wire doll stand and other accessories (including the stripe swing set you see in
the background above).
Markings (embossed): ©1958/Mattel,
Inc./U.S. Patented/U.S. Pat. Pend.
On back of head: ©M.I.
"USA" is generally found on the bottoms of both feet (though sometimes this marking is rubbed off over time during play).
This doll frightened children so it did not originally sell well.
Before: This is how the doll arrived. Notice the eye mechanism that fits
inside the two head pieces
After: Eyes back in place, new 0-ring to secure the head to the body, and touch
ups to painted head, brows, and lips
