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One of each of the three hair colors of the Straight Leg Midge doll
Midge® made her debut in 1963 as Barbie's best friend. In 1963 the body markings changed to the 'Midge-Barbie' (hollow body) with coral nailpolish. Midge® was available with either brunette, blond or titian hair (redhead). She came with a two-piece swimsuit, the colors of which depended on the hair color of the doll; light blue/blue for a blond, bright yellow-green/orange for a titian (photo above) or pink/red for a brunette.
Midge also came with white open toe shoes, a wire stand and a booklet. Midge® is known as the doll with the freckles and the thin smile, but apparently Mattel made some Midge® dolls with teeth (and a weird blank stare, shorter hair style). Also some were made with freckle-less faces. The true freckle-less Midges have a longer hair style. Still, the freckle-less Midge is very hard to determine as genuine due to children rubbing the freckles away with nail polish remover (or due to dishonest eBay sellers - so buyer beware!).
In 1965 Midge® got bendable legs (same body as found on the American Girl Barbie), an updated stripe one-piece swimsuit and a cute short pageboy hair cut with light blue silk ribbon headband. Some high color Midges® have also been found (no doubt from the 'high color' year of 1966).
