Memories of Barbie

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

I wouldn't even let my own daughter play with my vintage Barbies, but did let my middle granddaughter play with them when she was 5. I regretted it - some of the tiny accessories (gloves, purses, a phone, outdoor grill utensils) were destroyed or lost. I put them back up. Maybe I'll leave them to her in my will.

Such fun memories! Our Barbie telephones were the 60s keychains made to resemble Trimline phones and distributed by the phone company.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Such fun memories! Our Barbie telephones were the 60s keychains made to resemble Trimline phones and distributed by the phone company.

We had those, too!

Did anyone have a Tressy? I didn't, but I did have Tressy's Hat Shoppe.
My daddy would save the creamer containers for me to use for doll hats!

[honeychile]

I stand corrected: Tressy's MILLINERY SHOPPE!

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We had those, too!

Did anyone have a Tressy? I didn't, but I did have Tressy's Hat Shoppe.
My daddy would save the creamer containers for me to use for doll hats!

Our cousin Tammy had a TAMMY doll, whose original outfit was a blue one-piece gymsuit with white trim. Somehow that gymsuit permanently ended up at our house!

Slight sidetrack: Which of you remembers wearing a one-piece blue gymsuit in middle/high school? And was it required, as it was at my schools, that you embroider your FULL NAME in large, white letters across the back for all to read?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Our cousin Tammy had a TAMMY doll, whose original outfit was a blue one-piece gymsuit with white trim. Somehow that gymsuit permanently ended up at our house!

Slight sidetrack: Which of you remembers wearing a one-piece blue gymsuit in middle/high school? And was it required, as it was at my schools, that you embroider your FULL NAME in large, white letters across the back for all to read?

Ours were red. There were two versions: junior high school version with bloomer shorts (gathered legs), and the high school version with cuffed legs. Both ugly as sin and embarrassing to wear! Last name across the back yoke, first and last over the front pocket.