Way back when Dolldom coined the motto "The future of fashion dolls is handmade", the genius behind Endangered Sissy was already collecting vintage fabrics, a collection that grew to become a mile-high stash and that one day, and much to the delight of dollectors the world over, became lusciously handmade garments for utterly lucky dolls.
Endangered Sissy is the brand to go to for colorful swagger. Vivacious melding of late 60s and early 70s design aesthetics makes the Endangered Sissy garment a trip back to the time when fashion dared to innovate and break limitations. Moreover, Endangered Sissy's expert eye creates combinations of prints and colors that cannot but make any doll smile and feel energized.
For this Dolldom exclusive, Takara's Licca-chan (both current and vintage reproductions) and her friends enjoy a day of color-saturated fashion fun as envisioned by Endangered Sissy.
60 years ago, this enticing commercial debuted on British television:
Can I take an "indy" y and what have you got? You've got Sindy - the doll you love to dress. Who's got a mac for when it rains? A dog for walking in the lane? Who is the girl they all love best? It's Sindy - the doll you love to dress! Who's got a dress for pony shows? A duffle coat for when it snows? Who has so many pretty clothes? Sindy- the doll you love to dress!
Get Sindy an start collecting all these wonderful outfits - they're beautifully make like this suede jacket, perfect in every detail.
So many clothes so smart and neat In her nightie she looks sweet. Who is the girl they all love best? It's Sindy - the doll you love to dress.
Sindy!
To celebrate this special milestone in fashion doll history, Dolldom is honored to present an exclusive photo portfolio of dolls and fashions from Pedigree's Sindy's first decade - the 1960s. Perhaps the best representation of the mod aesthetic in doll lexicon, the line's choices for dressing the beloved doll excel at faithfully rendering looks that define the period's viewpoint. From duffle coats to faux leather skirts with suspenders, Sindy is the perfect time capsule for the decade that brought forth a new way to dress and to think.
Devoid of the explicit company of parents, Sindy and her "continental" friend Mitzy, boyfriend Paul, and sister Patch existed as young people leading lives of outstanding normalcy, a concept that becomes prevalent as one examines Sindy's wardrobe. It's not that beautiful gowns do not exist, it's that the sheer realism of the garments meant to mixed and matched illustrate that Sindy was a doll one loved to dress cause she dressed like the young did. To this day, the looks are plausible and above all, intelligently stylish, and, we must say, au courant.
Here's to Sindy!
Dolldom wishes to express gratitude to the following individuals whose support and inspiration made this feature possible:
Fashion dolls are meant to be fashionable. And whatever they wear is the way in which dollectors express their vision of fun and style. Irma, Kirby, and Lark, from Joey Versaw's newest line of dolls, The Daffodollys, exemplify this concept play value, inherent as it should be, in any fashion doll.
For this exclusive portfolio, the members of the grooviest band around, model looks concocted from a way array of sources: from Poppy Parker to vintage Ken. What will your Irma, Kirby and Lark wear?
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