It’s becoming increasingly difficult to write anything more about these numbers. An office-ready outfit of hounds-tooth check pleated skirt teamed with a turtle-neck sweater, and coordinating pumps and bag. The print quality of these publicity shots is poor, as were the production values for both dolls and outfits! 5705 was, appropriately enough, followed by 5706, and 5707 A close-up of 5705 in the box. The names of the outfits are perhaps less imaginative than Barbie’s, but they do have the benefit of numerical efficiency.
#Vintage growing up skipper doll clothes mod
Above and below, a sampling of Petra von Plasty’s mod era outfits. Barbie aficionados will find other ‘tributes’ to Miss Roberts in Petra’s closet, most notably Solo in the Spotlight. The two dolls borrowed liberally from their US cousins’ wardrobes, a memorable example is the knockoff, and shoddily-made Orange Blossom set, which nevertheless does have a certain charm. In common with Barbie and Skipper, Peggy and Petra did the matchy-matchy sisters’ shtick. Little sister Peggy was added in 1966, and in 1967 a new head mold, twist waist and bendable legs were added in reaction to the Barbie twist ‘n’ turn dolls. Print mini shift dress from the Alameda Fashion Doll Club. For reference she is shown here with Mily GéGé (right), the French entry to the 60s teen fashion doll pageant.
An early Petra von Plasty (left), oh-so-cheaply made yet strangely compelling. Of course Mattel tried to sue and at the end of that first year there was a patent infringement case over the similarity of the dolls – which, somewhat remarkably, the Plasty Company won. She was a much cheaper alternative to her American counterpart, and during the first year of production 460,000 dolls and a million outfits were sold. Petra von Plasty was introduced at the Nuremberg Toy Fair of 1965, together with 16 outfits. Illustrations from the original Petra von Plasty packaging While Barbie and Skipper were growing up in Willows, Wisconsin, on the other side of the world, their somewhat unfortunate-looking cousins were being created in Germany. The wonderfully-named German doll from the mid-1960s is a Barbie clone collector favorite.
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