Corduroy Cool Fashion

Corduroy Cool Barbie from 1999 with brunette hair

Ever since I participated in a travel doll event hosted by the So in Style Yahoo Group in 2012, I've admired the fashion that our Gallivanting Grace travel doll was redressed in. I only recently discovered the Barbie that originally wore this fashion, Corduroy Cool (shown above), and I purchased that doll to dress one of my dolls in it.

Other dolls released in 1999 are featured on the back of Corduroy Cool Barbie's box, but none of the other Corduroy Cool dolls are illustrated.

There were several versions of Corduroy Cool Barbie. Some wore a two-piece green fashion. Some wore a one-piece blue fashion, while others wore a two-piece blue fashion. The Black doll was dressed in a two-piece green outfit, but that's not the fashion I wanted, so I purchased the brunette doll.

Minus a green hair brush, these are the Corduroy Cool clothes and accessories.

A green striped cap, a matching long-sleeved shirt, a light-green corduroy jumper, a contrasting green "silk" neck scarf, emerald green opaque tights, a light-green plastic purse, and light-green ankle boots are the pieces I kept.

I selected a pink box Barbie to wear the Corduroy Cool fashion. This doll uses the Shani head sculpt and is one of three dolls that I redressed during the Christmas 2025 season. She continued to wear the Christmas fashion until the Corduroy Cool fashion arrived, which she models below in a headshot and a full-length image.

"Shani" has a beautiful face, smile, and complexion.

She wears the Corduroy Cool Fashion well.

When I purchased the Santa T-shirt that Shani wore previously from Nise's Designs, she surprised me another one of her T-shirt designs. While redressing Shani, I decided to pair the extra T-shirt from Nise with the leggings Shani had worn to redress my BarbieStyle Fashion Signature Doll #2. Nise's T-shirt features a lovely African American woman winking, who wears a natural-textured hairstyle.

A close-up of the T-shirt from Nise is illustrated.

Shani and the redressed BarbieStyle doll pose in the next photo.

Redressed and looking great!

Related Links

Gallivanting Grace's Texas Experience

Photos of Gallivanting Grace (These images aren't visible using my phone. So, I'll add a video of Gallivanting Grace to this post later. Check back.)

Nise's Design Shop
 

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Shindana Toys Square

A late-1960s image of the Shindana Doll Factory

In South Central Los Angeles, California, the intersection between Central Avenue and 61st Street, the location of the Shindana Doll Factory, was officially renamed Shindana Toys Square on February 12, 2026. 

The dedication ceremony for the new honorary street sign took place to honor the legacy of Shindana Toys, a trailblazing company that produced ethnically correct Black dolls and toys in the area during a pivotal chapter in Los Angeles history. 

Founded in 1968 as a division of Operation Bootstrap, the factory served as the central manufacturing hub for what became the world's largest Black-owned toy company. Baby Nancy was Shindana's first doll.

Read and view more about this honor and Shindana Toys at the following links: 

Sign Unveiling

Billie Greene, Shindana collector historian 

William Grant Still Arts Center

The Shindana Story

What Happened to Shindana Toys?

Brownlikeme_dolls' recent Shindana doll display

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Black Doll Exhibit, Buffalo, NY

Barbies and other dolls from the collection of Lisa Jacobs-Watson

If you are in the Buffalo, NY area or plan to be in the area before the end of this month, the annual Black Doll Exhibit curated by Lisa Jacobs-Watson is open at the Buffalo Museum of Science through February 28, 2026. 

Address:

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

Buffalo, NY 14211

Phone:

(716) 896-5200

Read more about the exhibit here and about the curator here.

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