#1 Barbie Clone #2

#1 Barbie Clone #2

Due to the price being less than $10, I couldn't resist purchasing a duplicate #1 Barbie clone from the "China site."  I redressed this one in the reproduction 1962 Silken Flame Barbie fashion. Mattel reproduced brunette Silken Flame Barbie in 1997, and a friend gave me the fashion in 2011. (If it weren't a shame, I'd purchase several of these clones and redress them in vintage or reproduced vintage Barbie fashions.)

#2 Barbie #1 clone models the fashion below.

In this picture, she wears the pillbox velour hat, the sleeveless dress and gold belt, opera gloves, red high-heeled shoes, and she holds a red velour clutch.

The red velour swing coat completes the Silken Flame fashion statement.

#1 Barbie Clones Together

Both dolls pose together for this photo and the next two photos.

They both look stunning in their authentic Barbie fashions.

I love them.

I really enjoyed playing with my Barbies, starting around 1964. Barbie and her friends were my friends on demand. I spent hours dressing and redressing the dolls in their tagged Barbie fashions, which replicated real clothes made from real fabric, rather than the synthetic material Mattel has used in recent years. The clothing had snaps, zippers, hooks and eyes, and real button closures. The only thing (and I didn't notice it then) is that the dolls didn't share my complexion. I have now experienced what it would have been like as a child to have a Black Barbie with the original head sculpt by dressing these clones in higher-end Barbie fashions. It's always better late than never, and I am grateful to now experience what I missed during childhood: dolls that look like me.

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