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| Corduroy Cool Barbie from 1999 with brunette hair |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| "Shani" has a beautiful face, smile, and complexion. |
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| 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.
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| A close-up of the T-shirt from Nise is illustrated. |
Shani and the redressed BarbieStyle doll pose in the next photo.
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| Redressed and looking great! |
Press the "play" arrow to view a video of Gallivanting Grace (the doll that inspired me to purchase the Corduroy Cool fashion.
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I love both of those fashions. The corduroy set reminds me of my childhood. Barbie always had such complete clothing sets. But the other doll has my vote, I am more comfortable in t-shirts and pants. lol Both are beautiful dolls. I like their faces.
ReplyDeleteThe Corduroy Cool fashions are almost as well-made as the original Barbie fashions and do remind me of those I played with as a child. The difference is that the original corduroy fashions (Ken's green pants come to mine) were real corduroy.
DeleteI'm most comfortable in T-shirts and jeans, too.
Adding that I am sure Shani was more than ready to get out of her Christmas outfit!
ReplyDeleteYes! I'm sure Shani was ready to get out of the Christmas outfit. (Don't tell anyone... I have had dolls that continued wearing Christmas fashions for several years after they were redressed.) The center doll this December 2021 photo still wears her Christmas outfit. I only recently redressed the doll on the far left and the male.
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DeleteIt's okay, she is wearing more of a winter outfit than a Christmas one. She's seasonal for several months each year. LOL
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