Turning Heads: Tiffany Taylor and Taylor Jones

Tiffany Taylor - She's what you want her to be!

Black 19-inch Tiffany Taylor by Ideal has box dates of 1975 and 1974.  She has rooted hair that changes colors when the top of her head is turned.  Tiffany's eyes are brown and she has rooted eyelashes.  Her fashion consists of a gold lamé body suit with detachable full-length lime green skirt and lime green mules.

Tiffany arrived to her new homes in the mid 1970s from the factory with magnetic rollers in her hair.  My doll still has these as well as the protective plastic covers.   

My boxed doll arrived when purchased during the late-1990s mint in box.  Both versions of the doll (Black and white) use the same box.  Description and box graphics, however, include only the white doll.

The back of Tiffany Taylor's box illustrates the white doll and her two hair colors. 

While the Black version has auburn hair with a middle part that transforms to black with bangs when the top of her head is rotated, the white version, as indicated on the box, is a blonde that becomes a brunette. 

One side panel of the box illustrates the white doll wearing only her gold lamé body suit and mules.

Blonde Tiffany Taylor is shown on the other side panel dressed in her complete fashion:  gold lamé bodysuit and yellow full-length skirt.

Several extra boxed fashions were available for Tiffany Taylor.  One can be seen here.  The back of the boxed fashion includes black and white illustrations of others.  My first Tiffany Taylor, shown below, that was purchased without a box, is dressed in another original Tiffany Taylor fashion.*

My two Tiffanys

In this close-up of her gorgeous face, Tiffany's hair color has been changed to black.

Taylor Jones - You can turn her hair from dark to light and back again.

The following photograph illustrates the size difference between Tiffany Taylor and Taylor Jones.

The 11-1/2-inch Taylor Jones (friend of Tuesday Taylor) has a box date of 1976.  She wears an orange and white knit dress with white mules.  Like Tiffany, Taylor's hair changes from black to auburn by turning the top of her head.  The auburn side has bangs.  The black side has a middle part.  There was at least one other boxed version of Taylor Jones dressed in a red gown. 

Close-up of Taylor Jones. The doll uses the same head sculpt as Tuesday Taylor (the white counterpart).

The back of Taylor Jones' blister card illustrates how her hair color changes, two views inside her penthouse apartment, and some of her separately-sold fashions.

This image found on Pinterest shows Taylor Jones and Tuesday Taylor (the white counterpart) modeling what were 30 new fashions for 1977 from three collections made for these and other 11-1/2 inch fashion dolls. 

A compilation of 1970s commercials featuring Tiffany Taylor and Tuesday Taylor and available accessories does not feature or mention the Black dolls**.  The compilation can be viewed below:


*On her website, Beth Colvin provides in-depth information on Tiffany Taylor, which includes photographs of several different fashions, images of the instruction booklet, and another box which is not commonly seen today that was used for the doll. Go here to view Beth's Tiffany Taylor page.

**Tuesday Taylor Super Model was available as Black and white (using the same name this time).  Tuesday Taylor, Taylor Jones and Tuesday Taylor Super Model use the same head sculpt. Super Model wears a two-piece white pants suit with white shawl trimmed in hot pink fringe.  Her Fashion Stepper allows her to "walk" and swing her arms and hips.  Unlike Taylor Jones (and the original Tuesday Taylor) Tuesday Taylor Super Model has rooted hair that does not change colors.  Photos of the Black version and her box, illustrating the white doll, are shown below.

Tuesday Taylor Super Model uses the same head sculpt as Taylor Jones; her hair does not change colors.

The back of Tuesday Taylor's box illustrates the white doll and the Fashion Stepper.

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