Doll-A-Day 2019 #353: Kelly as "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown" Plus Ethel

  Yesterday I spent the day helping our middle child move back in. So I totally missed the daylight for photographing a doll. It was ok though, because I was able to go with  two more of Ivy's dolls. Everything was going swimmingly until the page crashed THREE times,followed by my ability to type words completely disappearing. Eventually,really late last night, I had to just give up posting a doll. So this is yesterday's post. It's these ladies.

The TV is a Christmas ornament by Carleton Cards,from several years ago. The screen lights up and dialog from 'I Love Lucy' plays. What's missing from the left side of the screen is a plastic magazine. It made the Tv look less realistic,so I think we broke it off. The TV is Ivy's too.

Obviously these are Kelly dolls. What might not be as obvious is what they're imitating. They're portraying Lucy and Ethel from the "I Love Lucy" Episode called, "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown.

They have the usual Kelly faces and  Lucy and Ethel make-up and hair.

Lucy has big hair under that hat.

They were another Barbie Pink Label set,made in 2008.

The episode centered around Lucy's desire for a real designed Paris gown,and Ricky's insistence that he was NOT going to buy her one. After Lucy fakes a hunger strike,(aided by Ethel). Ricky and Fred   decide to get back at Lucy and Ethel by making them fake designed gowns out of burlap sacks,and hats out of a feedbag,(Lucy),and an empty champagne bucket,(Ethel). Their plan sort of backfires when the ladies proudly wear what they think are designer outfits. They are humiliated when Fred and Ricky tell them what the dresses are really made of. The next day the group see loads of women all wearing replicas of the fake designer outfits. The Kelly dolls are wearing reproduction outfits, but they are quite a bit longer than the originals.

The dresses are pretty good recreations as far as the style though.
 

Ethel's dress was supposed to have the unraveled sleeves too.

Lucy's dress has a huge bubble butt.

Lucy's dress has what is supposed to be broaches,I think.
 

Lucy has her feed bag hat.
 

 

Ethel's champagne bucket hat is plastic,with a black chin strap.

 They both have painted on gloves.

They're arms are jointed differently though. Lucy's can move up and down and out to the sides.

She can do the 'Stop in the Name of Love' pose.

Ethel has Jazz Hands,but they can't go out to her sides as much.

But she can also do 'Stop in the Name of Love'.

  Finally! Here is yesterday's post! Today's post will come later. today.