Doll-A-Day 2023 #235: Patti

   Today's doll is Patti.

  Patti was produced in 1964. She was a Montgomery Ward exclusive, which accounts for her price. She was made by Ideal.

 

  Her bangs should be longer. This girl's are a bit worn. Patti has long, straight, dark hair, but their are supposedly a few rare blonde ones. This one is wearing a Pepper ballet outfit. Her original dress had a red skirt over a one piece playsuit that was white with red polka dots, with two pieces of red rick rack down the middle of the front of the bodice. I think she also had a red elastic headband.

  As you may have noticed, Patti is displayed here amongst Tammy family dolls. That's because she was Pepper's friend. 

Surrounded by Peppers.

   You can see that they are the same height, but Patti seems to have a larger head than Pepper. I'm pretty sure they share a body though, at least, the 1964 Pepper body, not the Posin Pepper that's next to her.

  There was also a rare Pepper and Patti doll case.  

  That's today' doll. Sorry about the bad pictures. The next post will be better, honestly! See you tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 234: Jackie by Ideal

  Today's doll is one that's a bit rare. She's Jackie.

Jackie was made by Ideal in 1961.

The same mold was used to produce Ideal's Liz doll, and her Montgomery Wards exclusive twin, Carol Brent. Liz and Carol Brent are almost identical to Jackie, and the three are often confused for each other. The identifying feature is the eyes. Jackie has sleep eyes and Liz and Carol Brent have painted eyes.

Jackie also bears some resemblance to Ideal's12 1/2" doll ,Tammy's mom, but at 15",Jackie is much taller.Tammy's mom also has painted eyes.

I love her graceful hands.

After First Lady Jackie Kennedy protested to having a doll bear her name, 'Jackie' (The doll, that is.) was discontinued. I would have thought she might have been complimented at having a doll named after her. It's not like the doll even looks like her, so they weren't directly making money from her likeness.

Jackie Kennedy...

...not Jackie Kennedy.

My Jackie was nude when I got her, so here she's wearing a very well made outfit in corduroy, with beautiful shades of blue and green that really compliment her colouring.

That's the doll for today. I'm off to sleep!