

These are some of the Skipper dolls from my collection.īack row: 1970 Living Skipper #1147, 1975 Growing Up Skipper #7259, 1968 TNT Skipper #1105, 1972 Malibu Skipper #1069 and front row: 1970 Sausage Curl TNT Skipper #1105, 1972 Malibu Skipper #1069įind your Skipper doll on eBay!! ebay. 1975s original Growing Up Skipper stirred up controversy was released. An awesome Facebook group on Skipper has fantastic photos and the members are really nice! The bottom part of her body is similar to the original straight leg Skipper. To learn more about vintage Skipper, I highly recommend visiting " A Guide to Vintage Skippers" or getting my favorite research book below, "Skipper, Barbie Doll's Little Sister, Second Edition." And here is a great summary of Skippers from 1964 - 1978. Growing Up Skipper Doll Clothes, Red and White Mini Skirt 7259 ad vertisement by Unemaisonbleu Ad vertisement from shop Unemaisonbleu Unemaisonbleu From shop Unemaisonbleu. Growing Up Skipper Video This is a short clip showing you the mechanism that Growing Up Skipper uses to grow taller and develop breasts. Her fashion designs were her own and inspired by trends at those times - from op art prints to funky bell-bottoms! #Skipperdoll #Skipper Skipper's early outfits were inspired by Barbie's fashions but, by 1966, her clothing no longer imitated her older sister's styles. (We think he continued to pursue an armed forces career for quite some time.).

Skipper had her own line of fashions, her own bedroom furniture and fun friends like Scooter, Ricky, Tiff and Fluff. Ultimately Barbie and Joe drifted completely apart and went their separate ways.

Hence the slogan on the box, Two dolls in. Rotate the doll’s left arm counterclockwise and the torso grew an inch and petite breasts sprouted on the rubber chest. Mattel created Skipper for younger children who couldn't relate to older teen Barbie. Mattel decided in the mid-1970s that eight-year-old Skipper had to change and the new Growing Up Skipper doll, designed to bloom before its owner’s eyes, hit the market in 1975. Skipper, Barbie's little sister, was introduced in 1964. Skippers 'feature' was that when Skippers arm was rotated, the doll would become an inch taller and small breasts would appear on her rubber torso.
