The faculty were projecting their own perceptions onto her nubile young body, the sick freaks.
Now, the outfit was more modest than what at least some of her schoolmates were wearing that very day.
Ships from my smoke free home via USPS mail.Skipper is in excellent condition and comes with original bodice, long skirt & short skirt. Her attire, her teachers felt, was a little too mature for a junior high school student. VINTAGE 1974 GROWING UP SKIPPER Doll 7259 - 2 DOLLS IN ONE - Mattel Barbie. When I was nine years old, all I wanted for my birthday was a Growing Up Skipper doll I was growing up myself, and wanted a doll like me This doll was extremely controversial at the time. Someone I know has told me the story of being called into the principal's office to be queried about her home life. This is a vintage 1974 Growing Up Skipper doll. I suppose (again, never having been a prepubescent girl) geeklizzard isn't wrong to say that menstruation is more disruptive, if nothing else, than bigger tits, but the visible bodily changes can be traumatic too.
Marketed as '2 dolls in 1 for twice as much fun', Growing up Skipper and her friend Ginger would grow taller and develop small breasts when their left arms were rotated forward, transforming them from a 'young girl to a teenager.
A friend, a year younger than I, says she had one of these growing up.įor actual women, I imagine, it was a way to experience the phenomenon at a remove, as it were. Growing Up Skipper Doll is one of the most well known of all the vintage Skipper dolls. Long peasant dress in pistachio, pink & black calico maxi dress withīlack bow at neck and white cotton lace trimmed attached apron.Maybe it's because I'm a man that I found this disturbing when I first learned of it-after all, I never had to deal with my own breasts growing, and the ensuing change in how I was regarded by my peers (actually, my breasts did grow, but I digress). When I was nine years old, all I wanted for my birthday was a Growing Up Skipper doll I was growing up. White pants, red sleeveless tricot shirt, flag decal, white cotton cap, blue vinyl This is a vintage 1974 Growing Up Skipper doll. Long blue, white calico dress with ruffled hem, white short sleeve blouse, lace trim on Red, white plaid a-line skirt, white short sleeve blouse, black velveteen vest (matches 1974 Growing Up Skipper Doll 7259 w/ Original Bodysuit SEE MY LISTINGS 4 MORE. Red, white plaid coat, black collar, black velveteen belt, matching tam. Mad funk from Dennis Coffey and the follow-up to his landmark Evolution album. Matching contrasting jacket, solid lime green pull on pants, yellow ribbon tied paper invitation. Yellow ribbed tank top, lime green, orange skirt, yellow vertical stripe, Top, cola bottle, ice cream cone & pink Taiwan flat shoes. Pink, blue & yellow maxi skirt, pink short skirt, pink & a yellow White & blue plaid jumper, blue blouse with white collar &Ĭuffs, 2 piece tricot swimsuit, white tricot knee socks, white tennis Red drawstring bag with flag, navy blue Taiwan flat shoes.ĩ166 Weekend Wardrobe Get-Ups N Go (1976) This doll was quite unique By moving her arm, her chest would grow and she would go from a young girl, to a teenager in a matter of seconds. Part of the Barbie Family Skipper is Barbies little sister. Skirt bottom, blue bodice with white laces, white bloomers, white cap, From 1974 comes this wonderful, Growing Up Skipper doll, made by Mattel. Skipper had two Get Up N Go outfits, two Growing Up Fashionsĭress with white sleeves, Revolutionary war soldiers printed around