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Obras de Carmen Varricchio

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Varricchio, Carmen
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The fault with many of these collector books is that they're often spottily researched or incomplete, but the beauty of 'Doll Junk' is that it works as simply a fun archive of ugly and astonishing fashions from the 1970s and '80s.

The fashions and dolls pictured are sorted by the size of the doll they are intended for, but again, this is less of a collector's reference and more of a love letter to the cheap knock-offs and fashion misfires of the toy aisle. Varricchio emphasizes a lot of clothes from the European market and tries to exclusively show fashions that are in their original packaging for bigger wow factor.

I picked up this book because it looked fun, which it is, and on the slim chance that something in my growing bag of miscellaneous vintage clothes could be identified. Exactly one thing turned up: a fabulous white faux fur and lime green winter coat under the "Betsy Teen" brand in the mid '70s.

These clothes would make for a fun collection, but I'm stick to one brand at a time.
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ManWithAnAgenda | Oct 14, 2020 |
Varricchio does a colorful survey of 1970s doll fashions. He separates the fashions by size. These are, roughly, Dawn, Barbie and Crissy.

The author's commentary is often snarky and fun to read, but the real problem with this guide and many others like it is that there is no intent or desire here to be comprehensive. In some cases this is because there is no reliable information on the subject, but there are cases where the author knows of complete lines of clothes from well-known companies such as Mattel, Topper or Mego, but arbitrarily selects only a few outfits to highlight. This makes for an interesting reference, but necessitates a collector to refer to other volumes that will have overlapping and / or contradictory information.

Frustrating.

If I were still doing pictures for my reviews - LT is wonderful but limited in that respect - I'd show you all my Joe Namath 'Tuff Tux' outfit on a mod Ken and perhaps some Barbies in Best Buy fashions, but, I can't.
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ManWithAnAgenda | Oct 14, 2020 |

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