Back To School

A few weeks ago the Vogue Ginny dolls and their friends headed back to school.  Most of these dolls are from the 1950's so they wore their plaid dresses to school.  I grew up in the 1950's and that's what my sister and I seemed to wear most of the time back then.  I felt it was appropriate for the Ginnys to all wear plaid this year.  Of course, the boys didn't wear plaid.  I guess the plaid rule didn't apply to them.  If you look carefully you'll see a Cosmopolitan Ginger doll already on the bus.  She's wearing her plaid dress too.  I don't think you can see it so you'll have to take my word for it.  I actually had more dolls dressed in plaid but I couldn't fit them in these pictures.  A Vogue Jeff doll is the school bus driver and he made sure to wear his 1950's era plaid shirt.

 

 

 

I do seem to favor the plaid dresses on my dolls.  I'm really not into all the "frilly" clothes although I do have some for my dolls.  I guess it's because back in my childhood I never liked the "frilly" clothes myself.  I hated going to birthday parties because back then everyone got all dressed up.  I guess I've always been a casual type person.

Here I am in a plaid dress posing for a school photo back in 1954.  My mother made sure I wore a plaid dress but what was she thinking when she let me go out in public with that hairdo???  Remind me to tell my kids to burn any of these old B&W photos when I'm gone.

The school bus was given to me by a doll friend 15+ years ago.  As I recall it was sold at Target and was actually an art kit.  The roof opens up and there are sections for supplies.  We were just thrilled that the bus was the right scale for Ginny photos. You can't really see it but I added the name Medford School District on the side of the bus.  The Vogue Ginny Doll Company was located in Medford, MA at one time.  Betty

Saving Ginny Doll Number 2

 In my previous post I told you about the four Vogue Ginny dolls I bought on eBay and showed you the first one I restored.  I've had Ginny doll number two finished for a while, but just hadn't gotten around to writing about her here. 

Ginny number two really didn't require too much work.  She's a bent knee walker and was given a bath with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and her little dirt spots disappeared.  Her hair was a little messy but combed back into place quite well.  It was a little "fly-away" so I patted on some Armorall.  I learned about that treatment on a doll list some years back and have used it before.  She still has some "fly-away" ends so I might go back at some point and give her another treatment.  I already had the 1959 Ginny dress #1213 and decided she was the perfect doll for that dress.  It was missing the pink bow so I added one.  I'd really like to find the matching 1959 Jill dress #3233!  I have a thing for the matching Ginny and Jill outfits.

Here are a couple of before pictures:

And here is how she looks today:

Here she is with her sister from the previous post:

I showed you the bag of clothes and accessories that the seller so nicely included with the dolls.  (Don't you just love those kind of surprises?)  I've washed, ironed, and steamed a few of those things so far.  Here is the 1955 Ginny Bride outfit #64 from that bag.  It had a blue mark on the bodice but it washed right out.  The netting and lace were in very good condition.  I added white bows on the dress and veil and added a bouquet.  This is a reproduction Ginny wearing the outfit.

And here is the back of the veil.

I'm really not crazy about her bouquet but that's what I had on hand to use.  It might be replaced some day.

I've been working on a few other things (and goofing off) but I will get the other dolls restored soon.  Betty