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Mattel Barbie Vintage Fashions - Other Countries - Foreign 1966-1968

1656 Fashion Luncheon 1966-1967 - Many will recognize this favorite outfit, Mattel recently reproduced it for those not so fortunate to get their hands on this one as a child, looking a little closer particularly at the booklet - will let you in on the clue that this one is MIB and was sold in Japan.

Outfit consists of a pink sheath dress with the top portion being satin and the skirt a nice textured woven cotton, matching jacket with a diamond pin jabot, satin hat with decorative attached flowers, long white tricot gloves and light pink closed toe heels shoes and the Japanese booklet with the TNT Barbie's.

Photo courtesy of Jeannie Bub.

1661 London Tour 1966-1967 - This outfit is another of Jeannie's finds, Jeannie told me she had an Aunt who resided in Japan in the 1960's, and collected some Barbie stuff during this time.  Her Aunt then told her she could pick out a few pieces to keep.  Jeannie wondered what kind of a value these would have so she wandered over here and posted a note on our forum board.  Now we all get to see her wonderful gifts.  

The only book that we are aware of that has many of the Japanese outfits is by Keiko Kimura Shibano, which is now out of print.

This outfit is the same as the one sold in the USA, but again you can see the TNT Barbie's on the booklet and the booklet will be in Japanese text.  Ecru double breasted vinyl coat, matching hat & bag, turquoise sheer scarf and ecru closed toe heel shoes.    Photo courtesy of Jeannie Bub.

These next three fashions were not sold in the United States and are highly prized by the U.S.A. collector and are very difficult to obtain.  Shown are some outfits from the European market. 

Note: These are not the only exclusive foreign outfits, just the ones we have found. There are quite a few outfits exclusive to Japan as well, they have variations from what was sold in the USA and at this time, we don't have photo's or information on those.

1677 Gala A Bend (1967) White brocade gown and matching long coat with blue satin lining and white fur collar, white tricot gloves, silver dimple clutch and clear open toe heel shoes with glitter. Value - NRFB $3,500.