Pedigree Sindy Dolls 1963+ England

1970s Pedigree Sindy doll shower diorama
photo courtesy of Steven Garret

Pedigree’s Sindy doll is the British United Kingdom’s fashion doll equivalent to the Mattel Barbie doll.  Marketed as “The Doll You Love To Dress!”  If Sindy looks similar to Ideals Tammy doll, in fact Pedigree got licensing permission from Ideal to copy their Tammy doll, as long as they changed the dolls name. 

The first Sindy dolls usually have short brunette hair, a bubble-cut style, painted eyes and facial features, Sindy is jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips and sold boxed wearing “The Weekenders” outfit consisting of a red, white and blue jersey pullover top, blue jeans and white vinyl shoes. 

Sindy has lots of clothes fashions that were labeled with a paper tag until 1984, then a fabric tag.  The earlier tags being paper were easily destroyed.  Sindy’s boyfriend Paul was introduced in 1965, her sister Patch in 1966 and each doll has their own wardrobes and of course no fashion girl is complete without houses, cars and more to accessorize her lifestyle.

Pedigree Sindy Doll Clothes Outfits Identified

1963 Sindy Weekenders outfit, a blue, white and red long sleeve knit pull on tee shirt, front snap and zipper blue jeans with yellow stitching, red elastic headband, white plastic molded sneakers with ties.
1963 Sindy Sleepy-Time outfit, pink and white checked sleeveless two piece baby doll pajama nighty with accessories; three blue plastic hair curlers, pink or white plastic hair brush, comb and mirror, two white terry hand cloths, light blue plastic fabric accessory bag with pull string closure and a tiny Penguin book Sindy by Pedigree.
1963 Sindy Undie-World outfit, a sheer navy blue slip with lace edging, matching bra, panties and girdle, white elastic lace headband, accessories; light blue plastic hair brush, comb and mirror.
1963 Sindy Dream Date, Lunch Date, Champ-Elysee’s a French Lunch date, Skating Girl, Shopping-in-the-Rain, Pony Club, Country Walk, Leather Looker, Nylon stockings, Sloppy Joe, Windy Day, Summery Days, Out & About, Cape, Duffle Coat outfits.

In 1968 Sindy got an updated look with real eyelashes, a twist n’ turn waist, side parted hair style in several different colors.  In 1969 a new see through acetate box for Sindy was introduced.

From 1978 to1979 Louis Marx manufactured a Sindy doll for the American market, by 1986 the rights to manufacture Sindy were sold to Hasbro when Pedigree went bankrupt.  In the 1990’s Mattel brought a lawsuit against Hasbro who had redesigned Sindy’s face mold, which Mattel felt it was too similar to their Barbie doll. Because of the lawsuit, the Hasbro redesigned Sindy doll was no longer sold in the USA.  Vivid Imaginations is still selling Sindy products in Britain today.