Spanish Barbie revisited

Knowing what i know now - I revisited my Spanish Barbie 1991...

She is still my only doll with a Steffie mold and although I am appreciating and understand fascination she is way way too sweet and too 'dolly' for me...

It was a quick not-so-makeover. She is so hairtastic you cannot do that much...
her earrings are huge and dated but i don't dare to remove them (just yet).
Her tanned skin is rather orange unfortunately and head is tiny...

Her brown, green and black eyes must have been something in her golden days but they look dead and dolly to me... there is really no light in them...she is never really looking at you - therefore she is not fun to shoot...

At first I just wanted to spanish-her-down with a casual set of clothes...

...using happy family Grandma cardigan, my vintage handmade corduroy bodice and khaki canvas skirt.

This obviously didn't work that well with her bend arms so I gave her even older piece - floral jersey skirt from my childhood. Made by my mum from scrabs after her clients. 

I was so old i had to change the elastic. Warning: blurry pics!

Kept her original white knee length socks and added horse riding boots - they are more fun and style than any purple high-heels I own...

and its cute!

tbc

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