Charity Crystals / No 55/

Charity shopping is being at the right place in a right time...
and its always a good time to save a vintage Superstar, because why not.

a true delicatessen of my childhood and almost a forbidden fruit...

Now she is mine, sticky, with honey blonde shortened hair and purple eyes!
The hypnotizing pupils and bend elbows do things to me obviously:-)

With a kind help of Lunarh (who is also takes responsibility for 'superstar-with-purple-eyes' sensitivuty syndrome) I managed to identify her in comparison to my 'other' one...

Yes, the piercing eyes belong to the classic, holy Graale Crystal Barbie 1983 .
She was so popular there are several versions depending on place of production:

here she is in her glory - with necklace, long earrings and lovery curls

mine however has a quite good looking (apres spa) asymetrical bob and some nasty scars on tighs...

 but she is mine now:-)

she has so much natural retro charm she cam sport lace ribbon only improvised outfit

I also used her numerous times to model for my eBay sales

here she is in a vintage velvety coat

I usually don't feel any preasure to hunt for original outfits as I don't think Mattel is any kind of god, but this time I was tempted for the very first time. On purpouse - got her her original dress on eBay straight from London:-)

oh my! really?

tadaaam!

 with a cape instead of a boa - made from a vintage Fleur or even Petra/Diana wedding vail

a happy end

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