Friday 17 February 2012

Making amends and showing a 1966 Frido Developmental NP

This doll was the very first developmental NP that I added to my collection. Until then I had never taken to these dolls with the unique 'silver' eyebrows due to the original brown paint oxidising.

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She was originally a Jeans girl and came in her brown cord jeans and white blouse and sandals but here she is wearing a Pinestreetstudio outfit with manufactured shoes and socks.

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When I was chosing a doll from the Galt Toy factory (close to the Frido/Trendon one in Stockport) for my daughter's second birthday gift there were six different dolls to select from. Firstly I eliminated the Ballet and Dungaree dolls as I wasn't keen on their red hair. Then I dismissed this Jeans doll as didn't care for the three-quarter length farmpants. Next to fall by the wayside was the Brown Cord girl since I didn't think that the colour of her dress did anything for her blue eyes. So I was left to choose between the Blue Cord girl and the brunette Gingham, finally deciding and coming away with the latter.

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Since buying her I have been very lucky to obtain examples of both the red and brunette developmental girls to stand besides her.
She has beautifully soft hair with a full centre part. Apologies for the usual fly-way stray hairs! Getting to be a trade mark of mine since I quite clearly don't see them when taking the actual photographs, just when they appear in a large size on the computer screen and tghen it's too late to rectify.

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The reason that she isn't wearing her beret is because I had just done her hair taking and securing the side pieces at the back and knew that pulling on her beret would mess it up.

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More grateful thanks to Sarah.

4 comments:

  1. Lovely girl Kendal and the outfit suits her well

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  2. I absolutely LOVE these developmental girls... because they are so different... with their big round eyes and unique silver brows. I know their *look* is not for everyone.

    It gives me great pleasure to see your stunning blonde developmental girl Kendal... she is a rare beauty... and really tugs at my heart with her *unusual look*.

    She wears this adorable Pinestreestudio outfit confidently and
    the colors compliment her coloring... I love the well worn antique tricycle that she is comtemplating riding... very cute.

    Thank you for photographing this enchanting girl... she's perfect!
    Thank you Sarah W. :)
    Hugs, -Anne
    p.s. I have a developmental girl too... and she is the *crown jewel* in my Sasha collection... these girls have a certain *coolness*.

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  3. Well what can I say, Anne has said it all really apart from the last sentence which I wish I could say I have one in my collection as well, but that is a long way off!

    I just love everything about her, her hair is beautiful and those eyes are beguiling. She really is a gem.

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  4. A very special girl and she is lovely in gray and black. Wonderful!

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