By the 1970s, fashion dolls had surpassed baby dolls in popularity. Children loved the hair play possible with fashion dolls. For example, 1971 Barbie with Growin’ Pretty Hair features tresses that can be lengthened or shortened with a gentle tug of her ponytail. Barbie doll’s retractable ponytail embraces the hair play craze and the doll comes with hairpieces and accessories to complete the look.
Quick Curl Barbie capitalized on the popularity of hair play in the 1970s. Basic hair play took on an added dimension when the Quick Curl line of Barbie dolls were released in 1973. Aspiring stylists could practice different hair styles with the Quick Curls’ special hair that contained metal fibers that allowed their hair to easily curl or straighten. The dolls are dressed in a long gingham-checked dress; Quick Curl Barbie in pink, Quick Curl Kelley in green, Quick Curl Francie in yellow and Quick Curl Skipper in blue. Each doll comes with a plastic curler, comb, hair pins and brush. In 1975, Quick Curl Cara debuted wearing a super-funky, patterned long skirt and long-sleeved matching crop top. She’s one of my favorite dolls and I have a separate blog post on just her here. In 1976, the Quick Curl dolls got a make-over (who doesn't like a makeover?!) and were now called DELUXE Quick Curl dolls. Each Deluxe Quick Curl doll wears an ankle-length dress with a white fringed shawl, a faux pearl necklace and pilgrim shoes; Deluxe Quick Curl Barbie in blue (see photo of my recent purchase above!), Deluxe Quick Curl Skipper in pink, Deluxe Quick Curl P.J. in red and Deluxe Quick Curl Cara in a yellow. There wasn’t a Deluxe Quick Curl Francie. Also new, the Deluxe Quick Curl dolls came with a long fall-hairpiece with an attached ribbon. Quick Curl dolls were produced until 1978. 1973 Mod Hair Ken, although not a Quick Curl, is the first Ken doll with rooted hair. He also has reusable facial hair stickers that allows Ken to have a mustache, side burns and a beard. I had him as a kid and thought he was kinda creepy. :) Here’s a breakdown of all of the Quick Curls: 1973 Quick Curl Barbie #4220 1973 Quick Curl Kelley #4221 1973 Quick Curl Francie #4222 1973 Quick Curl Skipper #4223 1975 Quick Curl Cara #7291 1973 Quick Curl Miss America #8697 1973 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes promotional Miss America doll #3194 1976 Deluxe Quick Curl Barbie #9217 1976 Deluxe Quick Curl P.J. #9218 1976 Deluxe Quick Curl Cara #9220 1976 Deluxe Quick Curl Skipper #9428 (exclusive to Europe) Here's a vintage Quick Curl Barbie commercial from the 70s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z--ntETyNYo Click here to find your Quick Curl Barbie on eBay!! Stop by my Barbie influencer Amazon storefront at amazon.com/shop/influencer-e50a405a! #QuickCurl #QuickCurlBarbie #DeluxeQuickCurlBarbie #70sBarbie #QuickCurlKelley #QuickCurlSkipper #QuickCurlMissAmerica #QuickCurlPJ #QuickCurlCara #QuickCurlFrancie
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