Dance Til Dawn Barbie Doll- Great Fashions of the 20th Century: 1920s (1998) NRFB

Dance Til Dawn Barbie Doll- 1920s. It was the Jazz Age and everything seemed topsy turvy as the fashions of the 1920s reflected the many changes in the world. Hemlines reached the knee, socially acceptable for the first time in western fashion history; with shorter shirts came dropped waistlines, sleeveless dresses and bobbed hair.

This Barbie doll epitomizes the style of the time, wearing fashionable purple iridescent chiffon slip dress with a double layer of chiffon. She wears a sash low on the waist, adorned with a sparkling brooch. She wearing her light blonde hair in a short, blunt bob with a headband decorated with sequins, beads and feathers. To complete the look, Barbie wears sheer purple pantyhose and two toned T-strap shoes and accessorized with a long beaded necklace and art deco earrings, a purple maribou boa. 

Package contains doll, doll stand, dress, pantyhose, headpiece, shoes, boa, jewelry, and certificate of authenticity, reply card. Mattel, 19631. Second in a series, bottom of box torn. The doll measures 11 1/2 inches. Mattel, 19631.