#106

1967 Rare "Barbie Loves The Improvers" Inland Steel Set in Original Box
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Description
11 1/2" (29 cm.) Long blond straight hair with bangs and sides pulled-up on top and secured with pink ribbon, blue side-glancing eyes, straight leg body, two-piece pink swimsuit, metallic paper dress, metallic paper arm band, white interior box, original shipping box. Condition: excellent, Mattel, 1967, extremely rare promotional item that was sent to manufacturers/canners that utilized steel containers. The doll's dress, in the style of "Paco Rabanne", mimicked a dress worn by an actual model and called the "Best Dressed Woman". The doll is a "Standard" Barbie from 1967 without eyelashes. Only a handful of these doll are known to exist, making it one of the rarest Barbie dolls created.