Sindy Doll Magazine ISSUE 15 | November 2022 | £6.95
The Fashion Issue
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Hello Dolls! Welcome to the November issue of Mam'selle! A mini magazine for Sindy doll lovers, fans and collectors. This month's issue is dedicated to fashion. From supermodel Sindy's and a peek inside a magazine editor's wardrobe to the history of Foale & Tuffin and Sindy in Vogue. Our cover is inspired by the fashion bible that is Vogue - beautifully shot by @sindy_the_traveler (see more on page 17) Enjoy the issue - and the fashion inspiration. See you next month.
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15 Sindy Doll Magazine: Contents 04 Queen Sindy 09 Feature: Foale & Tuffin 17 Sindy in Vogue 31 Living with Sindy 32 Fashion
Style Ed: See Mam'selle Editor Penelope's working wardrobe starting on page 32 Please do contact us with any submissions, Ad's or, to be featured dresslikeasindy@gmail.com
44 Shopping with Sindy 48 #vintagesindy
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FOALE & TUFFIN SWINGING FOALE & TUFFIN SIXTIES: SINDY'S FOALE &FIRST TUFFIN FASHIONS FOALE & TUFFIN FOALE & TUFFIN FOALE & TUFFIN SPECIAL FEATURE: FOALE & TUFFIN
FASHION TRAILBLAZERS Sindy was 'born' amid the Swinging Sixties, a cultural revolution that shook Britain in the mid-to-late 1960s. With London very much at its centre - it was driven by a surge of funloving hedonism. Everything from music, art, cinema, activism, and of course fashion took its cue from this newfound youthful creativity, modernity and optimism.
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In 1965, Diana Vreeland, then editor of US Vogue magazine, said that "London is the most swinging city in the world at the moment." Leading this explosion were the Beatles, Mary Quant, Jean Shrimpton, The Rolling Stones, David Bailey, Vidal Sassoon, The Kinks, Twiggy, Jimi Hendrix - and Foale & Tuffin. Maybe not names that first come to mind when you think of Swinging London in the 1960s, but names very much at the heart of this 'youthquake' that was erupting.
Absolute Beginners Foale and Tuffin was an English fashion design business established in London in 1961 by Royal College of Art graduates Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin. Under their self named label they became known for their lively, wearable designs intended for active young women to wear in a wide range of circumstances. The pair created a range of informal dresses, suits skirts and tops which they sold initially through department stores like Woollands 21 Shop in Knightsbridge, and then from 1963 in their own boutique just off London's Carnaby Street - the epicentre of this new 'swinging' fashion scene. Intent on doing things differently like shunning Paris and couture fashion, they turned their design focus towards ‘fun’ clothes and in turn set new trends. These colourful, lively designs became a regular fixture in the 'Young Idea' section in British Vogue, after David Bailey photographed one of their dresses for a 1962 issue, and they further took the spotlight when they were spotted on presenter Cathy MacGowan on pop music show Ready, Steady, Go! and on singer Cilla Black.
ABOVE FROM LEFT to RIGHT: Designers Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale in 1964 (MICHAEL SEYMOUR/NPG); The duo outside the Foale & Tuffin boutique in Marlborough Court, Soho, London c. 1965; Double D Mini Dress designed in 1966 ( V&A COLLECTION); An outtake image of 'Checkerboard Tweed to blind the eye' from the groundbreaking series 'Young Idea' by Marit Allen for British Vogue in 1964 (DUFFY ARCHIVE); A Foale & Tuffin minidress
Everything from music, art, cinema, activism, and of course fashion took its cue from this newfound youthful creativity, modernity and optimism. However, they were also known for their tailoring. In fact, Foale and Tuffin were among the first designers to popularise the women's trouser suit. Creating long lean suits and coats, such as those worn by actress Susannah York in Kaleidoscope and later Audrey Hepburn in Two For The Road. Foale and Tuffin also successfully conquered across the pond too. Not only did they design for the large American retail chain J C Penney and trendy New York boutique Paraphernalia, their designs were part of the 'Youthquake' USA tour of May 1965 - which also featured designs from Mary Quant - and were modelled by Patti Boyd and her sister Jenny. The last Foale and Tuffin collection, Coco Frills, came out in 1972.
THE HISTORY OF THE DOUBLE D Leading British fashion journalist Marit Allen, joined 18 British Vogue in 1964 (she stayed on for ten years), where she compiled the hugely influential 'Young Idea' pages. In June 1966 she published a photograph of a 'Double D' dress in a fashion spread based on a Batman comic strip. Many young and innovative designers received significant exposure through Allen, who not only gave them magazine coverage, but happily wore their clothes herself, including this graphic white linen mini-dress. It is called 'Double D' after the bold yellow and red Dshaped pocket at the side of the otherwise perfectly plain white shift. The designers, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, also did versions using other letters of the alphabet.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 'Beach Trouser Suit', c1968 a tunic and trousers in cotton towelling intended for beach wear, to go over a bikini or swimsuit; The 'Double D' dress; Inhouse models Patty and Jenny Boyd; Model in "Beach Trouser Suit'; Sketches for RCA project by Sally Tuffin, c1960 (FROM THE IAIN R. WEBB BOOK)
FURTHER READING Foale and Tuffin: The Sixties. A Decade in Fashion by Iain R. Webb
First 1 8 Sindy Fashions by Foale & Tuffin from 1963: 'Shopping -in-theRain' (12S06); 'Sleepy Time' (12S01); 'Summery Days' (12S55); 'Pony Club' (12S07); 'Out-andAbout' (12S56)
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DESIGNS FOR A NEW DOLL IN TOWN! When you launch a new fashion doll it's only fitting that you call upon the hottest and most influential designers of the moment to dress her. Pedigree Dolls & Toys Ltd. who launched Sindy the doll you love to dress - in 1963, did just that. They chose Foale and Tufffin. Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin were approached to design Sindy’s extensive wardrobe, producing eight complete themed outfits and eight separates. These pieces included: Shopping In The Rain, Dream Date, Sleepy Time, Undie World, Skating Girl, Pony Club, Country Walk and Lunch Date and the following separates: Cape, Leather Looker, Summery Days, Out-and-About, Nylons, Sloppy Joe, Windy Day and Duffle Coat. These were then miniaturised by Valerie Saunders, Pedigree’s head in-house designer at the time. Sindy debuted in a Foale and Tuffin creation, Weekender. In their original design Sindy's bell bottom jeans had real topstitching but this would prove costly to produce (it was later replaced with the printed yellow stitch detail). And, Sindy's red, white and blue stretch jersey Matelot top (later replaced by a woven linen) had to be specially printed. Usually manufacturers would just choose small scale prints, patterns and stripes from suppliers for dolls clothing, but this particular stripe scale couldn't be sourced at the time. Pedigree Dolls & Toys Ltd. were still working with design duo Foale and Tuffin and in 1967 they created a large portion of the new outfits including the following twelve: Bowling, Sail Away, Carefree Camping, Trouser Suit, Fashion Fur, Smock Dress, Cordon Bleu, Bra and Pants, Reefer Jacket, Tee Shirt, Denim Underwear and Cocktail Time. >> It's worth noting that because some of these outfits were re-issued, collectors look out for the Made in England (MIE) labels to correctly date the garments to pre-1967, after which time manufacturing switched to Hong Kong.
Sindy debuted in 1963 in an original Foale and Tuffin creation, Weekender. The design duo also designed many more of Sindy's sixties fashions.
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First Sindy Fashions by Foale & Tuffin from 1963: 'Duffle Coat' (12S58); 'Country Walk' (12S08); 'Windy Day' (12S54); 'UndieWorld' (12S01); 'Sloppy Joe' (12S53)
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First Sindy Fashions by Foale & Tuffin from 1963: 'Lunch Date' (12S04); 'Dream Date' (12S01); 'Leather Looker' (12S51); 'Skating Girl' (12S05); 'Cape' (12S51)
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special feature
Sindy in Vogue Sindy pays tribute to the late fashion glitterati
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irving penn 1917 - 2009
Image: part of Vogue Christmas Cover Shoot, 1949
Irving Penn was an American photographer best known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn was one of the earliest photographers to pose subjects against a simple grey or white backdrop where he effectively showcased its simplicity. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, his first photographic cover for Vogue magazine appeared in October 1943.
alber elbaz 1961 - 2021 Alber Elbaz was an Israeli fashion designer. Having done stints at a number of fashion houses, including Geoffrey Beene, Guy Laroche, and Yves Saint Laurent. He is perhaps best known for his role as creative director of Lanvin in Paris, a position he held from 2001 until 2015. Image: Designer Alber Elbaz at Lanvin
During his 14-year tenure, he was credited with the house’s renewed appeal thanks to Elbaz’s “classic with a twist”. His take on silk cocktail dresses and other feminine designs, often playing with colour or other unusual variations on hallmark elegance.
karl lagerfeld Image: Karl Lagerfeld
1933 - 2019
Karl Lagerfeld was a German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricaturist. He was best known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position he held from 1983 until his death. He was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. Lagerfeld was recognized for his signature white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves, and high, starched, detachable collars.
peter lindbergh Image: Vogue Cover for January 1990
1944 - 2019
Peter Lindbergh was a German fashion photographer and film director. In 1989, he shot young, little known models Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford, all together for the January 1990 British Vogue cover. It's been said that this is the photoshoot that launched the era of the 'Supermodel'. Lindbergh was also the first photographer in the 50-year history of the Pirelli calendar to be invited to photograph it for a third time, for its 2017 edition. He had previously photographed it in 1996 and again in 2002.
Images: (above) The Reunion still from movie Nowness, 2015 ; (right) the 'white shirts' shoot for American Vogue, circa 1988
Birth of a Supermodel: Following the Vogue cover, this group of models were subsequently cast to star in the music video for George Michael's "Freedom! '90". By then, Campbell, Turlington, Evangelista, Crawford and Claudia Schiffer had formed as an elite group of models declared "supermodels" by the fashion industry. With the addition of newcomer Kate Moss, they were collectively known as the "Big Six".
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Doll Squad In 1996 Hasbro Inc. launched a trio of Top Model Dolls inspired by original supermodels Karen Mulder, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell. Here's the gloss..
Hot off the catwalk the story goes that in 1995 the chairman of Hasbro Inc., Alan Hassenfeld, was playing tennis with film producer JeanYves Le Fur where he asked Hasbro whether they would be interested in making a toy doll which looked like his then supermodel girlfriend, Karen Mulder (at this time Mulder's off-the-runway career was managed by JeanYves Le Fur). Not long after they put down their racquets Mr H. contacted Mr L. and told him that Hasbro wanted to follow up on the supermodel doll idea. They subsequently agreed that three 'supermodel' Sindy dolls should be manufactured: so joining Karen Mulder would be fellow 'supers' Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell. Despite having a very fashionable launch in the grand French department store Galeries Lafayette in March of 1996, the trio of superdolls were sold exclusively in the U.K. where a donation from every one sold went to the International Red Cross. The gowns each doll wears were designed by John Galliano for Givenchy and Christian Lacroix and approved by the supermodels themselves. The dolls retailed for approx. £9.99 each in 1996.
SUPER DOLLS: Naomi Campbell poses with her doll during the launch of the Claudia Schiffer, Karen Mulder and Naomi Campbell Dolls on March 19, 1996 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale/Sygma via Getty Images); Sindy doll Naomi is pretty in pink; The Hasbro Sindy Dolls in all their boxed glory.
TOP MODELS: Sindy doll Claudia shimmering in silver; the supers graced the cover of the short-lived Elle Top Model magazine in July/August 1996; A page from the Top Model feature; Karen Mulder with her lookalike Sindy; Sindy doll Karen glitters in gold
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NAOMI CAMPBELL English born Naomi Campbell is a model, actress, singer, author and businesswoman. In 1978 at age 8, she made her first public appearance in the music video for Bob Marley's "Is This Love". Her modelling career began when she was just 15, where she soon established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades - whilst breaking down barriers within the fashion industry. In 1987, she appeared on the cover of British Vogue, the first black cover girl since 1966 and in 1988, she became the first ever black model to appear on the cover of French Vogue.
CLAUDIA SCHIFFER Claudia Schiffer is a German born model, actress (often appearing as herself) and UNICEF ambassador based in the UK. In 1987, at age 17, she was scouted by a model agent whilst in a nightclub in Düsseldorf. Early on in her career, she was often compared to French actress Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer was fast selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel, where she walked in her first fashion show in January 1990. She has appeared on more than 1,000 magazine covers (and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.)
KAREN MULDER Dutch model and singer Karen Mulder was born in 1970. At age 15 she saw a newspaper ad for the Elite Model Management's "Look of the Year" contest, her friend sent some pictures off without her knowledge. The rest as they say is history. Mulder was signed by Elite Paris and went on to work with the likes of Versace, Dior, and Chanel. As a reigning supermodel during the 1990s, she also became a Victoria's Secret model, making her one of the original "Angels" and the first from both the brand and from her country. For many years, Mulder was among the ten best-paid models in the world.
Here's what the models had to say about their lookalike dolls in 1996... Images: Pinterest / Getty Images
(Source: Elle Top Model 1996)
(Source: AP Archive 1996)
NAOMI CAMPBELL Naomi Campbell admits to being a doll fan as a little girl and hopes a new generation will grow up enjoying playing with a model of her. "I mean I remember what I was like when I was with a doll when I was a kid. I mean I would play with dolls for hours and hours - it took up much of my time - you could come into this imaginary world and I mean if I can do the same for other kids it's just... you know. The great thing is also is that we're helping the Red Cross which is the most important thing - people are benefiting from this, it's not just for ourselves."
CLAUDIA SCHIFFER "As a child, I played with dolls a lot, and always with my sister. I remember that our parents would give us a complete wardrobe for Christmas: outfits to play tennis, to go horseback riding, to ski. What we like to do more than anything was invent a whole day: getting up in the morning, school, sports, meals, outings. We had a strict schedule, that we followed hour by hour, and we were able to make up with a lot of stories!"
(Source: AP Archive 1996)
KAREN MULDER Mulder admitted that sometimes she feels a little like a doll. "I mean, I'm a model, sometimes you almost feel like a doll - you know, people dress you up, they do your make up, they do your hair and I can just imagine little girls playing with me at home and doing my hair and my make up - it's cute. I can imagine also being older and looking at this... or maybe... I could be very sad actually." (giggles)
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"To get me through the working week feeling smart, polished and ready for business - I rely on my chic designer suit." Suit, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SundayLoveby Trench Coat, part of 'Rainy Days', 1984; Blouse, Vintage Barbie. Bag, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SindyByMarguerite. Scarf, Vintage Petra von Plasty. Accessories, Vintage Sindy.
the 9-5
"I have a selection of smart coats that always pull my looks together. A classic Trench for zipping though the city and my favourite Duster coat in this bold colour is ideal for updating my trusty leather pants and blouses." Previous page: Blouse, Skirt and Scarf, all Vintage Petra von Plasty. Trench Coat, part of 'Rainy Days', 1984; Shopper, Vintage Barbie. This page: Coat, Vintage Barbie. Blouse, part of 'Holiday Girl' 1980; Leather trousers, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SundayLoveby Bag, Mini Brands. Accessories, Vintage Sindy, Sindy Collector's Club and Etsy.
"A black pencil skirt is your 9-5 best friend. So easy to style up, or dress down depending on what your diary has in store." Shirt, 'Blouse', 1971; Coat and Skirt, both Vintage Barbie. Bag and Headband, Sindy Collector's Club.
"Dress down Friday means I can have a little fun with my look. This is the day I tend to throw on my favourite flat boots." Cardigan, @action_mans_nan; CustomTee, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Pollydollydaydreams; Skirt, Vintage Petra von Plasty. Boots, Creatables World.
weekenders
"My weekend style is really just a softer version of my work looks. Chic trousers, glam knits and lots of accessories. You can take the doll out of the office..."
Previous page: Cardigan, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Tamknitting; Top, part of 'Winter Holiday', 1965; Trousers and Headscarf, Vintage Tressy; Bag, Mini Brands. This page: Beret, @action_mans_nan; Jumper @karine_SS; Trousers, Vintage Barbie. Bag, Sindy Collector's Club.
wardrobe essentials FASHION THAT MEANS BUSINESS > Invest in a good suit. Wear the pieces together and apart to maximise use. Look for a classic print, colour and cut - with a little something extra to take it from 'bored'room-doom. Think bold buttons, a contrasting lining, an unexpected shape. > Sticking to a toning colour palette helps you mix and match like a pro. If you stick to the same 'family' of shades you can throw in clashing prints, textures and fabrics for a modern look.
> A good pair of heels, heeled and flat boots, ballet pumps, and a designer trainer should see you through from Monday - Sunday. > The classics are classic for a reason - they help you dress with confidence and class. These include a white shirt, leather trousers, a pencil skirt, a trench coat, and a good suit.
> The weekend is a chance to loosen your look a little but if you choose investment pieces - good knits, quality jeans and good accessories there is no reason you cannot mix these into your working week. > Don't forget the power of accessories. A statement necklace or some ear candy can all take even the simplest of looks to the next level. Need we tell you the importance of a good handbag, dolls?
WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED A PEEK INTO OUR EDITOR'S WARDROBE... by @dresslikeasindy with thanks to Penelope, Mam'selle Editor
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FASHION BOUTIQUE 1988 Sindy's Fashion Boutique (#8772) from the late 80's was a beast of a toy, as when set up it measured 645mm wide - but, what a Toy is was. Shown only in the 1988 Hasbro catalogue this was Sindy fashion fun at its very best. This fashion-boutique-comecatwalk had so much play potential for any budding fashionistas. From dressing the mannequin in the window, stocking the shelves and display cabinets to directing a live fashion show. It retailed for approx. £19.95.
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