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Mam'selle A Sindy Doll Magazine Issue 14 | October 2022
A look at Autumn Designs
These uncatalogued 'Boutique' pieces from the early eighties are a collectors must-have, says Matthew Hadley @dollabouttown
"Remember 1984, readers? Sipping on a delicious 'Quatro' fizzy fruit drink as Bananarama's 'Robert De Niro's Waiting' drifted in from the radio cassette player!
1984 was a good year for Sindy too! Read on as I give you an in-depth take on 'Autumn Designs' These were six uncatalogued outfits launched during August of that year. They were a total surprise, no fanfare, they just appeared in toy shops during the school holidays They were part of the 'Boutique' range - of which there had already been 12 fashions released that year
I absolutely adore these sets and have managed to slowly collect them all over the years I love how accurate they are in terms of 1980's young fashion The details are great, the use of 'real' fabrics, and the colourful, fun trendy designs Let's take a look "
