Color Magic dress from the Barbie and Francie Designer Set. (1966 - 1967).  A deluxe set with this being the only dress in the set that was sewn at the factory.  The colors are described as yellow/green/turquoise plaid on white changed to a red/purple plaid.  It featured a dropped waist with two pleats on either side of the skirt's front.  A solid accent strip at the dropped waist changed from yellow to red.  The colors now are Turquoise/orange/and green on a beige background.  There is a picture in Barbie FashionsVol. I, page 158 and it show the dress, on a dress form, and the colors look very much like that picture.  My camera picked up the orange/green and turquoise but my photo shows the background whiter than the dress background actually is.  

The fabric is a very nice heavy to medium weight and the dress looks factory made.  There are two spots next to the hem line.  One is tiny and hard to see and the other is a little darker .  The zippers and hems were put in by hand at the factory and gives it a nice touch.  There is a small tear on the armhole, in the back, that needs about four small stitches.  There is enough fabric to do this.  I would do it but my hands no longer sew well enough for such a collectable item. 

I so love this piece of Barbie history and since I have a midnight color magic listed and a golden haired color magic listed I thought someone might like to have the dress for her.  There were not many of these made that survived as well as this one. 

Shipping with Tracking is 1.65.

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