These two Barbie Types could not be more different, and yet, still Barbies. These two types of Barbies are some of my personal favorites. I have several of each one. Several, almost to the point of many. I also have more than one of each of each, 17" and 18" Barbie's Counterparts. Darker Skinned versions of each. Pocahontas for the 18" Supersize Barbie, and Nikki for the 17" Dreamtopia Barbie.

I LOVE the Vintage 1976 Supersize 18" Barbie and Barbie as Pocahontas. I have a few of these and have learned to make them shoes...since not one came with shoes, and clothing. I will add more photos, ideas and information on them here soon.

The 17" Dreamtopia Barbie is so danged Pretty! She comes in both the Blonde and Brunette, who has darker skin, versions. I have several of both. And. Again, I will be making shoes for this doll. I bought one 'used' and of course, she came w/o shoes. I will also be making these dolls clothing and will share ideas and information on this page. Read more about shoes for this doll below.

The 17 Inch Dreamtopia Barbies are very articulated. This really makes it fun to set up 'Photo Shoots' with this doll. Finding clothing for this doll, not so easy...but if you like to sew and create, THIS might be a GREAT doll for you.

If you are just starting to sew, or looking to start sewing for your dolls, each of these two types of Barbie dolls can, with Tailoring, wear 18" American Girl type clothing. I find it fun to Tailor and Embellish these items, mostly Dresses, for the Barbies. Many times you can find the 18" Doll Clothing at Garage Sales or on ebay for less than it would cost for the fabric to make the outfit from scratch.

You can also Tailor 18" Doll Clothing Patterns and make items for these sized Barbies.

1/4 BJD Clothing with a small bit of tailoring, also 1/3 BJD Doll Clothes, many times will fit either of these Barbie sizes. With the styles they make for these BJDs, boy! Just be prepared to pay for the details.

I have found that Ellowyne Wilde Clothing will often fit the 17" Barbie Dreamtopia dolls. In fact, I have been using some of the Ellowyne Clothing Patterns to make items for my Barbies.

We are in the process of making Patterns for Clothing for these dolls and will offer them in our shop, some for FREE.

Each of the items these two dolls in this photo are wearing, I made from Patterns I created.

Deron created a model and 3D Printed their shoe soles, I added their insoles and tops.

Surprisingly, even with the two types of Barbie Bodies between the Vintage 1976 Barbie and the 2015 Dreamtopia Barbie, some of the same clothing can fit them both. However, they do have very different body styles, so, of course not all clothing will or could be shared.

There are some very simple outfits that are really cute on these two Barbie Types.

There are some very easy, very simple, ideas for making outfits to fit about any Dolls. In this video I show how to make a few. I will be adding more ideas and patterns to these pages soon.

More ideas for Clothing for Barbie and other (almost any doll size) in this video.

much more to come

Shoes for Vintage and Antique Dolls is usually a dilemma. I have a few ideas and will add more over time, of not only how to make shoes for these Large Barbies, but also some other ideas.

Deron had 3D Printed flexible Shoe Soles for my Gene Dolls, and I tried them on my Madame Alexandra Alex doll and my 17" Dreamtopia Barbie. You can see in the photo, while not perfect, they work pretty well. I tried the same shoes on each doll, so if you do find shoes for one, they work on all three (perhaps more types of 16 - 17" dolls) feet.

I took Monster High Doll, opened toed that is, and tried them on the 17" Barbie....they work, unless you are looking for that 'Cinderella fit'. I later cut a pair of Monster High Doll Boots down to make my Dreamtopia Barbie Sandals.

I have several videos on our Youtube Channel, Dolls Rescued, with each of the two types of 17" 18" Barbies in them, I also have some videos that focus on these two types of dolls.

There is much a person can do with the Dreamtopia hair. Even if the dolls are preloved, and tangled, they hair can be saved. I have untangled MANY doll's hair, washed, then downy dipped the hair, to the point of beautiful again.

You can also cute the doll's hair for a more mature look in the doll's appearance. If you put many braids in the doll's hair, get the braids wet with HOT water, then let sit a few days before take the braids down, you can make it wavy. Or of course, you can curl it.

We have pierced many different types of doll's ears. With the 17" Dreamtopia Barbie you can either use a tack, large pin, or drill.

We have found that with using a large Safety Pin, we needed earrings with metal posts, the plastic would just not go through. This however, could be fixed by drilling a little larger hole, a hole almost the same size as the earring post.

This is an 'unboxing' of a 17" Doll. I was actually looking for a Nikki, the same doll as the 17" Barbie, basically, but with dark hair and dark eyes.

You might notice that my 17" Barbie is in MANY of my Videos. She really is one of my Favorite Dolls! I love the size, the hair, the articulation, the face, she just, to me, seems to have that "Hippy Spirit". Here are a few of my Holiday Highlights Videos that this doll has a part in: (if you go to my Youtube Channel, you will find more Holiday Highlight Videos and she is probably in them too).

Much more to come on Clothing and Shows for these GREAT Dolls coming this page. Photos, ideas, information and more...

When they made the 18" Barbie they also, a couple years later, a Pocahontas. I have one of mine in this Video. You can see I redressed her in an outfit as an American Indian would have wore back then.

This Video also Highlights my 17" Barbie, dressed for Thanksgiving.

The contents of this page for Barbie 17" and 18" is still under construction. Please check back later.

-- The Dolls Rescued Team
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:18:38 -0400