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Patterns for Sindy clothes started appearing in knitting and sewing magazines, so Pedigree decided to produce a range of outfits. Lunch Date, Dream Date, Shopping in the Rain, and Leather Looker were all snapped up by girls wanting to keep their doll at the forefront of fashion.

In the Eighties she could boast of being dressed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, the designers of Princess Diana’s wedding dress.

Slightly more demure and wholesome than her super‑skinny American counterpart, but Sindy was at the top of every little girl’s wishlist

Marketed as ‘the free, swinging, grownup girl who lives her own life and dresses the way she really likes. The original ‘doll you love to dress’ was sold wearing the ‘Weekenders’ outfit of jeans and a striped top designed by renowned Sixties fashion designers Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin.

In 1965 Sindy was given a boyfriend, Paul, and a year later a younger sister Patch.

The 10¾in tall doll had the equivalent of a 33in chest, 24in waist and 34in hips (compared to Barbie’s vital statistics of 36in, 18in, 33in).

Sindy’s ‘girl-next-door’ look made her more popular in Britain than Barbie and she was the UK’s best-selling toy in 1968 and 1970. toys on September Launched by Pedigree first toy in the UK 6, 1963, Sindy was the to be advertised on television.

Much of Sindy’s success was due to the range of accessories on offer. There wasn’t a Malibu Dream House or sports car, but you could get an orange and brown bathroom set, a bedroom set, a vacuum cleaner, a moped or even a horse!

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