BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964 and HONG KONG LILLI, made in Hong Kong. Bukowskis
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BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964 and HONG KONG LILLI, made in Hong Kong. Bukowskis
Rather, the doll was modeled after a popular comic character from the German-language tabloid Bild. Lilli was a gold-digging sex symbol created by Reinhard Beuthein. Lilli was a gold-digging sex.
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Bild Lilli doll, German, 1955 Science & Society Picture Library / Getty Images. The proto-Barbie was just shy of a foot tall, with bulging breasts and a platinum-blonde ponytail, made up for a.
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Bild Lilli dolls were popular with German men as joke toys that were given at bachelor parties or hung from cars' rear-view mirrors. Often maligned as a 'sex doll' the truth about Bild Lilli is a bit more complicated. Bild Lilli encapsulated the capitalist and materialistic spirit of post war Europe and her clothes - so unlike dolls.
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A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Lilli was born as a postwar comic character in the Bild Zeitung, a downscale German newspaper, M.G. Lord, author of "Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll," told The.
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BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Barbie's appearance was modeled after a doll named the Bild Lilli, which had been inspired by a German comic-strip character. Originally marketed as a racy gag gift that men could buy in tobacco.
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A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Bild Lilli Doll and her History 1952-1964. The Bild Lilli doll was originally a cartoon character created by German cartoonist Reinhard Beuthien as a "filler" piece on June 24, 1952 for the newspaper Bild-Zeitung in Hamburg, Germany. Her character became very popular with the public, she was a curvy gal who knew what she wanted and went.
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A BildLilli doll, Germany 19551964. Bukowskis
Lilli, also known as Bild-Lilli, is a discontinued West German comic strip created by Reinhard Beuthien for the tabloid newspaper Bild, appearing there from 1952 to 1961. The toy company Greiner & Hausser Gmbh released a fashion doll line of the same name in 1955, which led Ruth Handler , the co-founder of American toy company Mattel , to launch a similar toyline named Barbie .
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BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964 and HONG KONG LILLI, made in Hong Kong. Bukowskis
A Bild Lilli Doll. Lilli's popularity grew so fast that Bild decided to merchandise their new star. With the blessing of Axel Springer, Bild contacted toy designer Max Weissbrodt at the O&M Haußer toy company. He designed a 12-inch plastic fashion doll with multiple parts for articulation. Her head turned separately from the rest of.
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Bild-Lilli doll. Unlike the German doll, the American Barbie has slightly more wholesome features. She still had a similar, curvy build. However, the makeup was lessened and helped the dolls to appear a bit more kid-friendly. The feet of the American Barbies are also quite different from the feet of the Bild Lilli dolls.
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BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Lilli became a sensation. According to Time, Lilli was so popular that tobacco shops, bars, and "adult-themed toy stores" started selling a plastic doll version of her.. This Bild Lilli doll was a platinum blonde, blue-eyed bombshell with large breasts. She wore red lipstick and blue eyeliner.
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Bild Lilli and lookalikes. Lilli Lalka doll goes head-to-head with Hong Kong Lilli. Bild Lilli was a German fashion doll produced from 1950 to 1964, based on the comic-strip character Lilli in the Bild-Zeitung newspaper. She first appeared in print on June 24, 1952. The cartoon was an immediate success and a new one appeared every day.
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Bild Lilli doll with her original outfit she's 71/2 in… Flickr
Staying on a germanic theme there is the precursor of Barbie - a German doll from the 1950s known as the Bild Lilli doll with an impossible figure, red fingernails, stilettos, white cotton polo.
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BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
The Bild Lilli doll was originally marketed to adults in bars and tobacco shops as a gag gift. She was sold in two available sizes: 12 inches and 7.5 inches. The doll was made of plastic and had pale skin and a painted face with red lips, high narrow eyebrows, and modeled eyelashes over her sideways-glancing eyes.
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BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
The inspiration for all-American Barbie is Bild-Lilli, a doll with familiar blond hair and wasp waist that first appeared in 1955. The doll was in turn inspired by a cartoon, and a chance moment.
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A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
The doll was Bild Lilli, based on a newspaper comic strip character originally aimed primarily at men, in German newspapers. (Europe has a long tradition of cartoons for adult audiences such as.
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BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
The Bild Lilli doll was a West German line of fashion doll launched by Greiner & Hausser GmbH on August 12, 1955, and produced until 1964. Its design was based on the comic-strip character Lilli, created by Reinhard Beuthien for the tabloid newspaper Bild.