American Hustle - Blythe Style

Ashton Drake Love 'n' Lace as American Hustle Tribute

We  went to see  American Hustle because my hubby and I have mutual crushes on  two of the actors - Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence. What I didn't realize was how nostalgic it would make me feel about my childhood. It made me think of how life must've been for my mother when I was growing up in the seventies.

(Perhaps with a little less edge and a little more Canadiana)

I remember listening to most of the songs from the soundtrack through my bedroom door as my mother played the LPs on the record player. Clothes similar to those in the big screen clung to wire hangers in our one bedroom apartment. We still watched everything in black and white and drove the most economical car around - a VW beetle. Bell bottoms and cork heeled platform shoes were all the rage and my mother had both.

Peace Out from A  Dozen Blythe

Love 'N Lace Makes Nine.

Love 'N Lace

Squeeee! Just became the proud owner of an Ashton Drake Blythe!  In 2004 Ashton Drake Galleries began producing Blythe reproduction dolls.  The aim was to design them in the likeness of the original 1972 Kenner Blythe dolls.  They reproduced each of the 12 original Kenner outfits and named each doll accordingly.  ADG stopped production of the dolls in 2007.  The ADG Blythes have the same eye mechanisms as Kenner and Takara dolls with the colours switching from Blue to Pink to Green to Amber.

Release:  ADG  ’Love ‘N Lace’
Release date:  Sept 2004
Original Price: $79.99
Style: Redhead wearing Love N Lace

Original Hasboro Ad for Blythe