Who doesn’t love a doll in uniform? Since the start of civil aviation, doll manufacturers have been creating pint-size cabin crew. Stewardess dolls have remained popular throughout the years, often vintage-styled to remind us of the golden age of aviation, when air travel was available only to the moneyed few.
Here’s some rarely seen cabin-crew from the amazing collection of Fokke Hoekman, a Dutch designer based in Berlin. He has some stewardess Steffi treasures, a Snouky Tressy from Bella in Germany, airline promotional dolls, vintage Barbie of course, as well as an original poupée de Kiraz, and the Dutch Willy Wildebras.
Snouky Tressy by Bellity of France, looking très chic in an Air France uniformTressy,Hôtesse, from France rocking an Air France uniform teamed with very practical high-heeled plastic mules, naturellementA strikingly red-headed Steffi wears the TWA uniformIt’s Steffi again, with another big bouffant. This time she’s flying the plane – wearing her pilot’s uniform.Steffi shows off her magnificent mane of hair, as well as her signature neck joint, in her Interflug outfitA Mamzelle de Paris doll by Michael Ben, based on the original poupée de Kiraz, wears a stewardess uniform from the SAS airlineBarbie, looking a little windswept, tries to blend into the background in her sky blue SAS uniformDDR promotional doll for Interflug. Made for travel agencies in East Germany.IAO Stewardess Susi, a mystery flight attendant, possibly from the Indian Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, with original apple-shaped red standThe Dutch Willy Wildebras doll models a Gitta outfit from SwedenThis rare German fashion doll is a Tadie Muz clone as a GDR stewardessA rather raunchy Steffi, with a huge (non-regulation) hairdo, sports the DDR uniformA little DDR souvenir doll, still in the original display boxAn original clone outfit. This stewardess uniform is still attached to the backing board, and has never been worn.
The first doll is Bellity, from France not from Germany.
The second is Tressy, not Marilyn.
The blonde Tadie Muz clone is actually from Germany.
The doll presented as a Kiraz doll is only the american clone Mamzelle de Paris doll.
thebolddoll
· July 3, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Thank you for your comments – I really appreciate it! I have updated the captions accordingly. Thanks for visiting TheBoldDoll.
Nancy Adamchak
· July 9, 2024 at 12:45 am
Love your Stewardess dolls. I want to purchase a few.
thebolddoll
· July 9, 2024 at 6:56 am
They are fab aren’t they? Good luck with your search – eBay is always a good starting point for pricing research, they usually have quite a few stewardess dolls listed. Thanks for visiting TheBoldDoll, and for your comment!
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4 Comments
moakidi · July 1, 2024 at 11:40 am
The first doll is Bellity, from France not from Germany.
The second is Tressy, not Marilyn.
The blonde Tadie Muz clone is actually from Germany.
The doll presented as a Kiraz doll is only the american clone Mamzelle de Paris doll.
thebolddoll · July 3, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Thank you for your comments – I really appreciate it! I have updated the captions accordingly. Thanks for visiting TheBoldDoll.
Nancy Adamchak · July 9, 2024 at 12:45 am
Love your Stewardess dolls. I want to purchase a few.
thebolddoll · July 9, 2024 at 6:56 am
They are fab aren’t they? Good luck with your search – eBay is always a good starting point for pricing research, they usually have quite a few stewardess dolls listed. Thanks for visiting TheBoldDoll, and for your comment!