Julie (1974)
Julie Albright is the ninth doll to be added to American Girl's historical line, making her its most recent addition. Her dark brown eyes and pale blond hair make a very striking combination! Her eyes can open and close, and she has a friendly smile. Julie's body is soft cloth, and her limbs and head are made of vinyl. Her arms and legs are posable, and her head can turn from side to side. Julie wears a white embroidered peasant blouse over a striped turtleneck, as well as bell-bottom jeans, faux-leather sandals, and a braided belt. Her accessory set includes a purple crocheted cap, a flowered purse, a repica bicentennial quarter, and a gold necklace with her name on it.
Julie has a special collection of clothing, accessories, and furniture created just for her and her best friend, Ivy, patterned after items from the 1970s. Some of the outfits you can purchase for her are her velvet Christmas jumper with a lace-trimmed blouse, her school basketball uniform, and adorable pink pajamas with butterfly trimming on the sleeves and neckline. Julie's accessories include items like her pet rabbit, Nutmeg, a pair of roller skates, and her "sound set", which has a working tape player and a record player that plays mini-records with '70s music! She also has some unique furniture items that the other American Girl dolls don't have: a school locker and set of gym bleachers with a scoreboard! Julie's bed is "far-out" looking, with an orange canopy and bright cascading beads at each corner. It also has a reversible bedspread with two different designs done in pink, purple, orange, and green—very '70s colors!
Meet Julie's Friend Ivy
Julie's collection includes a companion doll of the same size named Ivy Ling. Ivy is Julie's best friend, and she has her own special clothing and accessories. She even has her own book, Good Luck, Ivy. Girls can have extra fun when they play with both dolls at once!
Read Julie's Stories
You can read about Julie and her life in her own six-book series. She is a lively girl growing up in San Francisco during the 1970s. Her story is so recent, many mothers of girls who are growing up today will probably remember some details of life as Julie describes it. Julie has to learn how to handle change when her parents get a divorce and she moves to a new apartment with her mother. When she attends a new school, Julie does her best to make a few of her own changes there, including being allowed on the boys-only basketball team. Even though her life has many ups and downs, she stays hopeful about the future and believes tomorrow will be better than today. Each book has a "Looking Back" section at the end, which has historical information about life and issues during Julie's time.
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