St. Moritz

• Cropped winter white poly crepe jacket, fully lined in white rayon, decorated with embroidery in red, green and white.  Embroidery motif is a central red ray-like flower with a vine of green and French knots in red and winter white. Red
  piping trims the entire jacket perimeter. The embroidery decorates the front lapels, the yoke in back and the turn-back cuffs. Center front closure of hidden hooks under 4 decorative silver heart-shaped buttons.
• High waisted trousers in same fabric with stitched creases both front and back. Unusual double sided closure of hooks and eyes.  Fully lined in white rayon, and featuring red piping down the outside seams. Trouser hems gathered into 3/8" wide red cotton knit cuffs.
• Red ribbed cotton knit sleeveless top with extended shoulders and mock turtleneck closes in back with snaps
• red ribbed cotton knit mittens
• red vinyl ski boots, built up inside to accommodate the high heeled foot of the doll. Lace up closure with a tongue and silver grommets and extremely fine red nylon twisted cord.
• red glass bead stud earrings, gold metal posts
• wood ski poles painted silver tips, pierced by silver-tone traction rings. the pole top has applied brown vinyl hood reaching 1" down with attached brown vinyl hand loops
• wooden skis edges routed out in decorative lines, foot loops of glued on brown leather with gold buckle trim.

circa 1939
Year of release: 2000
Limited Edition of 5000
Designer: Lynne Day 
Original retail: $49.95  

Note: this costume derived from an Edit Head design for Ida Lupino and worn in the publicity shots for the 1939 film "The Light that Failed".  

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