Tag Archives: Doll

Vintage Barbie

By ilyani | Published 23 May, 2009

I am no Barbie fan and never owned one when I was little (I can’t remember if I ever played with a doll anyway..) but these Barbie vintage cards are sure brilliant! :D And these are self explanatory, too.

From Nowaglas the famous Captain :)

From RachelR. Who has left Postcrossing, I think. At least I sent underwear to her once :)

From Eleanorrigby the Underwear Queen. Who has also left the forum. Where on earth has she disappeared to these years and gave me hard time organizing this new underwear swap??

And what the hell do I mention underwear in this post for??

Well, Round #2 is closed now and you’ll regret for not joining, I tell you.

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Persian traditional costume

By ilyani | Published 16 May, 2009

Today is the 40th anniversary of my dear Ipuenktchen with her beloved husband, so I dedicate this post to them! Okay so here are yet a couple more Iran postcards I received from her in past years. I am lucky to have two of these lovely cards showing ancient Persian costume.. they’re just like a treasure!

This doll is wearing traditional costume from Kashan, a city in the desert with old houses, wind towers and ancient gardens. At the background of this card is Baghe Fin garden, and a museum which also has a similar puppet of 0.5m tall, wearing this costume.

This is a tradtional costume from 100-200 years ago!! Well, same landscape at the background, only the image is clearer here. This museum actually is home to many display puppets and mannequinns dressed in ancient Persian costume. It sounds like an awesome museum! Okay, a bit of history: this Fin Garden contains Kashan’s Fin Bath, where a chancellor was murdered by an assassin in1852. But the garden was constructed as early as 1571-1629 during the reign of Abas 1 of Persia.

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