July 2010 – Convention Raffle Doll
Guess what. The winner of our Raffle Doll sent us an email:
Hi Vamp Club! I am the winner of your fabulous raffle doll at the Cleveland convention. I absolutely love my Space Hostess! She was my first ever raffle win in 10 years of conventions and was worth waiting for. You have some very talented members and I am so thankful your club donated her (I would have had a hard time giving her up ) Thank you thank you thank you! —Debbie Spoerndle
2010 National Barbie® Doll Collectors Convention.
July 21–24, 2010
Cleveland, Ohio.
As always, VAMP contributed a OOAK doll for the Raffle Room. Our donation was called “Space Hostess.” She was a reproduction Twist n/ Turn Barbie with an OOAK fashion and vintage accessories. Thank you JP, Joan, Irene and Norman for your creative talents. It takes a village!
From the back panel of the box:
Barbie Space Hostess is ready for blasting off in her raspberry colored multi-climate wool pantsuit, “boarding helmet” to keep her hair neat and tidy while entering and exiting the space shuttle, and white tricot gloves and pink silk scarf to keep her warm from those extraterrestrial breezes. Her MOD sunglasses, green travel case and comfortable green grip shoes complete this futuristic costume.
And from the bottom:
Barbie Space Hostess is a collaboration of the many talented members of the VAMP Collectors Club in NYC. The inspiration for this project is the vintage Marx Braniff Hostess Costumes and the famous gravity-defying MOD shuttle hostess from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. A combination of both new and vintage, Barbie Space Hostess was styled by John “JP” Patrick. Her outfit was created by Joan Hudson, box design by Norman Cherubino and fashion sketches by Irene Aizstrauts. This is VAMP’s fifth raffle room submission. Each doll is one of a kind creation and intended for use by the adult collector.
