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2010/70/1-22 Doll (1 of 42), Ken wearing Qantas flight attendant uniform from 1987-1994, plastic / textile, doll made by Mattel Inc, United States of America, costume made by John Willmott-Potts, Australia, 1988-2010. Click to enlarge.
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Ken doll wearing Qantas flight attendants uniform used from 1987-1994

This donation consists of forty-two Ken and Barbie dolls dressed in Qantas uniforms hand-made by John Willmott-Potts, who worked as a cook and flight steward with Qantas for 24 years. Each doll represents a different Qantas uniform design from 1948-2009 and where possible John matched the Barbie to the date the uniform was released. The uniforms were crafted from original patterns which a friend of Willmott-Potts miniaturised to enable John to fit them for the Barbie and Ken dolls.

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2010/70/1 Dolls (42), wearing Qantas uniforms, textile / plastic, dolls made by Mattel Inc, United States of America, 1959-2010, costumes made by John Willmott-Potts, Australia, 1988-2010
'Barbie' dolls wearing Qantas uniforms
1959-2010

Summary

Object No.

2010/70/1-22

Object Statement

Doll (1 of 42), Ken wearing Qantas flight attendant uniform from 1987-1994, plastic / textile, doll made by Mattel Inc, United States of America, costume made by John Willmott-Potts, Australia, 1988-2010

Physical Description

The Ken doll, with blonde hair, is wearing a pair of grey trousers and a white collared shirt with a black tie and black shoes. He is also wearing blue blazer, with gold buttons, red cuffs and a red triangle patch on his chest.

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https://ma.as/413434

Dimensions

Width

90 mm

Depth

45 mm

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Ken doll wearing Qantas flight attendants uniform used from 1987-1994 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 28 March 2023, <https://ma.as/413434>

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/413434 |title=Ken doll wearing Qantas flight attendants uniform used from 1987-1994 |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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